We’re Here to Pump You Up!

(I loved that skit on SNL)

This new phase of my lifting is killer! It has you doing 8 – 10 reps of the same exercises, but 4 sets instead of 3. The book organizes them into giant sets of 4 exercises each, but the weight room was packed so I couldn’t hog that many weights at once! I broke each giant set in half. I don’t know if it was that 4th set or what, but I was whipped! After I finished, I had about 15 minutes to wait for the boy. I sat down in the back of his class, leaned my head against the wall, and fell asleep!

Hopefully my run won’t get rained out tomorrow morning – we’re looking at rain through Friday. :-(

Eating is fine – roughly 1530 calories yesterday – I had a glass of milk with a little chocolate syrup when I got home from the gym. Back on track and the water bloat seems to be subsiding.

I’m thinking of switching over to the 6 day a week weight training program – I need to read about it in my book tonight and make a decision. While it might be tough to motivate myself, I think it would pay off. Have you ever really seen something in your mind’s eye? I have a vision of where I want to take my body. Sculpted enough you can see the muscles, but smoother than a body builder (I don’t plan to lose that much fat!). That’s where I want to go, and summer is prime time for me to make progress because I am less hindered by my family’s schedule. What I want is totally realistic and attainable – not a look I can’t achieve or maintain. I see glimpses of it already. Like a sculptor, with clay – I just need to trim away a little of the excess to bring out the piece.

It’s getting there.