Day 111: No Turning Back Now!

G'day,

It's official! My plane ticket for Phuket is booked and paid for. However, if I don't reach my goal of 5% body-fat I won't be going! I'm serious, I will forfeit the money I paid for the air ticket if I don't reach my goal by March 24, 2007.

I'm doing it this way because I have to, there is no way I could book a trip to Phuket with 2 days notice, the airlines usally fill up early in late March because it is school holidays in Japan at that time.

I'm also doing it this way to increase the intensity of my weight-training, cardio and nutrition as I enter the 'pre-cutting phase' of my 46 day fat loss mission. Trust me, I really want to go to Phuket and chill out as it has been a hectic 16 weeks. But I can only go if I reach my goal, as simple as that.

In keeping with this theme today I did a high intensity weight-training workout. One word...brutal! That was today's Muscle Rounds workout which focused on quads, hammies, shoulder & triceps. The most tortuous is my squat routine for quads where I did my personal best of 120 kg's.

Keep in mind this routine is 6 'mini-sets' of 120 kg's with 10 seconds rest between sets...three times. I also did a personal best for lunges (24 kg's) and triceps (17.5 kg's) for Muscle Rounds.

I am taking a rest from cardio tonight as it is not wise to do HIIT cardio on the same day a brutal leg workout because my kind of cardio is heavy on legs. If I overdo it on leg days I may overtrain them and set myself backwards.

Peace,
AJ

Here are Day 111: M2 Day 21 pics for February 27, 2007

Day 110: Time To Get Serious

G'day,

Today I took my training up a notch, it is now time to 'cut up' big time. I have been waiting for this day since I started M2. The last 20 days have been about building muscle with little attention paid to cardio. Thus, the reason why you haven't seen much change in my six-pack is because I had not yet implemented hardcore cardio.

Well, now it is time to enter my 'pre-cutting phase' which consists of almost daily doses of Hybrid Cardio, my self-designed system HIIT (High Intensity Interval training) cardio system.

This pre-cutting phase will last for the next 16 days. I will be doing a lot of 'double headers' of weight training and cardio on the same day.

The reason why I have waited till now is because if you go to hard on cardio before your deadline you will lose muscle. It is all about timing and purpose. It also helps to have gone through this type of experience before, for me it was 2 months ago leading up to Day 84.

I am deadly serious about hitting my goal of 5% body-fat, it will be a dream come true to have a totally ripped midsection. This will be the culmination of 17 weeks of hard training, strict dieting and visualization.

I must get some sleep now...

Peace,
AJ

Here are Day 110: M2 Day 20 pics for February 26, 2007