You can follow my weekly recaps here on the blog every Sunday, and you can follow me EVERY day as I post my daily updates here: Personal Daily Workout Log (June 4, 2007 – Today).
Current Stats (week of April 6-13, 2008)
Height – 6'3"
Weight – 186.2
Bodyfat – 18%
Biceps – 14.25"
Calves – 14.6"
Thighs – 23.6"
Waist – 31.8"
Chest – 43"
"How to Get Abs" Pic Update (April 13, 2008)
Current Supplements
BSN CELLMASS (Creatine)
100% Whey Protein – Gold Standard
Universal Animal Pak (Multivitamins)
Life Extension Multivitamins
NOW Foods, Super EPA Double strength – 60 Softgels (Fish Oil Capsules)
Flaxseed Oil 1000mg, 100 softgels
NOW Foods, Glucosamine & Chondroitin plus MSM
Greens+, 9.4 oz powder
Weekly Recap (April 6-13, 2008)
I had an awesome week back on the grind after my active rest week (which turned out to be EXTREMELY active!).
After losing a massive 10+ pounds last week, I set out to really get things back on track and test some new things out.
So, I kept the workouts pretty much the same (with the amazing new HIIT technique that I absolutely love — I'll do a separate post about it this week), but I changed my diet up a bit.
I always eat pretty clean (minus a couple of all-you-can-eat out-of-town weekends last month!), but I'm starting to really experiment with nutrient timing. For example, I restricted the majority of my carbs (apples and bananas, etc.) to workout days (mon., wed., fri.) to give my muscles the fuel they need to grow.
Then on off/HIIT days, I cut way back on the carbs with only some in the morning and the rest are from vegetables for the rest of the day (vegetable carbs are hardly "carbs" to most bodies, at least in terms of packing on fat).
The results seem great so far, as I gained almost 4 pounds while keeping my waistline the same and dropping my body fat percentage.
I'd still like to think my body fat has to be a little lower than 18%, but as long as the scale is consistently wrong, at least I can see that it's going down.
Also, the new addition of Bikram yoga on Saturday puts a nice end to a hard weightlifting week, by stretching and relaxing all my muscles, while still providing an excellent and intense workout in and of itself which carries me through my full rest day on Sunday's.
It seems to be a great system so far, and I'm really enjoying it, so let's see how it keeps up. I'm expecting to see the results get even better over the next couple of weeks as the benefits build up and continue to pay off!
That about raps it up for this week. See you next Sunday and don't forget you can follow my daily updates over at the forums in this thread: Personal Daily Workout Log.
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