Drizzt is done with cutting for the year!

[drizzt]

Why yes, yes it is 8)

Haha, I was thinking "did I say that?" :-s Nicko I think you credited me with one of Rose's pearls of wisdom

Day 16: 08/12/09

Ok, because I knew what to expect today I was a tad better prepared, but still a couple of large gaps that I'd rather not have - but couldn't help too much to be honest.

Diet

• 
  0700 - Mito
  0730 - Oats (1/2 cup), Banana (last one, slightly brown :pfft:), 6 x egg whites, 2 x yolks, 3 x fish oil
  1000 - 125g rice, instant coffee + trim milk (euck)
  1230 - *30g WPI, natural yoghurt (approx 1 cup), sliced peaches (half can), coffee (store bought)
  1430 - Couple strawberries, chicken breast, another instant coffee (was falling asleep :doh: )
  1600 - Mito
  1800 - 30g WPI (post workout shake), 3 x fish oil, multi vit
  1900 - Stir fry vegies (broccoli, beans, capsicum), chicken breast, little bit of rice (what was leftover from a bit I cooked)
  2100 - 30g WPI, pumpkin seeds
  2300 - Casein + water
  

Only note I have really was for the 12.30 meal - I told my fellow course-goers I'm going to be antisocial and head back to work for my lunch :pfft: They understood though... but apparently they had a very nice fish meal Unsure if they were joking around or not, but fish would've been great.

Diet wasn't top notch today, but passable I think. Weights to follow...

[drizzt]

Weights

Chest and bis today. Decided to cram the two in together and will do a 4 day split this week. Probably won't workout tomorrow, but will do Thursday, Friday and Saturday instead. Good to change it up every once in a while I guess.

Weighed in at 91.7kg - dunno whether to put too much stock in this figure or not... so I'm not really, but I guess I'm sort of forced to take it as gospel for this week due to not having a weigh in yesterday, and having a similar (if not same? Can't recall) weight on Saturday.

Anyway, I decided to cut the crap today and just smash some freckin weights (quote nicked from Nate who nicked it from... I can't remember ). Today was quite high intensity, and because I had more time I took the sets a little further than the 3 I normally do.

• 
  Bench (sets, reps, weight)
  1 x 6 @ 80kg (warmup)
  1 x 3 @ 100kg (warmup)
  1 x 5 @ 110kg*
  1 x 3 @ 115kg
  1 x 6 @ 100kg (drop set)
  1 x 15 @ 60kg (drop set, almost failure)
  Incline DB Press
  1 x 12 @ 35kg
  1 x 8 @ 42kg
  1 x 6 @ 42kg (failure)
  1 x 15 @ 23kg (drop set)
  Decline Barbell Press
  1 x 12 @ 60kg
  2 x 8 @ 80kg
  1 x 6 @ 90kg
  DB Flyes (flat bench)
  1 x 10 @ 20kg
  2 x 6 @ 25kg
  1 x 5 @ 25kg (failure)
  Weighted Chins (underhand grip)
  1 x 10 @ +10kg (failure)
  1 x 8 @ +10kg (failure)
  1 x 6 @ +10kg (failure)
  1 x 3 @ Bodyweight (failure, drop set)
  Barbell Curls
  3 x 10 @ 40kg
  1 x 20 @ bar (failure, drop set)
  DB Concentration Curls
  1 x 12 @ 15kg
  2 x 10 @ 20kg
  

Only comments here really are on bench - 3rd set I got 4 clean presses (touching chest) but the 5th rep was average - about an inch or two from touching. I was really impressed with the set on 115 though, as that was 3 really clean, solid presses and I felt great after it. It's also the most I've pressed since early-early on in the year I believe... so was surprising to get it during a cut. Although to be fair, I haven't attempted it for a while.

I would've shifted up to 120 if I had a spotter. Was a great start to the session and the intensity carried throughout :grin:

Was actually really keen for some SHIIT (Stair HIIT, thanks Nicko ) after this session, but didn't get home until it was getting a bit dark which = steps easy to misjudge. Will do them on Thursday and/or Friday when my routine is back to normal and I get home a little earlier.

OH and p.s - screw working out after 5.30 from now on... so goddam busy! I prefer my quieter lunchtimes tbh :nod: 8)

[drizzt]

Day 17: 09/12/09

Last day of the course, so last day of broken routine and I can attack the final couple of weeks with (hopefully) no further rude interruptions! :evil:

Into it.

