Thrashing

So back to the routine with a thrashing. I made sure that after a few consecutive rest days I came back with a boom and judging how I feel today, yesterdays session was fantastic. I reversed my routine so this time I started with my triceps followed by biceps, shoulders, back and finally chest. I complemented that with an abs workout today and my upper body is feeling tired but all the better for getting off my lasy butt and outting in the hard work.

I did a standard workout. 3 sets of 10 reps or untill failure on the last set so that I knew I had effectively worked out all groups of muscles. I am enjoying new exerises that I have only started since doing this such as the military press. If I can maintain this intensity this week I will measure myself at the start of next week to establish how my body develops over time.

The diet is going ok at the moment. It is a struggle to consume the required calories and water as I am not used to taking on board so much. Again what I will look at in future posts is my average day food intake and work out the exact calorie and water intake.

For now I am going to put my feet up, watch the football and hope that when it is over my muscles are not too battered otherwis I might have to stay on the sofa for the whole night!!!

Too much too soon?

So today I did another upper body work out. After my last workout which was an intense 3 sets of 5 reps using a larger than normal weight, it gave me the belief that I could push myself harder and lift more. But then as I was doing a chest exercise I felt an ache in my shoulder (to add to the pain in my foot and the bruises from dropping the fire place on my leg!!). I wonder if this is a case of trying to do much too soon.
I want to push myself as my desire is to get bigger and stronger. I do need to allow my body time to recover from the workouts as there has to be an ounce of common sense to be used here. I will not gain in size and strength by blasting through injury.

On the flip side I found a webiste that might be of interest. If you search for Christian Finn on Google he will come as one of the top hits. It seems to be an honest look at all aspects of fitness and a good dource of information.

Away from exercise my diet seems to be going well. The only down side is that the Whey Protien shake from Holland and Barratt. The choccolate flavour is awesome. Tastes great and has great texture. However the vanilla flavour does not seem to blend as well which results in it being a bit lumpy! Nice!!! In the past I have tried the Maximuscle Cyclone shake but I was not keen on the taste of them either. If anyone knows a tasty as well as a beneficial prtien shake please let me know!!!