Quote of the Day
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe
Music Video of the Day
OneRepublic - Say (All I Need)
Training
HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 8 min jogging
Gym - Arms:
Superset A (3 min recovery) -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
2. Alternate Bicep Curls 4 x 20
Superset B (1 min recovery) -
3. Dips 4 x 6
4. Straight-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 12
Triset (1 min recovery) -
5. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 2 x 8, 6
6. Alternate Hammer Curls 2 x 20
7. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 2 x 6, 8
Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.
Stretch 24 min.
Comments
Sleep - Time and Quality: Barely slept at all. Woke with a sharp, stabbing pain in my stomach, that took a few hours to dull and still hasn't gone away.
Mood/Aggression: Honestly, I'm too tired and drained to care anymore.
Energy: If I have to do something, I do it. Otherwise, I don't feel like doing anything, especially feeling nauseous and with my stomach the way it is.
Mental Focus and Clarity: I am mentally drained, and I can't afford to be.
Stress: I don't know if it's ever been much higher than this.
Joints: I could hear and feel my elbows clicking during my push/press movements, and my knees went through stages throughout my run of niggling.
Endurance: Got to pick this up quite a lot.
Strength: This week is 'baseline' weights, for me to make comparisons to in weeks to come, since I haven't been focused on strength for the last few months.
Pump: Triceps got more of a pump than biceps, and by the end of Superset B, the pump in the former was PAINFUL.
Vascularity: Veins through anterior delts and biceps good.
Quality of Training: HIIT Run was not the best. I pushed my body as hard as I could. I felt like I was running funny (probably was). Overall was very slow for the distance covered . . . Resistance training was a brief 30 minutes, but I know I WORKED . . .
Recovery: Fine.
Eviscerate Smolder Notes: The burn marks from the daily use of a perpetually scalding wheatie on my stomach during August and September have now gone, five weeks after starting use of Eviscerate Smolder/Flawless.
Other Notes: I think my body needs a detox and a week off ALL supplements - I'd probably feel a lot better for it. But, this is going to have to wait until the end of the year.
Question of the Day
What would you hold onto once you had it, that you would never ever want to let go of?