Diet

• 
  0700 - Mito
  0730 - Oats (1/2 cup), Peaches (1/2 Can), 6 x egg whites, 2 x yolks, 4 x fish oil (was the last 4 tabs so thought I'd have 'em all), multi vit
  1000 - 125g rice, instant coffee + trim milk
  1230 - 30g WPI, natural yoghurt (1 cup), sliced peaches (half can), 3 x fish oil
  13000 - Mito
  1500 - Strawberry (singular), watermelon (small slice), about half an orange, chicken breast, instant coffee (had a mock exam to sit, wanted some energy :pfft:)
  1800 - 370g (pre cooked weight) eye fillet steak, half chicken breast*
  2130 - 30g WPI, half chicken breast*
  2300 - Casein
  

The half chicken breasts were consumed because it had been in the fridge for 3 days and nights already so didn't want to leave it for tomorrow :pfft:

I guess rather than a higher frequency of meals with smaller portions, I went opposite today and had slightly larger meals but with longer intervals between meals. Was interesting because I felt quite hungry without such frequent meals... not a lot of fun!

So it wasn't a perfect day today due to my course, but I think the last few days could've been worse - especially if I was doing weights as well, so I haven't been effected as much by consuming less calories. Back into routine tomorrow (including weights) and we'll see how it goes.

Cardio

Boxing technique class or as I like to call it feeling the burn in my ass... oops wrong journal. It was technique class, but probably one of the harder tech sessions in terms of fitness I've ever had. I was feeling very switched on and have become quite comfortable with the "moves" so was able to work harder and at a higher tempo. Great sweat attained :nod: Even did an extra set of pushups and situps in the end warmdown bit (and pushed my training partner into the extra set too - have to link legs for situps/slap hands on the pushups etc :pfft:) because I was feeling great... he immediately left for a "toilet visit" after the last set :twisted:

So visiting the butchers this weekend to stock up on some red meat :nod: (thanks Rose ), supermarket prices are super-rip offs. Anyone have suggestions on good places for chicken in Wellington?

No weights again as mentioned yesterday, back into either legs/tris or back/tris tomorrow... we'll see what takes my fancy

[Draft]

Yea it was actually you quoting Rose but I took the flower out of the equation. My bad. Will not do such a thing again.

So visiting the butchers this weekend to stock up on some red meat :nod: (thanks Rose ), supermarket prices are super-rip offs. Anyone have suggestions on good places for chicken in Wellington?

Um, I normally try mad butcher when he has a special on. But New World Metro has 10.99 boneless skin on chicken breast atm which as good as you'll ever get there.

[drizzt]

Um, I normally try mad butcher when he has a special on. But New World Metro has 10.99 boneless skin on chicken breast atm which as good as you'll ever get there.

Wow cheers - the one at the Rail station or on Willis?

Glad I didn't stock up on the 16.99 ones at Woolworths last night!

[Draft]

That's the one on Willis bro, they look a little skanky but I had some last night and they taste fine I'm sure they are fine nutritionally as well!

Not sure itf its a store special, might be able to get it at other New Worlds too.

[drizzt]

Sweet will have to check it out this weekend and hope they're still on sale. I'll shop around anyway, probably going to try the Mad Butcher for the red meat :nod:

Day 18: 10/12/09

91.7kg today, probably due to having only done one weights session this week.

DOMS in chest today, and hands are feeling a bit beat up from boxing which had a small effect on grip, but not much. Will look at buying some chalk.

Weights

Back and Tris today. Felt pretty good beforehand. Is it just me, or is it getting quieter and quieter at the gym in the lead up to xmas/new years? :-s I'm not sure whether it's because of the takeover by Cfit, or people are already in holiday mode and can't be arsed...

• 
  Deads* (sets, reps, weight)
  1 x 10 @ 100kg (warmup)
  1 x 5 @ 140kg (warmup)
  1 x 6 @ 150kg
  1 x 5 @ 160kg
  1 x 4 @ 162.5kg
  1 x 10 @ 100kg ("cool down")
  Wide-grip Pullups
  3 x 6 @ Bodyweight*
  Bent Rows
  1 x 10 @ 60kg
  2 x 10 @ 70kg (both sets failure)
  One-arm DB Triceps Press
  2 x 8 @ 20kg
  1 x 7 @ 20kg
  1 x 15 @ 10kg (drop set)
  Tricep Dips*
  1 x 15
  2 x 12
  

Comments

• 
  *Deads are the best they've been since I started doing them again a few months ago (hadn't done them for a couple years prior to that :oops:), so I'm very happy with where they're at. I don't think I'm too far off getting double my bodyweight up (between 180-185) which will be a good milestone to reach. If I had more time I probably would've chucked another working set in there, as I felt I still had some gas in the tank. Might start chucking a belt on next week...
  *Pullup reps were fairly low not because the muscles were tired, but my grip was a bit battered from deads. Probably would've done a 4th set had I not been a bit short on time.
  *Tricep dips were at the dip station with no lean forward to try and keep the chest out of it.
  

