Tuesday January 8th, 2008
Today was a refeed day, and it was glorious! I definately felt the strength increase in my workout from the extra calories. Today was back and biceps, and I was able to deadlift far more than I anticipated. I haven’t deadlifted in a few weeks because of a knee injury, so I was very surprised by the weight I put up. I always do cardio in the morning, but I threw in an extra session today to compensate for going a bit overboard on the refeed. I cycle calories on a 3 down 1 up rotation, and I’m very strict on the down days, so I take full advantage of the up day by taking a cheat meal or two. It helps get me through the low days.
Tommorow’s supposed to be an off day, but depending on how I feel I may attempt a light leg workout. I tore my MCL and meniscus 2 years ago and made a full recovery, but about a month ago I sprained the ligaments pretty badly again. I didn’t experience any pain in the knee deadlifting today, so that’s a big step in the right direction. So maybe I’ll do some light squats and lunges, just to see how the knee responds.
One more thing about my training regimen: I do an Army-style ab routine every second or third day on non-training days. It consists of situps, crunches, flutter kicks, and leg spreaders. I also do high rep pushup sets during these short workouts, except the day before chest.
Well, back to the low cal grind. Only 3 more days til refeed! 
