Day 384: In A World Of Hurt!

G'day,

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep. As I was riding my bike to work I had a happy realization...my quads were not in pain from yesterday's 20-minute Structural Attack!

A Slow-Moving Tidal Wave...Of Pain!

Then...like a slow moving tidal wave it started to hit me around 1:00PM. I knew what was coming next...quad pain on a level I haven't felt since the early days of Mission 1.

By 6:15 PM I was in world of hurt! But I managed to put the pain aside for 25 minutes as I underwent Day 2 of the Five-Day Structural Attack (5DSA). As my program instructs I increased the starting weight for Barbell Squats to 110KG and went for 25 minutes straight doing nothing but Squats.

Not surprisingly, my weight increments dropped quicker than yesterday (about 5 minutes each) as I finished on 70KG on the 25th minute. To be more specific 5DSA calls for 3 rep mini-sets with 30 seconds rest on a starting weight you can normally get 6 reps with.

One More Thing...

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was the Burnout Set at the end of the allotted time. This BO set takes place after a 2 minute rest on your finishing weight increment where you pump out as many reps as possible. Today I managed 13 reps (one better than yesterday!) before crashing to the floor.

Tom Venuto & The Shredder Council = Supreme Motivation

As I type these words now it is actually painful just to get up from my chair! But I "know" that this is process is necessary and required if I am to "stack up" in Tom Venuto's gym on his Quad Blaster on Day 500. What more motivation could anyone need?!

I am also motivated by the possibility that I may be able to meet in-person several members of the Shredder Council while I'm in the US. That is real-time accountability of the highest order and I look forward to our possible East Coast Shredder Summit!

Congratulations Dougal

Before I sign off today I would like to give a special mention to our resident Shredder from South Africa, the one and only Dougal! My good buddy has just completed his first 84 days of real-time shredding and blogging. Dougal is an inspiration to many in the Shredder Council and I have a strong feeling that Dougal is about to inspire many more people!

Congratulations Dougal, shred on brother! Check out Dougal's real-time blog at MindBody Superfit to give your support and encouragement for this great achievement.

Until tomorrow...

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Below are my Day 384 pics for November 27, 2007: Mission 4 - Day 9 of 125.