Hey Everybody, I just got back from the gym about 45 minutes ago, ate my post workout meal and now I'm writing to you! So for being my first day of a new program I can say that it was pretty challenging. To start my day at 07:00 with a ballbuster swim set was a good way to wake up! I ended up doing the 500 yard ballbuster set and then swimming another 200 yards because at 07:00 my local pool gets very packed and it's very hard to keep a lane. The core wasn't too bad at all but I will definitely feel it tomorrow. The "Beef" of the day which in my opinion was the bodyweight movements of pushups, pullups, and dips was much different than I expected. The dips were the easiest part, the 15x15 went by pretty quickly and overall I had no problems. The pushups were hard for the first 5 sets because my triceps were pumping from the initial dip sets and shoulders were all ready toasted because of the full day. However, after those 5 sets my arms and upper body almost went numb and I felt like I could have kept going. For pullups my 4x12 was challenging and to make one thing clear I do not kip in my pullups until I can no longer do a "real" pullup. I will actually have a separate post about what I think about kipping and the benefits/opinions AND what I do during my sets. The run however completely fell apart. I don't know if it was the fact that I maxed out on Sunday or what, but I couldn't get my legs going and my lungs couldn't seem to get any clean air. I ended up doing about a mile and a half at a 7 minute pace and then called it quits on that. Hopefully tomorrow will be a new day and I will feel better.
For my diet I ended up clocking in at about 2800-3000 calories. I actually use an app called "Fat Secret" which in my opinion is one of the best calorie counting apps in the app store/google play. It is completely free and comes with a barcode scanner and gives tips and meal ideas which I find very helpful. I had about 150 grams of protein, 110 grams of fat, and 300 grams of carbohydrates. For me I feel like that is a healthy balance of carbs/fats/proteins mostly because I do not want to lose weight, and I think with the amount of cardio that I will be doing keeping a moderate to high fat/carbohydrate intake will be key in maintaining my size. I also take a multivitamin, 3 fish oils, and drink joint juice. If you have never heard of joint juice I highly recommend you check it out. It is filled with a lot of great stuff to help support healthy joints and gives them a little more nutrients that they need. I've heard many mixed reviews on joint juice but overall in my experiences I'm generally rather happy.
I will be putting my my kipping post up either tomorrow or the next day depending on work and scheduling. As of now I am going to bed! I will be writing to all of you bright and early tomorrow to start another day of training. Have a good night!
Afro-
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