WOW! What a week!!! Punched out with 41 hours last night, on the side job, so it’s been a long one for sure! Our weeks there run from Friday AM through Thursday PM for a Friday payroll. Walking out the door of the day job yesterday after a meeting with a herd of ties up to our VP, presenting my latest project plan, my new boss pulled me aside & congratulated me on my raise! Didn’t know I was getting one & it was only a couple percent but HEY! I’ll take it!!! When I got to the side job last night I teased’em about the price of their procrastination, explaining my raise, but then I assured them that the numbers in my last offer are still good if they get off the pot so we’ll see how that all pans out! These guys LOVE to play poker, figuratively speaking, but I just despise the haggle game!!!
So, as you’ve seen, I started officially working this new fitness program with trainer Sam on Wednesday & I’m nearly toast already LOL! Worked quads & glutes Wed then chest, shoulders & triceps yesterday, then knowing I’ll be on my feet / on the concrete all day Saturday I pulled hammies & calves up to today (too close to quads & glutes, I know this now!) then tomorrow I’ll torch back, shoulders & biceps. Because of my bum shoulder Sam suggested exercises that are mostly chest / tricep related that hit shoulders on Thursday & ones that hit back & biceps with shoulders for Saturday. MAN! Are the legs SCREAMING today!
Started off with 5 minutes of cardio fat burning on the LifeCycle for warming up the sticks then hit the LifeFitness dual leg leg curl for 3 full sets followed by 3 sets of standing HammerStrength calf presses which were a trip since it took a bit to get warm & fuzzy that the balls of my feet weren’t going to slide off the diamond plate steel surface while my heels hung off & extended well past 90 degrees stretching the Achilles REAL well! Next I it the HammerStrength single leg leg curl for 3 sets, followed by 3 sets of ankle stretch / calf presses on the incline leg press sled & wrapped it all up with another 5 minutes of cardio on the bike. I’m thinking next week it’s gonna be quads & glutes on Monday with hammies & calves on Thursday so Saturday at MMS doesn’t totally suck AND the legs’ll have had more time to recover a little between quad & hammy days!
I’m working on the diet front as well, cutting back the breads & pastas & intaking a little lean protein pre-workout BUT decided the diet part begins hard core July 5th so I can enjoy this long weekend a little then see if I can’t kick last year’s results square in the pants!
Now as many of you may know, Griz is planning to hit the Panama City, FL beach with the BodyBuilding.com crew October 7th so that’s the short term deadline, shooting for <330 by then with LOTS of bodily rearranging to be included!
I’m also tentatively planning to take my first ever, disconnect from the world, ocean liner cruise from Christmas to New Years so really got to get burning! Not sure I’ll like the cruise AT ALL since I don’t gamble, I don’t swim, I sunburn easily & HATE having to dress up fancy schmancy for dinner BUT everybody I’ve EVER spoken with that’s taken one swears they’re GREAT & the one I’m seriously considering sails out of New Orleans, which I can easily drive to the night before & includes a hiking land excursion through the Mayan Ruins! THAT part I KNOW I’m enthused about but again…GOT to get in MUCH better shape to really enjoy it properly!!! Shooting for a much more solid body 299 by castoff so this is going to be a long hard summer!!!
Rock on pals!
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