Day 10

Extensive workout this morning! I really feel like I worked my chest, tris and abs! So that’s a good thing :)

Wasn’t there for an excessive amount of time either – about 80 minutes. I should’ve been there longer, except I slept in this morning – just couldn’t roll myself out of bed :( That was an hour delay this morning. D’oh! Didn’t mean that.

Everything’s going OK – the training is going extremely well. As compared to last year, I’m taking a different slant on training. It’s now more meditative, meaning that I focus more on the movements, rather than getting the heaviest weights. By focussing on the movements, I’m ensuring that form is kept throughout. This doesn’t mean to imply that I’m not pushing hard. Almost all sets finish with some form of fatigue… some extreme, some less so. But I keep pushing, but it’s about mindfulness of the movement.

On the note of mindfulness, I’m persevering with my meditation, but I’m finding it tougher to keep the mind still. While not a great thing in and of itself, it is good – without the meditation I would have no reason to reflect on the busyness of the mind. I’d let it pass. Meditation is honing in that awareness. I personally still believe that there’s a connection between the Cuts and the un-mindfulness I have right now. There’s only one way to test it – and I’ve discussed that before. Mindfulness is something I always have – sometimes it’s less mindful – but it’s always there. The overriding goal right now is to strip the fat. Once that’s done, it’s about bringing everything else back in line.

On the note of results, while I’d be excited to have results as good as last week, I can’t expect that. My nutrition this week has been unpredictable. Pizza on Tues, burger last night. Today will be good – tomorrow less so (lunch out). Right now I’m trying to strike a balance between maintaining my muscle mass and losing fat. Knowing how strong the Cuts are, I don’t want them to deplete any more of my muscle. So I’m trying to eat more to compensate. But eating more is contravening the goal of fat loss. So I’m kind of at a loss right now as to know the next best move. This week’s results will tell me a lot. Next week looks to be far calmer than this one… so I’ll hopefully be able to reign things in a lot.

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