5 wks out Jr USA

by: Joe Lyons - April 11th, 2008

Things are coming together now. I'm still very tired and hunger isn't driving me insane. I'm starving between meals, but compared to last year, I'm doing better. I'm also getting stronger at this point. I keep challenging myself from last weeks weights and they are still climbing despite the drop in calories. I'm beyond excited about that.

There were only minor changes this week. I now have:
1 High day
2 Med/Low days
4 Low day (2 days no added carbs)

Cardio is 40min twice a day one of them HIIT on the treadmill

Although I've never been a HMB fan and from what I've read it doesn't really work that great, I did add it in during this prep. It may be helping more then I thought it would. I have been getting stronger and tightening up even when my weight isn't dropping. Obviously I'm using the Optimum Nutrition version that is one gram 3 times a day.

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