Yeah...yeah...yeah...

It's funny, I have seen a number of friends who blog fall off the map when they are not in competition prep mode.  I am seeing that this is me, too.  I am back to eating clean most of the time.  Ok...we had Oreos last night, but I am just over being super rigid for a while.  I am working out about 4 days per week, which is enough to keep me motivated, but also enough to allow me to do other things in the afternoons sometimes.  We have been out of town a lot, which disrupts both our normal eating and our normal workout schedule, but after months of being hyper-disciplined, it is really nice to just go with it. 

Last week and this week, I have been doing pyramid sets  I start out with a low weight and add 5 pounds for sets of 10 until I go to failure at a weight, usually sticking at 8 reps, and then dropping down by 5 pounds for sets of 10 until I am stripped of all weight.  For example, on chest day, I did incline press for bar (45lb) x 10, then added 5lbs per side for: 55x10, 65x10, 75x10, 85x10, 95x10, 105x8, and then back down - 95x10, 85x10, 75x10, 65x10, 55x10 and 45x10.  I was happy to get up to 105 with that many sets/reps, and you get to the end and that bar feels like a million pounds.  Normally 95 pounds is my starting weight for incline, just to give an idea of what I normally do.   I did the same yesterday for seated military press, starting with the bar and adding weight, but I burned out at 95x8.  It's ok, though, because my shoulders were blown up. 

Another thing I have been doing is plyometrics at the end of my workout rather than traditional cardio. I can see a difference in my conditioning and I am able to do plyos for longer periods of time without stopping or without falling over/losing balance/etc. 

Nothing new otherwise! :)