Breakfast: Coconut quinoa with a teaspoon of maple syrup, plum, cherries, and unsweetened coconut.
Exercise: I mixed up my usual 5x5x5 circuit format and performed five different circuits comprised of five minutes of spinning and five different exercises per circuit. Here's How they looked:
- Circuit 1:
- 5 minutes of spinning
- 10 burpees
- 10 supermans
- 10 50-lb stiff-legged deadlifts
- 10 side bends, each side, 25 lb. plate
- 10 bent-over rows, each side, 25 lb. plate
- Circuit 2:
- 5 minutes of spinning
- 10 squats with alternating side kicks
- 10 front/lateral shoulder raises (8 lb. dumbbells)
- 10 stiff-legged deadlift/row combos (25 lb. plate)
- 10 narrow chest presses (25 lb. plate)
- 10 overhead pulls (25 lb. plate)
- Circuit 3:
- 5 minutes of spinning
- 10 chest flys on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
- 10 skull crushers on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
- 10 back rows on ball (8 lb dumbbells)
- 10 ball passes
- 10 ball hamstring curls
- Circuit 4:
- 5 minutes of spinning
- 10 pushups (knees)
- 10 donkey kicks, each side (8 lb. dumbbells)
- 10 bicep curl/shoulder press combos (8 lb. dumbbells)
- 10 lunges, left
- 10 lunges, right
- Circuit 5:
- 5 minutes of spinning
- 10 bent over row/fly combos (8 lb. dumbbells)
- 10 lb. plate swing (right)
- 10 lb. plate swing (left)
- 50 lb. stiff-legged deadlift
- 10 push ups
Post-Workout Fuel: 8 oz. soy milk with a scoop of Vega protein powder.
Lunch: Salad with mixed greens, cucumber, red bell pepper, pomegranate seeds, savory tofu, a slice of tempeh bacon, Amish butter cheese, hard-boiled egg, and walnuts dressed in honey and Dijon mustard. I also tried a few Trader Joe's Inner Peas and loved, loved, loved them.
Dinner: Brown rice pasta with homemade pasta sauce, 4 Nate's meatless meatballs, and steamed broccoli with a touch of butter.
Pretty sure that there were some pre-bed snacks. Maybe a macaroon and an egg and a banana? That sounds about right...? Something like that. Who cares, really.
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