This past week was a solid lifting week for me. I have been spending the past four and a half weeks in a higher rep range to give my body a change from the past 18 months of SMS. I was also hoping to be able to put on some size during this time, but because of the illness I came down with almost a month ago, I have just been trying to get back to where I was for both my body weight and strength. I dropped down to 219 during those three days I was sick, and now I am back up to a solid 227. With under 3 weeks to go in my challenge, it is looking dismal that I will be at my goal of 238 lbs, but I will give a valiant effort during my remaining time, nonetheless.
I have started adding more sprint work at the end of my strength sessions, doing about 10 minutes or so of exercises with a 2:1 to 3:1 rest:work ratio. I have also been biking to and from work--about a 15-minute ride--twice a day, 5 days a week. While the biking probably isn't the best for my weight goals, I do feel that I am much better condition now between this and the sprints. I have noticed this transfer into my lifts, as well, as I am better-able to recover between sets and therefore pack more volume into a smaller window, inducing a greater hormonal response.
Two weekends ago I had my second weekend of the MAT Internship, so this past week I was practicing these newly-learned skills as well as studying the text.
That's all for this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.
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