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!
Today was a good day for me and I was in the gym for a long time. I was in the gym today from 8:27-11:30 AM. I put in a lot of work and I could really feel the results. Today was another explosive, intense training day for me. The exercises were as follows: 5 sets of 5 barbell hang cleans 5 sets of 5 bench presses superset with Bodyweight Elevated Hip Extensions 5 sets of 10-15 5 sets of 8 incline Dumbbell bench press superset with 5 sets of 8 Romanian Deadlifts 5 sets of 20 banded back rows superset with 5 sets of 10 Dumbbell reverse fly I then followed up with cardio on the bike: 10 rounds: 1 minute of a jog at 10.0 resistance 1 minute of a sprint at 15.0 resistance I then followed up with an ab circuit. I really felt like today was one of or if not my best day in the gym. I kept the intensity at a high level, I had a high level of energy, and I felt really locked in. The workout lasted for a total of 2 hours and 35 minutes. I burned 1,081 active calories and 1,351 total calorie...
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