Muscle Explosion Challenge Day 8

June 16th, 2008
· by Scott Tousignant · Filed Under: Muscle Building Nutrition · Muscle Building Workouts

Today is the beginning of week two from the Muscle Explosion Challenge. This phase of the program is called “The Five Day Structural Attack”. Boy does my body ever feel like it’s been attacked today Basically the next five days is ‘controlled over-training’. I have a feeling that my muscles will be screaming at me by the end of the week.

For these 5 days of the program you are to choose one exercise and stick to that one exercise for the entire week. If it’s your first time on the program Nick recommends squats or deadlifts. I chose deadlifts. So today my workout was 20 minutes of deadlifts.

There is no way that any cardio workout could have got my heart pounding this much. I was completely soaked at the end of this workout. I can’t give away all the details of the program as it wouldn’t be fair to Nick, but I’m seeing some great potential with this phase of the program.

Nick calls for specific reps and specific rest for these workouts. Also, through experimenting on himself, he found that if he extended this phase of the workout for one more week, his results actually decreased.

Trust me, this program is calculated strategically for each phase. Nick’s not messing around here and guessing with random numbers.

Today’s 20 minute workout actually flew by. You would think that 20 minutes of deadlifting would drag on. I actually found that I got into a rhythm as the workout progressed. I think a few people were wondering why I was spending so much time in front of the squat rack, but I was too focused to pay much attention to their glances.

What I Ate Today

Oh food, glorious food! It sure has felt great to feed myself. I felt like a bottomless pit today. No matter how much I ate, I just didn’t feel full.

Meal 1: 2 Prograde Cravers Meal Replacement Bars (almond & peanut butter), 3 whole eggs with salsa, Prograde VGF+25 multi-vitamin, Prograde EFA-Icon, 5 grams creatine, 5 grams glutamine

Meal 2: 3 oz chicken breast, egg salad sandwich (3 whole eggs, mayo, 2 slices of whole wheat bread)

Preworkout Meal: warm water with 5 grams creatine and 5 grams glutamine, Prograde Craver meal replacement bar

Postworkout Meal: warm water with 5 grams creatine and 10 grams glutamine, Prograde Workout Recovery shake with 2 extra scoops of protein powder

Meal 5: 2 home made chicken and vegetable enchiladas

Meal 6: Prograde craver bar and a bowl of popcorn

OK, so I really over did it with the Prograde Craver meal replacement bars today, but I just couldn’t stop eating and I still don’t feel full.

The first half of the day I was drinking water like crazy. The ‘all fruit day’ yesterday really flushed out my system and I needed to replace a lot of water. Plus I was out in the sun a lot yesterday.

I actually weighed in this morning 7 1/2 pounds lighter than a week ago, but I noticed it was mostly water weight. I will check my measurements tomorrow for a more accurate reading.

Today’s workout really took a lot out of me, so I am heading to bed early tonight for a good sleep so I can be prepared for the abuse that I will put my body through tomorrow.

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