Workout Log 2.48.1 - Chest, Triceps and Delts - Body Stat Notes.

Today was Chest, Tri and Delt day,  I also hit the one hour mark for cardio.  It was hot today and I think I must have lost a few pounds just to sweat loss.

Motivation: 9.5 had to work myself up to it a little today.

Focus: 9.5 - small distractions

Goals: Good prep, Good mind-muscle connection, complete workout -- all done.

Preparation: Meditation - 5 min. Cardio: 10 min. visualization/stretching

Weight Training: (15-20 reps)
Chest:
Bench Press: 110lbs. 20-17-12
Incline Dumbbell Press:30 lbs. 20-20-20
Triceps:
Dumbbell Extensions: 60lbs. 20-20-20
Lying Dumbbell Extensions: 20 lbs. 20-20-20
Delts:
Lateral Side Raises: 20 lbs. 20-20-20
Dumbbell Press: 20 lbs, 20-20-20

Cardio: 1 hour. Preset #5 plus #6

Training Notes:  This was a lot easier than last time I did this workout.  Need to add weight in a lot of areas.

Body Stats Notes: dropped 1.4 lbs. this week no change in body fat %.  Water loss probably given the heat.  Diet is adjusted down slightly and no cheating this week. 

Body Stats - Week 46 - Pre-Cut Goals.

Prior to any Cutting Diet, it is helpful to have some sort of goals and body stats are a way of setting them.  Looking at the raw numbers my trip to Romania actually did me some good as I dropped down to 269lbs. Gained it all back to 271 with the last week back home but my biggest fear of gaining too much weight never came about as I am pretty much where I was when I left. My leg and hip measurement shrunk as well and that gives me mixed feelings.  If I am losing body fat it would be OK but this may be muscle loss as my body fat did not budge.  All that walking in Budapest, Hungary and Oradea, Romania seems to have trimmed my legs down by purging water.  

What I would like to see is my muscle restored by keeping fluid intake up and also see some more fat loss past my previous point last year.  Last year I achieved 5% body fat (the way I measure it) and 262lbs.  I think in the next six weeks it may be reasonable to try to break the 5% ceiling, say 4.5% and also drop 15 to 20 more pounds (256 to 250lbs.).  It is doable as long as I keep strict diet and do lots of cardio over the next six weeks. 

Body Stats - Year 2, Week42

Weight: 273.0 (Last week: 270.6lbs.)
Body Fat %: 6.23 (Last week: 5.56%)

A small step backwards, but not completely unexpected.  There are two reasons I am not surprised: 1) I am coming off a cold and now my body is in rebuild mode - I have experienced this before.  2) The weather - the human body changes as things warm up - fat expands too.  Makes measurements grow.  Experienced that before too.  Just a couple more reasons why body stats only really provide a basic general idea of what is happening but should never be a real basis for motivation.

Body Stats - Year 2, Week 41

Weight: 270.6lbs. (May 14th - 274.6)
Body Fat%: 5.56 (May 14th - 5.91)
Despite being sick, I have done alright the last two weeks except I didn't lose all the weight I did of body fat and by my calculations I lost a couple pounds of muscle.  Still have time though to stimulate them back.  I am actually only seven pounds away from being lighter than last year's cut which was 263.2lbs.  Even then, I though I thought I could lose more, it was just that  the rigours of cutting got to me at that point.

A word on body fat percentage.  I don't really know how accurate the actual percentage is as I: a) do the three site method myself and 2) I am a pretty big guy, so 15lbs. of fat on my body does not take up as much percentage as it would on someone smaller.  The one thing I can say for it is that I have been consistent as possible in measuring it, so the one thing it does show is when it goes up or down.

From a motivational standpoint, I am really in neutral about stats, they help gage what is going on with my body internally, but my real test is to stand in front of a mirror.