Today I woke up had a nice little breakfast (2 blocks 5 x fats) which included 1 cup of skim milk, 7 frozen strawberries and 1/4 fat free cottage cheese blended with 1/4 of almonds.
I started the new training regime with is designed to optimize the anabolic (tissue building or synthesis) conditions I have set forth with my new diet. The program is going to be similar to normal crossfit with some metabolic training but the intensity is going to be jacked up and the duration cut down.
So the plan for today's workout was to to 7 sets of 3 reps of back squats, push press and deadlift. On paper this workout seems pretty easy since you can rest as much as you want in between sets. Contrary to this belief, I quickly learned that the enormous amount of neuromuscular stimulation was going to be quite overwhelming.
That being said, unfortunately I didn't make it through all 7 sets, I only got 5. In fact after 2 I was exhausted and could have called it a day.
So here are my numbers
Back squat (3 reps) 225-235-245-255-255
Push press (3 reps) 155-165-165-165-155
Deadlift (3 reps) 315-315-325-325-325
This bout of exercise took roughly 75 minutes and left me deflated. I will not be training until tuesday which makes me happy as tomorrow I will rest and pump my block intake up to 18 blocks with 5x the fats.
Cheers,
Mansquatch
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I think you just upped it too quickly. I followed a simple routine of go up as much as I felt was safe. It was fun and challenging and by the end I felt great. I think the problem was just that you threw too much on too fast. I probably should have recommended a slower increase.
Either way you kicked my arse on weight.
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