Posted 20 hours ago
More work on the milspec pushup.
More strength training yesterday, once again concentrating on the muscles used in the simple pushup, which remains beyond me. If I could lose the remaining 40 pounds I’d like to lose, I could be slamming out pushups all day. But I haven’t yet, so I can’t. So I struggle.
The scheme was exercises in pairs: a easier exercise to activate the muscles, at 4 reps, followed by a harder exercise to slam the muscle, a 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 reps. Up to six sets of the pairs, or until form degraded. The exercises were very similar to Monday’s (presses, flies, skullcrushers, triceps extensions) only they were bench variants instead of floor variants. Barbell and dumbbells both.
I’m really sore today, and taking extra care to eat a lot of protein. The temptation is to stop eating and just starve myself. That’s the way we’re told to lose weight, after all! And it works… briefly. So I plod on, avoiding carbs and losing it agonizingly slowly. But permanently. Or so I hope.
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