Yet another week behind me and honestly, I'm not really happy with the results I've achieved so far.  I've been doing alot of reading and looking into how to tweak my nutrition.  I'm thinking that perhaps I'm carb intolerant.

I just finished my measurements and here are the results:

The program this next week is about really pushing my body to its limits.  Let's see what it does for my stats.

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Here are my pictures for the week:

Left side view:

Back view:

Right side view:

Front view:

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I was really looking forward to today's workout.  I never enjoyed working my chest before, but I'm starting to see some changes in that area and it pumps me up.

Incline DB flye (ss)
30×12; 35×10; 40×8(f)
DB press (ss)
45×12; 50×10; 55×10(f)

DB pullover (ss)
30×12; 35×10; 40×9(f)
Bench press (ss)
135×11; 135×9; 135×7(f)

Twisting crunch (ss)
14; 12; 10
Lying leg raise (ss)
12; 10; 8

I really focused on the chest muscles and how they felt during the exercises.  It was an intense feeling.

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Today I moved on to my back exercises.  This is the second week and I can definitely tell that these workouts are killer.

Twisting DB row (ss)
45×12; 50×10; 55×10(f)
Wide lat pulldown (ss)
110×12; 120×10; 125×10(f)

Close grip cable row
120×12; 135×10; 150×8(f)

Bent over row (ss)
95×12; 115×10; 115×8(f)
Close grip lat pulldown (ss)
105×12;120×10; 134×8(f)

What I notice about this progressive overload of the body is that as the rest time decreases I need to also decrease the weight I'm pushing. 

I've also been noticing that my energy levels are up.  I'm not sure why that is, but it is the truth.

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Leg day is avoided by alot of people with alot of various excuses for that.  I personally have always loved my leg workouts.  Today was no exception.  I love seeing if I can go heavier than my previous workout.  At this point in my program (Optimal Anabolics), I think I will start to lift lighter rather than heavier because the rest period between sets has been reduced by 30 seconds.

My workout today:

DB lunge (ss)
30×12; 30×10; 35×8(f)
Lying leg curl (ss)
90×13; 110×11; 130×8(f)

Standing calf negatives (ss)
160×12; 200×10; 240×13 (f)
Deadlift (ss)
95×12; 100×12; 110×9(f)

Seated calf negatives (ss)
90×12; 100×10; 125×13(f)
Squat (ss)
115×12; 185×10; 205×8(f)

The squats were my personal best.  205 x 8 is awesome and bigger than my 1 rep max was 10 weeks ago!

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