Yes I know it's been some time since I last posted and for that I must apologise. So what's been happening? In terms of training somewhat of a frustration, let me explain. You may recall me telling you about the problems I had been experiencing with my knee and back. Well, I'm still having problems with them but not the same as before. I've been nursing the knee some what by lower gearing on my bike and spinning (pedalling faster) to ease much of the strain on it. It isn't perfect but it's not too bad. The problem I had with my back was what I initially put down to bad form on the deadlift with shrug exercise but whilst this wont have helped it does seem to be lingering with aches and pains if I've been sat down for long periods and first thing when I wake up in the mornings. I honestly feel like I'm falling to pieces some times. That said I have really worked on getting the form exactly right on the deadlift and it is much better and feels more like a natural movement. It's not perfect but much better than before. Right, with all of this I've been limiting myself to just two lifting sessions a week to assist recovery (given the added problems) and that seems to be about right as well. I've just finished session 9 of 12 this week for both workout A & B, basically these equate to a rough upper and lower body split. I've taken some photos below but there not very good I'm afraid and in my honest opinion don't really give a true reflection of my condition. These tend to show me in pretty bad condition but I personally feel better than these pictures show and think that the training in terms of small improvements in weights, reps and timings all adding up over the sessions that I've completed so far. Anyway take a look and judge for yourselves;
Granted I know that being on the Hypertrophy program will have the obvious smoothing effect since I'm consuming more carbs than previously. I must also confess to having the odd splurge as well which wouldn't help but these have been few and far between. I am trying hard so I'm not going to lie the pictures are disappointing. I'm not going to let it get me down though (there'd be no point) I'm just going to stick with it. Weight wise I was just under 14st 3lb and have been as low as 14st 0.75lbs but was dehydrated. As I mentioned previously the cycling to work has continued and the spinning provides an excellent cardio session especially up the hill on the way home. Well that's about all for now. I'll try and update much more frequently so as to provide a fuller picture of the program and sessions that I'm doing.Cheers, BustaGut!
