Hello Buff Buddies!

It's been a while since I've done an in depth journal about working out, but this has been a crazy past few weeks for me. Started back to work on Monday after 2 weeks off for the holidays, and this week also saw me hitting some of the hardest workouts I've done so far.

While I put on a few pounds from the break, I managed to get back to my starting weight this week. I've hovered on that weight, but as of the 5th I am down 1.8% body fat. It feels good to know I'm the same weight as I started this, but almost 2 full percent less body fat!

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As of right now, I'm just finishing up the second to last week of Kris Gethin's trainer which is linked in many of my other journals. This week's workout were extremely high volume and every single one was comprised of giant sets. If you don't know what those are, you take a superset and add one more set to it. You do all three exercises without resting until you finish each for their respective set. Rest, repeat, until all sets are done.

An example of today for Shoulders, Calves, and Abs saw me doing:

- Barbell Upright Rows (5 sets in 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 reps)

- Standing Barbell Military Press (5 sets in 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 reps)

- Alternating Deltoid Raises (5 sets in 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 reps)

You complete all of these by doing the 30 set of rows, immediately start the military press, and upon finishing that, do the raises. Then you can rest for a few minutes before starting the sets of 25.

Following all 5 of those giant sets, I had to repeat the order in reverse. Delt raises, Military press, and Upright rows going in the ascending order from 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. It was absolutely hell, but I made it through.

After that, I had to hit calves and abs in a superset fashion, doing 6 sets of each right after one another. But on this variation, no rest between the supersets.

I hope everyone else has had a great week and is meeting their goals!