After a good night’s sleep, I was on track to hit legs hard today. As soon as I was up, I had a liquid breakfast, (same as yesterday) and set off to the gym.
Everything was looking good until I realized I had left my headphones at the studio from when I was editing, and was faced with a workout without music – not something I like doing. I don’t know about you, but I like to lock myself into my music (usually hip-hop or vocal trance), and focus on my lifts without being distracted from what’s going on around.
As determined as I was today, the lack of music did effect me, although it couldn’t have been that much as I was still able to put in a personal best this year on the leg press. Still, it would have been nice to hit that best with a beat!
Below is an overview of my leg session. To see the full work set, please check out Rob Riches – All Access
8 sets of Squats
5 sets of Hamstring Curls
6 sets of Leg Sled Press
5 sets of Leg Extensions
The first two exercises could have gone either way, in terms of making this a good workout, or just another day of lifting, but by the time I came on to the leg press, I knew my recent dedication and commitment to my training, and the recent inclusion of creatine into my stack, was paying off, as the weights were still climbing up, and my legs we’re starting to look as though they were filling out again after loosing some size from several months of cardio and dieting. What started out as a beatless workout, ended on a high note. I can’t imagine what it could have been if only I had my headphones with me. I guess I’ll just have to wait until my next leg session early next week!
After the usual whey and glycomaize post-workout shake and banana from leaving the gym, I had consumed the majority of my daily carbs within my first two meals. Once home, I didn’t feel like eating anything too heavy, so made an egg white omelet with mushroom and spinach, and wrapping it in a couple of Ezekiel tortillas, topped with some pea shoots and micro-greens. (I cooked 6 egg whites, mixing in a couple of capfuls of apple cider vinegar to add some flavor). Two were certainly a decent amount of food, and quick and easy to make. I might make a few of these this weekend for snacks between some of my larger meals.
For the rest of today’s meals, I kept it pretty low-carb, opting for steak and turkey as my protein sources, and mixing a big green salad together to add some ‘bulk’ to each meal, along with some fats from the RAW almonds, and apple cider vinegar to add a little more taste.
With yesterday’s commitment to my birthday shoot in Canada, and assurance that I’ll show up in better shape than when I was on stage just a few weeks ago, I am starting to tighten up my portions again, and keep my carbs centered around breakfast and post workout – at least for now.