Every time I hear the song “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons come on the radio I get super pumped for my next show. This is probably the most overused song for bodybuilding routines in 2013 but I’ve yet to get sick of it. I think it’s a combination of the instrumental portion which sounds totally different than the other songs so widely played these days in addition to the repeated lines; “I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones. Enough to make my system blow…I’m radioactive”. If I’m lucky and it comes on Pandora when I’m lifting, I definitely get in an extra few reps!
Right now I’m shooting for the Cape Cod Classic which is a pro-qualifier on October 12th but I may do one other show depending on my progress over the next few weeks. I put myself on a super strict cleaner-than-usual diet starting this week which in combination with continued intense weight training sessions and increased cardio, I’m hoping gets me to where I need to be in time. Not that my diet was bad before or anything, I’m just taking it to the next level by eating more similarly to peak week (without the carb depletion) going forward. It’s going to be a very boring month or so of eating but I’m extremely focused and energized right now so it’s worth it to me!
As far as physique progress goes right now, I don’t quite have the end-of-August grapefruits for ass cheeks I was hoping for (more like those softish sand-filled medicine balls LOL) but I do see improvement and think that as I keep shedding the top layer of fat off I’ll be happy with the results. I’m going to keep doing the 2x leg days per week for the next month because it’s clearly helping! I have to be careful though because this in combination with the Stairmaster is causing mild shin splints which I know will seriously hinder my performance if they get any worse :/ I realize I could do a different, less stressful form of cardio but all the other machines just bore me to tears! I’ve recruited a new occasional lifting partner as well lately which definitely helps to get me to push harder than usual and gives me some good ideas for ways to alter my exercises for a different effect. Last week we did legs and I was honestly crippled for 4 days afterward. Refusing to skip my 2nd leg workout that week when I wasn’t fully recovered is probably the main cause of my shin issues but oh well, I’ll work through it! After all, that’s what Ibuprophen is for LOL. Last night we did shoulders. I thought I got a great workout in but I’m still waiting to feel any DOMS L
Today is my mid-week leg day; total coincidence that it falls on hump day, I swear! I’ve been hitting new PRs a lot lately as far as how heavy I can go on basic exercises like squats and deadlifts and I think keeping these moves simple (no added stability aspect) so I can increase the weight is the primary reason for my glute and hamstring improvement. My goal over the next few months is to get to the point where I can walk by someone and hear them say; “Dude, she squats!” Hehehe ;)
Anyway, I suppose I should get back to work here. I’ve been slacking on the blog posts lately so I figured a nice mid-week check-in was in order. Today will luckily be an early exit out of here as I am meeting with a sports agent to discuss potential fitness modeling jobs. I have absolutely no idea if this will pan out or not as I got the contact from a random older guy who approached me in the gym a few weeks back but he appears to run a legit company so I figured it was worth looking into since I would kill to get some paying modeling gigs and have no clue how to break into the industry on my own. Wish me luck and keep training hard, gym rats! xo
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