northback’s BodyBlog

looks like the next few days i’ll be putting in a lot more ‘cardio’

3 feet of snow on top of the Passes and another couple of feet on the way.  Time to get the skis ready and schedule my ’sick’ day from work.  May have to adjust my carb loading days to Thu/Fri this week since I’ll be skiing Thu-Sat-Sun.  Hopefully we’ll get some good pics to upload.

Pretty good session overall tonight.  Worked Chest/Lats. 

You can check out my new log in the workout journal or link through my sig.

A bit overexcited today because of both the stressful day at work combined with anticipation for the new split.  Over the weekend got in plenty of cardio- did two days of nonstop lift served skiing, followed up with a nice backcountry ski tour climb of about 4000 feet on Monday.  Great to get the blood flowing and nothing better than being out in the sunshine climbing a remote peak.  Back up to Stevens Pass and Alpental this weekend for more skiing- but until then a couple more gym sessions to prep for.

Time to change things up a bit - any advice or feedback appreciated as I move from a 6 days split toward a 4-5 day split:

all rep range targets 6-8 (except chest- more 5-6 rep range for power)

day 1: chest/lats
day 2: legs/abs
day 3: Shoulders/traps/triceps
day 4: Back/Delts/Biceps/abs
day 5: Misc Day- will rotate in extra days as needed
cardio: 4 days/week skiing
3 days/week running/swimming (combination high intensity and low intensity)

Supps:  SizeOn, SuperPump, Muscle Milk, Ultimate Peptide, Animal Pak

Goals:  continue to reduce body fat, increase strength and endurance
that’s the basic sketch right now, still refining it.

Taking the week off to relax and recover.  Onlly exercise this week involves a ton of skiing powder.  Still finishing up details on a new workout program to start beginning of next week to include a good mix of lifting, cardio, and skiing.  Stoked that winter is here - just seeing the mountains covered in piles of white gets me amped. Yes yes, happy new year.