Berkhan Workout B2, end of a cycle

Illness layoffs are a bitch.

I mean: more rest > less rest. But still. That sucked.

Fortunately this is, by far, the easiest workout of the cycle and the timing for it was perfect. Gets me back into the swing of things.

Workout for May 18th, 2010

Romanian Deadlift

1. 45lbs. x 5
2. 60 x 3
3. 85 x 2
4. 105 x 3
5. 95 x 3
6. 85 x 3

No complaints anywhere. Only a half-hour into the workout here.

Alternating Sets: Pulldown, Lateral Raise Machine

1. P- 35lbs. x 5; L- 25lbs. x 5
2. P- 50 x 5; L- 40 x 3
3. P- 65 x 2; L- 50 x 2
4. P- 85 x 4; L- 65 x 4
5. P- 75 x 5; L- 55 x 5
6. P- 65 x 8; L- 50 x 8

Kinda weird to look at. Again, pretty easy.

Body Weight: 169lbs.
Body Fat Percentage: 17%

Condition: C. Minor sore throat/fever, come & go stuffy nose. Didn’t feel like lifting. Felt fat (seriously thought I’d log 20%+) Hating life, etc.

I decided to hit the dry sauna and slowly build some endurance there so I can drop water weight in a pinch in the future.

• 168lbs. @ start
• First session lasts 20 minutes. I towel off and weigh in at 166.5lbs. I took a fifteen minute break before the next session (this includes the toweling off time and weigh-in)
• Second session lasts 14 minutes. Towel off and weigh: 165.5lbs.

I rest another fifteen minutes, but going back in I just lacked the constitution to continue and took a cool shower to rinse off and wash up a bit. My goal next workout is to have the second session last 20 minutes and at least get somewhere with the third. I only dropped 2.5lbs this way on my first try, so I’d like to get that number up to 3 pounds next session. Ultimately I’d like to be able to drop 10% of my weight in the sauna whenever I want.

The ceiling for my weight is 170lbs. so if I could drop 17lbs. in the sauna that’d be great. But, I’ll set the goal for 10lbs. I’ll try to drop an additional half pound every session over the previous session, until I can shed 10lbs. on a whim.

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