Along the way there…

Well, I’ll be damned!  I got my diet and exercise back on track and my body just sorta went back to ‘last known good’.  I’m very pleased.  Of course, it helps that there’s a lot of trial and error I didn’t have to go through this time and obviously I did not pack on 3 pounds of beef in a week but still, it’s nice to look in the mirror and see a body that looks healthy.

My workouts have been good, maintaining a good level of intensity and decent focus.  It slipped a few times but overall performance in the gym has been good.  My diet has not been perfect by any means but it has cleaned up alot.

All in all, I’m pleasesd….now, looking forward I have a 10 day exercise coming up during which time I don’t believe I will have a gym.  Needless to say the progam will need adjusting and I will need to get creative.  Following that, I’m going to start a new program.  Additionally, I have a few left over supps that are still good that I’ve made a mini-stack of.  I need to order a better protein too bc the crap they sell out here at the px is like whey enriched sugar!

My gym’s not much to speak of but It’s got what I need (when jack-tard the stupendous is not using my squat rack-yes there’s only one- for bb curls). 

uh oh, here comes a tangent…….

So I’m doing traps and arms for my wild-card/make-up day yesterday right… I’d like to do a few bb shrugs but sadly, one of my fellow fitness enthusiasts seems to be doing squats. 

No worries. 

I mill around with other exercises and alas, as I come back from a refreshing trip to the water fountain, yet another bb-er has slipped in on the squat rack. 

Still no worries.

Enter Jack-Tard the stupendous!  As the guy finishes his last set, I make my was toward the squat rack only to have it intercepted by jack-tard as he tosses his towel over it then walks back to the other side of the gym, sits down in front of the - no joke - four or five sets of dumbells laid out in front of him and proceeds to do curls. 

Um….ok….

"Sir, are you going to use the squat rack?"

"Yeah, right after this"

uh-huh

Now this guy probably outranks me so I’ll wait and step over here to work out next to the squat rack and wait till he’s done.  After five minutes, he abandons his dumbells and swaggers over to do BB curls!!!!!  I shouldn’t even need to say any more…..you get the idea….

Anyways….where was I?  Oh yes!

Not sure what kind of program I’m gonna go to but I’ll do a little homework and come up with something.  I’m thinking about changing it to a three day split twice a week since I’m basically working out six days a week anyways.

Keep ya updated

Take it easy!

-Dave

Couldn’t sleep so I’m up early waiting for the gym to open (it opens at 5….it’s quarter till here).  Despite a desire to do otherwise, I had a crappy day at the gym yesterday.  By the time I got off work, I was in such a piss poor mood, that I cut my workout short by several sets.

Probably as some sort of sub-conscious compensating method, I can’t sleep now and am eager to have a better day.  Back and Bi’s.  Nothing terribly spectacular.

Let’s go.

-Dave

Getting my diet on track and lifting regularly again has yeilded that initial gain in muscle fullness and weight which is nice.  It’s been tough to keep to my schedual because of things at work but it’s also been easy enough adjusting which days I workout (weekends are always free)

 When I started lifting last year, rest was a major component of my plan because of my body type and goal.  One thing I had not considered, however, is recovery rate for individual muscles/muscle groups. 

Anyone have any good info on this?  I’m specifically looking at shoulders and calves.  I’ll hit the bench Mon. and my chest will still be b!tching about it mid-week but shoulders and calves seem to barely notice the next day despite the fact that I’m exhausted at the end of the workout.

So, any input?

-Later,

Dave