Yesterday! My heart rate was on fire! It was the day after my big carb up and with this new cardio protocol I am using (which is designed to specifically help move stubborn fat), it is recommended to do it the day after the refeed. So, that’s what I did – it starts with a warm up followed by 5 mins of short, but intense 15 seconds intervals, with 45 seconds rest. I sprinted on the tready at 19km hour, my heart rate in the 180′s. Following a 5 min rest, it was then some moderate cardio where I had to keep my heart rate at 130-140. I decided to use the treadclimber. I started off at what I felt was a reasonable but not fast pace, 5.5km hour. After a minute or so I was thinking gee, my heart rate is feeling a bit high, so I spent the next 4 mins trying to get a reading from my temperamental monitor. When I did, I nearly freaked out, it was in the 160′s!! So, I wound back the pace, and spent another 5 mins getting my heart rate down to 135. I had to walk at 3.2km!!! It was like walking on the spot!!! How embarrassment! Anyway had a great 50 min session followed by some abs and burnt some major (for me) calories. I had a low cal day and I survived quite well but I did wake at 4am which sucked, so I worked til 10am then back to bed until 1! I told you it completely messes up my day!
Today I trained Back and Triceps. Another ripper workout. I am really happy with this program my TP has designed. So I dropped my deadlifting weight back to 60kg this week for 4 sets of 8 – I’m starting from the ground up again! My form was horrible last week, I was really feeling it in my lower back. Today was good. Followed with chin ups, lat pulls and some ‘bulldog’ rows (on a low pulley, on all fours). Overhead tri extensions, pushdowns and then bb lying extensions. Sufficiently buggered!
I am starting to notice small changes in my physique now. Today I saw forearm veins for the first time in a while. That’s always rather exciting 
The carb load hasn’t affected my scale weight – it went up a touch yesterday but back down again today. I’m just sitting on what I am doing until Sunday – I figure if I’m in the 115′s or even low 116′s then I will go another week or at least a few days on the same food I’m on now.
Well I’ve been a bit busy today, doing a lot of tidying up of things, and, getting my newsletter out. It’s quite time consuming. I haven’t had a chance to answer all my email today. It’s 8.20pm so I think I have worked long enough today.
Tomorrow is cardio only and low cals again. Off to have my cottage cheese, blueberries and walnuts and plonk myself in front of the tube.
Yay…Go the veins!
Kerry