RadiantStrength’s BodyBlog

So week four came from my last routine..with free weights. I am not sure if any of you who have decided to read this have heard of Strive circuit machines…it is a new technology designed to target the muscle at varying spots witihin the range of motion. You can go to strive.com if you are really interest to learn more about it.

Anyway, I was feeling rather apprehensive about joining the "Strive Challenge" when I was asked to do so, though after some careful and thorough thinking, I decided to take the challenge on, with a few conditions in mind.

 1. Body Resistence Exercises are permitted–pushups, pullups, ab routines, unweighted squats and lunges, plyometrics.

 2. Cardio can remain intense

 3. Im allowed to work my forarms, traps and calves outside the circuit

I am in my first week of this routine, and I do have my doubts. Though I realized also, that doing this provides me a few advantages to my own routine. One, it provides a shock to my body, since I have not used circuit machines in over a year–also, while I am doing this, and pushing it as hard as I can, I also can study more books about form and details with successful practices for free weight routines, so when I am going to college in September, I will be more equipped with valuable knowledge so to boost my results tenfold. I believe I will obtain great gains with this as well, seeing as it is more effective than Cybex or Nautilous.

I will attack this plan with a strong conviction of a desired change, which I know will come to me. I am already feeling stronger in my decision. If you have read this, and have anything to say, anything at all–I would like to know your thoughts. Through sharing these things, we can help each other continue and grow.

–Chanelle

I love training.

Vague, I know, but I am learning more and more about myself, about the world, and about bodybuilding each day I train, and everytime I read new material. I am training for a half marathon which is in August as well, but not for the speed, just to do it as a compliment to lifting.

The newest theory I have come accross as far as training, is to move as quickly as I can while maintaining proper form, and to pasuse and contract that muscle which is being worked as hard as I can to fully tire and isolate it. It is difficult for me to remember sometimes, because I focus really hard on form and the music, as well as executing my power to the best potential. I am catching on though, it is only the beginning of week two with this new mental strategy. I believe I will begin to make more gains quite soon with this. I’m going to  bring in a stop watch to time my rest sets so I can be certain of the accuracey.

I am not quite sure what to write here because I do not normally blog, but I would like to take advantage of this service because I think the resourcing I will be able to access is invaluable. I close this one out, a bit awkwardly, fo rmy writing style today is not exactly articulated to the best of my potential, though Im on a mental drag today. I’m not qutie sure of the cause, though I will go with it, and tomorrow I’ll be more attune to my internal dialogue.

Adieu

-Chanelle-

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