Pikey

lol yeah full of it mate.... Soluble fibre have two heaped tablespoons a day just aint a problem anymore...

Typically at four weeks out I’ve felt that drained that my workouts haven’t been near the usual intensity.
Training with AJ it’s a whole new story he last competed about 15 – 16 years ago but at the time was successful. This week we’ve increased reps and weight and changed things around. This is one of the main reasons I’m trying carb cycling as opposed to a fairly static low carb intake as I’m sure I’d just go catabolic with stress at both ends.

Last night we started with reverse hack with the slide as close to vertical as it would go, two warm up sets and two working, the first working was 25 reps with 2 ½ plates each side, felt nicely pumped then he suggested whacking another 50K on and seeing what we could get. He managed 10, now as a point of pride and one of the reasons I’m improving I try and get as close as I can to what he does which is always a challenge as the guy is seriously strong with fantastic focus and muscle endurance, time after time he destroys me on chest shoulders and arms, but from my old power lifting days I just can’t cope with that with legs, so I decided I was getting more than ten what seemed an agonising eternity latter I failed at 21, the set wasn’t pretty I had to rest several times at the top of the reps but it felt seriously good.

The rest of the workout was more typical finishing with walking lunges, in the end I fell over so decided enough was enough.

H was rather less impressed as without warning I was half an hour late and she’d prepared my food. After this show we’re going to have to get some serious quality time together as I must be horrid to live with, and she deserves a big thank-you!

That set has lifted my mood; I think it’s the best set I’ve performed in a long time, there’s life in the old dog yet!