NROL Strength II: Preparation Sessions

• Weight - 14st 4lb (up 1lb from last week)
• Body Fat % - 5.8% (digi-callipers -down 0.3% from last wk)
• Waist - forgot to measure - sorry
  

Training has been hard this week as I've been nursing my back along a little. The trial of workout A wasn't too bad and my back had more or less recovered on Friday when I did workout B which contained lots of deadlifts and it just blasted it. I was in a bad way all stiff and achey, bent over. But it was more from overdoing it rather than having pulled anything so that was something at least. It felt much better the following day but I was lifting a few things and bending quite alot all day so by the end it was stiffening up again. Today it's been ok although I can still feel like its done a lot of work and is recovering still. At the moment it's like after a normal gym session so presume it's ok and will be ready for the next session by Tuesday.

My first impessions of the the Strength II sessions are that they certainly knock the stuffing out of your muscles, even with the extended rest periods. I'm trying to push my self hard and lift as heavy as I can whilst not losing too much in the lifting form. I have a couple of more sessions next week before I go on holiday and then I will have sampled all of the Strength II workouts. I can then have a couple of weeks off from the gym knowing what's in store for me once I'm back (quite frankly a lot of hard work - but it will do me good- I think!).

Cycling too has been hard work. The weather hasn't been great, infact it's been terrible, lots and lots of rain. That wouldn't be too much of an issue but the worst thing has been the wind. It makes eveything that much harder and really slows you down, nearly to a stand still sometimes. You feel like someones pushing you back whilst someone else is hanging off your back wheel dragging a freind behind him. It's just stupid! Then there are days it's as still as anything and you seem to be flying along at a great speed - it's those days that keep you coming back after the windy ones.

I'll be putting in plenty of effort next week so I gain maximum benefit from the remaining workouts so that they can act a bit like a buffer to the start of my vacation. I'll let you know how it all goes.

Cheers, BustaGut!