I just finished the first week on my program. It went great!  I think it’s just the change up my body needed.  My right shoulder, tricep and lat were all suffering from overtraining. Gosh, to be honest, all of me was suffering from overtraining. But the rest did me good and this week all the little nagging strains were gone. I felt great and super strong.  The only injury that’s still a bit of a problem is my lower right hip/back area. This is an injury that’s several years old and it continues to flare up on legs day and for 1 to 2 days following legs training.  Since I’m training legs twice a week my hip is sore pretty much constantly.  It definitely means I have to lift lighter than I’d like, but at least I can still lift.  Maybe I need to do some lower back strengthening.  I’ll have to consider that.

 My body is slowly getting used to eating the extra lean ground beef in the early morning with my egg whites and oatmeal.  I definitely have more energy now that I’ve added a little red meat to my diet.  I’m also eating turkey, chicken and white fish for protein so my day is full of variety. I’m starting to notice that I’m a bit hungry between my afternoon snacks. That means my metabolism is revving up and within a week or so I’ll need to add more food.

Today was my one day of rest from the gym for the week. I've never done 6 days on/1 day off before. So far, so good. Tomorrow starts another week!