41 Days Out: Saturday AM: Legs/Hamstrings; PM: Cardio and Posing
I had to talk myself into doing legs this morning. I started off with narrow-stance leg presses and supersetted with stiff-legged calf-presses and db deadlifts. I did 5 sets of 15-20 reps. Then I head over and worked my glutes on the cables–standing kickbacks and abductions. I finished up with standing hamstring curls. I wanted to do cardio and some lunges, but ran out of time. Tonight, I am going to go back for 45 minutes of cardio and the lunges that I wanted to do this afternoon. I am probably going to do some incline walking. That always gets me super tired and wanting to quit. And it really focuses on my glutes and hamstrings. My hamstrings are continuing to improve. My glutes look worse, which is actually progress.
As I anticpated, my abs are shot from Friday’s session with Billy. I’ve committed to working them three times per week and I envision stepping on stage with ‘blocks’ in October. I am working on the mind/muscle connection alot more. I am finding that my music sometimes fades to the background and it is just me and the burn. I was able to make this happen several times when I was doing the kickbacks. I got into a rythmn and really squeezed. By the fifth set, I was beat.Can salmon be ‘creamy’. The salmon that I got at my parent’s grocery store is so good. I grilled in on my Foreman Grill and the skin came out crispy, like a chip, and the inside was flaky and ‘creamy’. It melted in my mouth. Or maybe my palette is just so sick of chicken that it is reading the fat content in the salmon differently. Either way, it was such a pleasure to eat. It’s still early so I am going to get things ready for the week: defrost meat, fill my pill case, schedule my workouts, iron, etc.