Fairly happy with this session, I would've liked more time (my lunch break was about 30mins longer than I'm technically allowed as it was ) but what can ya do.

Will likely do some stair sprints tonight.

Casein arrived yesterday arvo too which is great service again - ordered Saturday evening, arrived Wednesday afternoon. Not bad Just in time as I've only got 1-2 more scoops of my current tub.

[drizzt]

Diet

Didn't get to work until about 9.45-10am due to train delays :roll: This scuppered my plans to get the routine back on track as I missed my 9am meal.

• 
  0700 - Mito
  0730 - Oats (1/2 cup), Peaches (1/2 Can), 6 x egg whites, 3 x fish oil
  1000 - peach (an actual one!), apple, coffee, multi vit
  1230 - 125g rice, 85g can of tuna*
  1300 - 30g WPI (pre-workout)
  1415 - 30g WPI (post-workout
  1430 - Mito
  1500 - Chicken breast, 125g rice, 3 x fish oil
  1630 - Sunflower seeds, almonds*
  1900 - Chicken breast, broccoli, beans, carrots (vegie mix), 3 x fish oil
  2100 - 30g WPI
  2300 - Casein
  

So the diet was fairly unimaginative today, the 1630 meal I couldn't think of what to have - I didn't want another can of tuna (no more sodium thanks), didn't want any more fruit (had enough of the carby lil buggers for the day), didn't want any more rice (morrre carbs)... so was kinda stuck and just chowed down on the "snack" food. Will reassess the plan tomorrow. Fingers crossed I get it sorted.

Cardio didn't eventuate due to getting home late again dang it, will hit the SHIIT tomorrow time-permitting, and if not I'm freckin well doing it Saturday morning! :evil:

[emmzies]

Cardio didn't eventuate due to getting home late again dang it, will hit the SHIIT tomorrow time-permitting, and if not I'm freckin well doing it Saturday morning! :evil:

S better not stand for what i think it does.....how dare you!? :snooty: HIIT is awesome! Make friends with it and it'll make friends with you. :nod:

Btw, its clear you got some serious motivation going on there, good on you! :clap:

[Draft]

Stair...

Tho Secsual High Intensity Interval Training is just as good (name-wise, maybe not workoutwise)

[emmzies]

Stair...

Oh woops, click.

Tho Secsual High Intensity Interval Training is just as good (name-wise, maybe not workoutwise)

:pfft: Probably don't need you to detail that type of cardio in your journal though.

[Draft]

Yea, I expect that would be a little to much information...might get a few readers tho...

[drizzt]

S better not stand for what i think it does.....how dare you!? :snooty: HIIT is awesome! Make friends with it and it'll make friends with you. :nod:

Btw, its clear you got some serious motivation going on there, good on you! :clap:

Haha yeah as Nicko said the S is for Stair I'm curious to know what you thought it meant though!

And ha, I dunno if it's motivation as such, just... what I do. I know you didn't ask this, but it reminds me of something I read on a forum a couple of weeks ago, and the basic idea of it is something like this (it was referring to competing in BB):

"Nobody cares about excuses, all they see are the results."

That isn't a word-for-word quote, but it's what I got out of it (and have no idea who said it so can't credit them unfortunately). It's something I try to remember when I miss a cardio session (like errrr... SHIIT over the past couple of days :oops:), or feel like I can't be arsed doing something... or if I'm thinking about chucking in the diet. Basically you can make as many excuses as you want for not doing something, but all people will see in the end is the result... so you're really only making excuses for yourself.

I guess what I'm trying to say is (and I know this sounds cheesy)... but I do it for myself, and I motivate myself - I find searching for external motivation to be inconsistent and unreliable. What I see in the mirror is what motivates me, and the satisfaction of actually being something that I work hard to be and carrying that around with me all day.

There are not many things you can work hard at that stick with you all day, every day :grin:

Oops, sorry for going off on a bit of a tangent there! :oops:

...might get a few readers tho...

Haha, maybe if it was a chick's diary :pfft:

[emmzies]

Haha yeah as Nicko said the S is for Stair I'm curious to know what you thought it meant though!

