Okay pals, so as I’d mentioned I’ve made a new friend who's in town for business Tues, Wed, Thurs each week who used to be a competitive body builder & trainer on the side. Sam's started working up a plan with me & this morning was my first official workout with him. During said workout he REALLY focused on getting me to grasp the benefits of full range of motion & proper form & is MUCH more into body weight / free weight exercises than circuit machines which will be a MAJOR shift for me. Full range of motion is going to require some MAJOR work as well since I’ve grown accustomed to the circuit gear’s ranges which are admittedly more limited than they should be & flexibility has NEVER been a Griz strong suit so all the more reason I guess I need to check into pal Laura’s Yoga & TaiChi suggestions for bedtime.
As you may know, I've been doing an upper body / lower body split for about a year now & trainer dude is breaking it down MUCH further to a couple muscle groups getting total focus & shreddage daily, cycling through the full body weekly. This morning we used a mix of all, circuit, free weights & body weight exercises, but included an upright bike warm up, circuit leg extensions, hack squats, leg presses & squats using dumbbells & one of those big exercise balls behind my back / against a wall. That ball felt REALLY odd as I kept expecting it to either squirt out from behind me or just plain pop under the load LMAO! Since that was the very last set I had time for, when I was done that ball was literally dripping wet with sweat so something must’ve been working!
Sam’s other BIG focus is getting my head outta my keister on the diet front, like friends Rick & Al have been trying to do for ages now. I honestly know most of this schtuff academically, MUCH of it I’ve learned from my BodyBuilding.Com pals & Body For Life, but with the personal swirl that’s been going on this year Griz’s heart just hasn't been in it fully so now that the darkness is finally getting aired outta my soul some focus is returning & it's time to stoke the boiler on this train wreck!!! I say darkness but that’s REALLY not fair. It’s just been a really confusing frustrating roller coaster ride of a year but finally identifying the root causes of the failures (in the mirror) has begun to put some closure on the wounds so darkness is the wrong term, but with the right side effects.
I do truly appreciate all of the patience, info & detail my dear pals have imparted & believe me, I have been listening! It’s just now I’m finally regaining the attitude necessary to execute, although it’s going to be a huge adjustment!
Realizing Sam’s coming from a competitive background he may have a bit of an extreme attitude but he knows how far I’ve come compared to how much, much, much further I desire to go SO he’s trying to employ similar guidelines as those he followed, without throwing me quickly into burnout. His goal is less than 10G-12G of sugar daily TOTAL, avoiding SIMPLE carbs like the plague & he fully agrees with Rick’s mantra of no carbs from anything that isn’t green past Noon! Another thing he’s preaching totally agrees with Lee’s recent Blog about AM exercise while being in a fasting state not being the end all after all. I know Rick talks about “starting the feeding” way early but I’ve just never worked out with anything on my stomach so that’s going to be another major adjustment! Nearly pulled a Lavona flower bed filling trick this morning coming off the leg press, nearing the end of the overall routine, but there just weren’t any flowers so I managed to keep breakfast down BUT that was a short exercise all it’s own too LOL!
77,700 LBs of primarily Quads & Glutes got ground thoroughly today which has the dogs barking already!!! Gonna be a long hot summer pals!!! Rock on!
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