Last week was a whirlwind on the Revelation front and I never found the time to sit down and blog.
The first of the week I spent traveling where I tried to be very careful with what I ate and hit the gym every morning yet gained two pounds. Damn. I lost it again by the end of the week but still frustrating as that netted a pretty flat week. Not to mention the knee. What was sore before developed into visible bruising and swelling. I took to the gym and tried to stay off the streets to rest it best I could but I'm still working out 7 days a week so I can't say I'm really giving it time to heal.
After 5 weeks we got a new trainer, Keith Outlaw. How good a name is that for a trainer?
Keith dropped the excessive weights and moved to more of a continuous circuit of light weight and cardio. This week he was off on vacation so Jim Nettles, Mariah's partner in Revelation Fitness, stepped in.
Wow, these trainers are all fit but Jim was definitely something to admire and so friendly. Again our workouts changed pretty significantly as he did more core and body weight work. Today we used the TRX bands which I'm seriously thinking about buying for the house. An eye hook on the back porch and I could go to town. He also sent me good reminders and tweaks Monday night by email and spent the whole hour going through our diets with us and making sure we had all our questions answered. All of which made for a really good week 7.
So my life as it exists in week 7...
3 days of strength training and 5-6 days of cardio a week.
1000 calories a day, 5-6 small meals/snacks with at least 100 grams of protein.
No carbs after breakfast and fruit only after a workout.
Basically meat, veggies, egg whites, greek yogurt, occasional oatmeal or granola and protein shakes. Have to plan to make sure I enjoy those juicy summer peaches as soon as I get back from the gym.
5 weeks to go, already half way there. I'm loving the workouts and would be happy to sign up for another 12 weeks just to keep training. The diet...I don't mind the diet day to day but I can't say that I'm not really looking forward to the 1st of August. It was quite the struggle to turn down a beer after fly fishing in Colorado last week and on the boat last night as the sun went down.
The first of the week I spent traveling where I tried to be very careful with what I ate and hit the gym every morning yet gained two pounds. Damn. I lost it again by the end of the week but still frustrating as that netted a pretty flat week. Not to mention the knee. What was sore before developed into visible bruising and swelling. I took to the gym and tried to stay off the streets to rest it best I could but I'm still working out 7 days a week so I can't say I'm really giving it time to heal.
After 5 weeks we got a new trainer, Keith Outlaw. How good a name is that for a trainer?
Keith dropped the excessive weights and moved to more of a continuous circuit of light weight and cardio. This week he was off on vacation so Jim Nettles, Mariah's partner in Revelation Fitness, stepped in.
Wow, these trainers are all fit but Jim was definitely something to admire and so friendly. Again our workouts changed pretty significantly as he did more core and body weight work. Today we used the TRX bands which I'm seriously thinking about buying for the house. An eye hook on the back porch and I could go to town. He also sent me good reminders and tweaks Monday night by email and spent the whole hour going through our diets with us and making sure we had all our questions answered. All of which made for a really good week 7.
So my life as it exists in week 7...
3 days of strength training and 5-6 days of cardio a week.
1000 calories a day, 5-6 small meals/snacks with at least 100 grams of protein.
No carbs after breakfast and fruit only after a workout.
Basically meat, veggies, egg whites, greek yogurt, occasional oatmeal or granola and protein shakes. Have to plan to make sure I enjoy those juicy summer peaches as soon as I get back from the gym.
5 weeks to go, already half way there. I'm loving the workouts and would be happy to sign up for another 12 weeks just to keep training. The diet...I don't mind the diet day to day but I can't say that I'm not really looking forward to the 1st of August. It was quite the struggle to turn down a beer after fly fishing in Colorado last week and on the boat last night as the sun went down.
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