Mike_Semanoff’s BodyBlog

Overall: B  I’ve really made progress in every aspect of my training program.  My workouts have been solid and full of energy. My nutrition has been really good this week although my meals while at work have been suffering.

 Nutrition: C+  I’m still tuning into what my body likes in the way of vegetarian nutrition. I know I’m getting close because my weight has made a noticeable increase.  I gave myself a C+ because I miss about 600 calories a day while I’m at work, and I haven’t really dialed everything in yet. The vegetarian thing is still rather new to me but I’m learning fast.

Training: A- My workouts have been awesome.  Seeing the scale creeping up has really lit a fire under my butt.  I’ve also finally dealt with a nagging case of ITB tendonitis that has plagued me for 2 years.  My brother and I traced it to a locked up SI joint, almost a week later I feel like I have a new set of legs. I’ve also been playing a lot with the eccentric portion of my rep range.

Overall C: I picked up a fitness manager position the day before grand opening. Needless to say I was extremely busy and missed a bunch of meals and 1 workout.

Nutrition C-: I’ve been packing a lunch box everywhere I go but i still have food left over at the end of the day. Shame on me. I’m slacking on the sweet potatoes and cottage cheese.  The crazy grand opening and seminar made it hard to choke something down every 2 hours.

Training B: I had an amazing leg workout on Monday. Squatted heaver than I have in the previous 2 years and did some heavy power cleans. Had an great chest workout on Tuesday managing 115lb bumbell presses for sets of 8, integrating x-reps. Wednesday provided a moderate back workout with slightly less intensity than usually, but still respectable.  Thursday was off. friday was a lame leg workout, and I totally missed Saturday due to a 12 hour seminar and family being in town.  Excuses are lame I know.

I’m still making gains but I’ll still loosing body fat so I know I’m not eating enough.  My goal for this coming week is to get all my calories in every day. One exciting note. I have several interested sponsors. I’ll keep you posed on progress in that area.  Body fat% from skyndex 10.8 set at 3  and 6.5 set at 2.

Overall: B-  I did good with my training for the week but I Saturday was worthless. I had 7 people that I took skydiving and one person paragliding. my day was full of activity but very little eating, and to top it off i didn’t make it to the gym.

Nutrition: C-    I have to get used to eating again.  I get into the flow of some of my ongoing projects and I forget to eat.  I’m going to start making sure i have a cooler packed with my meals before I head out the door.

Training: A-   I’ve been hitting it hard in the gym.  It feels really good to have a goal and a good training partner to keep me on track.   I missed Saturday but all week was good, 4 days of weights and 2 days of yoga.

I’ve been feeling really good with what I’m doing.  The vegetarian diet leaves me feeling light and mobile with enough energy to keep me going.  In the past when I would go into a growing phase I would constantly feel bloated and sluggish because the food sits in my gut forever.  The trick right now is getting complete protein without a large intake of carbohydrates. (Shane and I are still working this out)

Its a Saturday, I had my brother take my before pictures and did some yoga with my wife Holly.  On Monday I’m going to head over to BYU to get my body fat tested in the Bodpod so I can get an unbiased baseline test.  I tested this morning with the skindex skin fold caliper. I tested at 11.1% with the setting at 3 and 6.7% with the setting at 2. The numbers were 2.5, 3.4, 6.8, and 5.0.