Day 351
After not doing it for some time, I did some HIIT-style running this evening after I returned home from work. What I did was eighteen sets of 20-second work + 20 second rest intervals, where I ran at sub-maximal effort during the work interval. I am planning to do 2 to 3 interval sessions [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Day 351: Revisiting HIIT
Posted in Mission 4 Days 15-28 on 30 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 350: Adjusting to my teeth again
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 15-28 on 29 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 350
It was the second heavy/5X5 training day of this current cycle. Not much different to report training-wise, but I can report that I was able to significantly increase the loads on each exercise while keeping good form.
On the nutrition front, it’s been quite a battle for me to be able to eat the 5 [...]
Day 347: Getting over a migraine
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 15-28 on 26 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 347
It was supposed to be another day, starting with breakfast, packing my meals for the day, taking a shower, and then heading off to work. Just before I showered, however, my vision started getting blurry and getting “halo” effects, signs of the onset of a migraine. By the time I finished my shower, the [...]
Day 345: Typhoon brewing
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 15-28 on 24 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 345
A typhoon was due to pass through Metro Manila today. People around were anxious to avoid being stuck in floods on the way home, but fortunately, there wasn’t too much rain (more wind really) where I live. The passing storm also dropped the temparature a few degrees, bringing a bit of relief to us [...]
Day 343: On living a fit and healthy life
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 15-28 on 22 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 343
This evening it was back to high-reps (2X20), short rest periods (45s), whole-body training. I felt the burn, especially in my legs when I alternated front squats with step ups to a 50cm height. Still, the best part of the workout was the opener of dumbbell snatches, where I was able to [...]
Day 342: Badminton
Posted in Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 21 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 342
Just got back from an hour of badminton with my eldest brother. He had invited me last Friday to play, and I figured playing should provide me with a good change from lifting weights. It’s only my second time to play on a proper badminton court, so I was excited to play and see [...]
Day 341: Stifling Humidity
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 20 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 341
I had to delay my last workout of the week by one day, as I had a big problem to solve at work and I didn’t want to leave it hanging over the weekend and affecting my state of mind.
That said, today, Saturday, has been a very humid day! I try to take the [...]
Day 338: Knackered
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 17 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 338
It’s been quite a busy day for me. There were a few errands I needed to run both within my work day and after my work day, so that I ran a little bit late on my way to my training session in the gym. What was worse, it has been raining [...]
Day 336: Jump Squats and DB OH Push Presses
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 15 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 336
Today was another heavy, 5X5 training day for the whole body, with a different set of exercises compared to last. Actually, I did the same exercises two workouts ago but with a different set/rep/rest scheme, the workout felt totally different.
Highlights on this one were the jump squats and dumbbell overhead push presses, two [...]
Day 333: Going Heavy
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 12 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 333
I took advantage of today’s official holiday here in the Philippines (it’s our Independence Day) to catch up on my sleep. I got almost 10 hours of sleep, and boy it felt good!
In the mid-afternoon, I went to the gym to do 5X5 whole body training. It was the same set of [...]
Day 330: Flat tyre again!
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 9 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 330
Today I did the 2nd group of full-body exercises on Nate Green’s Built for Show Spring program. Like the first group I did two days ago, it was a high-volume, short rest-period training day, with the same format of alternating exercises with opposite movement patterns. It was another fun session as I [...]
Day 328: Early Start
Posted in Built for Show, Mission 4 Days 1-14 on 7 June 2009 | 3 Comments »
Day 328
I’m starting this week’s training one day early, as I have a planned outing with my coworkers this coming weekend. This afternoon was quite busy; I had to go to my dentist to have my braces adjusted, then sped of to hear mass just in time, rushed home to have a quick meal, [...]
Day 323: Trying out a new exercise
Posted in Post-Mission 3 on 2 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 323
This week I am doing two to three training sessions to try out a few new exercises and get a “baseline” for my next mission. It was raining all day again here in Manila, so I had to commute to the gym instead of taking my bike (which hasn’t been repaired yet – no [...]
Day 322: Mission 3 Complete, planning next phase
Posted in Post-Mission 3 on 1 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 322
I completed my Mission 3 yesterday, which covered a period of 98 days excluding the three-week period that I went on holiday and worked on a short project, which corresponds to about 124 days total. I took my measurements today and here’s what I got:
Day 197 (Mission Start)
Day 322 (Mission End)
Change
Date
2009-01-28
2009-06-01
124
Weight (kg)
67.4
70.7
3.3
Body fat (%)
8.3
10.5
2.2
Fat [...]
