Day 1 – Monday Legs

Day 1 – Monday Legs

Exercise: Day 1 of the exercise program consists of a number of leg and lower body exercises – lunges, squats, calf lifts and Romanian Dead Lifts (RDL). The idea of the first week is to get a feeling for how much weight you can carry whilst performing the exercises. You’ve got to really focus on your technique otherwise you won’t be getting as much out of the effort you’re putting in.

Diet: Meals today started with a banana as soon as I got up (gym started at 7am). Immediately after exercising I had another banana followed within 30 minutes by a pot of homemade pasta. The pasta dish was penne pasta with lean minced beef, white and red onion, herbs and a tomato pasta sauce. A snack of one Satsuma and some mixed nuts at about 10:30. Drinks were only water. Lunch was a carrot and houmous pot, and a Pepperoni, jalapeno and cheese baguette. It was a bit fatty so I’ll need to keep that in check. Same snack as the morning at 15:30. Dinner at home was a reheated pasta dish like I had for breakfast, I’ve made a few of these so I need to work out what the nutrient levels are. At about 9pm I was quite hungry again so I made myself a sandwich, brown seeded bread, vegetable spread, wafer thin chicken breast, wafer thin ham, and coleslaw. I know the coleslaw is quite fatty but it tastes so good!

Body: My legs are feeling quite tired especially after the run on Saturday, my upper body is a little sore after the pull ups and press ups on Saturday too.