Wednesday, August 31, 2011

31st Aug 2011....plan for the next 30 days until deadline number 1

woke up at 340 in the afternoon!!! was pretty annoyed with myself....nevertheless its good to keep calm and pick urself up when u goof up....rest of the day was pretty good.

4pm: 1 banana+1apple+1litre of water to take care of constipation thanks to the ridiculously long sleep
445pm: 1papaya+2guavas

545pm: 2scoops protein shake

2.5km walk with 12kg backpack in 17 minutes

615pm: stretching+50 crunches+30 leg raise  superset

naseba day which is september 30th  is the 1st deadline. today at the gym it was just planning with Ranjith for the next one month. We will be adding more muscle and reducing fat on the lower abs...get better obliques ....adding glut-amine and creatine to the diet to aid muscle recovery.

715pm: 1corncob+handful boiled peanuts+1tuna sub at forum

730-9pm: dance dance revolution expert mode

910pm: gatorade with 1scoop protein

1km walk to pridhvi's place

1030pm: half a cucumber+ roasted peanuts with canola oil+2 cups plain boiled corn & green peas

gym closed tomorrow on occasion of Eid















30th Aug 2011 - start of the 5 day Eid Holiday

9am: 1scoop protein shake+1apple+1papaya+1guava

1130am: 1scoop protein+2carrots+1cucumber

1230pm: 1 large black coffee at coffee day

2pm: 10 boiled egg whites+6 phulkas+1carrot

245pm-8pm: Cardio with Dance Dance Revolution Expert mode minimum 180beats per minute

430pm: 6 inch tuna sub: honey oat bread with all veggies+extra meat teriyaki

7pm: 2 scoops protein shake with gatorade

830pm: 1 scoop protein shake+ fish oil +1astymin

10pm: 6 boiled egg whites

off to bed

great day!



29th Aug 2011

745am: 1banana+1apple+1600gm papaya+1scoop protein shake

10am: 4 egg dosas and 2 plain dosas with coconut chutney

1245pm: 8 boiled egg whites+2 carrots+1cucumber

3pm: 1 carrot+ 2 boiled corn cobs+ 5 egg whites

530pm: 1scoop protein+1corn cob+2guavas

540-730pm: dance practise for naseba annual day

8pm: pre-workout: 1corn cob+protein shake

830pm-915pm: Target area: Shoulders

1. Seated Back Press with shoulder rod 10kg plates on each side: 25reps, 20 reps, 16reps, 16reps...20-30secs gap btwn sets
1 minute rest
2. Double dumbbell Shoulder press: 15kg per side*16reps*2sets, 17.5kg per side*14reps*2sets...20-30secs gap btwn sets
1 minute rest
3. Front twisting dumbbell shoulder raise single arm: 10kg dumbbells: 24reps(12 per arm), 24reps, 22reps, 20 reps ....20-30secs gap btwn sets
1 minute rest
4. side double arm dumbbell lateral raise: 10kg per arm: 4sets*16 reps ....20-30secs gap btwn sets
1 minute rest
Abs: superset: 50 slow high pressure crunches lying on the ex ball + 30 leg raise

post workout: protein shake 2 scoops + 2 guavas+astymin+fish oil

2km walk with 10kg backpack
940pm: 8 boiled egg whites+2phulkas+1carrot

fantastic day!!! :)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

28th August 2011

Rest/recovery/no protein supplements Day. Did practise dance for about 50 minutes btwn 730pm and 830pm

8am: 2 bananas+1apple+1guava+1ltr water

10am: 4egg dosas with coconut chutney+1carrot

1130am: 130ml coffee

1245pm: 2carrots+1cucumber+10boiled egg whites

3pm: 1 cup vanilla ice cream + 1 glass lime juice+ 1.5 corn cobs

445pm: 2cups hot lemon tea

6pm: 2 carrots

730pm: 8 boiled egg whites+1 carrot

9pm: half barbeque chicken

12pm: off to bed

Peacuful day. abs are crazily pumped from the workout of the last 2 days.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

27th August

had a late night...slept at 4 am...but i just need 6-8 hrs of uninterrupted peaceful sleep and am good to go...woke up at 1040am....today wasnt very hungry...dint each much but had a lot of energy.

1050am: 2 small bananas+1 papaya+1apple+1 guava

1230am: 2 carrots+1 cucumber+1scoop protein+multivitamin+iron

3pm: 1spinach corn sandwich with plain black coffee at Java Green, Forum

4pm: half a tuna sub with all veggies at subway, forum

5pm: Cardio: Played Dance Dance Revolution for half an hour

6pm: Protein Shake

615-7pm: Workout Target: Pumping through circuit training:

1. Started with 5 sets of pull ups with 10secs gap btwn sets: 25, 15, 20, 15, 10

2. 4 sets of single arm Dumbbell Rowing: 4 sets per side: 17.5kg*25 reps, 17.5kg*25reps, 20kg*20reps, 20kg*20reps
3. double hammer curl with 10kg dumbbells: 2sets of 25 reps, 20 secs gap btwn sets
4. standing hammer curl with extension cable: 5plates*30reps, 7plates*20reps
5. double hammer curl with 10kg dumbbells: 1set of 25 reps
1 minute gap
6. Pec Flies: superset: 8plates*25 full reps, 15 reps releasing only half, 15full reps again
45secs gap
13plates*15reps
7. Abs: 1 superset of 50 very slow pressurized crunches lying on the floor with but and legs balanced on the exercise ball, 20 slow leg raises on the parallel bar.

End of a fantastic workout!!!

Post Workout: whey protein shake+3guavas

Canceled party plans coz remembered that Rocky 4 was playing on HBO at 9. One of my all time favorites!

