Day 12: Happy Impulses
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Taking the high road is usually not the easy one to take or the most popular. The low road seems to offer instant satisfaction. It may seem better for the moment, but if you compromise you principles and your integrity, it will always end up costing you far more in the long run." - Billy Cox
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY
Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away
TRAINING
HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec sprint/40 sec rest
c. 4 min jogging
Stretch 10 min.
Full-Body (30 sec recovery between sets):
1. Supinated BB Bent Over Rows 5 x 4-5
2. Overhead BB Squats 4 x 5
3. Weighted Dips 4 x 5
4. Ab Rollout 4 x 5
Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
a. 1 min @ 14.4 km/hr
b. 1 min @ 15.2 km/hr
c. 1 x 30 sec @ 16 km/hr / 30 sec rest
d. 1 x 30 sec @ 16.8 km/hr / 30 sec rest
e. 1 x 30 sec @ 17.6 km/hr / 30 sec rest
f. 1 x 30 sec @ 18.4 km/hr / 30 sec rest
g. 8 x 20 sec @ 19.2 km/hr / 40 sec rest
h. 1 x 30 sec @ 19.2 km/hr / 30 sec rest
i. 1 min @ 14.4 km/hr
Stretch 10 min.
COMMENTS
Sleep - Time and Quality: ~5 hours. Now to get into a SCHEDULE!
Mood/Aggression: GREAT mood today, especially during and after training. Was completely random afterwards, impulsively going lingerie shopping (those who know me know that I am NOT a shopper, and least of all for lingerie, LOL). So had fun, a day out from normal, ready to get back into life.
Energy: LOTS. Got told twice in the space of an hour that I am "quite jumpy" and restless/"nervous" - I am a very hyperactive individual, yes, and the more physical and active I am, the better!
Mental Focus and Clarity: Playtime is over - not it's time for work.
Stress: Took the day off from stress today.
Libido: Could read its head . . .
Joints: Very painful in left wrist, especially with the heavier weights and the additional weight to Dips.
Endurance: Great.
Strength: Added an extra 20 pounds from last week to the exercises that matter re weight - it's good to be doing WEIGHTED Dips again!
Pump: A little - more in my legs from the HIIT cardio than weights.
Vascularity: Strong.
Quality of Training: HIIT Run pre-weights was AMAZING - the BEST one in probably the last YEAR! Pace did NOT falter at all, covering the same distance in each sprint. Had a small stitch, but ignored it and just sprinted my lungs out . . . Resistance training only added to an already great session. My strength is improving by leaps and bounds, especially now that I am focusing on it. My left wrist is still giving me problems, but I can ignore the pain and just flex my wrist in my recovery periods . . . Post-Weights I felt as fresh as anything, so it was onto the treadmill for some more HIIT. After the first effort at 19.2 km/hr, I went to increase the pace, but the treadmill wouldn't go higher. So stuck at that for a bit. The last minute was a definite effort, but so very happy when I finished . . .
Recovery: I feel BRILLIANT (probably going to feel the effects tomorrow, LOL)!
Body Composition and Look: So, the changes in my body over the last two weeks hit home more than ever - hit with a final shock, honestly - when I looked in the mirror in the dressing room of Victoria's Secret. Age has definitely caught up on me. Abuse as well. Maybe some effects of having run products with AI properties for so long (even though I love them). Even though my body composition is reasonably low (although not as low as I would like), my body is changing and doing so many unexpected things, from leaning out whilst slowly gaining mass and definition up top, to whatever seemed to have gone from the top re fat redistributing to my lower. Odd and NOT cool. Get rid of it all!!!
Other Notes: Used the last dose of my current bottle of IGF-2 yesterday, but will be starting more as soon as my new bottle gets here. Also going to be starting Erase as soon as it arrives (hopefully next week), along with Organic VitaBerry. And then a week after that, I will be starting Shred Matrix (all supplement changes reflected in post #1). DCP will be started as soon as it gets here (which, hopefully is next week).
