Eat till you're full!

Just a quick thought.

I've noticed that I tend to eat junk food not necessarily because I want junk food, but instead because I'm hungry, and junk food is easy to grab. I think it's important to make sure you eat enough quality food in a meal so that you don't end up snaking on something less than healthy later on. Basically, if you eat a lot of meat in your meal, you're less likely to grab a bag of chips later on.

It's a simple concept, but it goes a long way.

Powerlifting and Bodybuilding

I definitely consider myself to be a Powerlifter, and I've worked with  Powerlifting parameters ever since I started lifting, I've always loved sets of 3-5, and lots of singles. These are great rep ranges for building lots of strength, and I've had great success with them, however my results have been slowing down recently, so I'm taking the advice of my previous entry, and switching it up.

How am I going to be switching it up? Reps. Lots and lots of reps. I've decided that I'm not going to do any working sets under 5 reps for the next several months, basically I'll be working with Bodybuilding parameters for a while, however my overall goal will still be strength. At this point I believe I've maxed out my neuromuscular potential for strength with the amount of actual muscle tissue I have; plain and simple, I need to build more muscle before I can get much stronger, and Bodybuilding is the best thing for doing that.

Over the next few weeks I'll be updating this blog with my progress.

Today I worked chest:

Warm Up Sets on Bench Press:

130x10

180x5

200x3

220x1

Working Sets on Bench Press:

180x10

180x8

180x8

180x7
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Close Grip Bench:

130x5

130x5

I finished the workout with a single set of slow paced dumbbell flies with 20lbs in each arm.



By the way, I had my first PL meet a couple weeks ago, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpaakmgQ5iM