Training today went well. It was busy as we had to deal with a few issues. One was the whole eating thing and the other was an inbalance I had noticed during my shoulder/pec/tri workout. A few days ago when I was doing that workout I ended up getting a pump on only my left shoulder. I also noticed that my left shoulder was developing bigger than my right one overall. David was happy that I noticed this because it demonstrated that I am starting to be aware of my body and how it looks. Before I just could not do that.
So today we worked a lot on exercises that were single arm and he evaluated all the movements I was making and recommended changes to these. I was a bit scared after that workout on the weekend because I figured that this imbalance might be due to my elbow soreness that I keep getting but I think now it has to do with how tightly I hold my right trap all the time. In any case, it is a problem that I feel we'll be able to work through now. David gave me a lot of advise on things to watch for in my workouts over this coming weekend.
We delt with the eating thing. He was actually very awesome about it. I sort of dreaded going in there today because I did not know how he would react. He was very cool and actually didn't even act dissapointed. He gave me props for being able to make as much change as I have so far. He said most people could not have made that big of a chage in such a short while. He explained to me that the issue I have with eating is in my mind as well as in my body and that it might take a year or longer for that to go away. He also said that I am able to make the changes so well in part because I am competitive and in this competition. He believes that as we take this journey a bit more that I will come to head with what it is that makes me not eat and then we will have to deal with that. We measured my weight and bf on his machines and on Jan 17 I was 130 lbs and 22.5 bf%. Today I was 134 and 22.9. So yes I gained a tiny bit of fat but it is pretty small compared to the other gains I am making. He explained to me that women always freak out about gaining fat and that body building is a guys sport made by men and as such it is harder for women. He said that a guy can gain fat and as long as he is strong it is all good. Not so with a woman though. No, they freak out because they no longer fit in their size 3 jeans.
When it was all said and done we agreed that I still wanted to bulk and gain and that in order to do that I had to keep the cals up to a minimum of 2500 kcals a day. Then he held up his pinky and made me do a pinky promise (LOL) so that we were perfectly clear on the commitment I had just made.
Let's see if I can remember the actual workout.... This will be somewhat hard as I don't know the name of a lot of the cable ones. I'll make them up and see how that works.
Straight arm press downs
3x15 each arm (2 plates)
Cable lat pull down to hips
3x15 (4 plates)
Swiss ball 1 arm row (you lie with head and shoulders on ball and feet bridged keeping abs and hips up)
3x15 (2 plates) each arm
SuperSet
db flyes 3x12(10lb)e
Arnolds 2x15 (15lb)e, 1x15 (20lb)e
Hanging leg raises (middle, side, side)
3x7
dips
1x15, 2x10
That first set of dips was AWESOME. There was definately growth in that one. And the rows from the stability ball were WAY more stable than the first time I did that exercise. We were both sort of blown away by these improvements. It is fair to say that I have come a long way. The arm superset kicked my butt so hard core. During one set, I actually worked to failure and nearly dropped the dumbell on my head but he grabbed it and we managed to pull out another rep. Then when I was finished I just stood there and my whole body shook all over. It was a very cool feeling. The other trainer in the gym commented to me that my work was starting to show nicely in my shoulders.
All in all a very productive hour of time in my life.
With these I know there is muscle gain as well.
Thank God I see the trainer tomorrow.
I HATE EATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
