So according to my friends I passed out and napped at the office of ZeroXR for a short bit. I think the workout regimen is seriously increasing it’s appetite for fuel. I ended up just making a whole wheat peanut butter and honey. Not to much impact there… (That was around 9:45pm) Almost an hour later, my body craves a snack. I did do my gut buster set before my sandwich, so that should round out my day. I will probably have some Rice Krispies, fresh strawberries, Teddy Grams and bananas as my second snack.
Peanut butter and honey sandwich on 100% whole wheat bread – 330 calories
Rice Krispies and 4 fresh, large strawberries – 203 calories
Banana – 120 calories
Fun Sized Teddy Grams – 60
Grand Total: 1,997 calories
Late gut-buster set
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
A quiet family dinner today, nothing too fancy. There was leftover fried tofu from last night and some steamed rice, ended up helping myself to that. They invited me also to eat an avocado with them and that was great. Ended up snacking on a bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch a little after and it’s helping me balance out. Later on… I may just eat a banana to boost up my potassium levels and recharge me.
Rice and fried tofu – 500 Calories
Avocado – 234 calories
Small bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch in Silk soy milk – 220 calories
Grand Total: 1,284 calories
Easter Sunday has been boring for me today with nothing to do… I wanted to challenge myself and try to up things and inspire the abs to say “Damn, we got flogged!” I decided to take a note from ExRx and do some remixed sit-ups from their list of waist exercises. I picked the crunch-up, the jack-knife sit-up and the v-ups for this round. They are pretty damn hard but did 2 sets of each in reps of 12. It’s got my abs tingling… but that’s what I need to keep me amped up. I need to find something to eat, cause the whey protein shake and Crea-Tech are losing caloric value already and my body is asking for food…
Routine
- 12 V-up’s
- 12 Jack-knife sit-ups
- 12 Crunch-ups
- 12 V-up’s
- 12 Jack-knife sit-ups
- 12 Crunch-ups
Today I took it a little easy on myself to allow my body some time to concentrate healing my arms and legs from how hard Friday was. I would keep to the natural concept of 8-12 reps and 6-9 sets for progressive overload and not tax my abs again that my body requires additional healing on another vector. Before my sit-ups, had a 1/2 dose of whey protein and a spoonful of L-Glutamine, did my sets, and finished with my Crea-Tech Extreme. I feel refreshed and vital again with working out and it’s just great that my body seems to lap-up the exercises I throw at it.
Pre-Workout
1/2 dose of Whey protein and 1 teaspoon of L-Glutamine – 200 Calories, 18 grams of protein
Workout
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
- 12 Crunches
- 12 Bicycle crunches
- 12 Cross crunches
Post-workout
Maintenance dose of Crea-Tech Extreme – 150 Calories, 10 grams of creatine
I may work in another set of crunches towards the middle of today and then another set towards the end. It seems that I am not challenged enough on it, but I should not push the intensity too high. I’ll log the rest of today’s eating and activities here as I get a chance.
First of all, I would like to wish all of my readers a happy Easter Sunday. If it’s pleasant, go outside and bask in the sunshine! If it’s miserable and hazy, well… get creative! I know I may not be doing anything today but home training my abs and trying to eat and water up here, save if friends invite me out to do anything. My body is seriously dying from needing more nutrition and sleep, so I may have to carefully watch my intake rather than nit-pick and calorie count. I will still keep tabs on calories, as that is a vital part to my success and would be great reference to me.
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Stay safe and well everyone! I am about to do my gut-buster sets.
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