Training
HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 8 min jogging
Stretch 23 min.
Posing Practice 20 min.
Comments
Sleep - Time and Quality: Passed out again after eating last night.
Mood/Aggression: Not pleased with my last decision of the day yesterday, but at least feeling some satisfaction in knowing that I will make myself pay for it later on in the week.
Energy: It's there - hidden behind the aching muscles and tight joints.
Mental Focus and Clarity: Focused!
Metabolism: Pretty sweet, considering.
Stress: Yes, I probably DO do it to myself, but stress brings pressure and pressure brings the best results.
Libido: Soaring - but it has to wait until later . . .
Endurance: Great.
Pump: Feeling it all through my triceps and biceps - painful.
Vascularity: Got to get leaner, and then figure our how to KEEP it withOUT having a hot shower or chowing down on a heap of carbohydrates . . .
Quality of Training: HIIT was ok. Running inside (sometimes I use an indoor track) or outside (my preferred choice) makes a difference to a session. Efforts felt submaximal, even though they were as fast as I could make them. Both knees were quite tight around the joint where hamstrings insert, which made strides a little shorter as well . . . Made sure Posing Practice was longer, trying a few different things with my quarter turns today, in preparation for my T-walk - which I will be starting next week, and yes, I know, leaving it a little close to competition . . .
Recovery: HAMSTRINGS! Walking up and down stairs is murder on my calves as well. The last couple of days has really done a number on my legs!
Body Composition and Look: Maybe it's just me, but I am VERY critical of myself, and now, every time I look in the mirror I am NOWHERE close to being as lean as I WANT to be!
Other Effects: Back to being thirsty all the time - the last few days I have been consuming ~2 galleons of water (which is why I have been a little heavier)!
Other Notes: I know that today was scheduled as having an Upper Body resistance session as well, but because of how my body is feeling, I decided to do this tomorrow instead. Fair warning to my body though, that I won't be nice like this again, and the next two weeks will go as PLANNED!
