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 June 15-22, 2008)
Height – 6'3"
Weight – 189.6
Bodyfat – 16%
Biceps – 14.2"
Calves – 14.75"
Thighs – 23.75"
Waist – 32.1"
Chest – 43"
"How to Get Abs" Pic Update (June 22, 2008)
Current Supplements
BSN CELLMASS (Creatine)
100% Whey Protein – Gold Standard
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 (June 15-22, 2008)
I was successful in my goal of continuing to eat clean on the road when I went out of town this week.
Usually, my trips would consist of relying on Subway between huge binges at restaurants, get-togethers, etc.
This time I wanted to see if I could keep up my usual eating habits and literally take them on the road.
So, I bought an insulated cooler/lunchbox, cooked a days worth of chicken, eggs, and broccoli, then hit the road.
It worked amazingly well and was even more convenient than stopping for Subway or even unhealthier options. Because, let's face it, Subway is relatively "healthy," but still a big step down when trying to get below 13% body fat.
I did the same thing each day I was out of town by preparing all my meals in the morning, then toting them along.
This way I wasn't so tied to my eating schedule and wherever I went, I could easily consume my healthy meal in about 20 minutes.
I did have ONE 200-calorie cherry pie (with only 10 grams of sugar) immediately after my Wednesday workout, along with last week's ONE cinnamon roll is a major improvement in sticking to the plan over the last two weeks.
Speaking of the Wednesday workout, I found a nice little workout course along the beach, which worked out perfectly since I've been doing bodyweight exercises on Wednesday anyway.
It was just a simple set of about 10 stations that provided metal poles for pullups, dips, situps, pushups, etc.
Since I worked out Monday before I left, that was the only workout I did while out of town, as I also returned in time for Heavy Load Friday, which brings me to my last point.
While HIIT has been great for fat loss, I've also been wondering if 3 sessions a week may be hindering my muscle/weight gains.
Without easy access to an exercise bike while traveling, I decided this would be a great week to test skipping HIIT all together.
The results were not all that conclusive, as most of my measurements stayed nearly the same, but I did gain about 2 pounds.
I'm going to continue to test and do one HIIT session this week on Saturday. That gives my body plenty of time to build and recover during the week when I do all my resistance training.
If there still aren't significant results or I can't shake that last layer of fat, then I'll increase it to 2 and back 3 if necessary.
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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