Quote of the Day
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
Music Video of the Day
Evanescence - Going Under
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. 4 min jogging
Gym - Full-Body (1 minute recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 2 x 6
2. Single-Leg Deadlifts 2 x 10 per leg
Superset B -
3. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 2 x 6
4. Hammer Raises 2 x 10
Superset C -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 21s
6. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 2 x 6
Superset D -
7. Incline BB Bench Press 2 x 8
8. Alternate Backward Lunges 2 x 10 per leg
Superset E -
9. Weighted Deadbugs 2 x 10
10. Plank 2 x 1 min
Post-Weights Cardio 20 min.
Stretch 21 min.
Comments
Sleep - Time and Quality: I actually slept - eventually - but it was rough, considering I spent most of it on a concrete floor.
Mood/Aggression: I just want to get things done and over with.
Energy: High.
Mental Focus and Clarity: High.
Stress: Far too high.
Joints: I've been noticing that the colder it gets, the better my joints are.
Endurance: Fine.
Strength: Big increases in weights from the last time I did this session.
Pump: For some exercises.
Vascularity: Reasonable.
Quality of Training: HIIT Run was good. Was in shorts and a short-sleeved thermal, and even though it was cold and chilly, my knees did NOT bother me with ANY niggles today! . . . Resistance training was short, but intense, pushing it with the weights to see what I could handle without dropping it . . .
Recovery: Back is a little sore - probably more from the concrete than anything.
Other Notes: I thought "what the hell; why not", and entered the Rock Star Bikini Contest today - if I want to pursue fitness modeling more seriously as part of my career in the fitness industry, then I have to start putting myself out there more and taking more risks. So, we'll see what happens. In 2011, I'm also be working on setting that foundation more by competing, as well as working with some established and renowned fitness and glamour photographers, to build up my portfolio and the opportunity for submission to be published in bodybuilding, health, and fitness magazines.
Question of the Day
What could possibly be so precious, so valuable, that we would risk anything and everything to reach it, to touch it, to feel it, even for the smallest of split seconds, to know that it was ours?
