Training Notebook....10/5/07

So today was the first day of the growth phase...emphasizing heavy weights, lower reps, and adequate rest periods. As on every Monday with hit our legs today focusing on the Quads! *Leg extension (warm up) 160 x 20, 160 x 20, 180 x 20 *Hip Abductions (superset with leg extensions) 100 x 20 x 3 (with strength bands attached) *Leg Press (with strength bands attached except for last set) 5 plates(each side) x 6; preformed 5 sets adding a plate to each side, finishing with 10 plates *Step Ups 75lbs(each hand) x 6, 75 x 5, 75 x 5 *Leg Extension(burn out set) 140lbs x 30 x 3 (superset with step ups) And after all of this we had the bright idea to do about 300 meters of walking lunges around the outside of the gym. Needless to say my legs are NUMB after this workout! Just another day working out.

End of the Offseason...

So after waking up and weighing myself this morning and seeing the scale tip a whopping 177lbs...I decided to end my off-season one week early. At the rate I was going I would have probably hit 185 by Nov. 14th. I have been eating well needless to say! Still working out as much but I was also eating anything that "wasn't moving" these past few days. Not necessarily eating bad things...I was just eating alot of the good things. So now I am back on it!! I have realized that I have an addictive personality and that is a good thing when it comes to exercise and eating healthy, but it also carries over to when I am not eating as well. So people can do the moderation thing, myself I am all about the extremes...whether it be good or bad! Along with being back on the bodybuilding diet, I am also back hitting the weights HARD. Thanks to the encouragement of my workout partner/coach, my legs right now feel like jello