Well, last night was my best night in about a week in regards to the arms falling asleep at night thing. If I recall correctly, I didn't wake up with it, and when I got up in the morning, neither of my arms was asleep. I just had some tingling in my hands. So, better. Not sure if it's the stretching and foam rolling or what, but I'll take it. I do still have some residual aching in my arms ever since my workout last night. That isn't normally what I experience, so that seems to also tie in with the other numbness weirdness.
Today is an off day, so that will be good for me. I'll just keep up as normal for the next week as far as my workouts go, and then I'm sure that vacation will do me a world of good. No lifting, just lots of walking and resting and eating and drinking.
Well, last night was my best night in about a week in regards to the arms falling asleep at night thing. If I recall correctly, I didn't wake up with it, and when I got up in the morning, neither of my arms was asleep. I just had some tingling in my hands. So, better. Not sure if it's the stretching and foam rolling or what, but I'll take it. I do still have some residual aching in my arms ever since my workout last night. That isn't normally what I experience, so that seems to also tie in with the other numbness weirdness.
Today is an off day, so that will be good for me. I'll just keep up as normal for the next week as far as my workouts go, and then I'm sure that vacation will do me a world of good. No lifting, just lots of walking and resting and eating and drinking.
I'm at maintenance at the moment, until after vacation. Then, I will hit it hard one last time for fat loss. I'm at a tough place right now, so we'll see how that goes. I can't afford to get much leaner in SOME places, while other places could still use some work. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have much say in which places get leaned out!
I'm going to see how I feel at the end of September and then plan out the remaining 12 weeks of the year. I want to be able to meet my end of year goals, so I need to really plan things out correctly after vacation.
Me 2 RE the the "tough place" btw. All of us (who are not gentically gifted with an even fat distribution) have to make choices when we come to this place on what to do. This is one of the many reasons I opted to work on bodybuilding (body recomp) as a goal. It was the only "healthy" way for me to actually diet down to the place where that last little bit of (low belly for me) fat actually will go away. The rest of me will look little but I want to see this actually happen every now and then in my life. Even if it is only for the stage or photo shoot type scenarios.
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I can't afford to get much leaner in SOME places, while other places could still use some work. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have much say in which places get leaned out!
Well, not without resorting to lipo.
Good luck with the planning! Enjoy vacation!
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Me 2 RE the the "tough place" btw. All of us (who are not gentically gifted with an even fat distribution) have to make choices when we come to this place on what to do. This is one of the many reasons I opted to work on bodybuilding (body recomp) as a goal. It was the only "healthy" way for me to actually diet down to the place where that last little bit of (low belly for me) fat actually will go away. The rest of me will look little but I want to see this actually happen every now and then in my life. Even if it is only for the stage or photo shoot type scenarios.
I'm actually really happy with my fat distribution and consider myself pretty lucky, actually. And, I think I may just be trying too hard for perfectionism and I need to re-evaulate that train of thought as I plan.
I wasn't as ON as I normally feel on a Friday. Usually, I am really pumped for my Friday workout. Today, though, I was feeling a bit bleh and kinda fluffy. Like maybe too many carbs lately or something. I just didn't feel like I looked good at all today.
But, when I got to the gym, it was pretty much empty. Me and a handful of guys. This bodybuilder was there who I see all the time. We do the "nod" to each other, but that's about it. He's a middle-eastern dude, and in super shape. I haven't seen him talk to anyone...he seems pretty quiet. But, today, he came up to me and told me that he's been watching me and asked me if I've ever considered competing before. I was like "whaaaaat??" At first I though he was talking BB, since he's obviously a BB, but he was talking figure. He said he's coached a few girls before and he told me he'd be happy to help me if I decide to do it. He was really getting into the analyzing of physique type, etc, and seemed really serious about it. Of course, maybe he says this sort of thing to all the girls. But, I dig middle-eastern types, so it's all good.
At any rate, I wasn't feeling so fluffy after our little talk. Should have asked him out for a drink and some exercise; after all, it's been a really stressful week and I could use some stress relief.
Excellent! And since you see that middle-eastern BBer frequently, you can still ask him out for that drink and exercise.
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