M3:D81 Revealing



What's on my mind today?

As promised, today is the Big Reveal for me.  From hereon I will be doing my pictures with my top off.  I am also planning to do a four week cycle adapted from Nick Nillson's Muscle Explosion.  What I plan to do is attack my body with one exercise each week for the next 4 weeks.  I will schedule my workouts as follows:

Week 1 - Deadlifts
Week 2 - Squats
Week 3 - Bench Press
Week 4 - Lat pulldowns

The idea is to one exercise for five training sessions in a row.  You use very heavy weight and extremely high volume.  I will do 3 rep sets.  When I will take 30 seconds rest between each set and when I can only complete 2 reps I will lower the weight.  I will continue doing this for a set period of time.  Once I've reached my allotted time I will rest 2 minutes and finish off with a set with as many reps as I can manage.  I will begin with 20 minutes and each subsequent day I will increase the time by 5 minutes.  I will report back my results when I have completed this 4 week cycle.

I am honestly not interested in doing the entire Muscle Explosion program for alot of different reasons.  However, I believe the 5-day Structural Attack portion (as described above) is going to be awesome for my strength and my muscle building efforts.  It is all about keeping the body guessing.

 

Progress?
 

 
 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

Today was a great workout.  I felt so good about being home that I was able to hit the gym with a vengeance.  I felt refreshed.  I pushed myself a little harder today because of the reveal (like it would help any now). 
 
Exercise the brain with the Thought of the Day!

Creativity is important in all aspects of life, but especially when attempting something that is difficult for you.
 
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What are some techniques you use for getting creative with your workouts?  Comment this post to answer the question.
 
 
 

Mission 1, Day 81: Fooling myself...

Until tomorrow...GET BACK TO LIFTING!

Posted by Michael Mahony at 8/1/2008 8:25 PM
Categories: Weightlifting Logs, Nutrition, Old Missions
 
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  • 8/2/2008 12:46 AM Juli wrote:
    Great, Michael, you look just great. Keep up the good work.

    Juli
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  • 8/2/2008 3:00 AM Larry wrote:
    Michael, you have made tremendous progress. Congratulations you are lookin good man.

    Just recently, I have added the HIIT intervals to my training to burn the fat. I came across this fownloadable interval trainer workoutmuse.com It tracks the time and number of intervals with a creative techno beat. I rather like the discipline it provides. All I have to do is "crank it" and run my sprints.

    Shred on Michael
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  • 8/2/2008 11:58 AM Carlos DeJesus wrote:
    Mike,
    Looks like you got yourself a new earth suit! Hard work pays off.
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    1. 8/2/2008 6:29 PM Michael Mahony wrote:
      Carlos, I have a way to go, but I am pleased with the results.  Honestly, I am more pleased than I expected to be after seeing the before and after photos.  Thanks for your encouragement and for teaching me the principals that have given me a completely new attitude.  I wonder what would have happened if I had that attitude during the first 30 days of my bulk?
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  • 8/2/2008 5:50 PM Mike Groom wrote:
    Looking great Mike!

    Program plan looks good. I'll be watching how it works for you.
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  • 8/2/2008 7:37 PM buffedstuff wrote:
    Michael, I really do love it when I see dedicated people working hard to make their vision come alive. Keep heading toward your goal. G-d bless and stand strong.
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