Today was a struggle and I was tired but I pushed through. My main protein sources were just turkey, cottage cheese and aminos today. I probably shouldn't be having dairy products but I still have small amounts of milk in the morning and the occasional tub of cottage cheese. Carbs have been mainly rice cakes but today I have also had pasta, sweet potatoe, pineapple, 1 banana, tomatoes and honey. Fat is pretty much minimal but I am still using oil to cook my meat in. Now if I ever wanted to get as lean as humanly possible all my meats would be grilled or boiled.
One thing I am regretting is not getting any sun or going on sun beds as that really dries me out. But I will do that in July and use mt2 so I can get really dark. I just had my last drink which was lemon juice in water and now I will go without any until tomorrow when I get my pics taken.
Training today looked like...
1st
Leaning Cable Lateral Raises... a few sets to warm up. Then 3 drop sets each containing 30 reps (10 reps x3).
Incline Smith Presses... a few sets to warm up. Then 3 sets to failure for 6-10 reps. During the last set I halved the weight and rest paused until I got 20 reps (extra slow negatives).
DB Lateral Raises... 6 sets of 15-8 reps going up and down in weight.
Hammer Strength Chest Press... 2 sets of 20 slow reps rest paused. Then 3 sets of unilateral presses consisting of a total of 35 reps each. I start with 5 reps with my left side, 5 reps with my right, 4 reps left, 4 right, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1 and then 5 reps with both arms. As I perform each unilateral rep the other arm is stabilizing the weight so still under tension. I only use 1 plate a side but these are HARD if you go slowly.
Flat Bench DB Pullovers... 3 sets of 15 reps then 2 sets to failure at 12 reps (rest paused).
Standing Cable Rear Delt Flyes... 10 sets to failure with 20 deep breaths between each set.
2nd
Machine Lower Back Extensions... 5 sets of 25 reps.
Machine Crunches... 5 sets of 15 slow reps.
Machine Twists... 3 sets of 15 reps for both sides.
Stomach Crunches on a mat... 3 sets of 15 reps.
Hanging Knee Raises... 4 sets to failure.
Seated Leg Curl supersetted with Stiff leg Deadlifts... 5 sets of 20-10 reps for leg curls and 20 reps for sld's.
Sumo Stance Leg Press... a few sets to warm up then 5 sets to failure.
Walking Lunges... 5 sets walking up and down the gym.
Leg Press using the Assisted Pull-up/Dip Machine... 5 sets of 20-15 reps for both legs.
Leg Extensions.. 4 sets of 50 reps then one drop set of approx 100 reps total.
I will start squatting again soon. I didn't want to risk injury now so that's why I left it. I will start light and hopefully I am ok. I use the smith machine for my squats now. I didn't do any hip or inner thigh work today as my hip is still very sore. For the Sumo Leg Press I kept the weight fairly light but the reps very slow due my hip. I also purposely used the leg press on the assisted dip machine so I could get a good stretch. My hip is actually feeling better now so hopefully it stays that way (doubtful).
Earlier I started shaving my body and will finish it off tomorrow. I will have my gf take pics tomorrow night
