Slowly getting back on track

Ok, I’m starting to get a bit of strength back which is good. Not managed to get up to my previous pb’s but I’m not too far off. I’m hoping to get my squat back up to 100kg on Saturday. I have improved my eating again this week but I need to improve more next week to shift the flab.

On Wednesday this week I went for a health screen as I thought it might be interesting and mostly I wanted to find out my body fat percentage after my month off. There were a few test involved which were as follows:

Weight
BMI
Body fat
Blood Pressure
Glucose
Cholesterol

I’ve not had the detailed results yet but will post them when I get them. I was told though that everything was at normal levels. The body fat percentage was measured using a Bodpod which is similar to hydrostatic weighing, but it uses air instead of water so it’s pretty accurate I believe.
I’m not impressed with my body fat percentage which came out at 18.3% as I thought I was probably closer to 14%! Anyway, it just means I have a bit more work than I first thought to get down to around 10% (which is my current goal).

Hopefully by the end of next week and my next write up I’ll be well back on track again with my routine and eating habits.

PB's and Laziness

Well it’s been about a month since my last write up and not loads has happened as I’ve been a lazy git! I did my 5 x 5 workout for a few sessions and my numbers started creeping up as I hoped. I managed to hit the 100kg mark on both my squats and deadlifts which I was chuffed about. I also managed to up my dips to bodyweight plus 25kg and my bench and rows improved too.
At this point I was really starting to like my gains and I had noticed a physical improvement to my muscles. However then I took a bit of a dive bomb for some reason! Not quite sure what triggered it but I just stopped going to the gym, and this week has been my first week back after about 4 weeks. I’m not impressed with myself at all since my belly has come back and I’ve lost some muscle mass and strength.

This week I’ve done two sessions so far keeping the weight light to medium to avoid too much DOM’s, still aching like a bitch though today. I’m really hoping I can get back to the higher figures I was at in a couple of weeks but I’ll need to work hard, especially with my eating.

I’ve got another session on Saturday to go this week then I’ll do a short write up next Friday I think to review my progress with getting back on track.