Didn't make it to the gym yesterday. I woke up and was in a bit of a slump all morning, and just did homework. I'm going to try and for the next 4 weeks not drink at all. Maybe a beer here or there, but no heavy drinking, and try and keep the super late nights out as well. The drinking is a little rough for training the next day, but clearly as last weekend demonstrated I had a great lifting session after a night of drinking so it doesn't completely destroy my training. On the other hand this past Friday night I didn't go to bed until 4 AM and I think that was my biggest problem, not the drinking as I drank less than I had last weekend. Staying up that late I feel really through my internal clock out of wack and I didn't really get back into the swing of things until today. My nutrition was good on Sunday and I kept it to around 2000 calories. A little more than I would have liked on a non-training day, but the restaurant was busy and I was really busy so I was in need of a little extra food.

Today went really well. Pretty much stuck to my nutrition plan, switched up one thing, but still kept my intake to right around 2200 calories. Since my last day in the gym was intervals I figured I would start today with weights. Today was the first week of Phase 3 of James program. I had a great weekend and I a liking the change after being on the same thing for the last 3 weeks. My last two sets of front squats were good (being my 5th and 6th set), I did 225x3 for both sets. Barely made the 3rd rep on both sets so that I definitely about my max for the given reps, and I can already feel the soreness creeping into my glutes. Now Phase 3 has one legged deadlifts and boy was I surprised with these. I wasn't sure where to start so I just plopped on a couple of 45lb plates and did my first sets at 135x3 per leg. Way harder than I was expecting. Was a little heavy for my first set, but in the end I rocked that weight for all 6 sets which I felt was a good weight. After the second set I took my shoes off to get a little lower and for added balance as I wear trail running shoes that have a bit of lift on them. The Uni Deadlifts also really rocked my core just balancing while holding onto 135lbs was tough and I could really feel my core hard at work. Overall great workout and great day. It has been about 2 weeks since I hit the scale, so I'm going to hit it tomorrow morning to see where I am at, as I feel and look leaner. Cheers.