Walked back home 2 km and bought next day's supplies of fruit and veggies.

815pm: 1 coal cooked corn cob and 1 boiled corn cob.

945pm: 8 boiled egg whites while watchin Rocky 4.

Adrian yellin at Rocky: "YOU CAN'T WIN!!!"
Quote of the day: Rocky to Adrian:  "No... maybe I can't win, maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he's got. But to beat me, he's gonna have to kill me, and to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me, and to do that, he's gotta be willing to die himself and I don't know if he's ready to do that. I don't know, I don't know."

Friday, August 26, 2011

26th August 2011 - Cardio/Abs Day

given i slept at 130am in the mornin, pretty happy to have woken up at 730am

735am: 1.5 banana+500gm papaya+200gm fuji apple+1 guava+protein shake, 1040am: 2 carrots+1 cucumber +protein+multivitamin+iron, 1230pm:1 large black coffee at coffee day, 125pm: 3phulkas+10boiled egg whites, went to office for an hour and a half to research, 415pm: subway time at transit(forum koramangla): 1 6inch sub with all veggies+chicken teriyaki+roasted chicken with teriyaki barbecue and mint sauce...

5pm-6pm: cardio: Dance Dance Revolution high intensity expert mode nonstop, 150 hoops mini basketball in 3 minutes...at timezone forum..2 scoops whey protein shake with gatorade and 2 guava

Today's target area: Abs: 645-815pm: Read about Gerard Butler's "300 Spartan Workout" last night and wanted to do somethin absolutely crazy today! already was a killer 1 hour of cardio. wait till u read what followed...

maximum 10-15 secs gap just to transition into the next item:
1*50pullups
parallel bar: 100 straight leg raises toes pointed outside, 100 knee raise, 100 sideways,
straight into 200 crunches on the ball,
50 floor wipes whilst holding a chest press with 10kg plates on a barbell,
5sets*15reps bent knee raise whilst lying on the bench with butt at the edge,
3*50 upper ab/side crunches with 10 plates on the machine using rope extension, 3*12 reverse crunches(facing away from the weights),
2 minutes: ate a guava with multivitamin and fish oil for some recovery and energy, straight into:
100 free kickbacks,
200 twists in different angles with 3kg dumbbells wide stationary legs and lifting legs half a foot,
21push ups,
100 stick twists,
400 standing twists on the standing twister machine,
100 stick side bending,
25 hanging bent knee leg raise,
50 pull ups
10 parallel bar leg raise.

End of abs workout!!! they came they saw they were shocked they left but i was still at the gym :)
made a new friend...kool chap used to play hockey at state level...invited for a beer but i dont drink so said maybe if he's up for dance dance revolution some time, i'd love to hang out :D

Post workout: 820pm: 2scoops whey protein shake+1amino acid+4 guava,
850pm: 1 full boiled corn cob+2 handsful boiled peanuts,
sat for 15 minutes and then walked 2km to the restaurant, as usual bought the next day's fruit and veggies
950pm: 6 boiled egg whites +2 carrots +1 big cucumber
sat for 15 minutes and walked back home 400mtrs,

What an awesome day!!!  love friday and saturday...have so much time to push myself beyond limits!
just held back at the right time or else any more workout would lead to unnecessary muscle burnout...abs feel awesome!!! :D

Tomorrow might go in for a leg workout, been 2 weeks since i've done any weights on my legs thanks to the darned hamstring injury. however bn good for a while...the pain is still there....but maybe 5% of what it was on the 1st 2-3days(was like hell then, actually maybe hell would've bn better)....anyhow enough of the sob story....a positive that came out of the injury was that i realized i havent been doin all my stretching exercises for a long time now....so voila! i started stretching and now i stretch better than 2 weeks ago :) ....Lookin forward to an exciting day tomorrow!!!
Off to bed now :)

Quote of the day: “I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a "transformer" in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.” - Stephen R. Covey



Thursday, August 25, 2011

20th -24th August 2011

Lame excuse but somehow did not take out the time necessary to write about the last 5 workouts...they are fresh as a cucumber in my mind though...

20th: Target Area: Back+cheat meal day
1. Wide pull ups: 1*25, 1*15
2. Seated rowing on the machine with chest pushed against the seat at 25 degree angle towards me: 8plates*20reps, 12plates*20reps, 14plates*16reps, 16plates*16reps

21st: Rest... did practise dance for an hour and a half for the naseba annual day...nothin too stressful
This was my no supplements day.

22nd: Target Area: Shoulders

23rd: Biceps:
1. Zig Zag Rod with 10 kg plates on each side: 1*25reps, 1*20 Reps, 1*16 reps, 1*16 reps
2. Seated twists with 18 kg dumbbells: 1*12 per arm, 1*11per arm, 1*9per arm, 1*8per arm
3. Preacher curls using machine extension cable seated in the full squat position and with triceps over the knees: 6 plates*25, 8plates*20, 10plates*16, 10plates*14(bloody tough!!!)

workout complete! felt great!
walked back home a couple of km. freshened up and off to bed.

24th: Cardio walked at 8kmph for 3km with a 12 kg back pack. Took approx 22 minutes

Target area for the day: Abs: 40 minutes: all exercises done with immediate transition. essentially it was a 40 minute killer superset!
1. stick twisting: wide legs: arms stretched and with bent elbows: 250 twists per side, no gap
2. Side Bending: 5kg dumbbells: 200 per side with wide legs
3. Supersets of straight leg&bent knee/floor leg raises, ball abdomen crunches: 4sets*50 reps each for leg raises and crunches

Target Area for Thursday: Chest

What a great 5 day workout...more or less had a similar food intake as last week with a few changes here and there!!! I see myself progressing rapidly!!!