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Dax Moy's Muscle In A Month Program Day 28 - DOMS Rating 2

Final day and a shorter session which felt really good - back and arms. Finishing pictures and measurements:

Starting measurements:

Weight: 206 lbs Now 198lbs down 8lbs

Body fat %: 24 Now 20% - down 4 %

Chest: 45 Now 46 - up 1"

Waist: 40 Now 38 - down 2 "

Hips: 42 Now 42 - unchanged

Right thigh: 25 & 18 Now 26 & 19 - both up 1 "

Left thigh: 25 & 17.5 Now 26 & 18.5 - both up 1"

Right calf: 16.5 Now 16.5 - unchanged

Left calf: 16.5 Now 16.5 - unchanged

Right arm: 12 Now 13.75 - up 1.75"

Left arm: 12.5 Now 13.75 - up 1.25"

The biggest gain has been my arms - they've always been weedy, distance runners arms. Yesterday, I trained before church and nearly had to take the scissors to my shirt to get my arms in the sleeves!!

How do I feel at the end of the month? In retrospect, I think I would have been beeter of eating for mass and then trying to cut fat afterwards - I think I fell between two stools there. It also took me well into the second week to realise that I could actually survive the month without killing myself. Training alone and not being used to lifting heavy, I was cautious and I think I could potentially have made greater gains had I lifted heavier.

Over the last month I have learnt a lot about my body and its capacity for exercise (and pain!!). I guess the clincher is that I'm planning to have another go later this year!!

Dax Moy's Muscle In A Month Program Day 27 - DOMS Rating 3

Penultimate day!!

Started with chest and back, then shoulders and core and finished with legs!! Pretty large volume of work. I felt I wascoping pretty well until I started with the squat jumps. At thatpoint I pretty much ran out of steam and had to concentrate and work really hard to complete the session.

Lokking forward to tomorrow - final day and pizza for me to celebrate!!

Dax Moy's Muscle In A Month Program Day 26 - DOMS Rating 3

Worked a long early shift today and really felt like just going home without training. However, once I got in the gym and started training I felt fine. Loads of arm work and my arms really felt pumped. Looking forward to finishing now!!

Dax Moy's Muscle In A Month Program Day 25 - DOMS Rating 2

Just a quickie today - loads of incline bench pressing!!

Only 4 days to go!

Dax Moy's Muscle In A Month Program Day 24 - DOMS Rating 3

Worked hard today but felt pretty good. Finished with multiple sets of barbell curls paired with close grip bench presses. I've struggled to maintain an accurate account of how many sets I've completed on previous occasions. However, today I had a plan more cunning than Professor fox at Cunning Univeristy. I took a dumbell from the rack and then moved all the remaining bells to the right hand side thus leaving a gap at the left hand end. as I completed a set, I moved a bell to the left hand end. When the bells were all at the left hand end it was time to go home!! simple huh?

Today's Measurements:
Weight: 198 lbs - up.5 (not sure why that's up - only had about 1500 cals today ??)

Body fat %: 20
Chest: 46
Waist: 39
Hips: 42
Right thigh: 26 & 19
Left thigh: 26 & 18.5
Right calf: 16.5
Left calf: 16.5
Right arm: 13.5
Left arm: 13.5

Dax Moy's Muscle in a Month Program Day 23 - DOMS Rating 3

Felt ok today until I started doing lunges. Then I felt sore around my hamstrings and hips. I then had a problem doing squat jumps where my calf cramped up on me. I have had lots of problems in the past with injuries in that area so I took the sfae option and reverted to bodyweight squats.

Sorry but no photo or measurements today. I went out first thing this morning and took Sue, my wife, to breakfast .With working shifts, our relationship is sometimes like ships passing in the night so we have to make appointments to see each other. I had a very nice smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Then left for work. This evening I going straight from work to complete the qualifying round of the Brain of London tournament. I'm a quiz fanatic and play in a league every Monday night as well as competing in national Grands Prix whenever I have the opportunity. Last night we won our cup semi final and we are currently top of the League looking to repeat our League and Cup double from last season!! I'll not get home till around midnight and as I'm on an early shift tomorrow, I'll need my beauty sleep!!