Today’s workout was a little bit different as the guy I usually workout had a basketball game tonight and asked if I would wait a day for him. The old me would of said sure and just skipped today. The new me decided to do supersets of pullups and dips.
A1 Dumbbell Military Press 50 Lbs
3 x 6
A2 Cable Military Press 80 lbs
3 x 6
B1 Assisted Pullups 35 lbs
3 x 10 (last set got 7)
B2 BW Dips
3 x 12 (last set got 10)
C Seated Row
3 x 15 120 lbs
D Decline Dumbbell Tricep Extensions
3 x 12 30 lbs
E Rear Delt Machine
1 x 100 25 lbs
for Oblique work I did an abdominal twist machine using 505 tempo (very hard, unique machine I’ve never seen anything quite like it.) and 45 second planks (I just got done with piliates earlier in the day so abs were pretty toast from that)
A1. Back squat
1 x 15, 1 x 12, 1 x 8, 1 x 20
First three sets at 145, last set at 115
A2. Romanian deadlift
1 x 12, 1 x 10, 1 x 8, 1 x 15
First three sets at 155, last set at 135
B1. Leg press
3 x 10-12 reps
140 lbs (Shoulda been a little more, legs were worn out)
B2. Gironda leg curl
3 x 10-12 reps
Did some weird new leg curl machine from this, 50 lbs, not going to do it again though
C. Leg curl
1 x 100 reps
30 lbs on normal type of leg curl
Felt like death after the Squat and Romanian Deadlifts superset, wanted to cry etc but sucked it up and finished through. This has been by far the hardest workout so far.
Weighed in at 175 even today so another 2 pounds dropped.
I found out something today. I’m taking a pilates class which I figured would just be a bunch of girls and some simple stuff. That class is very hard. I’m learning alot about the body and things that I can put forward with weightlifting but man I came out of there today drenched in sweat. Dunno if its from the lack of calories or because im not a 110 pound girl who’s very flexible haha.
9 AM
2 HOT-ROX
3 BCAA
Serving of Flax
Metabolic Drive
Really tried to zone in to just using biceps, no back thrusting, using shoulders etc.
A. Barbell curl
4 x 6-8 reps 65 lbs
B1. Reverse preacher curl
3 x 10-12 reps 45 lbs
B2. Hammer curl
3 x 10-12 reps 25 dumbbells
C. Machine curl 2/1 technique (lift with 2 arms, lower in 5 seconds with 1 arm)
3 x 5-6 reps per side 55 lbs
D. Preacher curl (or preacher hurl)
1 x 100 reps 25 lbs
E. High incline dumbbell press
5 x 5 45 lbs, 25 second rest in between
A1. Kneeling cable crunch
3 x 12-15 reps 70 lbs
A2. Machine crunch (use a 505 tempo)
3 x 6-8 reps 110 lbs
A3. Swiss ball crunch
3 x max
Workout felt great, I ate some chicken earlier in the day to replace a shake as I felt like crap from yesterdays work out. Leg workouts like that crush me on this diet, its the only time I truly feel weak and famished.
I haven’t decided if I’m going to skip the meal tomorrow or not since I caved and ate some chicken today.
Also I saw something that was truly remarkable in yesterday’s workout. Someone had a mat and was stretching in a squat rack. People were waiting for the racks and someone was actually laying on a mat stretching there for no reason.
Some general comments about how the diet effects life. If you like compliments or people arguing with you, this diets for you. It’s amazing all the people I’ve had support me, think I’m crazy, going to die the next day etc. Something this extreme seems to get extreme responses.
It’s hard to explain how awesome it is for alot of my friends to come up to me and ask for advice working out, diet tips, and overall general questions since if I know how to do this I probably know a lot about life in general. I had one of my friends who works works/breathes/rides etc bikes for a living tell me that what I’ve done in the past 5 months is the most amazing transformation he’s ever seen in a person.
This diet shows people what your capable of because they know they wouldn’t be able to do it themselves. Sorta a nice boost to the ol’ ego, as if the body transformation wasn’t enough =]
Today has been crazy but all meal patterns are normal and just went to workout. Here are the measurements.
Waist (Hip area, between belly button and chest) 33 1/2" to 32"
Waist (Around belly button) 35 1/2" to 34 1/2"
Chest 38" stayed same
Arms 13 1/2" to 13 1/4"
Forearms 11 1/2" stayed the same
Thighs 23 1/2" to 23"
Calves 16 1/2" stayed same
Neck 15 3/4" to 15 1/4"
Some good overall improvements for 7 days. Second half is up next, I’ll post the workout tomorrow but it’s bedtime right now.
This is currently Day 16, I would like to finish the V-Diet at 167.5 or so with a 33 inch waist around the largest part so let’s see if I can meet those goals. I’ll get up pictures when I can
Today I weighed in at 170.8, very surprising to me (Could just be water weight or something) But regardless im stoked that I’ve I’m close to breaking into the 160’s. That was the goal of this all along and on Day 17, almost there. Workout tonight