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Hi Everyone,

 This is my first go around with the 52 day challenge and I am excited to get it started! I am in a pretty solid routine right now, working out 6 days a week with yoga on the off day to stay active. Typically I am running different types of HIIT sessions for my cardio days. And on my lifting days I will following full body routines from Coach Dos’ Men’s Health Power Training book. Here’s an example of what my week will typically look like:

Monday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM Weight Training RX’ed from Dos’ book.

Tuesday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM HIIT Training 8 intervals 45 second sprints effort level 9 with 60 seconds of recovery. This followed by about 15-20 mins of running with variant levels of speed.

 Wednesday: AM Off / PM Yoga.

Thursday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM Weight Training RX’es from Dos’ book.

Friday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM HIIT Training 8 intervals 30 second sprints effort level 10 followed by 45 second rest interval. This followed by about 15-20 mins of running at variant levels of speed.

Saturday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM Weight Training as RX’ed from Dos’ book.

Sunday: AM Body-weight Squats, Push Ups, Lunges / PM HIIT Training 8 intervals of 2 minutes sprints at level 7 effort with 2 minutes at level 3. This usually followed by 20-25 mins of cardio at variant levels of speed.

 So this is what I am looking like as far as my workout plan goes. As for nutrition, typically my day look like this:

AM - Breakfast 7:00 - Shredded wheat with soy milk, 2-3 eggs scrambled

Snack 10:30 - Fage Greek yogurt 2% w/honey, protein shake mixed with water

Lunch 12:30/1:00 - Seitan, Brown Rice, 2 Apples

Snack 4:00 - 2 pieces of Babybel light cheese, protein shake mixed with water, handful of almonds

PWO 7:00 - protein shake mixed with soy milk added creatine

Dinner 8:00 - Green Beans, Tofu, whole wheat cous cous

 Also taking fish oil, multi-v, and green tea supplements.

Again this is just a typical day, obviously my foods variate a lot throughout the week but that is the general gist of it. I am trying to cut weight and get down into the 185-195 range for my height 6′6 that is pretty decent. I am hovering around 205 right now and am ready to step it up!