rawlife’s BodyBlog

So, for the last 2 or 3 weeks I’ve been doing a lot more volume work and relatively no heavy work.  This week I think I’ll start heavy again.  This constant cycling is what not only keeps it exciting but also primes you for development.  You’ve got to keep your numbers well in check though.  There’s a big lie going around weightlifting circles and, fortunately, its been somewhat exposed in the last couple of years: you have to change your routine everytime you go at it.  What you have to do is progress in one manner or another.  I prefer to keep my same exercises for a period of several weeks and use them as a control as I change the other variables related to the workout-weights, rest time, and reps.  With those three variables you can keep yourself going for a HECK of a long time on the same program.  I prefer to switch every few weeks or so, but those three variables are more than enough to provide you with progression material for months or years.  The fact of the matter is, we change exercises all the time, but often they boil down to the same joint functions-meaning they’re not all that different from one another.  You take out your barbell squat and put in a hack squat or a DB squat…or even a lunge.  Still a hip extension.  What you should really be changing is the overall stress you apply to your body, and that’s real hard to do if you don’t have any idea what your numbers are…and that’s real hard to have an idea of if you are changing exercises every two seconds.

   Didn’t start this blog thinking it was going to be a lecture, but lately my blogs have been rather free flowing and I think I’ll go with that for a while.  So this week, I’m thinking I’ll hit up 2 heavy workouts.  My elbow is still feeling a bit iffy, but much better than a couple of weeks ago and more or less totally painless during heavy compounds.  I so rarely do isolated arm work any longer that I don’t feel to ignorant going back to the heavy stuff while it’s still on the mend. 

   In other news, I’ve been ever vigilint in plugging leaks in my lifestyle.  The big ones have been dietary changes and sleep.  I pretty much never cheat with food-most who have read this know that-but I do vary a little too much in my opinion.  Basically, I’ve done the same thing with food as I’ve done with my workots.  I’ve chosen a control and I do it every single day.  If something doesn’t work, then I have a pretty good idea of what it is and I can make the necessary changes.  I am happy to report that my full body red blotches are essentially gone, with the exception of very light shadows here and there-and they were REALLY prominent a little while ago.  Funny, I am doing literally the exact opposite of what I ’should’ be doing in regards to getting my gut flora back in control and in good balance with candida, and am having great success.  Dinner is my only protein and fat meal.  The rest of the day is fruit and fermented vegetables(kimchi).  Lots of both…a heck of a lot.  The kimchi provides me with the good lacto bacteria and the sugar from the fruit puts it in overgrowth.  The key is to keep my fat and my carbs far away from one another.  My protein and fat meal is relatively low fat anyway, so it’s not such a big deal-and in regards to that, I am doing just as I said…the exact same meal day in and day out: 1kg raw ground beef, 4 egg yolks, 3 red beets, 2 onions, some capers, and some mustard for a little taste.  I am pretty proud of that mustard to be honest, I would never have allowed that before.  Now I’m getting crazy.  I’d like to make my own though.  I think I’m going to become a mustard connoisseur.  Last, sleep.  Too many people sending me texts and calling me too late or too early, and I’ve allowed it for too long.  Now the phone is being turned off at night and I’m using a regular alarm clock instead-I know it still goes off if the phone is off, but I wake up in the middle of the night and I’ve gotten to point where I have a real hard time going to sleep again without knowing what time it is-that’s the next leak that has to be plugged.  Alright, I’m out!

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