WORKOUT
Dead lifts were on the menu again...but for 25 minutes instead of yesterday's 20. I put 115 LBS on the bar since yesterday's starting weight was way too heavy for me. This turned out to be too light since I was able to do the sets of 3 reps for the entire 25 minutes with this weight. Picking the "right" weight has definitely been a challenge for me throughout the program so far...particularly since I've never done dead lifts in a gym setting.
Nevertheless, this was still a kick butt workout today! My legs were like rubber and I'm sure I looked like a cartoon character trying to get up the steps and out of the basement...I mean gym!
My legs were fairly sore but not too stiff and the same with my lower and middle back muscles. No, my back wasn't sore in an "I'm injured" fashion...just that it had been worked hard. Dead lifts are quite the ab workout, too, as it turns out. The wife commented on how they're really popping out in the photos. I'll take that!
DIET
Since the diet doesn't change too much from here on out, I won't be commenting so much as listing what I ate. Here's what I had today...
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 2 whole eggs, 1 oz cheese and some salsa. Oatmeal (steel cut!) with raw honey, banana, and cinnamon and cocoa. Chocolate oatmeal, you say? Hell yes!
Snacks (2): 1 cup yogurt, 1 string cheese, 4 tsp ground flax
Lunch: Chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onion left over from last night along with watermelon and grapes.
Dinner: Protein shake (after workout) with glutamine and creatine. About 45 minutes later...stuffed zucchini! The wife out did herself tonight with this dish! Zukes (from our garden!!!) stuffed with brown rice, Italian sausage (homemade by yours truly!), Parmesan cheese, peppers and onions topped with tomato sauce. Man is it awesome! Oh...and I had a slice of 3-seed bread (homemade) with some butter. I'm looking forward to those leftovers!!
Snack (before bed): Watermelon, cottage cheese and some almonds.
Good night!
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