Day 384: In A World Of Hurt!

G’day,

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep. As I was riding my bike to work I had a happy realization…my quads were not in pain from yesterday’s 20-minute Structural Attack!

A Slow-Moving Tidal Wave…Of Pain!

Then…like a slow moving tidal wave it started to hit me around 1:00PM. I knew what was coming next…quad pain on a level I haven’t felt since the early days of Mission 1.

By 6:15 PM I was in world of hurt! But I managed to put the pain aside for 25 minutes as I underwent Day 2 of the Five-Day Structural Attack (5DSA). As my program instructs I increased the starting weight for Barbell Squats to 110KG and went for 25 minutes straight doing nothing but Squats.

Not surprisingly, my weight increments dropped quicker than yesterday (about 5 minutes each) as I finished on 70KG on the 25th minute. To be more specific 5DSA calls for 3 rep mini-sets with 30 seconds rest on a starting weight you can normally get 6 reps with.

One More Thing…

One thing I forgot to mention yesterday was the Burnout Set at the end of the allotted time. This BO set takes place after a 2 minute rest on your finishing weight increment where you pump out as many reps as possible. Today I managed 13 reps (one better than yesterday!) before crashing to the floor.

Tom Venuto & The Shredder Council = Supreme Motivation

As I type these words now it is actually painful just to get up from my chair! But I “know” that this is process is necessary and required if I am to “stack up” in Tom Venuto’s gym on his Quad Blaster on Day 500. What more motivation could anyone need?!

I am also motivated by the possibility that I may be able to meet in-person several members of the Shredder Council while I’m in the US. That is real-time accountability of the highest order and I look forward to our possible East Coast Shredder Summit!

Congratulations Dougal

Before I sign off today I would like to give a special mention to our resident Shredder from South Africa, the one and only Dougal! My good buddy has just completed his first 84 days of real-time shredding and blogging. Dougal is an inspiration to many in the Shredder Council and I have a strong feeling that Dougal is about to inspire many more people!

Congratulations Dougal, shred on brother! Check out Dougal’s real-time blog at MindBody Superfit to give your support and encouragement for this great achievement.

Until tomorrow…

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Below are my Day 384 pics for November 27, 2007: Mission 4 – Day 9 of 125.

10 thoughts on “Day 384: In A World Of Hurt!

  1. Thank you for the heads up my friend, your encouragement is a huge motivating factor for me. Wish I was going with you to meet Tom Venuto. I bought BFFM about 4 years ago, read right through it with huge exitement and headed back to the donut table, (you remember those dark days) figuratively speaking. I reckon I’m past that now and the book sits on my bedsite table where I refer to it every day. This is all thanks to you and if I can do anything to further your goals you just shout mate.

  2. Wow sounds like a “killer” workout!
    Dougal, Way to go! You are truly an inspiration! Your positive attitude is uplifting and encouraging! Looking forward to your continued shredding!
    Lilla, I am with you! Adam, show the quads!!! 😀

  3. Hey Adam,

    Nice work mate, I know how you feel as it was not so long ago that I started to work my lower body with heavy weights. It took me about 4 days to recover fully from it all so I have no idea when you will be able to walk properly next week. I hope you can get out of bed in the morning mate!!!

    You look like you are lop sided slightly in today’s pic, you haven’t pulled a muscle have you?

    Hope you manage to cycle to work tomorrow and are not in too much discomfort but I am sure it will all be well worth it.

    Take care,

    Andrew

  4. hey, good work as usual…… a couple of days ago i said that i was going to start working out on Dec 12th, but then i figured that i could work a little bit until then so i started working out yesterday and today my whole body hurts….. well, keep up the good work, ill star posting daily again……

  5. Hi Andrew, I’m already feel it man! Its a killer. I’ve been lop sided since Day 1 due to a shoulder injury/strain that won’t go away. Take a look at some of my Mission 1 back pics and you’ll see what I mean!
    Adam

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