07.06.05
What a pain…
Even though I have been working with the same intensity as I was before, my losses have been reduced to almost nothing. I have reached a plateau. Well, when the body adjusts to the routine then it is time for a change. I had not been doing any resistance training, save for maintenance so I would not loose much mass. This week was a time for that to come to an end.
All I can say is I want my mommy. I forgot what pushing weight for growth felt like, man I hurt. Of course it isn’t a bad hurt, no sharp pains, but I can feel it when I extend my range of motion in those parts that have been worked. More of a good hurt than anything else. It is time to put the mass on, lifting while doing cardio.
The good thing about gaining muscle mass is that it takes about 30 calories or so to maintain per day. While that does not seem like much, that 30 calories over a long period compounded with more muscle, a good cardio routine and a healthy diet can break that plateau. If I wanted to I could cut the cardio for a while, cycle it to keep my body guessing but I think for now I will stay the course.
The idea is not to over train so I reduce the time on the bike by the time spent lifting. I am only doing the core exercises for the major muscle parts, this means bench, squats, pull-ups and good-mornings (straight leg dead lifts). There are no flys, extensions of anything else. All I want now is mass, I can sculpt later. Once I get to that point where I am adding other excesses then I can reduce my cardio even further.
Hopefully this will get me over the plateau and on my way to more fat reduction.