The Angry Typist

NUTRITION:

I must admit the first post 30-days after competing the nutrition program had been fraught with life challenges and traveling for work. But I feel now I have enough knowledge to allow myself some grace to navigate through. The current daily caloric intake is up from 1550 to 1650.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:

I have made the decision to cherry pick the WOD classes and substitute cardio heavy classes for strength training on my own using the 531 Strength app. My focus was on deadlifts because it is one of the best strength training movement which incorporates the greatest number of muscles.

However, I have shifted the focus to improve my body trunk/torso and leg volumes (“BSR”). By using volume, it captures a more detailed view of body shape. A lower trunk to leg volume ratio generally means lower risk for certain health issues. The primary way to improve my BSR is to increase the density of my body – to build the muscle in my legs and decrease my waist circumference. Therefore, instead of deadlifts I now focus on back squats and front squats focusing on getting deep in the squat which may mean less weight, but the focus is really making those muscles work.

SLEEP:

While the average week of sleep has been a minimum of 7 hours but the day-to-day has been a bit more sporadic due to the life ‘stuff.’