Quick update

This isn't going to be a detailed update, but since I posted a link to MuscleHack in the previous post, I wanted to quickly update where I am now. 

Weight's pretty good.  I've been average 172.5 lb.  What's great is that I've been able to make gains in my strength.  I am now on 40 lb dumbbells for my at-home weight workouts.  I haven't hit the gym for awhile.  Been busy with a new job and the heat makes me less motivated to make the drive.  I haven't been able to hit the heavy weights, since I haven't gone to the gym, but I try to compensate with incline pushups, one-handed pushups, one-legged squats.  Pullups are still the way to go for hitting my lats/back.

Cardio is suffering.  I currently travel a lot for my job, and the long commutes not only saps my energy, but my time.  I'm hoping to start running/biking 2-3 times a week, but it's not looking too good.  My hiking goals have been seriously challenged.  It's July, and I haven't hiked once.  Not good.

Even with my setback in terms of cardio, I feel I'm still doing well on my fitness.  I feel stronger than ever and I have a hunch that my body fat is around 13-14%.  Ideally, I'd like to get that closer to 10-11%, but it'll take more control with my diet and more cardio.  We'll see how it goes.

T.A. 3.1 from MuscleHack coming soon

If you don't read MuscleHack.com and you're pretty serious about getting bigger, then you should start...soon.  Mark McManus over there writes some very good, detailed articles about...yup..."hacking" your muscles.  He provides a lot of his own research and trial and errors in his approach to getting bigger.  He also has a few programs on his site to achieving that goal efficiently.  So while World Fitness Network is targeted to getting strong and lean, MuscleHack is about mass.  Go check out his latest post teasing his Total Anabolism 3.1 now!

In the current T.A. 3.0 cycle you overload each muscle group in a single set then wait until the peak overcompensation point (P.O.P.), then do it over again. Each successive full-body workout should progress in reps or weight to ensure continuous muscle growth.

In this new cycle we place MORE overload on each muscle. This will stimulate more growth by imparting more muscle damage in each workout; anabolism (building up) is stimulated by catabolism (breaking down) which is a negative feedback control.

via MuscleHack.com