Day 23: Regroup

24Sep08

Hello Shredders.

Day 23 of my mission (yesterday) didn’t go as planned. I’ve had a lot to do in the past couple of days and therefore a lot of stress. I also learned about some disturbing news at Monday afternoon that will keep me thinking for a while and have an influence on my life for the next couple of years.

However, all this will not stop me from completing my mission successfully, I’ll just have to rearrange my priorities a bit and off we go.

Temporary Out of Focus Experience

I’ve been sitting here yesterday before my workout to go through some past workouts-sheets and note down the weights to use during the scheduled Pre-Exhaust Supersets, when I realized that I was barely able to focus on that, yet alone focus in the gym lifting the weights. Frustration set in for a bit, and then I decided that it is probably the best time to take a day off and get back to an organized way. My wife was at the same time preparing for a long refreshing walk up to the mountain peak and I didn’t even want to join her for that. I thought about it for a moment, but really wanted to be without anything going on for a few hours and just switch off. I also consciously didn’t write this blog post yesterday evening, I took my daily picture (don’t want to miss any days!) but kept the computer off on purpose.

Regroup

In situations like this, I’ve learned in the past, it is probably the best to rethink a few tasks on the schedule, maybe change a few self-inflicted deadlines and most importantly regroup.

Today would be official Metabolic Surge rest day (Day 24). After I return home later in the day, I will complete what I missed out yesterday. Meaning I am going to do my full body Pre-Exthaust Supersets today, followed by an HIIT session. So in effect, I will then have switched Day 23 and Day 24 and could go on as usual.

This last workout is also the final workout of Phase 3 of the current round and a new round of Metabolic Surge will start with a low carb meal plan after that. However, before starting this new round I will catch up with some paperwork on my desk and take care of some other things, to ensure I have a clear mind when I kick it off. There is normally no more rest between these rounds, but I am now putting the Metabolic Surge schedule on the side until I feel ready to go back to my PRW and move into Round 3. This may be two days, it maybe five. We’ll see.

In the meantime I’ll keep eating clean, doing my cardio, take daily pictures and update my accountability scores. I might even throw in a weight workout if I start to miss the cold iron. I just want to make sure I am doing this wholeheartedly, I am not a friend of half-baked potatoes.

PS: Funny how this shows one more time that all of this happens in the head. I am fully recovered and it’s not my body that tells me to put these workouts on hold.

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