Phew

Well it's almost at the end of six weeks of hardcore training and I am beginning to feel the effects of overtraining. I've been taking NO-Xplode before my workouts, which really helps me push my body much more than I ever have before, but for the first time in a long time I'm actually waking up the next morning with my body aching all over.

The positive thing is the amount of growth that I've seen, even in six weeks. I can't wait to get rid of some body fat and have it show through. I was probably too high in body fat when I started, but I was sick of restricting calories and wanted to try something else. Funny how six weeks later I'm sick of food and looking forward to actually eating less, just because the training won't put so much of a toll on my body. Seriously, even the afternoon after training day, my body's had 26 hours to recover and my muscles are still feeling deeply fatigued. I can't wait for the weekend.

So what's to come? I'm tempted to call my bulking phase short at 7 weeks, just because it's taking so much out of me. I'd probably be stopping this week if not for the fact that I'm updating this blog on progress. It's called High Intensity Training for a good reason, as I'm discovering. Thankfully I haven't had any injuries as some other people who have followed the same program have reported.

So after the end of week 8 I will be starting a HST program for the cutting phase. I'm looking forward to it, not least because of the fact that the program begins with ~2 weeks completely off working out. That should give me time to up my cardio and bring my calories down to maintenance level. Once the two week period is over, the calorie restrictions will begin.

Doubtless after a few weeks of that I'll be craving for some more food, but right now my main thought is getting through the last two weeks of HIT without dying.