cjk302’s BodyBlog

90minutes of cardio a day sucks.  I think I’m more drained then sore.  The only supplements I take are tight xtreme fat burners so I’m wondering if the extra cardio and all the water i’m drinking is just depleting my body.  Maybe I should start taking a multi vitamin.  All is well on the routine prep and my physique is coming along pretty well.  I can finally see my lower abs again (I swear they stay in hiding until I hit at least 60minutes of cardio/day lol).  I’m going to get a money order today and mail off my application.  Now if I could actually go to sleep when I lay down to take a nap that would be great

Sidebar:  I will be performing my new routine at NPC Steel World this weekend at the Mobile Convention Center!!!  I’m so excited.  Mike and Jan Horn put on a great show and this year is bigger than ever.  I can’t wait1

Today I didn’t make it to the gym for morning cardio (yea I know, I felt oober bad about that) so I did high intensity cardio in my workout plus cardio afterwards.  My theory is 70min/day of cardio for the rest of this week then add 20min/day each week until showtime (ending with 150min/day the week of the show).  How much cardio can I do and still get benefits?  Like would it be better to do 75min in the morning and 75min at night or 50min 3 times/day?  Does it matter as long as I get the total amount of time for the day?

Todays workout:

10 min versaclimber (1077ft)

circuit: bench press (30 reps @ 75lbs), leg press (30 reps @ 190-230lbs), and lat pulldown (30 reps @ 70lbs)

3 rounds with 1 minute of jump rope in between sets

routine strength move practice followed by 1minute jump rope (totalling 10 minutes of jump rope)

10 min versaclimber (1082ft)

***1 hour rest***

40 min bike

Total cardio time: 70minutes

but its to late to change my flight and i actually made it through 90% of my routine on Sunday so I’m going for it!  I’m at 114lbs right now and its 4.5 weeks from the show, I figure if I can get to 107 I should be ok.  Since its 50-50 routine to swimsuit now, I’m hoping I can score high enough with my routine to account for my physique.  Let’s see what kind of transformation I can pull off in 4 weeks!!  Chicago, get ready!!!!!

P.s I’m still competing in women’s tri-fitness this july and possibly nationals this september (depending on how i do in chicago)… Now if only I had sponsors   Suggestions?

I had been aiming for the Jr National show this june in chicago but do to my setbacks with injuries i’m not going to be at my best in time for the show.  So I’m aiming for the national show in new york this september instead

…in the mean time I am 9weeks out from Vegas so I’m doing a 5 day detox in preperation for the next 8weeks of insanity that we so fondly call "contest prep" …I’m having low sodium v8, high fiber veggies, and salad all day with as much water as I can consume (minimum 1 gallon).  I am thinking about doing 3 egg whites for breakfast.  I didn’t today.

…workouts will stay the same this week.  cardio and routine S,T,R with sprinting and plyometrics M,W,F just cardio on Saturday