longstreet99’s BodyBlog

I have missed a few blog posts, but haven’t missed any workouts.  I lifted and did cardio today.  I hit back and chest plus did 45 minutes on the treadmill.  I think I am going to keep the cardio up because I am still carrying way too much fat.  Since I lift 4 days per week, I will just follow it up with cardio.  I am hopeful that this will do the trick. 

Although I did not lift today, I did cardio and Muay Thai.  I feel pretty good getting the two workouts in one day. Tomorrow is cardio in the morning and BJJ at night.

I’ve been upped my carb intake for days where I am doing cardio and BJJ or Muay Thai.  I didn’t have the energy to make it through a class after doing cardio without some carbs.  Hopefully, this doesn’t throw me too off.

I just finished up some cardio, which is a rarity for me.  I’ve avoided it, probably for too long.  I’m looking to start adding three cardio sessions a week.  Hopefully that will kick start the additional fat loss I’m looking for.  I’ve got a BJJ class tonight so I’ll definitely burn some extra calories.

Just finished-up my leg workout.  I tried something new. 20 rep squats, which is fairly tough I must say.  I did 230lbs for 20 reps and thought I was going to fall over.  However, after looking at my progress pics I realized that some of the low rep training I was doing, particularly for legs, was probably not stoking my metabolism.  I’m going to add complexes to my training routine as well.

I posted some progress pics after 1 1/2 months.  I really didn’t feel up to it, but I had promised myself that it was the only way to gauge my progress.  I’ve lost 10 lbs, although most of it came off early on.  The pictures don’t lie and I have plenty of work to do by May 7th.  I really have to up my cardio.  One month from now I’ll take more progress pics.  Hopefully, I show more improvement.

Today is leg day, which I have a love/hate relaionship with.

Trained back and light triceps today.  Nothing fancy, just plenty of rows and pulldowns for back.  I had to drop dumbell rows in favor of barbell rows because of my forearm injury.  For some reason a pronated grip does not irritate it.  I should not have trained triceps since I had just hit them on Thursday.  They were noticeably weaker.  I should have left more time to recover.

Found my camera, so I’ll be uploading some pics tomorrow.

I feel pretty good and think that I’m looking better.  I will post some progress pics this weekend.  Nothing dramatic, but I hopefully show some improvement.

I worked out arms today by themselves, which is not my norm.  However, I wanted to take my time and try to work around my forearm injury.  I was able to do hammer curls, reverse curls and concentration curls.   Barbell curls were a big "no", they just hurt my arm too much.  I realize that this is not the optimal biceps workout, but it’s better than nothing.  Triceps was not an issue.

The diet is going well, but as I said in a previous blog I’ve got to up my cardio.  Tonight was a Muay Thai workout, which was pretty exhausting.  Next week I’ve got two Muay Thai and two BJJ classes.

Today was supposed to be chest and biceps, but the forearm injury kept me from training biceps.  I’ve been icing it everyday and trying to avoid straining it. To be honest I’m getting frustrated.  I am going to attempt a light bicep workout tomorrow to gauge what my forearm can handle.  Other than that the chest workout was good.

Tomorrow night is Muay Thai, which is always a blast.

Everything is going well so far.  My training has been good with the exception of my forearm injury.  Nothing major just a muscle strain.  I’ve been working around it and only really have problems training biceps and forearms.  I just finished hitting shoulders, no forearms today.

My diet is tight, so I think I’ll be adding morning cardio strating tomorrow.  Just to accelerate the fat loss.