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Proctor Lifting Day 2

 Today started off with a good sign of progress and a testament to the hard work we put in as a group yesterday. I weighed in at 192 lbs this morning, down from 194 lbs yesterday. We started the day off with a nice clean breakfast. We had eggs, sausage, and hashbrowns making sure we had a 50% protein ratio on our plates along with 20% carbs, and we hit our 30% fat target with the eggs on our plates. Today was bench day, and I was pretty tired from yesterday, but we all got after it. I felt good through the first few sets and super-setted my bench press with dumbbell one-arm rows. I got to my highest set of 180 and hoped to accomplish five reps. Last week, I, unfortunately, got only 4. I did accomplish five reps and was pretty stoked about it, but more importantly, other guys were putting up impressive weight as well. Mitchell hit a 205lb bench press for two reps, and we immediately posted it on @proctor_lifting on Instagram. I finished out the workout with incline bench presses, supine rows, bicep curls, and tricep pushdowns. I then closed the workout with a 15 incline treadmill walk at 3.0 speed with a 25lb vest on for 25 minutes. This is a great, low-impact alternative to running as it raises your heart rate just as much and burns your legs a lot more. With that first workout lasting 2.5 hours, I burned 886 active calories and 1,097 total calories. With the number of calories, I'm burning, and how much I'm taxing my body, I realized I need to get real with my water consumption. Today was a very good day for me in terms of my water consumption, as I drank plenty. I ate clean too, for lunch we had burgers but I only ate the meat and tomatoes with a salad and some potatoes. Dinner I also ate clean too. During our afternoon activity, I hit the weight room again for an hour and forty-five minutes. I rolled out, worked on mobility, but I felt restless. So I worked on the most overrated muscle, the bicep. It was a good workout, and I killed my arms. That workout lasted an hour and forty-five minutes, I burned 201 active calories and 276 total calories. Overall today, I burned 1,589 active calories and 3,541 total calories. Can't wait for a light modified rest day tomorrow! 






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  1. Kelly Griffin-BrownMay 12, 2021 at 8:25 AM

    Love it!!!!! Great work!! Don't forget to add hour totals to the blog posts.

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  2. RossMay 12, 2021 at 9:01 AM

    What is the structure of the workout? Are you just trying to do a ton of work? Or is there a reason behind what you're doing?

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