Tuesday 25th March
I have been to Alicante, Spain for the weekend with Helen. A real nice break away from everything, we ate, trained and slept and I rode a mountain bike with flat tyres every day, so my legs were pumped all weekend! We took Helens electric weighing scales (how good are these, buying a pair of my own on Saturday, the preciseness of measuring food is great). We ate on the clock all of our foods and still managed to eat out. I ate the most amazing steak since New York, so it was all good. We did so much cardio with walking and riding to get everywhere and had 2 gym sessions of course as well. the gym was closed Easter Saturday so I doubled up my workout on Sunday and trained quads and arms. It was really good and I was knackered at the end of it. the gym was pleasant and clean and had what we needed. I started on the leg extensions and superset with dumbell lunges (15-20reps x 3 sets) trying not to break my neck on the slippery floor tiles in the gym! Then it was leg press and barbell squats (no smith machine here). I did toe press for calves on the leg press machine so that was nice for a change. Arms was pressdowns and overhead extensions (like at home)with 3 sets of 12/10/8 reps and then for biceps, standing dumbell bicep curls into dumbell bicep hammer curls (3 sets of 15 reps). Incline dumbell bicep supination curls superset with overhead dumbell extensions. Not bad!
I trained chest as well on the Monday, this was a bit different to workout that is usually set, I started with press ups and went into incline dumbell flyes (3 sets of 12/10/8 reps). Then incline dumbell presses (3 sets of 12/10/8 reps) and then Helen pointed out a real smooth pec dec machine that was really nice. Chest workout finished with the planks, side and full and a good stretch.
I know I have 8 weeks to go before the first show and it wasn’t really that hard being away and having to stick to the diet. You can do anything when you focus your mind onto it. I had a good break and I am ready to carry on, bring on the oats and eggs!!!