October 25, 2010

Day 296: Starting Over

Quote of the Day

"Struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Music Video of the Day

Devildriver - End of the Line


Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 14 min jogging

Stretch 30 min.

Gym - Shoulders (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 4 x 10
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 12
Superset B -
3. BB Military Press 4 x 10
4. Bent Over Rear Raises 4 x 12
Superset C -
5. Clean and Press 4 x 12
6. Hammer Raises 4 x 10

Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.

Comments

Sleep - Time and Quality: Not sleeping until ~0630 in the morning - mind just going too fast. Going to make serious attempts at getting back into a routine, because I NEED it!

Mood/Aggression: If you can't handle the truth, then don't the question. If you ask the question and you don't get the answer you want, I don't want your "you didn't give me what I wanted" drama bullsh*t. Grow a pair and deal with it!

Energy: All smiles.

Mental Focus and Clarity: I have another two assessments due this week, and this time I am going to manage my time better (since training comes first).

Stress: High.

Immune System: Everyone around me is getting sick and I'm fine.

Libido: Up there.

Joints: My knees were feeling it after nine minutes of my run.

Endurance: Great.

Strength: The new training programme will work on getting this back up again - finally; I am SO sick of high reps!

Pump: Awesome, and right from the first superset!

Vascularity: Knots and lines.

Quality of Training: HIIT was done outside, running - going to make the most of the lack of heat and run outside until it starts snowing. Only did one set of efforts, but they were enough . . . Resistance training was good. I have "baseline" statistics for this session to compare to over coming weeks. I was sweating a bit during as well, feeling very hot. Pump and vascularity were both strong. Feeling more like me . . . Post-Weights Cardio passed fast . . .

Recovery: I've just had three days OFF - I SHOULD be ok!

Body Composition and Look: 10.1% bodyfat. Going to be dropping back down to 8% bodyfat (leaner if I can) and then maintaining between 8-9% bodyfat.

Other Effects: Finding that I have been more tired than usual lately, which is odd considering that I haven't been training - definitely NOT training has NEGATIVE effects on me.

Other Notes: I started Alpha-T2 and Shred Matrix again today. Until I get my NeoVar Recomped, Shred Matrix will act as my nutrient repartitioner.