19 march – is bodybuilding hellish?

Is it? Because it certainly feels like that. It definitely tortures my muscles, and they feel like never before. I do believe that changing the workouts to 1) power workout 2) cardio workout made difference. We’ll see the results soon I hope. I’ve been training for more than two months now, but this new routine feels like I’ve just started. It’s probably a good thing

btw. I’ll have to figure out what to do with Saturdays training, because I’m probably going on a hike around our mountains (Stara Planina).

Day started at 6 AM after snoozing my alarm clock for about half an hour. Leg muscles (especially quadriceps) felt sore… I had to walk slowly in the beginning to get used to the “pain”. But nevertheless I had enough energy, optimism, etc

07:00 – Breakfast: oats with milk, two teaspoons of honey, ground seeds (flax, pumpkin, sunflower, sesame)

10:00 – Snack: 20 grams of walnuts

13:10 – Lunch: 3 hard boiled eggs, salad of white cabbage and carrots (150-200 grams) mixed with 100 grams of milk curds

14:30 – Snack: 1 bar, made of sesame seeds and sugar (sugar is mixed with the seeds and melted to gold color) – 20 grams (approx. 110 calories)

18:30 – After workout: 1 chocolate waffle, 3 brazil nut kernels

19:00 – Dinner: 350 grams baked lentils, some green salad with green onion + some olive oil and balsamic vinegar on it

20:30 – After dinner snack: 1 big carrot

workout log: started at 17:30 with:

4 series of leg lifting (abs), 3 series ab crunches, 3 series back extensions – as a warm up.

4 series shoulder press (machine), 3 series “Arnold” presses – deltoids.

4 series calve machine – calves.

Had to do 4 series trapezoid lifting, but somehow I’m getting used to this routine, and I’ll be forgetting things from time to time (or missing days) till I learn everything.

Finished with 5 minutes of elliptical – these were meant to be 30, but following yesterdays leg workout I just couldn’t take more than 5. I stopped and decided to call it a day.