I thought SHIIT was a clever play on the word 'Shit' - placing S in the front of HIIT..... but clearly i'm just too witty for my own good :wink: .... not. :grin:

There are not many things you can work hard at that stick with you all day, every day :grin:

Hmmm thats very true, i never thought about it that way. Maybe thats why its so addictive.

I guess what I'm trying to say is (and I know this sounds cheesy)... but I do it for myself, and I motivate myself - I find searching for external motivation to be inconsistent and unreliable. What I see in the mirror is what motivates me, and the satisfaction of actually being something that I work hard to be and carrying that around with me all day.

:nod: Agreed. Thats why i always think woman are so shortsighted and stupid when they say "oh i'm motivated to go to the gym so i can fit into my new dress/bikini/impress my social group. I was once guilty of that when I first tried to loose weight (well the many times i attempted and failed) where i was doing it to try and please others. It really wasn't untill i stopped using other people as an excuse and instead did it for myself (and my own health and happiness) that i stuck with it long enough to make a difference.

So yes, long story short, i get exactly where ya coming from and the proof is in the pudding (bad choice of words) since adopting that philosophy truly seems to work.

Haha, maybe if it was a chick's diary :pfft:

:pfft: Good luck with that.

[rose]

I thought SHIIT was a clever play on the word 'Shit' - placing S in the front of HIIT..... but clearly i'm just too witty for my own good

Ummm, it was, but SHIIT as in stair HIIT is the shit :grin:

[drizzt]

I thought SHIIT was a clever play on the word 'Shit' - placing S in the front of HIIT..... but clearly i'm just too witty for my own good :wink: .... not. :grin:

Ha ok, thought you may have suspected something more sinister

And yep what Rose says, I'm with her on Stair hit being the SHIIT But it can have a few meanings, depends how you interpret it I guess 8)

[drizzt]

Day 19: 11/12/09

91.2kg today, that was interesting...

11 days to go - time has flown! :shock:

Weights

Shoulders/Traps today. Grip was a little sore again, maybe I'm just being a pansy but the calluses are getting pretty intense, not just on the palms but on the underside (?) of the knuckles too.

Enough complaining :-|

• 
  Seated Barbell Press* (sets, reps, weight)
  1 x 10 @ bar (warmup)
  1 x 10 @ 40kg (warmup)
  1 x 9 @ 60kg
  1 x 7 @ 65kg
  1 x 12 @ 10kg ("cool down")
  Rear Delt Raises
  1 x 12 @ 10kg
  1 x 12 @ 12kg
  1 x 10 @ 15kg
  DB Side Raises superset with Barbell Upright Rows
  2 x 8 @ 12kg & 2 x 10 @ 35kg
  1 x 7 @ 12kg & 1 x 8 @ 35kg
  Barbell Shrugs*
  1 x 10 @ 100kg
  2 x 7 @ 120kg
  DB Side Shrugs*
  1 x 12 @ 30kg
  1 x 10 @ 33kg
  1 x 10 @ 38kg
  

Comments

• 
  *Used a seat with a back rest for the seated Barbell Shoulders (free weight) and found my posture was much better - i.e lower back against the chair. In the past I would arch my back off and almost turn it into a pseudo-incline press :oops: So I've corrected that for the most part by the looks of it
  *Rear delts are coming along well, form is keeping steady as the weights go up which is very pleasing
  *The superset was quite a focus on form and semi-slow/controlled movement, so hence the lightish weights. Side raises in particular were standing upright and raising from the sides up, keeping in line with my body. I saw some guys throwing around 20kg for a couple of reps on the "side" raises, but the amount of momentum they were getting out of it swaying up and down and rocking the weights out in front of them, you wonder what muscles they were targeting (and if they knew what those muscles were too). Each to their own though I guess.
  *Shrugs - both Barbell and DB - the caluses REALLY started to affect (or effect? I never get the right one...) the weight I was lifting. Thinking of bringing straps in next week (don't I say that every week?). Was glad I had the safety pins out on barbell shrugs, as I dropped the barbell on the 7th rep due to hand failure - not a big drop because I had placed the pins at a pretty good height, but was still semi-embarrassing :oops:
  

So it was a fairly good session I thought, managed to keep a good intensity and not too much rest between sets. Can't complain.

Cardio to follow...

[drizzt]

Cardio

Stair sprints, or SHIIT as I've come to affectionately know them by. I thought since the act of SHIIT'ing ( :pfft:) had a name, I should give the place I perform SHIIT ( :pfft: - I'm so mature) a name too. I shall dub thee:

The Lead Leg Highway.

