The Chairman's Fitness Challenge Blog

My workout numbers are hiding a worrisome fact for this challenge - I've hit that rut that makes the commitment a lot tougher to achieve.  Although I'm on track on both the resistance and cardio portions, I've had a heck of a time dragging my but in for a lower-body workout this week.  I've been avoiding the weights, jumping into cardio classes or running on the treadmill to put off the inevitable.

Well, THAT STOPPED TONIGHT.  I got in a good lower-body RT, with big-weight (for me) front squats, leg extensions & curls, and my first sets of Bulgarian split squats of the challenge.  That whole thing about "muscle memory" seems to be a farce, by the way... a few times I almost toppled over during those sets, even at relatively low weights.

With the long weekend coming up, I'm hoping to get in at least two RT's and 2-3 CT's, and keep the diet clean.  I need to ramp up the water intake as well; I stopped drinking water, for the most part, and I'm actually seeing a negative impact from that on my weight.  Less than 2-3 litres of water in a day, and I think the body retains what little does come in.