Training - Monday
Chest and triceps focus - 60 minutes
Started with some DB work to get the joints moving and everything warmed up and stretched.
Then I did some flat bench DB press, working my way up to the 80s for sets of 5.
Lots of cable work.
Took it to the floor and did some push-up work and handstands.
Finished with some abs.
Might sound like an easy workout, but I was using extremely strict form and really playing around with some different tempos, angles, and contraction techniques throughout the workout.
I still have some time left in the day, but today’s intake will be on the very low side.
One reason is that I started the day with small breakfast - just 4 ounces of leftover grilled chicken breast and 2 eggs.
Then at around 11, I had another 7 ounces of grilled chicken breast, which I made into chicken salad because it was my third chicken breast meal in a row and I couldn’t stand the thought of eating it plain. Just cut it into small pieces and mixed in two tablespoons of light mayo.
I didn’t have much in the way of carbs until mid-afternoon. Two bags of Good Bean roasted chickpeas and about 6 strawberries.
Still feeling great and not hungry, which brings me to the other reason I can keep my intake low today. I had a serving of a fat burner I’ve been taking.
I’m a pretty loyal Biotest customer - have been for like 20 years, or however long they’ve been in business. They don’t have a fat burner without yohimbine, so I use something else. I only take it once or twice a week, usually on days where conditions are lined up for an easy low-intake day.
Today was that day, and wow, this shit really crushes the appetite. Some of the key ingredients include HICA, ashwagandha, terminalia arjuna, intellectus, 2-amino-6-methylheptane, a “tri-phase PPAR agent”, afralean grains of paradise, melegueta, coumoroyldopamine, and rauwolscine.
I usually don’t buy anything without researching the shit out of it, but I’ll be honest…I don’t know what most of that shit is. My guy at my local place just got it in and said he heard good things and he liked it when he tried it, so I gave it a try. It definitely crushes appetite.
I think the key to these things is to not take them enough to develop a tolerance. I don’t buy into the direct effects on fat loss as much as the appetite thing. If it can help crush my appetite for a day, that’s all I need. With this one and a few other good ones I’ve tried, the effect can sometimes bleed over even into the next day, so we’ll see. Conditions are good for a low-day tomorrow, too, so if it comes easy, I’ll probably ride it out.
I have a beach reveal coming up very very soon, so I’ll consider it my “two days to shredded” program.