Day 23 - Big Shoulder Day!
Today I felt much better in terms of my stomach because I spread out my dosings a lot better than I had been... I sat down and wrote out everything I was dosing in the morning and just couldn't believe it! So after correcting this issue, I felt a lot better!
Today I feel like I am holding less water as well and that makes me very happy... Vascularity is getting crazier by the day and I have a feeling that I am going to be able to have some unbelievable results by the end of this cycle...
Cardio was very strong today... I did 1 hour on the elliptical on level 8 for 8 miles... Then I did my burpee circuit... 4 sets of everything... I do 25 burpees, 150 jump ropes, 100 plank runs, 30 high jumping butt kicks... Rest 1 minute and do it again... 4 sets total... I can really see a big difference cut wise ever since I added these circuits in... I tend to get into all endurance modes and forget how important doing both aerobic and anaerobic training is... Now that I have added this, the results should be excellent!
So today was shoulders and traps day... I always love shoulders days because it is my strongest body part... I felt very strong again today and it showed in my workout!
I started off with a superset of dumbbell shoulder presses and standing alternate arm dumbbell bent arm lateral raises... I started off my shoulder presses at 85 x 10 for the first two sets and did the last 2 sets at 90 x 10... I really feel those are very strong numbers for dumbbell presses... I did my first three sets of alternate arm lateral raises at 45 x 10 and finished at 50 x 10... My traps were definitely feeling it!
Next was a superset of seated single arm straigh arm dumbbell shoulder lateral raises and seated dumbbell shrugs... The shoulder lateral raises are so damn tough but they shape your shoulders so beautifully... I did my first set at 35 x 10 and the next 3 at 40 x 10... That is extreme weight for this exercise...
I went straight to PR weight on my seated dumbbell shrugs... I did all four sets at 125 x 10...
Next I did a superset of dumbbell arnold presses superset with seated dumbbell simotaneous rear delts... I did all four sets of arnold presses at 65 x 10, which was the PR I set last week...
The rear delt exercise is so tough... To hold the weight up simotaneously and do a rear delt motion is not easy... Especially with heavy dumbbell weight... I did all four sets at 50 x 10... I was really feeling strong and could see my muscles growing as I lifted...
I finished with a superset of incline bent arm lateral raises and something new... I took a straight curl and did single arm front shoulder raises... Just balancing this alone puts intense strain on your shoulder, not to mention lifting it for reps of 10... I did my first three sets of incline lateral raises at 55 x 10 and finished with a PR of 60 x 10... I did all four sets of single arm raises at 30 x 10...
This was definitely a workout full of progress... I felt great after this workout... I made a few tweaks to my diet as well and have noticed a positive change... Diet, like anything else, needs to be changed every few months or the body gets used to it and does not repsond as well as before... The changes I have made have really been helpful and I am absolutely loving the progress! Thank you all for your support... All feedback appreciated!!