Day 5 - Big Time Intensity!!
So today my chest was very sore... I definitely hit it extremely hard yesterday because I rarely experience any types of muscle soreness... Also, I believe I popped my back out yesterday and this is normal ever since I broke it... It does cause discomfort and usual takes a week or so to get back in and stay in but that just makes me push harder... Which is what I did today...
Today's cardio was so intense and I am not going to lie, I was a little fatigued after it for a short period...
I did a 3 mile run in 20 minutes... Then I did my sprint intervals... On these I turn the treadmill up to 12.0 mph... I run 30 seconds and rest 30 seconds... I did 20 of these and then on number 21 I do a full minute sprint... I was covered in sweat, I mean drenched... Then I moved on to 20 minutes on the stairclimber... I turned on the Mayweather vs. Cotto 24/7 on the stairclimber on my phone and that got me pumped... Then I moved on to the elliptical for a 2 mile, 15 minute session... This was highly intense and I had to take a 5 minute break before lifting...
Today was shoulders and traps... This is always my strongest workout... My shoulders are definitely my strongest lifts... I started out with smith machine shoulder presses superset with single arm dumbbell bent arm lateral raises... I started at 210 x 10 on the shoulder presses and the last set I was able to get 215 x 10... That is a very strong shoulder press but I want to be able to get 225 on the smith machine... I will get to that point soon... On the lateral raises, the first set was very difficult and I was kind of beating myself up about it... I didn't realize that I had PR weight on my first set... I looked back at my log and 50 x 10 on the single arm was my PR and I STARTED at 55! So I was doing a PR first lift and didn't realize it! I did all 4 sets at 55 x 10... That got me pumped up... So I moved on to my next superset... I did both of these exercises with FREE WEIGHTS as opposed to dumbbells... This makes it a lot more difficult because of the weight proportions and its good to mix things up... I did straight arm shoulder lateral raises with 25 pound free weights on each arm... I did all four sets at this weight... Then I grabbed 45 lb plates on each arm for simotaneous high rows... I did all four sets at this weight... At this point, I felt like my traps were coming out of my skin... It actually felt kinda fcked up... LOL.. So next I moved on to barbell shoulder throws... I put on a 45 lb. plate and a 10 lb. plate to start... This is a great muscle builder for your shoulders and its tough... 20 reps all four sets... I got up to 60lbs. total weight on the barbell... Basically, you throw the barbell back and forth from arm to arm... Definitely a tough exercise and I will be incorporating it more often... Then I did alternating arm dumbbell shrugs... I like this because it takes a lot longer and works the traps a lot more than simotaneous shrugs... I did these at 120 x 10... Then I moved on to SIDE GRIP dumbbell shoulder presses... This is fairly tough... My pr on these is 70 x 10 and the last set I was able to set a PR at 75 x 10... This was extra impressive considering this was at the end of my workout when my shoulders were burning up... I finished with dumbbell rear delts... These are not easy at all... Holding the dumbbells up in the same position for the rear delt, especially seated, is not easy... I started at 45x10 and got up to 50 x 10 which was a PR... This was a very difficult workout today... It was a lot of hard work but I felt like I really accomplished a lot today... My weight was 193 so thats up 2lbs. from Monday... I can definitely see a lot more fullness to my arms and chest... I can definitely see the size gain... I think the forma is helping with any water retention and the transaderm is definitely helping with my energy... So far, I am definitely enjoying it... I did bump to 16 mg... That was my intent from the start... I just wanted to make sure my body accepted everything okay and it has responded well so I bumped it... I'll do 16 the rest of this week and next week and probably bump to 20 after that and finish at 24... I am looking for some big gains here and believe there will be a lot to come! Everyday is a day to accomplish something more!! I am very excited! All feedback welcome and appreciated!