kiwimac’s BodyBlog

Just into my second week back after a week off lifting. The first week was pretty hard - my lifts were either static or went down (especially my bench press), but this second week has been great. Today I did arms/chest and improved on every lift- either by doing an extra rep or adding more weight. I feel a lot stronger, so hopefully this continues and I can add more lean mass than on my last bulk. That time after cutting I only came in about 1.5kg heavier.

Yesterday I had my first workout after taking a week off. It was leg day and boy are my legs killing me today. I’m kinda walking like a constipated penguin. Lucky I don’t have to do much today. It may have something to do with throwing in 3 sets of ATG squats at the end of the workout, they can be pretty tough. Looking forward to my arm/chest workout tomorrow. My week off allowed my shoulders to recover, and for the first time in a while they’re not sore. Hopefully this bodes well for my beating some PBs.

Decided to take a week off from lifting - the first since I started- to allow my body to recover completely. It’s going to be hard - I love going to the gym - but hopefully I’ll come back refreshed and ready to increase my lifts.

I’ve just finished cutting down and I am pretty happy with the results. What’s been great is that my strength is pretty much the same as when I started - so I can’t have lost too much muscle. I’m now gonna up the calories a tad and cut out most  of the cardio and see if I can’t add some more muscle with a minimum of fat - I’ll be pretty happy with about a quarter of a kg weight gain a week. I might switch up my routine soon if the gains aren’t coming.