Who is Will Power?

I am pleased to report that I have survived a weeks holiday in Butlins. My bag of food and some of my "creations" seemed odd and un-palatable to the friends we travelled with but I managed to stay on track with my calories, macros and even squeezed in two good training sessions at Skegness's very own New Era Gym.

The gym @ Skegness was very old school... not much in the way of high tech or new equipment, despite only opening 4 years ago. Everything in the gym was old bodybuilding tried and tested machines or equipment. I was particulary amused on my first visit to find that the dumbbells didn't even go lower than 12.5kg - my kind of gym! 

Two workouts were Shoulders and Legs. They were fairly swift, but with heavy weights to ensure time in the gym was maximised, but time away from family and the holiday was minimised.

Shoulders:

Reverse Pec Dec - warm ups and 3 sets of 12 reps (cant remember weight!)
Seated Hammer Strength Shoulder Press - 100kg 4 sets of 6-8 reps
Uprigh Bt Rows - 65kg - 4 sets of 8-12 reps
Seated Lateral DB Raises - 17.5kg - 4 sets of 10 reps
Standing Fron DB Raises - 17.5kg - 3 sets of 8 reps

Legs:

Seated Leg Raise - warm ups and 3 sets of 12 reps at 40kg
BB Squat - 4 sets of 8-12 reps 100kg-120kg
DB Rom Deadlift - 55kg DBs - 3 sets of 8 reps
Incline Leg Press - 300kg - 4 sets of 10 reps (4 second negatives)
Laying Leg Curls - FST7s (big squeezes - my hams still hurt from these!!)
Calf Raise superset (seated calf raise - 75kg into standing calf raise 120kg into donkey calf raise 80kg - 12 reps on each no rest inbetween with varied feet angles for 3 total sets)

I forgot to take the scales or tape measure with me so I have absolutely no idea when I baselined, if I even baselined, how much weight I may have lost, if I lost weight, if I lost any inches etc etc. All I have been able to go by is what I see in the mirror! I looked alot more vascular with increased muscle seperation during my workouts and my back looks more defined so I have to assume I have lost some bodyfat.


We were out for dinner last night at one of the best fish and chip places I've ever been. Did I falter.... hell no I ended up with a poached cod salad. Commitment. Out again tonight before we head back South. Usually I promote skiploading as soon as you wake up, but life does happen so I've postponed the start until about 3pm this afternoon which allows me to go out for dinner tonight and tuck into a shed load of egg pasta guilt free.