Thought I would do my stats today. Tomorrow will be the first workout of week 3. There has been a good change in my appearance but at this stage I put that down to better posture - muscles pulling evrything the right way etc. The back focus routine has been great for this, I feel this is where I am getting most benefit right now (thanks Richy). I'll stay consistent with my current workout for at least the next week or so and see how I feel from then on.
Strength gains have been good but I am looking forward to a greater increase in upper body strength.
As far a diet goes - its been pretty good. Havent been too fantatical about calorie count etc. Just smaller portions and eating right - I tend to eat healthy anyway. No junk, no sweet stuff, lots of lean chicken, fish, salads and veges etc etc.
Its been interesting looking at the stats as to where gains/losses have occured. The scales at the gym have been changed since my last weigh in so dont know how much of the variance is due to that.
Anway, stats below and thanks all for the advice so far (and the laughs.....)
15/04
26/04
Weight
103
101.5
Waist
105
103.5
Hips
102
100
Thigh
65
66
Calves
46
45
Biceps
39.5
39
Neck
44
42
Sorry about the crap formatting - cant seem to fix that. How do I insert a spreadsheet like I have seen you other guys do? I think all my blood is going to my muscles and leaving my brain :-)
yeah nice one snakey!! looking really good for a relatively short period of time you should bee pleased!!
"snakey"? was that a freudian slip? But yes, thanks - quite happy with the way things are going, just need to maintain the effort now. (maybe I'll change my name to snakey. I quite like it)
Missed my session yesterday due to general arsing about. Will still get 3 in this week and it actually did me some good having an extra day off I think. Felt quite strong in the gym today.
Leg focus day: Hack Squats 12 x 164.5 12 x 184.5 (going to stay at this weight for a while I think and try and slow it right down - currently 3/3 cadence) Leg Curl 2 sets of 12 @ 35 supersetted with Leg Extension 2 sets of 12 @ 35 Chest Press (machine) 2 sets of 12 @ 42.5 BB Shoulder Press 10 x 14kg 6 x 14kg Bicep Curl 12 x 12 kg 10 x 12kg Calf Raise (using hack machine) 2 sets of 15 @ 184.5kg
Then finished with Planks etc
Putting the weight up on the squats was good - really made me work. Gave me a slight headache which seems to happen with heavy leg work sometimes. Struggled a bit on the shoulder press and bicep curls mainly because I was knackered by then :-)
Headaches - lardass, you mentioned headache probs before so thought i would share my experiences. I get them during/post workout occasionally so I paid attention today. During my squats (hack machine) I started getting a headache half way through the 2nd set. Since i stared the dd challenge I've upped the weight by 60kg so I am really pushing. My headaches in the past have always come during my "leg focus" workout. So.... today i watched myself and took note of what was happening. apart from the strain I noticed my shoulders were not even. As in my left shoulder was often pushing higher earlier than my right. Right now, I have tension in the left side of my neck and a dul throbbing headache kind of behind my right eye up to my right temple. I need a massage!
anyway - I'm putting my headaches down to:
1. working hard on legs to failure with heavy weights. (blood trying to get to my legs and away from my head)
2. straining, maybe not breathing properly
3. poor form
Thats just my amatuer take on it but I figure it helps to share these probs right?