For your visual pleasure, here are a couple of pics of The LLH.

View from the bottom:

View from the top:

In the first picture, the stairs actually disappear into the top of the photo. If you can vaguely make out the lamppost, that is the target.

Contained on this highway, are 172 stairs spread across 8 lactic acid producing flights. For the mathematicians amongst you, that means 21.5 stairs per flight, or, in short - they have a varying amount of steps. This can become troublesome when all you can feel is your quads screaming while you drag them up 2 steps at a time, and you misjudge a step or 3 - hence the LLH can be a bit of a bugger in low light conditions.

Anyway, this will become a favourite hangout of mine over the next few months first for finishing off this cut, and then into Rugby season for the explosiveness I gain from it

SO let me begin - today for a warmup I had a nice casual-paced jog to the stairs (yep, even up Mount Burgess for the locals!) which according to mapmyrun is pretty much bang on 1.5k from my house. Once there I did 3 sets of sprints.

First set I got to the top at a full sprint, only started to slow on the last couple of steps. Walking down is actually harder than it sounds with burning quads, so the rest between sets was crossing the road slowly and then heading back to the stairs for the next round. Second set I started slowing about 1.5 flights from the top, and third set the final 3 flights were incredibly hard, read: I had to drag my legs up with my arms for the last part :-s

After the 3rd set, I ran around the block (500m according to mapmyrun) at a nice medium-pace, and then when back I had a casual jog up the stairs again for a 4th set - jog a flight, slow walk along the flat (landing?) between flights, and then jog the next flight - concentrating on explosion out of the hips. This was almost like a drop set I guess.

Then jogged home (another 1.5km). Was actually thinking of just walking the final hill up to my house, but then I remembered the "Nobody cares about excuses, all they see are the results." quote, sucked it up, and went faster :grin:

Was exhausted when I got home, may do another set after my legs session tomorrow if I've got it in me. Last couple of weeks so I need to drill this home!

[drizzt]

Diet

Skin fold was 5-6ish (5, 6, 5) today, still slowly heading downward which is great.

• 
  0700 - Mito
  0730 - Oats (1/2 cup), 2 x kiwifruit (smallish)*, 6 x egg whites, 3 fish oil tabs
  0900 - Peach, apple, multi vit, coffee
  1030 - 125g Brown rice
  1200 - Natural Yoghurt, half can of peaches, green tea
  1300 - 30g WPI (pre-workout)
  1400 - 30g WPI (post-workout)
  1415 - Mito
  1545 - Chicken breast, 125g rice, 3 x fish oil tabs
  1730 - Half can of peaches (post-cardio)
  1900 - Chicken breast, vegies (beans, carrots, broccoli), 3 x fish oil tabs
  2100 - 30g WPI + Tblsp peanut butter
  2300 - Casein (mmm, vanilla)
  

Comments

• 
  *Thought I'd throw some Kiwifruit in for a change, pity it wasn't quite ripe so didn't taste too great. Probably didn't get as much coverage as the peaches either out of 2 Kiwifruits... so not sure if I'll continue on with 'em.
  

Ok, very fruity day today but I did notice my energy was great. I counted the carbs out - fruits were according to nutritiondata.com and the rest were according to the labels if I had them available - and it looked like it fell somewhere between 150-175 range. Remembering I don't measure stuff out and am going by "near enough" estimates when doing portion sizes.

What I'm going to do for the final week and a bit is cycle the carbs as recommended in the Mitotropin training guide. Monday I'll make high carb (150g), Tuesday medium (100g), Wednesday and Thursday are low (50g) and then back up to high on Friday. I'll do this by dropping the fruit/rice out of the day as required, and will try to think of where else I can get energy from without adding carbs. This will give me a little bit of a taste of what a "real" diet is like I guess, and hopefully give me slightly better conditioning for D-day. I may also look at dropping eggs for the last few days as recommended, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it :pfft:

Wow, sorry for the long journal entry today!

[Pseudonym]

I have to admit, Wellington has no shortage of places to have a SHIIT. :grin:

[rose]

I had to drag my legs up with my arms for the last part :-s

:clap: You're the man, man. I SHIIT you not 8)

[drizzt]

I have to admit, Wellington has no shortage of places to have a SHIIT. :grin:

Haha that is true, although when I lived in Auckland SHIIT places certainly weren't hard to come by :pfft:

:clap: You're the man, man. I SHIIT you not 8)

Thankya Rose 8)

Day 20: 12/12/09

Ok, 'twas a bit of a crap day to be honest. Had to get some obligatory Xmas shopping out of the way, and with a family of 9 I have a fair few people to buy for :? This meant I was shopping all day (didn't even get it all done!).

