beautifullyambitious’s BodyBl

Well folks, its Saturday.. which for most of you means a day of rest.. For me its a day off from training but also the day I map it out for the week.

First, let me clarify when I say a day off from training, this means no pumping iron, no HIIT cardio but it also means active rest, which means my friends, I am still doing yoga or talking my dog on a very long walk. A lot of people I encounter in day to day life are truly unaware of what "active rest" is and its importance in any bodybuilders life. A lot of people have argued with the idea of active rest claiming then a person is not taking a day off. I disagree with them. If a bodybuilder takes a day off from intense training and does no form of light exercise yes, the healing process of the muscles start but it also makes them stiff. The lactic acid buildup in the muscles is far greater then it would be if one just did some yoga or some walking on their rest day.

Planning=success! Saturday is the day I figure out my training schedule for the week, what days I do what and what times of day I have open for my training. Today is the day I grill extra chicken, measure out portion sizes and make everything as easy as possible for meals. It is a lot harder to give up and give in to eating out or eating junk when you have an already prepped meal waiting for you.

So, my bodyspace friends.. use your rest day well!

Well, a very dear trainer friend of mine shared with me some workouts he received via email the other day.. SUPER AWESOME! One of them is a 300 workout.. it includes gator breaths, turkish getups (go to youtube if you are wondering what these are) another is crazy 8s.. it includes a group of exercises you do 8 reps/ a total of 8 sets.. madness!!!

On the one hand I am so stoked to break into this intensity.. on the other lies fear… excitement outweighs the fear so its on beginning next week!!!!!

The past week has been pretty stress filled! I have been working overtime with finishing up major school projects, just picked up a contract marketing job that I start today (projects more or less but good $$$) and just got my promotion with my current marketing company… All amazing things that I feel pretty blessed to have. In addition my daughter (2nd grade) has had some major projects this week and we go on vacation on the 21st (thank god!). Regardless of good or bad stress it is there this week and last week. The past 2 nights I have tossed and turned with very little actual sleep and I am watching all of this affect my workouts.. literally I get there and all momentum leaves me.. all the creativity I had with my workouts even just two weeks ago.. just not there.. its carrying over to eating to bc although I am not eating junk by any means absolutelynothing sounds good and its next to impossible to get me inspired to think about dinner..

Where I am at.. where I wanna be. I know the school projects will end.. pretty much after tomorrow. The work I will settle into.. but I could use some standby help (this is the time I wish I had a workout parter!) fast full momentum workouts.. easy dinner ideas anyone?

I have decided I REALLY  want to attend the Arnold Classic in March 2010! As it looks right now I am I will be flying solo since my friends just are not into this lifestyle.. Just wondering if anyone out there is planning on attending next year????

Although I am just not ready to discuss who or what hurt me so deeply yesterday I am read to write here.. Deff hurting.. wanting to do anything for distraction, or to kill it. (binge drink anyone?) BUT not this time. I am going to use all of this in my workouts…today I lifted chest and back and blew it out of the water.. jumped weights by a 10lb increase.. benched 60 without a spotter today (for me thats pretty good)…

It just goes to show you never ever give it up. Don’t give in and let any situation take your sucess!!!