Day 1 - English

GI Jane Experiment has started!

Today Xavi and I got sweating toward our new and improved bodies.

We are guineapigs for Dax Moy's "Muscle in a Month" program with a goal of increasing lean mass and decreasing fat %. It is a super intense 28 day program based on a principle of planned overtraining. We will be finishing grueling workouts daily, following his Elimination Diet, and paying special attention to recovery and regeneration strategies.

Did starting measurements and the dreaded before pictures. Pasty white... And how can I have bigger calves than Xavi!? I'm hoping to lose some fat from there in these 28 days.

Today's workout was a definite shock to the body. For the last year or two I have been following a maintenance plan of twice a week full body circuits that lasted less than an hour. Xavi has been doing 3 times per week hypertrophy for the last half a year.

The actual workouts are top secret but I can disclose that we hit chest, back, hams, and core and did what seemed like an endless series of supersets. It was exhausting! We did a full 15 min warmup of activation exercises to prepare and then the actual workout took me 65 min (Xavi spent 85min) plus another 15min of recovery exercises. Haven't workout that long in a gym for a while! At the end even my eyelids were trembling.

Then we went to my birthday lunch with Xavi's family and his darling mom made an Elimination Diet approved 5 course meal. I was so wiped out from the workout that pouring water was difficult...

Today's diet:
Bfast: natural yogurt, banana, pineapple, kiwi
Lunch: Course 1: salad, cooked eggplant, onion, red bellpepper, goat cheese
Course 2: brown rice, chicken, veggies all in a delicious paella style dish
Course 3: papaya
Course 4: "cheese cake" made with "fresh" cheese (low fat), corn meal, and agave
Course 5: green tea
Snack: rye crackers and home made hummus
Dinner: quinoa, peas, red bell pepper, tuna, homemade apple sauce for dessert

Going to bed early to aid recovery. :)