I feel 10x better and I am sure by tomorrow I will be back to normal. I got my gf to shave my back today and I done my front. Although the battery died so I still have my arms to do and a few bits that were missed. The razor is crap so it's one you need to charge overnight so I will finish it off tomorrow. It's crazy how much hair was on my body and I probably won't leave it that long until winter time now as I had hair you could braid on my belly, shoulders and back
I knew anyway but I looked like I lost 5% bf from before to after shaving.
Over the last week I have tightened up a lot and that is my primary goal now. I just need a few low carb/fat days and my waist should be much tighter. Once I am back from my holiday I will start increasing food slowly and after my break it will be full steam ahead for growing again. I will get some pics up in the next few days before I leave. I know this summer I will have my freakiest look to date so this thread will get more interesting
Today was push day and felt great. Volume, weight and intensity were all high and that will be the same for all my workouts this week. My workout consisted of...
Warm Up.
Seated Chest Press... 2 working sets (1 loading and 1 drop off). Loading was 5pps for 9 reps and drop off (45-60 secs rest in between) was 12 reps with 4pps.
Machine Flyes... 2 working sets. 1st was a straight set of 10 reps and the second about 70% of weight with 15 sec static hold then 4 full reps and about 5 partials.
Incline Bench DB Presses... 1 working set of 14 reps.
Incline Bench DB Lateral Raise... 1 working set of 14 reps and about 3 partials.
DB Upright Rows... 1 working set with 30kg db's.
Machine Unilateral Lateral Raise... 1 working set with the full weight rack for each side.
Standing Cable Front Raises... 1 working set of 10 reps and about 5 partials.
Standing DB Hammer Shoulder Press... 1 working set of 24 reps.
Tri-cep Pushdown... 1 working set with the full weight rack.
Lying Unilateral DB Tri-cep Extensions... 1 working set for each arm with negative reps with 20kg db's.
Lying Cable Tri-cep Extensions... 1 working set.
Tri-cep Dips... 1 working set.
Machine Tri-cep Extensions... 1 working drop set with 3 drops in weight.
Stretches.
I was exhausted post workout but felt good. After my post workout smoothie I took Flex out for 30 mins. My diet today has consisted of...
5 whole eggs and 3 small slices of walnut bread.
Beef, basmati rice and vegetables.
Cottage cheese, grapes, blueberries and lemon juice.
Pre- 2 protein puddings and 1 banana.
Intra- 20g EAA's and 37.5g HBCD's.
Post- Smoothie made with synthepure, pineapple, oats, kale, spinach, cucumber and berries.
Beef, basmati rice and vegetables.
2 protein puddings and 2 spoons of peanut butter.
I left for the gym later than planned after my original pre workout meal (cottage cheese) so I added in that small meal (protein puddings and a banana) because I felt like I needed a boost in calories so I could push training that much more. I don't like training really hard on a relatively empty stomach. Now one thing I didn't mention is post workout I cramped really badly. I know it's an electrolyte issue but it mainly because of the volume and intensity of my training. I completed my tri-cep working sets fairly quickly (minimal rest periods) and recently they are not used to taking that much punishment. Anyway post workout both of them cramped up badly and I couldn't bend my arms and was in a lot of pain. Then my chest started cramping up as well so it was torture. I ate a banana and drank some salt water which helped a lot. Then I had sex and was putting my weight on my arms and they started again which was not good at all
Fluids and carbs around training are already in place but I will start adding in an eletrolyte tablet into my intra shake from now on.
Tomorrow will be hams, glutes, hips and abs and more of the same