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Today’s workout was really good. I ran 2.01 miles on the treadmill in about 32 minutes or so. I normally only do 30 minutes of cardio, but I was on the treadmill and I was thinking about something and I lost track of time and just kept going past the 30 minute mark. I’m not going to complain. It’s getting really easy to run on the treadmill now, which makes it more enjoyable.

For strength training I’m following my new workout plan I started yesterday. Today it was time to work on the biceps. Holy smokes. By the time I was done, I felt like I ran a marathon with my biceps.

Here’s what I did. I lowered the weight down to 20 lbs and used my Bowflex to do bicep curls. I did slow and steady curls going up and down really slowly, which really gets them burning. At a certain point they really started to burn with pain. That’s the whole point of this type of workout, to really focus on the single muscle you’re working out and to go past the pain to bring the muscle to near-failure. That’s what stimulates it’s growth. This is done with a light weight, not a super heavy weight. You just keep going up and down as normal, except really really slowly.

Once the burn was really unbearable, I kept going for a little bit longer and then it kind of just faded into the background. It’s like the pain started to go away, but I couldn’t lift the weight anymore at that slow speed. So I stopped for about 30 seconds and just wiggled my arms to let the blood circulate through the muscles. I waited another 30 seconds to let the muscles just rest a bit and then went and did probably about 20-30 really rapid bicep curls feeling the burn getting really intense. When I didn’t feel like I could do any more, I pushed myself to do 10 more.

At the end, it really felt like my biceps ran a marathon. Here’s the weird thing. After a few minutes they felt energized. Very strange. I bet tomorrow they’re going to be as sore as my pecs are today.

So here are my stats:

Cardio: Treadmill - 32 Minutes - 2.01 Miles Ran
Strength Training: Bicep Curls - 20lbs/side - To Failure

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:

Salad - Greens, carrots, avacado, grape tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, a bit of dressing.

Dinner:
Salad - Greens, carrots, avacado, grape tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, a bit of dressing.
Bowl of Organic Tomato Soup

Snacks:
2 Bananas
Organic Apple
Half a Cantaloupe