This Past Week (12/5-12/11)

This past week was a complete deload week for me. Normally I am very precise with my deloads, using a calculator to tell me every weight, but this week I let my body tell me what weight to lift. Most of the time the weight ended up being between 40-50% of the weight I was using the week before. It was clear that I was very fatigued.

At the start of the week my RHR was in the low 60's. As a comparison, when I am rested and my nervous system is fresh, my RHR is in the mid 40's. By Thursday my RHR was in the mid 50's, so while I was recovering, the process was taking longer than I had expected. Finally by Saturday I was back into the high 40's after not training at all on Friday.

Sunday I had two basketball games to finish out the men's league I was playing in every week. Monday was my leg lift, Tuesday was chest, Wednesday back, and Thursday arms. I would have spaced the week out Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, but I was planning on being out of town Friday through Sunday. Those plans, however, fell through, but I just stuck with my initial plan of having Friday and Saturday be off days.

Work wise, I sent out the December issue of The Source on Monday. If you are interested in being put on my mailing list for this newsletter, please click here. On Thursday I began adding articles to the blogthat I have written over the course of the past year and a half. My plan is to add "This Past Week" postings every Sunday; articles from other authors on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; and articles written by myself on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This way there will be updates six days a week, so check back often!

I finally got around to editing the footage from the morning that Shalvoy and I did 100 pull-ups. The video is up on YouTube, as well as on the Self Made Facebook page and the videos page on the website. But, in case you don't want to go to any of those links, you can also watch the video right here:

I began studying for the CSCS again this week as well. I have already read through the text book once, but now I am going back through it again and really studying it this time. I am planning to be ready to take the exam in March 2011. Finally, the last big thing of this past week is that I started working on an e-book that I am planning on releasing in January 2011. It is something that, as of right now, I am planning on giving out for free when people sign up for my newsletter. Those who have already signed up will receive it with the January 2011 issue of The Source.

That's all for this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.

Get big or die tryin'.