I have just completed week 6
of my new training programme, and starting to see some really good improvements
in the weight I am managing to move without sacrificing form.
For the past 3 weeks I have
not been able to get past 395kg on the leg press, but on Thursday I finally hit
400kg . Although I have been training
progressively, and hitting my macros (calories increasing dependant on the
training cycle), I am a firm believer that what is going on in your personal or
working life contributes to performance in the gym, entering the gym with the
right mind-set is a contributing factor to how you perform. Some people are able to switch off, others
use working out as a form of venting frustration or de stressing, I wish I was
one of those people.
For the past week and a half
I have been feeling a lot happier, and on Thursday I received some good news
just before I went into the gym - I have no doubt that this contributed to
helping me hit my 400kg target and has raised my spirits in general.
My macro’s as mentioned are
being altered dependant on the micro cycle I am doing in the gym. The past 2 weeks are higher carbs, and I am
starting to become ‘fluffy’ but I still feel happy with my body. I found last year’s bulk tough mentally, but
this time there is a much more sensible approach to reversing into a
surplus.
A good trusting
relationship with your coach is the key to success, I feel being accountable to
someone works much better for me and takes the stress out of the mind
games. Last year I took control over my own prep for
comps. The benefit of this was I learnt a lot about my own body.
However there were more disadvantages than benefits. I don't
feel I achieved the best results possible, I made a lot of changes along the
way, mind games got the better of me and I felt very isolated – I also turned
to the person who had previously helped me for help too late. The most
important lesson I learnt was I needed to be accountable to someone.
I have been with several PTs / Prep Coaches over the past 4 years and
only one of them understands me, my body and what I want to achieve. I
believe and trust in that person and I also "learn" from them.
In return that person believes, challenges and motivates me. .
Here is to a successful year of change – steady and slow J
