HECK YEAH! This is more like it!
I just had the BEST workout I have experienced in a very long time.
Heavy, PR setting weights felt light, I felt incredibly psyched-up the entire workout, and my aggression was unparalleled! No nausea, just focus, drive and lots of weight.
Bullet Proof: I didn't to post on this before leaving for the gym, so I'm including it here. Switching meals 5 and 6 is the way to go - taking BP immediately before bed and eating nothing until breakfast makes the effects exponentially more felt.
Sleep Duration:11pm-7:20am
Quality:Deep, restorative, rejuvenating. I woke up feeling entirely ready for the day - I have experienced none of the drowsiness that others have reported upon first waking - my eyes open and I feel goooooood. :afro: Most of the soreness from yesterday's workout was gone, and I felt definitively recovered, like good sleep should do.
Dreams: So, I'm robbing Bill Murray's apartment (I blame
Manimalia and his log) and I clean it out for it's worth. I'm living high on the hog, but apparently, I'm also a clinical researcher, and I'm using my ill-gotten gains to buy equipment for my lab. You know, gold test-tube racks, spatulas and heart-rate monitors as well as plasma tvs and hiring a masseuse: stuff every lab should have! But apparently, in robbing his place, I took everything Bill Murray had, so to earn some cash he participates in whatever study I'm conducting. I walk over to his bed and tell the nurse: "The subjects daily intake should be increased by 500 calories, of equal parts puppies, cats and pigs." That was the end of the dream, I liked this one despite it's weirdness...
Assault: Reduced dose to 1/2scoop and just felt AMAZING! Nausea-free, tons of energy, drive and focus. This is EVERY workout should be - and this was the last workout in a long grueling week of them; I'd expect to be drained, but today's was the best yet. I finished lifting and felt like I was just warming up. I'll be sticking with a 1/2scoop for the time being.
Battle Fuel:I was so psyched and aggressive today, I was switching between Decline Bench and Romanian Deads with almost no rest (as fast as I could get from position to position). This held true through all movements, despite the fact that I was lifting more weight than ever before on a lot of them. I was pushing myself and I liked it!
The Workout: 4x6supersets
Decline Bench: 285 (PR)
w/Romanian Deads: 365 (PR)
Wide-Grip Lat-pulls: 270
w/Skull Crushers: 160 (PR)
Seated Calf Raises: 195 (Feet angled out)
Standing Cable Crunches: 90
The Romanian Dead PR is for Romanian Deads only; my regular deadlift record for 6reps is 390 iirc. Still, I was pleased. Decline Bench surprised me - what with the incline presses I did yesterday, I thought I would have been much more sore than I was. For the lat-pulls, I would have preferred doing weighted pull-ups, but I forgot my dipping belt and had to improvise. And, if you haven't tried standing ab work like those cable crunches, I would definitely reccommend it - they're a great support move for the "core" that has really helped my squat, dead and push-press.
And, now I'm sad, because I have to wait until Monday to do this again!
On the other hand...on Monday, I get to do this again! :woohoo: