DAY 2 - Resistance Circuits/Low Carb Diet (Part 2)

Pre-workout body weight = 169.0 LBS (got rid of some of that ice cream!)

Today was pretty much a repeat of yesterday both in terms of workout and diet. In fact, if you read my Day 1 post, you'll know what I ate today. I was fortunate enough to receive an audio interview with the author of the program, Nick Nilsson, today. After listening as best I could to the MP3 file on my computer at the office, I found out I'm probably eating too much for this first week of the program. This is the fat-burning portion of the program so I'll be knocking the calories down from about 1,800 the past 2 days to about 1,200 for the next 5. I'm going to be hungry but that's the point...starve (this week) and then feed (next week). To give you a preview, next week I'll be close to 3,000 calories!

The only real changes in the workout were to add one set of weight training to each muscle group and knock the cardio interval down from 40 seconds to 20 seconds. This made a heck of a difference in the weight I could use...had to go lighter for endurance purposes and to account for the fact I worked the same muscles as yesterday. Total workout time was just over 45 minutes.

Thankfully, tomorrow is an off day. I was pretty sore in my butt and hammies from the stiff-legged dead lifts. Otherwise, my previous circuit training probably helped me get through these two days.

My diet tomorrow will include significantly more carbs to replenish the muscle sugars to aid in the recovery process. See you then!!