Senior Project Day 10- May 18th

Day 10:

Today I woke up at 7, did 15 minutes of stretching, and had the usual breakfast.

Breakfast:

-Coffee

-Protein oats with peanut butter, banana, blueberries, and granola

My morning was different than usual. I spent the morning helping Lauren with her senior project by being a model for a photoshoot she was doing. We spent several hours doing this and then I went to lunch.

Lunch:

-Peas

-Fruit

-Turkey and cheese sandwich

-White chocolate chip cookie

I headed to the gym and spent 30 minutes warming up. I wasn’t sure how my workout would go today, since I have been doing morning workouts every day so far. However, my workout was awesome once again. Today was press day, and I lifted for an hour and 45 minutes.

Exercises done today:

-Press

-DB bench press

-Smith machine overhead press

-Waiter Walk

At the end of the workout, I had burned 309 active calories and 428 total calories. My volume was higher than my last press day by 28%. I did a 30 minute cooldown after.

Snack:

-Protein shake

-Fruit

-Trail mix

By midday, my legs were killing me from yesterday so I took the afternoon to focus on recovery. I did a ton of stretching and rolling out.

Dinner:

-Salad

-Cheeseburger with caramelized onions and fries

Night snack:

-Protein bar

-A s’more

Today was another really productive lift for me. I’m really happy with the progress I’m making and definitely seeing the results I was hoping for throughout the project. I ended the day burning a total of 1,994 calories and eating just over 3,000. My water intake was a little less than I would’ve liked, just under a gallon but still plenty.

Today’s hours: 3

Total project hours: 43

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