Day 1-Chest and Back

...is in the books. Whew..started the first 3 of 24 moves all amped up and pumped, nailed more standard push-ups than I was doing in week 11 last time. (Did 44 today...could have done more.) But whoa...by the fourth move, reverse grip chin-ups, I found I was dog-tired and could not move fluidly. Muscles tightened up a lot...and my numbers started to dip south of my all-time highs. Not shocking...but I was really hoping I hadn't lost much. I think what I learned is that while I may not have lost much initial strength and power, I certainly lost muscle endurance. Muscle endurance seems to be something highly underrated. Just because a guy can rip off his shirt and have his pectoral muscles jiggling around and flexing, does NOT mean he will be able to lift his child off the ground after two sets of push-ups or pull-ups.
BUT...by the second half I was doing not only more than the previous all-time highs, I was doing more than I did in the first half of today. So is it possible my muscle endurance was not too far gone and within 30-45 minutes it was already dusting itself off...? Seemed to be.
So..I've got an ab workout to do later tonight (or tomorrow...I will be attending a dramatic play featuring a Korean actress I know and her friend, who happens to be a new student as of next Thursday evening.) But I am already telling myself, no drinking, no grease, low-fat. Time to kick the diet into high gear and keep myself publicly accountable. This shall be my forum...if only there was a 'public' to 'account' to here...oh well...at the end of the day, it is ONLY my mind that will determine my will to success. And I KNOW the strength that it has now...public accountability is just the cherry on top. (And everyone should know that I HATE cherries... ;)

BRING IT!