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 Today I continued to use my Betaine HCL at every meal. It is obviously way too soon to say if there is going to be a difference, but I'm going to give it my best shot. Today I started thinking about meeting people where they are. I thought alot about compromise and finding a mutually beneficial meeting point. This is especially important in a fitness and nutrition scheme. We have to know ourselves well enough to meet our needs properly. In a sense, we need to learn to meet ourselves where we are. When I think of this it makes me think about the Quad Blaster. Carlos DeJesus invented the Quad Blaster as a way to enable him to strongly train his quads without having to run the risks of doing squats. Dougal: Mind Body Superfit has stated that the Quad Blaster is meeting his needs for leg training because he cannot hold heavy weights across his shoulders and back due to his injury. Thus, the Quad Blaster is a tool for meeting yourself where you are. If you are unable to do squats properly or if you are afraid of hurting yourself, get yourself a Quad Blaster and you will be able to safely blast your quads into submission. It is the same with nutrition. If you don't like certain foods you need to plan for replacements for those foods in your diet. You meet your needs through proper planning. It is just a basic need in order to make a success of any exercise or nutrition plan. Introducing The Gym BossI recently picked up a really cool timer called The Gym Boss. It is available from http://www.gymboss.com. This is a very unique timer device. It is capable of counting multiple intervals without your intervention. You simply set up the interval (or intervals) that you want and start the clock. It counts down to zero and beeps. It then resets itself, ready to do another interval. There is even an automatic mode that continually repeats the intervals you set. 
As you can see, this is a tiny device. It is no bigger than a pager. I used it during today's workout. It felt like I had a slave master pushing me along. There was no going longer on the rest period because the Gym Boss continually reminded me to get back to work. It was a much nicer experience with the Gym Boss than it was with my normal stop watch. |
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 Deadlifts are the story of the day yet again. 35 straight minutes as follows: Set #1 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #3 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #4 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #5 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #6 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #7 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #8 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #9 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #10 – 335 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #11 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #12 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #13 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #14 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #15 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #16 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #17 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #18 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #19 – 315 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #20 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #21 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #22 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #23 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #24 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #25 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #26 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #27 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #28 – 295 lbs. x 3 (30 seconds rest) Set #29 – 295 lbs. x 9 For anyone who hasn't already read my explanation of the reasoning behind this workout, take a look at M3 : D86 Muscle Explosion Explained. There is definitely a good reason behind pushing myself this hard. I have learned through some reading that I'm not supposed to do this for as long as I planned (4 weeks) so I will be starting my new program on Monday instead of continuing this. However, I will interject periods of this type of training in the future as I've seen nice strength gains over the week (started at 275 lbs. x 3 reps and now I can do 295 lbs. x 9 reps). |
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 When you push yourself as hard as you can you can be proud of the results you achieve no matter what those results are because you know you gave it everything and left everything you had out on the gym floor. |
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 Do you know where you are right now and how do you push yourself beyond that point? Comment this post to answer the question. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
