Monday, I'll kicking off the ol' flexibility, mobility, and fat loss routine.
Time for some seriious diet and exercise. Summer's getting close! Weather's getting warmer! Gotta at least look good through August!
My mobility will be a work in progress, to correct some of my serious "issues" found (or revealed) at the summit.
Stretching of the forearms, many times per day. An investment in grip strength, but primarily to relieve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy. It seems better already, so if I can just find a way to keep up with it, I think things will just get better and better.
Mobility work, on off days and before each workout. Sort of a warm up and mini-workout in one. Plus, my off days will have a lot of bodyweight exercises, which work well with many of the mobility drills.
Fat loss routine, also using Bill's advice. One stop shopping, that Bill Hartman!
1st week is 3x10, mostly compound lifts, but avoiding the exercises that conflict with my areas of opportinity in mobility and balance. No squats, for one thing. Except single leg versions, plate squats, etc. I've done some already and find them challenging enough to not sweat the lack of back squats for a while.
I've done one workout already, yesterday. It was tough. The supersets and short rests really did a number on me. I'm liking it, so far.
Friday
3x10
60s between lifts, 60s between supersets, 60s (or so) between the next superset.
A1: RDL, 225
A2: DB Military Press (neutral grip), 30
B1: Incline DB Press, 45
B2: Lat Pulldown (wide grip), 130
C1: Bulgarian Split Squats, 40
C2: Incline DB Curls, 20
Cycling intervals
It was tough, but after over a full week off, plus so much driving time, it was good to get wiped out.
As for diet/nutrition, I'm in a diet test group, the details of which I'm not at liberty to discuss, publicly. You'll have to be happy with things like "I did good today," "bad today," "I'm starving," etc.
Glad to see a new log for you!
Bill is truly a wonderful guy (got to meet him last year, I took my father in law to him). I am sure following his advice will turn you into a machine
I'm glad this thing's going. I'm feeling bloated. ...and it's not even my time.
I'm not exactly fat, but a couple of weeks of throwing caution to the wind has left me less than trim. Looking forward to reversing this trend.
Today is day one of the "diet." I'm hungry. Very hungry!
It always takes me a couple of days of lowered intake to get used to it, so I'm just sucking it up and counting the hours (minutes, actually) between meals.
LD I find when Im at the gym now as soon as I finsih my routine I get a small glass of skimmed milk down my neck it really stops that initial hunger pangs as I felt ravenous after.
It counts as a snack and the calories are pretty low and all that natural protein is great
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BFG
"The time for talking has passed, actions are speaking louder than words."
I'll detail all about the diet after the little "project" is done, by the way.
I did some HIIT, yesterday, plus some bodyweight stuff just before.
4 circuits of:
15 plate squats
15 pushups
15 swiss ball leg curls
I had planned some reverse pushups, but all the available places were taken, so I put them off until after my HIIT. Bad idea. No reverse pushups done...
What a crappy day! On my way down to San Diego, my car breaks down. I think it's the fuel pump. Now, I'm driving a beautiful Ford Focus rental. Champagne colored. Champagne is the new beige...
Ah well... I did manage to workout. Not until 8pm.
3x8s, 60 seconds between everything.
BB Incline Bench Press (only 3/4 up, to keep my stupid triceps out of it), 135lbs
Seated Rope Pulls, 100
Snatch Grip Rack Pulls, 225
Single Arm DB Military Press, 45
you know what a focus says to me? it says "man that knows what he wants and what he needs" it says "responsible...disiplined....HA AAAA HAAA HAAAA HAAAAA
ok wait...let me start again...I can do it this time
So now you've got me curious. What was the car that broke down? That's the one that got you from home to Little Rock and back, isn't it?
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
Ah, no wonder the Focus is a vast disappointment. At least if your Mustang had to break down, it did it in familiar territory, not in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. Hope it's fixed soon.
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
Weekend spent packing and cleaning out the garage. Next Saturday is Free Haul Away You Junk Day. So, I'm taking advantage of that! Woo hoo!
Eating well is soooo much easier on work days. 3 hours passes pretty quickly M-F, but Saturdays and Sundays are tough. All I want to do is eat! Luckily, I'm out of crap, so if I decide to binge, it'll be a binge on tuna and zucchini. Seems unlikely...
Hey LD, here is a video of a side press: http://spidersport.com/side-press.php
You need flash 8 to view. It lets you handle larger loads; old school exercise. One of my favorites.
Steamroller!
LOL.. Steamroller eh??? Beauty. 
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