CPT Jeff’s BodyBlog

Arms day is one of those gym days that I always look forward to (like chest day), and today was no different.  Got to the gym at 5:30am with a healthy dose of Vasocharge in my system.  Started out with a 15 minute warm up on the eliptical, traveling 1.7 miles and burning about 280 calories (according to the machine).  Then jumped into the below arm routine (from the 3-S program).

• Close-grip bench -  195lbs/6 reps; 205lbs/6 reps; 215lbs/6 reps
• Barbell curls (30lbs cheater bar) - 110lbs/6 reps; 115lbs/6 reps; 120lbs/6 reps
• Skull crushers - 110lbs/12 reps; 110lbs/12 reps; 110lbs/12 reps
• Alternating DB curls - 40lbs/12 reps; 40lbs/12 reps; 40lbs/12 reps
• Next two sets were supersetted
• V-bar pushdowns - 200lbs/12 reps; 200lbs/12 reps; 200lbs/12 reps
• Incline DB curls - 35lbs/12 reps; 35lbs/12 reps; 35lbs/12 reps

It felt like a great workout and my arms were so tight that I had a small problem trying to take my shirt off in the locker room…  I love that feeling…

On a nutritional note, like I’ve mentioned before, I’m trying to track what I eat on a daily basis to see what that looks like.  My sodium intake is still ridiculous, but I was able to drop it some.  I’ve also noticed that without supplements, it’s really difficult (if not impossible) to hit at least 200 grams of protein each day.  With protein bars, hard boiled egg whites, pistachios, low-sodium lunch meat, and normal dinners (either chicken, tuna, pork, or whatever), I’m still only hitting between 100 grams and about 120 grams…

So, I’ve ordered 16-sample pack of Optimum Nutrition’s whey protein (I’m bound to like one of the 16 flavors).  If I take that twice a day it’ll at about 50 grams to my diet, which will get me a lot closer to that magical 200 number.  I was doing some browsing through the GNC site yesterday and ran across some stuff called GNC Pro Performance AMP Amplified Muscle Meal.  Each serving has 50 grams of protein and it claims that it also has 25 grams of carbs, which I’m not sure that I’m currently getting enough.  But for what it offers, it seems to be very expensive.  According to what I’m tracking, I’m taking in about 300 to 350 grams of carbs per day (not sure what it should be yet).  Interesting exercise in tracking food…

Keeping the faith…

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