Week 5 - Burn baby burn!!

As the title suggests and the previous post complaining of muscle soreness the shock to the system of changing the exercises and dramatically the pace of the workout has made my muscles burn. Strangely the soreness and aches are more pronounced a day or two afterwards which is why this week I've only managed to hit the gym for the NROL workouts (A & B) just twice. Yesterday was the workout B, which following the session I felt pretty good but late last night I could start to feel the effects and this morning I'm stiff in the back and upper legs. Not half as bad as following workout A. My poor legs. Anyway on with the update report:

• Weight - 14st 10.5lbs (down 1lb from last week)
• Body Fat % - 9.2% (down 0.6% from last week)
• Waist - 35 inches (down 0.5 inches from last week)

I also have readings from a handheld body composition monitor. These are as follows;

• Body Fat% - 28.0% - (down 0.8% from last week)
• Body Water - 52.1% - (slight rise in water content this week)
• Muscle - 67.9% - (corresponding drop in muscle due to rise in water above)
• BMI - 28.8 - (down 0.2 from last week)
• calories - 2, 834 - (a maintenance drop of 6 cals)

The figures show exactly the same increment of progress as last time which is very pleasing. Even the hand held monitor has picked up a slight reduction in BF% and BMI (the other results are pretty much the same). I don't think that these reductions actually come across in the pictures though which is a little disappointing but I'm making progress and that's the main thing. Next week's training will be somewhat disrupted again as I will be away on business for a few days so will have to fit gym sessions in where I can. I should at least be able to get the minimum of two in as I did this week but the cycling will be significantly reduced since I wont be commuting for much of the week. We'll see what effect that has. I'll have to see if I can compensate in some way. Anyway, that's all for now. I'll keep you updated the best that I can.

Cheers, BustaGut!