DAY 16 - 40/30/30/Stretch-Pause, Part 2

WEIGHT = 169.0 LBS (Up 0.5!)

WORKOUT

The body today was a little stiff (not sore) in the chest and arms from yesterday's workout. My calves showed no sign that I had even worked them. Consideration needs to be made about how to engage those S.O.B.s to get them to grow!

This was the 2nd day of stretch-pause training that I described in DAY 15's blog. I haven't got the hang of it just yet (it's only the 2nd day so give me a break!) but I really like the method. Exercises today were shoulders (presses with dumb bells), triceps (close-grip bench & overhead extension), hamstrings (leg curls and stiff-legged dead lifts), thighs (split squats & sissy squats), and shrugs. This was followed by a quick ab workout.

I did pretty well choosing weights and getting all the exercises pre-set this go around, but got SO far ahead of myself I did hamstrings before thighs!! Whoops! Other than that, I was very pleased today and the workout was about 20 minutes shorter.

DIET

I backed off a little on the overall volume (but not calories) today which seemed to leave me less sluggish. Probably not good to eat a high volume of food the day after cramming in protein for 2 days. Noted.

Breakfast: Protein shake with creatine. Oatmeal pancakes with honey and coconut oil.

Snack (2): 1 cup yogurt with ground flax seed. 1 oz of cheese.

Lunch: Tuna salad...tuna, mayo, 1 hard boiled egg, green olives, and Scott's special blend of spices (~: I had the tuna salad on two slices of 3-seed bread along with some of our home-grown Roma tomatoes (best EVER!). For dessert, plenty of cantaloupe and watermelon from the farmer's market along with grapes and blueberries.

Dinner: Another round of stuffed zucchini! The wife's edition of this tonight was stellar! On the side I had a piece of 3-seed bread WITH BUTTER(!!) and for dessert some watermelon and grapes.

Pre-bed Snack: 1/2 cup of cottage cheese with 1 cup of blueberries and some almonds. Awesome!