Morning everyone!
So this morning I had a great workout, the lack of carbs as of late reared it's ugly head toward the end of my biceps workout but that is to be expected. At least while my body is becoming more accustomed to being in a state of basic keto. Today is my refeed day so I get to take in 250 grams of carbs today. Some of which are sitting here before me as we speak. I may end up just changing things on my next day to only really having the carbs just before bed, or having a portion of them post workout then saving the bulk of them to an evening refeed meal. For now going to see how this works out.
Here is my workout log I will go over some of it below the picture as I do like to expound on a few things not only for you all but for myself as well. I tend to use my logs as a reference point of how things were going at a certain time.
Workout Notes:
Meadows Rows - I went up 5 lbs on my last set and honestly I felt I may have been able to go even heavier which is impressive as they were very hard last week at 5 lbs less.
Dumbell Dead Stop Rows - Again I went up 5 lbs although unsure if I would be able to get all reps and again I crushed it! I will definitely be going heavier next time around.
Fascia Stretch, this is really hurting my wrists before I can complete the stretches. I must go get some soft wraps instead of my versa grips.
Stretchers - I went up 15 lbs on this one and had to do a couple tiny pauses after rep 10 and 11 to make it to 12. Set felt great, nice deep stretch and tight contraction in finish postion!
Heavy Partial Pull Downs BOOM BIATCH!!! Yeah that is how this one went. I started 15 lbs heavier and finished 20 lbs heavier at 270x8 - MAJOR lat and upper back pump after this!
Supported Wide Grip Rows Elbows High I went up 30 lbs on the last set and only lost 1/4 rep. Felt great and really pushed it here!
Dumbbell Shrugs 3 second hold at top - I stayed with the same weight here because of how hard it was to complete last time. Next week I am confident that going up in weight will not be a problem.
Biceps
Cross Body Hammer Curls I dropped on of the warm up sets and increased both my starting and finishing weights.
Machine Preacher Curls 3 second negatives. - Increased starting and finishing weight by 5, however I really petered out on the last set. I think with all of the increases on back work and the CBHC's above added to the low muscle glycogen levels I just ran out of fuel. However I did not run out of intensity!!!!
EZ Bar Curls 3 second negatives I used same weight for these and completed my first set but hit failure early on the second. My last rep was after a decent pause and was definitely assisted by some body english. Attempt ad 7th rep was maybe a few inches movement. LOL
So that is how the workout went as you can tell I gave it my all. Again just like last week I am getting some cramping in my brachialis. Not as bad as last week so I know they are improving but they are definitely trying to cramp up here and there when doing things that activate them. Gotta love it. Just means I can expect some new size on my arms as the brachialis grows and pushes my biceps and triceps out more.
Oh yeah just want to mention a smoothie made with 2 scoops of Apple Fusion BCAA SAA and Cake Batter Isolate is like some kind of Jolly Rancher apple smoothie!!!! YUM!!!!!!!