Anyway, got home about 5.30, thought "dammit, I'm gonna have to go to Cityfitness to squeeze in Legs before heading to that 21st"... but no, Cityfitness shuts at 5pm on a Saturday! Who knew? :doh:

So not only was the diet crap - didn't eat much all day - I didn't get the intended legs session in, and I even had 4 (I kept count!) low carb beers across the night :naughty:

SO, I'm going to head down soon for my legs session, and as punishment for my sins I'm visiting the LLH on the way home 8)

However, I didn't come out of yesterday empty handed, I got a couple of goodies for myself:

Some pretty nice kitchen scales. Went into Briscoes intending to get a bog standard set of cheapy scales for rough food measurement, walked out with these :roll: In any case, they'll help with being a bit more precise with my food for the last bit of this diet :nod: I also got:

3.8kg slab of sirloin 8) Well, once I cut the fat off the top and sides it was 3kg, but still lots! Got it for $70, so it was much cheaper than what I usually pay for it in the supermarket. Cut it into roughly 300-350g portions and chucked 'em in the freezer. The quality seems to be pretty good (was from the Mad Butcher) and I'm looking forward to demolishing it over the coming weeks =P~

They also had a special on Boneless skin on Chicken breasts at $10.99 per kilo, so got about 12 of those too The freezer is PACKED, and that's me sorted for food for almost the rest of the diet!

[Gym rat]

Nice cardio train dude bet you needed a zimmer frame after that.

[drizzt]

Indeed GR, indeed.

Day 21: 13/12/09

90.5kg today, still going down but this weigh in had a few variables. Such as different shoes, no iPod/iPhone in pocket and the weigh in was at Cityfitness. Still, these scales seem to be pretty much the same as the ones at Bodyworks I reckon... so we'll see tomorrow when I weigh in there how far off it is.

DOMS in back today so was a little stiff, although not as bad as yesterday. And also a bit of quad soreness from SHIIT on Friday which did affect my squat weights a little.

Weights

Legs today. Really couldn't be arsed going but managed to drag myself down because I didn't get down last week or Saturday as intended. Took my brother through a workout which was good, his form is fantastic but weights are a little low for his size... it'll come.

• 
  Squats* (sets, reps, weight)
  3 x 10 @ 100kg
  1 x 8 @ 110kg
  6 x 4 @ 110kg
  Single-leg Leg Extensions*
  1 x 10 @ 84
  2 x 10 @ 96
  1 x 12 @ 96 (failure)
  Leg Curls
  2 x 10 @ 100kg
  1 x 8 @ 100kg (failure)
  Hack Squats giant set with Seated Calf Raises and Standing Calf Raises
  1 x 12 @ 30kg & 1 x 12 @ 40kg & 1 x 18 @ max stack (not labelled)
  1 x 12 @ 30kg & 1 x 12 @ 40kg & 1 x 15 @ max stack + 20kg plate on top
  1 x 16 @ 40kg & 1 x 15 @ 50kg & 1 x 15 @ max + 35kg on top (all final sets to failure)
  

Comments

• 
  *Really wasn't feeling squats today so just honestly felt like I couldn't push the weight. Wasn't mentally there I guess. SO, I pushed the volume instead and eeked out 10 sets, came away with a great burn
  *The leg extensions machine I used was crap, had a very limited range of movement which is why I could move so much of the stack (all of it) with one leg.
  *With the big (giant?) set at the end, I wanted to finish well but I also just wanted to get out of there. Was a great last set, got the heart rate up and the legs working.
  

Considering I didn't want to go I managed a fairly good session in the end, legs'll be sore tomorrow

Cardio

SHIIT on the Lead Leg Highway. Legs were so drained from the workout that I only managed two sets, and couldn't get a full sprint out - quads especially were feeling it. Didn't even jog before or after the set to cool down - that was what sort of mood I was in. Forced what I could and left. Little disappointed but not as much as I would've been if I didn't do it at all.

Diet

Diet today was nothing spectacular, not good not bad. Usual fare for a weekend really, normal breakfast, few shakes throughout the day, chicken for dinner, yoghurt/fruit for lunch. Standard as so won't bore anybody with it.

[VampireChick]

Wow looking great Drizzt. All your hard work and dedication is really paying off.