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 Today was an extremely busy day for me with work. I had to get a copy of our software out to the testing team for them to test the latest changes to the software. Once the testing is done we will either put the build out to the entire company or send it back to development for bug fixes. With the new process I implemented a month ago wherein the business user who made the change request is involved in unit testing, I think we will have a good chance of this build passing the QA process. There are alot of important changes to the software contained within this build. I actually got alot of work done today. My focus was intense and I just kept knocking things off my task list all day long. It was a non-stop productive day. |
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 Today was the second round of testing to set repetitions for my M5. Testing went well. |
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| As I woke up this morning I realized that it would not be wise to do another test round today as I had just done one on Sunday. Thus, I went to the gym and did a cardio session. I managed to get in an interval session for 30 minutes on the bike. I spent my morning drive on the phone with Carlos DeJesus. We were discussing evidence of success and what qualifies. The discussion, as always, was awesome. Carlos told me about his cardio circuit. We discussed how many people Carlos has trained to a successful result. He can point to many different success stories as a result of his training. People like Carlos don't need to brag because they have the evidence to back them up. To me, this is a key indicator of who to listen to. Anyone can come out and espouse a certain idea, but can they back up what they say? If not, why should anyone listen to them? Ideas are easy to come by, but the facts to back them up is another story. To me, if there are no facts then I can't listen. Carlos has done what most of the internet gurus have not. Carlos has trained champions. Carlos himself is a champion. Something tells me that Carlos is not done training champions. I realized at one point during our telephone conversation that without Carlos I would probably never have tried High Intensity Training. I would not have seen the gains I recently saw. Life in the gym would have been extremely different. With a coach like Carlos in my corner, the only thing stopping me from winning that body building competition during the summer will be me. All other factors have lined up perfectly. Thank you, Carlos, for your instruction, friendship, motivation, guidance and mentorship. As you stated, when we mentor someone we don't mentor them towards dependence, but towards independence. Thank you for teaching me the "how" and "why" behind things. |
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| Today was an interval cardio session for 30 minutes. |
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| Who you listen to determines how far you will go. |
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M4.5 (D402) Testing is over (or is it?)
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| I completed my testing for my M5 workout plan today. I followed the directions in the book Carlos DeJesus had me purchase and read. After completing the testing I started thinking about the workout plan and the sheets I had set up. I realized that I had only tested for half of the exercises. This prompted a question to Carlos, who answered in the way I expected, but feared at the same time. Carlos said that I have to test for all the exercises in the program. You see, this program is quite unique. Normally you are told "do 6 to 10 repetitions for your upper body and 8 to 12 repetitions for your lower body." This means that for an upper body exercise you are looking for a weight that you can handle at least 6 times, but not more than 10 times. If you hit or exceed 10 repetitions you are to increase your weight on that exercise. With this program that isn't what happens. You test yourself for every exercise in the program. This determines your optimal rep range for each exercise in the program. Thus, according to my own results, when I do my bench press, I should aim for 6 to 8 repetitions. On bicep curls I should aim for 5 to 7 repetitions. Both are upper body exercises, but both have different repetition ranges. Tomorrow I will go back into the gym and test myself for the final half of the exercises in the program. I am excited about this program because it not only has some different exercises, the approach is a bit different as well. Watch my workout logs as M5 progresses for more on this concept. I thought I would mention that during M4 I managed to increase the combined weight of all my exercises by 1,115 lbs. This was all done in just 12 weeks of working out. It is all due to hard work and the principles I've been taught by Carlos DeJesus. The application of these principles is exactly what drives the results. The principles cannot be argued with. They work PERIOD. If you still have doubts, then I submit that perhaps you have your head in the sand. |
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| Today I did my testing for the exercises I will be doing in M5. I am not going to log this workout in the blog today. Suffice to say it was an intense workout. |
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| Principles are the concepts that make up the foundation for any program. They should be the kinds of things that just cannot be argued. |
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| Have you bothered to consider the principles behind the programs you have been using? Comment this post to answer the question. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
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Rest 4.5: Rest Begins and Goals Flow
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| I named the next 8 days "Rest 4.5" because it is a rest period that takes place between M4 and M5 (11/29/2008 thru 12/6/2008). This will be an active rest period meaning that I will continue my cardio and my abdominal training. I am merely letting my body rest from weight training. The one exception is that tomorrow I will be doing a test workout to determine the rep ranges for the various exercises I will be using during M5. The concept that Carlos DeJesus has thrown my way is extremely scientific in that it asks you to figure out your own personal high and low repetition range for each exercise prior to beginning the program. This insures that you are working at your optimal range for each workout. The concept is simple: (1) determine your 1 rep maximum; (2) rest 5 minutes; (3) do a set to complete failure with 80% of your 1 rep maximum; (4) add 15% to the number of repetitions you did in #3 and that becomes your high end of the range; (5) subtract 15% from the number of repetitions that you did in #3 and that becomes your low end of the range. As an example, if you can do 200 lbs. on the bench press as your 1 rep maximum, you would use 160 lbs. for your test set. If you were able to complete 8 repetitions with 160 lbs. you would then use 9 for your high end and 7 as your low end, so for bench press you would aim to hit a minimum of 7 repetitions and when you were able to do 9 repetitions it would be time to add some weight and start over. I love the concept and can't wait to see how things workout. 
The weight lifting program will be a High Intensity Training program that will run for 10 complete weeks. It will have certain body part focuses on various weeks. The aim is to spur growth in lagging body parts. This is accomplished through some special supersets that are interspersed into the H.I.T. workouts. I am dying to give this a try because supersets combined with H.I.T. is going to be incredibly intense to say the least! M5 will end on Valentine's Day 2009. My PRW for this mission is to be in the greatest shape of my life for my wife on Valentine's Day. Accountability During M5 |
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M4:D100 (D400) The Muscle Building Fat Burning Machine – Results Speak for Themselves!
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Average Increase in Weight Lifted (across all exercises): 52% Thigh Extension Increase in Weight Lifted: 32%
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