Another solid week in the books for our lifting crew. Previously, I had never felt such contraction in my muscles I never felt that I was actually hitting the muscle group, but over the last two weeks I can physically feel my legs getting stronger. In addition, I feel more explosive both laterally and vertically and I know my cardio is where it needs to be this time of the year. Each day there’s a heavy focus on the lower body through squats, lunges, and other exercises while also mixing in plenty of upper body work to make sure that is not lagging behind. But make no mistake, the lower body is definitely the priority. I’ve really loved and been proud of how I’ve been able to push through soreness and fatigue in some of my lifts. I am well aware not every lift is going to be perfect and pretty so I am pretty happy with how I’m pushing through adversity and fatigue. The diet was up to par this week, and I’m still burning lots of calories each day. My only complaint would be my water consumption is lagging and in a couple days I had some unhealthy foods. The week started with an intense squat/ explosive day, a heavy hang clean and bench press day with a hard bike training session, a bicep and conditioning day, another squat and explosive day, anther conditioning day, then a shoulder press day. My biggest achievement would be finishing a workout while feeling the effects of the second dose of the vaccine. And keeping my weight steady at 192. I feel motivated to get 190 or below in the coming days we’ll see. My main goals for next week are eat completely clean, sleep well, and hydrate more. Again, my afternoon activity was used for more rolling out and recovering as the morning workout begins to take a heavy toll on me but that is to be expected. I also began to devise my workout and meal plans and began to formulate ideas on my presentation for this project. And with that I hope to close senior project on a high note!
What a first week for my senior project, I couldn’t have asked for a more fun week out of my senior project. I got to spend every morning in the gym for as long as I wanted to without any time constraints. Every day would start the same with me and the rest of the group grabbing a complete and solid breakfast from the dining hall. We all would begin lifting anywhere from 8:30-9 AM. Each day I would do about 30 minutes of a dynamic and static stretching warm-up. I wanted to make this a priority because I knew each day I’d be in the gym for two hours or more and injury was always possible. I started off the first few days with a workout plan from Ross that was centered on lifting heavyweight for an overall strength boost. These days were a lot of fun and definitely provided an ego boost while lifting really heavyweight. I started off the week with an intense leg session that lasted a few hours and required a lot of intensity and focus. Each afternoon, my afternoon activity was weight r
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