San Francisco CA, 6:37 AM
From the Desk of The Drinker…

Well, it looks like all the stuffing and gravy finally caught up to me… Went to the gym yesterday and it was a touch workout session, felt sluggish and and had a lot less energy than I used to. I think the over-eating finally showed its effects. Here is the summary:

Workout session # 7 on day 26

• Lat Pull Down Close Grip Supinated, 1 set to failure: 14 reps @ 110 lbs
• Shoulder Press, 1 set to failure: 9 reps @ 85 lbs
• Reverse Dragon Curl, 1 set to failure: 8 reps @ 40 lbs
• Myotatic Crunch: 10 reps
• Cat Vomit Exercise: 10 reps

For the first time I wasn’t able to increase the number of reps from the previous session. I expected this to happen at some point, since I’m adding weights faster than my muscles can grow. But it was the first time that I had low energy during my workout, so I was kinda bummed out.

Staying off the junk food this week, hopefully results will follow!

San Francisco CA, 8:59 AM
From the Desk of The Drinker…

Alright, I know it’s been a while since my last post, but hey… it was Thanksgiving last week here in the US so that basically means a whole cheat week instead of a cheat day. So I won’t bother mentioning my diet for the past week, you’ll get the idea when you see what happened to my weight

Here is an update on the past measurements and workouts:

Weekly Weigh-In on Day 15

• Weight: 150.6 lbs (+0.6 lbs)
• Biceps: 12.25″ (+0.25″)
• Gut: 33.5″ (-0.5″)
• Chest: 37.5″ (+0.5″)
• Shoulders: 43″ (+1″)
• Neck: 14.5″ (same)
• Thighs: 20.5″ (+0.5″)
• Forearms: 11″ (+0.25″)

No much change in measurements since the previous week, besides losing 0.4 lbs and gaining 0.5″ in the chest.

Workout session # 5 on day 15

• Lat Pull Down Close Grip Supinated, 1 set to failure: 18 reps @ 100 lbs
• Shoulder Press, 1 set to failure: 12 reps @ 70 lbs
• Reverse Dragon Curl, 1 set to failure: 8 reps @ 40 lbs
• Myotatic Crunch: 10 reps
• Cat Vomit Exercise: 10 reps

This was a great workout session, I was able to lift more reps with more weight than the previous workout. Finally able to do a full 10 reps of myotatic crunches, but it was definitely a struggle.

Workout session # 6 on day 19

• Incline Bench Press, 1 set to failure: 12 reps @ 100 lbs
• Leg Press, 1 set to failure: 16 reps @ 220 lbs
• Push Ups, 1 set to failure: 25 reps
• Kettlebell swings: 50 reps @ 12 lbs

Another great workout session, even after pigging out for Thanksgiving. Could it be that all the turkey and stuffing when straight to my muscles instead of my gut? Probably not when you see my weigh-in for the following Monday…

Weekly Weigh-In on Day 22

• Weight: 154.6 lbs (+4.6 lbs, up 4 lbs since last week)
• Biceps: 12.25″ (+0.25″, same as last week)
• Gut: 34″ (same, up 0.5″ since last week)
• Chest: 38.5″ (+1.5, up 1″ since last week)
• Shoulders: 43.25″ (+1.25″, up 0.25″ since last week)
• Neck: 15″ (+0.5″, up 0.5 since last week)
• Thighs: 21″ (+1″, up 0.5″ since last week)
• Forearms: 11″ (+0.25″, same as last week)

Wow! What a change since last week, some good, and some not so good. Gaining 4 lbs in a week isn’t exactly good news, but at least I did see some increase in muscle size as well, most notably an increase of 1″ in the chest. So hopefully it’s not all stuffing and gravy…

This week should be back to normal, hitting the gym this afternoon and back on the regular eating plan/schedule, minus a few leftovers that I still have to go through (don’t you just hate it when there’s all that extra turkey leftover after Thanksgiving?)

Till next time…