Day 73: 123 Days Out

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY

"If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you." - Monica Brant


TRAINING

HIIT Cardio - Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 26 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 20 min.


COMMENTS

Sleep - Time and Quality: Going to sleep at the time wanting to be getting up. The double resistance sessions are actually taking more out of me overall than expected, and I am sleeping for 6-8 hours.

Mood/Aggression: Positive I have my confidence back - in me and my ability to achieve what I want by when I want it!

Energy: Definite energy - it's lasting quite a while as well throughout the day.

Libido: Highish.

Joints: Left wrist a dull ache.

Endurance: Good.

Vascularity: Strong.

Quality of Training: HIIT was good. More sprints. Feeling a little dead heavy though.

Recovery: Sleeping longer after a day of double resistance sessions . . . A little stiff in legs today . . .

Body Composition and Look: Top two abs perfect right now - now for the REST of me!

Other Notes: It's my last day using Shift today . . . I am looking forward to having TWO summers this year! Looking forward to going home, seeing family and friends, and celebrating the newness of life that this year will have brought! It's been a long time in coming . . .

Day 348: Planning the Dream

Quote of the Day

"Life is too big for playing small, and when we minimize ourselves, we only minimize those around us. When we relinquish our own fears of shining we allow others to shine too." - Nick Smith

Training

HIIT:
a. 4 min easy
b. 8 x 40 sec effort/20 sec easy
c. 4 min easy

Gym - Arms (30 sec recovery between supersets/trisets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 22, 12, 11, 10
2. Bicep Curls 4 x 10
Superset B -
3. Dips 4 x 6
4. Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
Triset -
5. Cable Bicep Curls 4 x 10
6. Alternate Hammer Curls 4 x 10 per side
7. Close-Grip Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 10

Stretch 22 min.

Comments

Stress: My stress is up and down, depending on the areas of my life. Taking steps to minimize the stress in the big areas, and managing the other stuff as I can.

Endurance: Great.

Strength: As can be seen from the session, better than last week.

Pump: Hard.

Vascularity: The best it has been in a long, long time.

Quality of Training: HIIT was great . . . Resistance training was painful, but making it harder and more intense than last week made me feel better . . .

Body Composition and Look: Just to show how much my bodyweight fluctuates, today I am 116.6 pounds.

Other Notes: My current bottle of Alpha-T2 finishes today, but I will be starting more as soon as my new one arrives . . . Plus, I have two photoshoots with Walt Ostarly next year, and plan on working with Johnny Crosslin as well - so EXCITED! . . .

Initial Impressions of LG Sciences' Topical 7-keto DHEA

In next post.

Day 289: Training has become a JOB

Training

HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 x 40 sec effort/20 sec rest
d. 4 min jogging

Stretch 10 min.

Gym - Full-Body (30 sec recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. BB Good Mornings 8 x 12
2. Side-to-Side Plyometric Bench Jumps 8 x 12 per leg
Superset B -
3. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on medicine balls) 8 x 10
4. Supinated BB Bent Over Rows 8 x 10
Superset C -
5. BB Military Press 8 x 10-12
6. DB Lateral Raises 8 x 10-12
Superset D -
7. Alternate DB Hammer Curls 8 x 10-12 per side
8. Dips 8 x 10
Superset E -
9. Rope Crunch 8 x 10-12
10. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises 8 x 10

Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
a. 1 min @ 12.8 km/hr / 30 sec rest
b. 1 min @ 13.6 km/hr / 30 sec rest
c. 1 min @ 14.4 km/hr / 30 sec rest
d. 1 min @ 15.2 km/hr / 30 sec rest
e. 1 min @ 16 km/hr / 30 sec rest
f. 1 min @ 16.8 km/hr

Post-Weights Cardio - Run:
10 min @ 13.3 km/hr

Stretch 10 min.

Comments

Mood/Aggression: Frustrated. Aggressive. Tired. Could easily turn like the wind though and be something else altogether.

Energy: There.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Bit off today - and I can't be!

Stress: I can feel it beating away at the door.

Libido: Whoever said AIs kill libido was WRONG - at least when it comes to me, because every single one I have used has HEIGHTENED my already naturally high libido!

Joints: Knees were slightly better today. Wrists were bothering me instead, especially from Superset B.

Endurance: Awesome.

Pump: High.

Vascularity: Coming out stronger and stronger as the days roll by.

Quality of Training: A bit like last week, and not really even wanting to be training. Resistance training I made shorter by ~30 minutes by supersetting instead of alternate setting everything, and also wanted to make it more intense, since I need some punishment after last week. The time went relatively quickly, but by Superset E my grumpy "I don't want to be here; what the fcuk am I doing?" face was on, and I just wanted to be gone.

Recovery: Feeling my body niggle here and there.

Other Notes: Training has become a JOB for me now. There has been no enjoyment in it for the last week or so, pretty much. I just do it because I HAVE to. NOT cool. Maybe because I didn't really have a week OFF, and this is now the 21st week since I started back training after earlier this year. Or maybe the two weeks pre-competition - even though I only dieted for the last one, training was hard both weeks - took more out of me than I thought. Maybe I need a REAL break. I don't know. Whatever the reason, I am NOT giving myself a break, and I had better get OVER it FAST! . . . Last day of this bottle of IGF-2 . . . I've also decided that I'm going to use Alpha-T2 chronically, and therefore I will start that again when my new bottle/s arrive a little later this week . . .