Working with clients as a CPT and my own workouts…
Got a couple of guys that I am working with and doing workouts for and while it seems a bit daunting putting together workouts for these guys, it really is going well.
One thing that I need to keep track of is my own workouts though. I have been taking what I learned in the NASM course and applying it to my own workouts and I am pleased with how things have been going. I have been doing a modified "Stabilization" routine for the last few weeks and I am this week going to be breaking into the "Strength Stabilization" phase for the month of May. I’ll be adding in some weight training that involves slowly moving into a more reduced volume and increased intensity. We’ll see how this goes.
I am going to do some progress pics this coming week too. Missed a month with those due to a spring break vacation I took with the family to Yosemite and all the flurry of activity with training folks. Been feeling good about the diet. At about 2400 Calories a day 26% Protein, 54% Carbs and 20% Fats. That is a couple hundred calories higher than I have been at, but the goals do involve adding mass, so I good with it at this point.
Continue to be relentless out there …
Brian
May 2, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Sounds great Brian. Always daunting to put what you learned into practice. That is one big thing I’ve had to face being here at ECHO and applying the plant knowledge I have. Cool to see you’re trying out the various "Phases" of NASM. Working and challenging your proprioception and balance mechanisms I see. I found it really helps at building the muscle-mind link. Keep it up dude! -T
May 10, 2009 at 8:13 am
Its so hard for me to wrap my head around the idea of building mass at 2400 calories, heh. Keep up the good work. Its always nice for some fresh insight from your posts.
May 11, 2009 at 5:25 am
When one considers what I do for a day job [sedentary] and that I have backed the cardio down dramatically, I might be right in the window. We’ll see what the scale and progress pics have to say over the coming weeks. This will be a different way to do it than I have done in the past [and what it seems every one else does in the pursuit of adding muscle] where I just bounce the calories up. Last time I did that I ended up with lbs in the fat column I was not too pleased about.