I took three days off from working out this weekend. I've been going at it pretty hard this month, sometimes with two lifting sessions per day. I've never been able to do that without problems before. It's exciting to be able to do the required work to get bigger and I actually look forward to my workouts. I've managed to gain about five pounds of muscle in the last two months.
My body fat 13%-ish is and will be the same throughout since I'm eating...as much as I can. Getting bigger is hard freakin work. I'm working out now 6-8 times per week as my schedule allows.
I think my training is catching up to my food intake. I may have to supplement to stay ahead since I'm already eating as much as I can.
I've been working hard on my traps, glutes, triceps and forearms.
The work I've been doing on my trapezius has come with great results. They're increasing in size ridiculously fast. I can't wait until it's strength training time for those.
The forearms will take quite a lot of patience. Mine are really built for endurance type of work and I've got to get those type-2's in moving. I'm confident they'll come around, though.
The triceps are weird. I haven't really figured out how to make them respond with growth. They're also more tuned for endurance. I'm switching all of my push ups to the explosive kind to see what kind of results I can get out of that. I've been wicked sore all weekend from skullcrushing most of my body weight. Yes, I use the smith and lean forward into it in the same position that you would do a skullcrusher and I can rep out 5-6 of them so I know the strength is there. I'll be doing more bench pressing than usual to try and help out my triceps too. It's not something I've done much of in the past.
None of my leg work is going very well. My knee is definitely holding me back. It's bad, sadface. I just have to keep it light and probably work on my hamstring strength/flexibility for now. I can probably handle more isolation type of lifts better than squats.
I'm looking forward to this week's lifting after a three day break.
