Journey, Not A Destination
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So I spent a majority of the weekend doing yard work. Actually that's a lie. It was only Sunday I worked outside from sun up to down. We finished cleaning out the last of the flower beds and had a huge fire going all day.
We also made this awesome trail that runs the length of my property. At the highest point on the trail where there's a cliff that overlooks the stream and has an amazing view, we cleared out a grove for a picnic table, bench and possible rope swing.
The property is really coming together.
I'm anxious for the week in the gym as it's a low volume week... won't kick my ass quite as much nor will it take quite as long.
We also made this awesome trail that runs the length of my property. At the highest point on the trail where there's a cliff that overlooks the stream and has an amazing view, we cleared out a grove for a picnic table, bench and possible rope swing.
The property is really coming together.
I'm anxious for the week in the gym as it's a low volume week... won't kick my ass quite as much nor will it take quite as long.
LowFatMilk
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I don't understand how you keep up with all this stuff. It's all so complicated. Good job anyways.
LowFatMilk
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It just seems like you do so many different exercises, your days don't really look the same.
It would make a lot more sense if you saw it all on one piece of paper. When I just throw random workouts up here, yea, it looks strange.
But the gist of it is I train in 4 week blocks and switch things up every 4 weeks.
Each 4 week cycle varies in terms of volume.
Week 1 is moderate volume
Week 2 is low volume
Week 3 is high volume
Week 4 is lowest volume
But the gist of it is I train in 4 week blocks and switch things up every 4 weeks.
Each 4 week cycle varies in terms of volume.
Week 1 is moderate volume
Week 2 is low volume
Week 3 is high volume
Week 4 is lowest volume
LowFatMilk
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Seems like a lot of work 
.
I hope I can become more dedicated like that!
.I hope I can become more dedicated like that!
LowFatMilk
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I'm hoping I'm one of thsoe people who won't.
Keep it up!
Keep it up!
Two more workouts until I switch some things up. Perfect timing too b/c I'm becoming mentally bored with this one. Today will be a low volume lower day and tomorrow will be a low volume upper day.
Then it's off to the drawing board.
I'm not training for anything in particular. I'd like to get some of my size back as a lost a good bit of it training for my last hike. It was so energy intensive and stressful that it was hard to eat enough to maintain.
But I'm not 'bulking' per se.
I'm just eating good foods and lifting hard.
General diet right now looks something like:
Meal 1:
Shake that includes 1/2 cup fat free milk, 1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt, 1 tbspn natty peanut butter, 1 heaping scoop of chocolate whey from Optimum Nutrition, 1 frozen banana, and 2 ice cubes.
Meal 2:
A glass of water with a heaping scoop of chocolate whey from Optimum Nutrition, 1 serving almonds, carrots and an apple
Meal 3:
Lean ground beef, 1 cup rice, a huge helping of brocolli, string cheese and some olive oil
Meal 4:
Chicken breast, bagel with some fat free cream cheese, grapes and some string beans
Meal 5:
Not sure if you would call this a meal, I consider it my post workout shake which is simply a glass of chocolate milk
Meal 6:
Varies, I have what the wife is cooking. Always entails a meat, a starchy carb, a fibrous veggie though.
Sometimes if I stay up late I'll throw in something else too but that depends on how I feel
Then it's off to the drawing board.
I'm not training for anything in particular. I'd like to get some of my size back as a lost a good bit of it training for my last hike. It was so energy intensive and stressful that it was hard to eat enough to maintain.
But I'm not 'bulking' per se.
I'm just eating good foods and lifting hard.
General diet right now looks something like:
Meal 1:
Shake that includes 1/2 cup fat free milk, 1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt, 1 tbspn natty peanut butter, 1 heaping scoop of chocolate whey from Optimum Nutrition, 1 frozen banana, and 2 ice cubes.
Meal 2:
A glass of water with a heaping scoop of chocolate whey from Optimum Nutrition, 1 serving almonds, carrots and an apple
Meal 3:
Lean ground beef, 1 cup rice, a huge helping of brocolli, string cheese and some olive oil
Meal 4:
Chicken breast, bagel with some fat free cream cheese, grapes and some string beans
Meal 5:
Not sure if you would call this a meal, I consider it my post workout shake which is simply a glass of chocolate milk
Meal 6:
Varies, I have what the wife is cooking. Always entails a meat, a starchy carb, a fibrous veggie though.
Sometimes if I stay up late I'll throw in something else too but that depends on how I feel
LowFatMilk
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Holy crap, a normal person's diet.
LowFatMilk
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I suppose there's no normal, just normal for you.
But your diet sure seems like it must taste good. I want your shake.
It does taste good. I think all diets should taste good... there's no reason for it to not taste good
Phew, I was pretty sick over the weekend. Because of it, I was pretty much resting the entire time. I got a lot of reading done, which is nice. And fortunately the weather was pretty miserable so I wasn't missing any outside time.
I started reading three books. One of them will be a quick read and the other two will be real long.
I watched a couple of movies too.
Nothing too exciting.
I'm pumped... today I start a new routine in the gym. I'm ready for a change. The differences compared to what I was doing from before will be entirely different exercises and cluster sets.
I started reading three books. One of them will be a quick read and the other two will be real long.
I watched a couple of movies too.
Nothing too exciting.
I'm pumped... today I start a new routine in the gym. I'm ready for a change. The differences compared to what I was doing from before will be entirely different exercises and cluster sets.
Legs actually feel really good after yesterdays workout. I'm surprised... thought I'd be more sore. Today is an upper body day which I'm looking forward to.
Tomorrow I'm planning on doing some hill sprints.
Life has been really busy as of late. On the finance front understandably we have a lot going on at the firm with the crazy markets. On the fitness front, we're actually working on opening up our first gym which requires a good bit of capital, time and planning. We're ordering a bunch of equipment this week and it's quite exciting.
I've also been spending a ton of time over on my forum trying to grow it. It's not as easy to grow when you don't do much advertising and don't allow for banner placement of gimmicky companies.
But it's quite active so far so I can't complain.
I'm stoked abou the weather finally warming up a bit. I'm ready for picnics at my new house. I have built a fire pit, hung a rope swing, built some trails, etc.
It's going to be great.
Tomorrow I'm planning on doing some hill sprints.
Life has been really busy as of late. On the finance front understandably we have a lot going on at the firm with the crazy markets. On the fitness front, we're actually working on opening up our first gym which requires a good bit of capital, time and planning. We're ordering a bunch of equipment this week and it's quite exciting.
I've also been spending a ton of time over on my forum trying to grow it. It's not as easy to grow when you don't do much advertising and don't allow for banner placement of gimmicky companies.
But it's quite active so far so I can't complain.
I'm stoked abou the weather finally warming up a bit. I'm ready for picnics at my new house. I have built a fire pit, hung a rope swing, built some trails, etc.
It's going to be great.