I can sleep now - finally! Although 10 hours is a far cry from my usual 4-5 hours, at least I AM sleeping. And even though my sleeping patterns are all over the place, I am learning to adapt, until they get back to what I WANT them to be.
Training is getting started and done first thing, so that's another start. It's still taking quite a lot out of me, even the bare minimum that I HAVE done the last three days, and I am finding it hard to keep my motivation up as I get into it, especially as my body just feels like a complete dead weight, as if I am pushing around a bus. I am thankful that I do not have to force myself to do more right now - at least, not THIS week, anyways. But, it MUST be done . . .
pm
HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 4 x 40 sec effort/20 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging
f. 1 x 1 min effort/1 min easy
Stretch 20 min.
Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Weighted Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 15, 12, 9, 6
2. Weighted Dips 4 x 8
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Biceps Curls 4 x 10
4. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 10
6. Narrow-Stance Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. DB Zottoman Curls 4 x 10
8. V-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 8
Feeling everything I am NOT used to feeling during HIIT . . . Finding it better doing my stretching after cardio, before resistance training . . . Resistance training was something else today. Adding weight to my Pull-Ups and Dips made them harder, and I was using slow movement during the eccentric phase of the exercise/s. Vascularity was high, and only got better as the session progressed, strong lines on the top of my skin - a feat, since I am the palest I have ever been right now, and my vascularity is far more noticeable when I am darker and more golden. Pumps were excellent, as always during an Arms' session. I was seeing stars from my second set of Superset D - an indicator of the effort I was putting in. Left the gym pleased with my session, and ready to carry on the day . . .
Training is getting started and done first thing, so that's another start. It's still taking quite a lot out of me, even the bare minimum that I HAVE done the last three days, and I am finding it hard to keep my motivation up as I get into it, especially as my body just feels like a complete dead weight, as if I am pushing around a bus. I am thankful that I do not have to force myself to do more right now - at least, not THIS week, anyways. But, it MUST be done . . .
pm
HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 4 x 40 sec effort/20 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging
f. 1 x 1 min effort/1 min easy
Stretch 20 min.
Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Weighted Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 15, 12, 9, 6
2. Weighted Dips 4 x 8
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Biceps Curls 4 x 10
4. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 10
6. Narrow-Stance Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. DB Zottoman Curls 4 x 10
8. V-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 8
Feeling everything I am NOT used to feeling during HIIT . . . Finding it better doing my stretching after cardio, before resistance training . . . Resistance training was something else today. Adding weight to my Pull-Ups and Dips made them harder, and I was using slow movement during the eccentric phase of the exercise/s. Vascularity was high, and only got better as the session progressed, strong lines on the top of my skin - a feat, since I am the palest I have ever been right now, and my vascularity is far more noticeable when I am darker and more golden. Pumps were excellent, as always during an Arms' session. I was seeing stars from my second set of Superset D - an indicator of the effort I was putting in. Left the gym pleased with my session, and ready to carry on the day . . .
