Hey everyone, Just finished my second month and second round of testing and even though I’ve got more positive results I don’t feel that they are anywhere near as good as they could be.
I’ve really struggled to get interested in what I was doing training wise, so it’s a good job I can change and do something different now.
Luckily my diet stayed in tact or I probably wouldn’t have gotten much in the way of results at all.
The new results are:
Body Weight Kg/lbs 74/163
Upper Arm Left (inches) 14.75
Upper Arm Right (inches) 14.75
Left Thigh (inches) 25
Right Thigh (inches) 25
Waist (inches) 32
Fit Test (Vo2 max) 47
BMI 26
Body Fat % 15
B.P 124/67
Pulse 72
The best results for me personaly are the increases in arm and leg size, and the continuing body fat loss. The waist size coming down again is pretty good too. All of which means my diet is definitely working.
From a fitness point of view the increase in Vo2 is really impressive considering the week that I lost thanks to the dredded MAN FLU and the fact that I was absolutely shattered when I did the test.
If you didn’t know, when your tired your heart rate increases which makes things like Vo2 tests presume your working harder than you actually are and in turn give you a lower score than could really have been achieved. So I kind of short-changed myself there abit but I wasn’t going to have chance to do it again for another week. Cest La Vie.
Next up training wise is powerlifting, predominantly the big three, Bench, Squat and Deadlift. I will be doing a full body day once a week so I’m not losing out to much on other areas. Any cardio that I do now will be at about 60% MHR so I’m not expecting it to count for anything more than helping with recovery.
More pics are on the way, it just might take a little while to get them photo-shopped, oops, I mean put them on the thread without any digital enhancement in any way.
Hope everyones training is going to plan and thanks again for all the support.
Speak soon guys n gals