Back And Biceps

Sick today. I have had a heavy chest in the morning when I woke for the last week and it would go away when I started moving around. But yesterday I woke up and did Plyo and then the Head Cold stayed around all day. I feel a tad better then last night at work but still like shit. I did try to push through the workout though. I didn't get the intensity I usually get but did get the workout in. At least next week I will know where I stand for weight and reps and crush it next week. Did get a great pump for the biceps but the pullups were pretty bitchy to be honest. I switched up the form for the pullups like they do in the video. Did get though ab ripper too, but not the reps I usually do about 18 today instead of 22. I will chill today and pump the meds and hopefully kick this bitch sickness soon.

Plyo WEEK 5

Good to be back to Plyo. Honestly I was intimidated to try it after struggling yesterday. But I crushed it. I only modified maybe 2 exercises and that was for 15 sec each tops. Russ came over and gave it a shot and it whooped his ass. I LOVE IT! He did do the whole thing with no breaks though his first time. Impressive. I sweat my butt off. It was kind of gross. New DVD tomorrow and looking forward to it. Getting the PUMP going for my Biceps is my favorite. I love when they feel HUGE.

Chest/Shoulder & Tris

That workout sucked. I know it was harder but I felt soo weak doing those exercises. The slow 4 count pushups. Take 4 seconds to go down and 4 to go up. They are killer and they are the first exercise. Not sure if it is because I haven't lifted weight in a week or the DVD is that much harder and works your muscles in that much a different way. And if that isn't hard enough about 22 exercises later you do 1 arm pushups. I did 5 each arm. On my knees, lol. I figured I could get one regular one but wanted to get reps in to get the burn out.

Then was Ab Ripper and it was brutal today. I upped my reps from 20 to 22 for each of the exercises. (There are 11 total) I had to take alot more mini pauses in the middle of my reps but I did get them all in.

Perspective

Just wanted to post some more numbers. I don't like saying, oh well, I lost 5 lbs and 4% Body Fat.

When calculating the changes, on Day 1 I had 47.8 lbs of fat and 180 lbs of lean muscle. On Day 30 I have 36.5 lbs of fat and 186.3 lbs of lean muscle.

So I have lost 11.3 lbs of fat and gained 6.3 lbs of muscle in thirty days!!

Cardio X

Glad I finished that. Worked overnight last night and the night just dragggged on and on. Slept until 3 this afternoon and the last thing I wanted to do was workout. But my wife hopped on the treadmill and I took that as a polite way of saying "Get off you ASS" Now new tougher workouts this week.

Day 30!!! New Pics/Measuresments

Day 30! Awesome. 1/3 of the way to 90 days. And after my measurements I am reenergized to hit it even harder.

Day 1 - 228 lbs and 21% Body Fat
Day 30 - 223 lbs and 17% Body Fat

I am going to up my calorie intake from 2000 to 2600 for the next month and see how that works. It is what the program says to do. I actually should have been eating that many calories the last month but my stubborn ass thought you can't eat and lose weight. Well you can as long as you are eating the right things. So I am upping the calories and it should be easier cause I get to eat carbs again. The ratio of my diet is 40% carbs/40% protien/20% fat. And the %'s are in calories.

Also today is a rest day cause I picked up a shift at work last night and have to work again tonite. I will do a cardio day tomorrow and than start Phase II. The next 30 days. WooWoo. This next 3 weeks will be insane. The Chest/Shoulders/Tris DVD has some crazy hard stuff like One-Arm Pushups. Ouch!

Well my next 30 day goal. 218 lbs and 13% Body Fat. In other words, halfway to a brick shithouse.

Yoga Week 4

Day 29 Done. Yoga went well. Tomorrow doing an extra day like I said and looking into changing up the diet. I am going to try to up my calories by at least 400-600. Yikes. That seems like a bunch but I need to try it. Should be easier with consuming more carbs. Yay, carbs are back. Moving from 1 carb a day to 3-4. We will see. I will look at the nutrition guide tonite and figure it out. Gotta go, have to change some oil.