I was feeling a bit "flat" on Sunday. I am training hard, probably staying up later than I should, but I was still feeling flat no mater how intense my workouts were.
Since Erica has been gone and I have had zero time to prep meals due to having to watch my Mom's house and then spend about 6-8 hours between plowing her driveway and then mine I decided to just buy a bunch of HUGE sweet potatoes and cook them in the oven.
I literally cut them into 3 pieces and baked them for 45 minutes. I then would eat two big chunks, skin and all, with about 10-12 ounces of chicken and vegetables for two of my meals since Monday.
On a side note, I have been cooking the chicken on the skillet that Erica and I used in our HIGH PROTEIN PANCAKE video and it comes out WAY better! The grill makes the chicken very dry, but the skillet leaves it juicy! Definitely worth trying!
For the workout, I am going back to lifting VERY heavy.
We did the following
BICEPS
- Straight Bar Bicep Curls: 5x5 as heavy as possible
- Preachure curls: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Standing Double Bicep Cable Curls: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Dumbbell Hammer Curls: 4 sets of 8 reps
ABS
- Ab Pulldown: 4 sets of 20 reps
- Wood Choppers: 4 sets of 15 reps (per side)
My pump and energy levels were INCREDIBLE. My strength is going up much quicker as well. The only thing I have changed is adding more carbs via sweet potatoes. My macros are still around 150-200 for carbs, but instead of rice, I am all about the POTATOES!
I am keeping those lean gains too! Thoughts?