Walking the Path

Alright everyone, so with another week comes another revelation.

Over the last several weeks, in the midst of sickness, personal and business upheaval, I have admittedly not been on my game from a training standpoint.

I have let my nutrition slip, stopped running 25-30 minutes per day and took for granted the fact that I should remain in relative shape.

While I have maintained a reasonable degree of fitness via short, metabolic workouts, I have been distracted and it shows-- although I did not see it until last Friday at about 2:45 if the afternoon.

After being cast in a clothing ad out of nowhere last week, I finally felt my luck was turning. Though I was busy and could have turned the ad down, I reasoned it would be a welcome change of scenery from the confines of my gym.

Happily, I arranged to take the day off and drive to Bradenton for the shoot. And everything seemed fine initially-- very nice people, little drama, I even passed out a few business cards.

The only problem came when I stepped behind the lens. Because this was a lifestyle ad, it required friendly smiles from various angles and one thing that caught my eye when looking over the pics with the casting director was my double chin which was exposed from various angles.

While we always have shots which will flatter facial features, I feel the true measure of preparedness for a model is being photographed from weaker angles. In my case, the embaressment I felt when I viewed this pictures-- and the comments I got from the fat photographer on the shoot that could certainly use my services (I'm just saying)-- will long serve as a catalyst to get myself together.

Even when times are tough, this is a reminder to me to find strength in the program I created. With this in mind, I will working toward the slogan of being "photoshoot ready in three weeks" through a 3-6 week bout of Modelfit intensity-- the program which comes after the initial three month progression.

For me, this means fasting, metabolic workouts and living the hell I dish out once again. I plan to use this week to prepare my mind and body, as well as this blog to document the journey.

While I have the fitness part down, I know the nutrition will be a challenge. Much like conditioning after a long layoff, getting back to fasting for 24 hours twice per week will be brutal.

But the key to success or failure will be to eat enough in my off-days to remain full during my fast.

With this in mind, my plan for this week is to:
-Choose fasting days
-Currently I take several scoops of protein powder twice per day as mid-afternoon and mid-morning snacks. I plan to switch over to animal proteins to slow down digestion and keep my stomach full longer.
- I also plan to up my intake of veggies in the morning to slow down digestion of breakfast and set the tone for the day.


In the meantime, I will continue posting my numbers from unloading workouts which are going fairly well. My numbers continue to rise and I am looking forward to my max rep test in bodyweight lifts on Saturday.

For now, here are my workouts from this weekend:

Workout A- Upper Body-Saturday
A-1: Weighted push ups- 3 x 6-75lbs
A-2: 1 arm dumbbell press- 3 x 22-20-18
B-1: Weighted chin up w/50lbs plate- 3x6
B-2: Bodyweight chin up hang- 3 x 25 sec hang
B-3: Military press- 3 x 6/135lbs

Workout B- Upper Body-Sunday
A-1: 1 leg barbell RFE split squat- 3 x 6-185lbslbs
A-2: Off-set reverse carpet square lunge- 3 x15/55lbs
B-1: Two arm/1 leg Double leg SLDL- 3x12/75lbs
B-2: Heavy X-band walks- 3 x 12