FIT TIP OF THE DAY
Stop looking at everyone else. Look at you and you only. There's no point in comparing yourself to anyone but yourself, because everyone else started somewhere, albeit highly likely not the same place you started from. You're competing against YOURSELF, no one else! Focus on YOU: Your starting point, your goals, and make your path from the former to the latter, and don't look at what anyone else is doing.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Taking the high road is usually not the easy one to take or the most popular. The low road seems to offer instant satisfaction. It may seem better for the moment, but if you compromise you principles and your integrity, it will always end up costing you far more in the long run." - Billy Cox
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY
Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away
TRAINING
HIIT Cardio:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec sprint/40 sec rest
c. 4 min jogging
Stretch 10 min.
Full-Body (30 sec recovery between sets):
1. Supinated BB Bent Over Rows 5 x 4-5
2. Overhead BB Squats 4 x 5
3. Weighted Dips 4 x 5
4. Ab Rollout 4 x 5
Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
a. 1 min @ 14.4 km/hr
b. 1 min @ 15.2 km/hr
c. 1 x 30 sec @ 16 km/hr / 30 sec rest
d. 1 x 30 sec @ 16.8 km/hr / 30 sec rest
e. 1 x 30 sec @ 17.6 km/hr / 30 sec rest
f. 1 x 30 sec @ 18.4 km/hr / 30 sec rest
g. 8 x 20 sec @ 19.2 km/hr / 40 sec rest
h. 1 x 30 sec @ 19.2 km/hr / 30 sec rest
i. 1 min @ 14.4 km/hr
Stretch 10 min.
COMMENTS
Sleep - Time and Quality: ~5 hours. Now to get into a SCHEDULE!
Mood/Aggression: GREAT mood today, especially during and after training. Was completely random afterwards, impulsively going lingerie shopping (those who know me know that I am NOT a shopper, and least of all for lingerie, LOL). So had fun, a day out from normal, ready to get back into life.
Energy: LOTS. Got told twice in the space of an hour that I am "quite jumpy" and restless/"nervous" - I am a very hyperactive individual, yes, and the more physical and active I am, the better!
Mental Focus and Clarity: Playtime is over - not it's time for work.
Stress: Took the day off from stress today.
Libido: Could read its head . . .
Joints: Very painful in left wrist, especially with the heavier weights and the additional weight to Dips.
Endurance: Great.
Strength: Added an extra 20 pounds from last week to the exercises that matter re weight - it's good to be doing WEIGHTED Dips again!
Pump: A little - more in my legs from the HIIT cardio than weights.
Vascularity: Strong.
Quality of Training: HIIT Run pre-weights was AMAZING - the BEST one in probably the last YEAR! Pace did NOT falter at all, covering the same distance in each sprint. Had a small stitch, but ignored it and just sprinted my lungs out . . . Resistance training only added to an already great session. My strength is improving by leaps and bounds, especially now that I am focusing on it. My left wrist is still giving me problems, but I can ignore the pain and just flex my wrist in my recovery periods . . . Post-Weights I felt as fresh as anything, so it was onto the treadmill for some more HIIT. After the first effort at 19.2 km/hr, I went to increase the pace, but the treadmill wouldn't go higher. So stuck at that for a bit. The last minute was a definite effort, but so very happy when I finished . . .
Recovery: I feel BRILLIANT (probably going to feel the effects tomorrow, LOL)!
Body Composition and Look: So, the changes in my body over the last two weeks hit home more than ever - hit with a final shock, honestly - when I looked in the mirror in the dressing room of Victoria's Secret. Age has definitely caught up on me. Abuse as well. Maybe some effects of having run products with AI properties for so long (even though I love them). Even though my body composition is reasonably low (although not as low as I would like), my body is changing and doing so many unexpected things, from leaning out whilst slowly gaining mass and definition up top, to whatever seemed to have gone from the top re fat redistributing to my lower. Odd and NOT cool. Get rid of it all!!!
Other Notes: Used the last dose of my current bottle of IGF-2 yesterday, but will be starting more as soon as my new bottle gets here. Also going to be starting Erase as soon as it arrives (hopefully next week), along with Organic VitaBerry. And then a week after that, I will be starting Shred Matrix (all supplement changes reflected in post #1). DCP will be started as soon as it gets here (which, hopefully is next week).
FIT TIP OF THE DAY
Stop looking at everyone else. Look at you and you only. There's no point in comparing yourself to anyone but yourself, because everyone else started somewhere, albeit highly likely not the same place you started from. You're competing against YOURSELF, no one else! Focus on YOU: Your starting point, your goals, and make your path from the former to the latter, and don't look at what anyone else is doing.