Update here for the last few days.

Tuesday: Good day today. Did Tahiti intervals, and then did some chest work afterwards. My traps are pretty sore from yesterday. Tahiti intervals were brutal, and my legs were hurting. Did a few sets of incline DB bench, and then a couple sets of plyo pushups with a box on each side of me. These were damn tough and by the end of the second set my chest was toasted. Boxes I was doing them on were about 4-5".

Wednesday: Great, but hard day today. Lifted in the morning, and then went to Yoga in the evening. Chest is super sore from yesterday, and my hips still kind of sore from Monday's Yoga class. Worked the quads hard today at Yoga, and by the end of the evening my legs felt so tired. Great day though with the double training session.

Thursday: Turned today into a cheat day. Every 10th day is to long to have a loading day, so I've changed it to every 7th day. Didn't workout at all today because my body was just run down, upper body was sore, and my legs just felt straight up tired.

Friday: Got out for an awesome ride today. Really amazing how dry some of the trails are this early in the season. Was great to get out, but had a hard ride. Ride was only about 1hr 20 mins, but I pushed hard. Rode with a friend who I did most of my riding with last year. He was in significantly better shape then me last year, partially because he races XC a little, and weighs like 140lbs. Granted he hasn't done any winter training but I was smoking him. He was having some serious trouble and was way behind me. Now I was definitely pushing hard, and at the top of the climb I actually puked/dry heaved a bit. Partially because I was working damn hard, but my body was definitely a little run down from going out last night. Lungs felt good and I was recovering quickly, but my legs were on fire. Went home after the ride and passed out for a couple of hours. As I write this now I have to say my body is cooked, and my legs feel like they have nothing in them. Definitely a good ride.

One thing to note I'm done counting the calories to a certain extent. Its getting close to the season and I don't want to be running low on energy. Some of my main things are going to stay the same, and I am going to continue to eat healthy, but I am going to give myself a little more freedom to what I eat.

Anyway great few days of training, and I'm happy with my riding, certainly in the best shape I've ever been by far. Cheers.

Update here for the last week.

Tuesday: Woke up this morning and tipped the scale at 181.4. Training today I did my Tahiti intervals which were good. My legs felt pretty worked from Yoga yesterday, and because of this I wasn't able to get my heart working quite as hard as I wanted to. Did a little bit of trap work, and a few sets of bench afterward, along with some core work. Pretty good day overall. Net calories, protein 209g, carbs 319g, fat 45.5g, fiber 39g.

Wednesday: Got myself up early this morning and went to the gym to do a weight session. Couldn't believe how sore my chest was, along with my traps. Chest really amazed me though how sore it was, shows how little work its been getting. All I did was 3 sets of 135x8 BB bench. Weights went well, went heavy on the upper body stuff, and lighter on the legs seeing as my legs pretty much get worked everyday. Went to Yoga in the evening which was good. Was a little tired, but I felt really refreshed afterward. Just as I was beginning to think my hips were loosening up a bit, we a did a pose today I've never done, and holy hell my hips flexors were burning. Great day overall with the double training session and good nutrition. 2294 net calories, 235g protein, 309g carbs, 37.75g fat, 44g fiber.

Thursday: After 9 solid days of nutrition this was my cheat day. I ate relatively healthy food throughout the day, but ate a ton. Definitely not doing this again because I felt like shit in the evening. Next cheat day that roles around I'm going to stick to my main diet, but add in a couple of extra little things. Despite the huge amount of food I ate, I was amazed how fast I digested it. Went out and had a few beers as well. UVM was playing in the Frozen Four so a bunch of us went down to the bar to watch the game. Skipped the gym today, because of time constraints, and the fact the my body was just run down. After class I passed out for 3 hours, so my body definitely needed some extra rest. When it comes to rest I really try and listen to my body, if I'm tired I'll sleep, even if I've gotten what equates to a good nights rest. 

Friday: Sporadic day, again didn't hit the gym because of time constraints. Couldn't really count my calories either because of what I had to eat. Stuck to my nutrition plan for the majority of the day, but I went to a fundraiser in the evening for the FOTW and I had no way of knowing what I was eating calorically. Ate a lot of protein though, and a good amount of carbs. 1360 net calories, 98g protein, 194g carbs, 36.5g fat, 25g fiber plus whatever dinner was.

Saturday: Hit the weights today, soreness finally gone away. Weight session was good, I motored through it with good energy, and was feeling strong. Again couldn't really count my calories today completely because I went to my grandparents for a belated birthday dinner. 1286 net calories, 128g protein, 192g carbs, 11g fat, 16g fiber, plus whatever dinner was.

Sunday: Non-training day, but at work and on my feet for 9 hours. Nutrition was right on today, and I feel great. 1836 net calories, 215g protein, 212g carbs, 35g fat, 41g fiber.

Monday: Hit up Yoga this evening which was good. Really got the core worked hard. Afterward I did some trap work. Did 3 sets of DB shrugs 50x10 75x10 75x10 and 3 sets of BB High Pulls 95x5 135x5 135x5. Felt good overall after the gym, and both my core and traps felt good and worked. Nutrition was a bit off today. Although my caloric intake was fine, some of the food I ate was garbage. When I was at my grandparents a few days ago they gave me a cake. I had a good bit of it today, hard for me to hold back when that kind of food is in the house. Definitely throwing the rest of it away tomorrow. Kept my caloric intake at a good level, but fat and carbs were too high in proportion to my protein intake. 2000 net calories, 150g protein, 249g carbs, 58.5g fat, and 30g fiber.

So overall a good week of training and nutrition, although I didn't workout quite as much as I would have like this past week. I think I look a little leaner and I feel great. World Cup was dope to watch this past weekend, and got me so pumped to race and train hard these last few weeks. Looking forward to another good week of training, and it looks like we are getting some serious sunshine this week so I can get out on the trails a bit. Cheers.

Update here for the last few days.

Friday: Started the in season training part of the Ultimate MTB program today. Hadn't lifted in a little over a week, so I didn't hit the weights super heavy, but used 90% of what I normally would have. I'm really digging the in season strength sessions. I think they should be just enough to keep my strength levels up, yet I was able to get through the entire thing with warm up, and stretching, in about 35 minutes. Felt really good in the gym today to, strong, and lots of energy. 2260 calories, 231g protein, 277g carbs, and 27g fat today.

Saturday: Legs are a bit sore from the weights yesterday. I didn't "train" parsee today, but I got plenty of exercise. I went out and did some trail work, on one of the local trail days. Basically 25 minutes hike to and from the work site, and did about 4 hrs of work. I went out last night, and didn't get a ton of sleep, so by the time I was finished at the trail day I was absolutely exhausted. Haven't been that tired in a while. Either way, it was great exercise, and I moved some seriously large rocks around, and did a lot of bench work. 2400 calories, 205g protein, 278g carbs, 53.5g fat today.

Sunday: My rest day was today. Was still at work though and on my feet for 9 hours. Stuck right to my planned nutrition for the day which was huge since the time I tend to cheat the most is at work. I think this diet of incorporating some fattier and higher sugar food into my day is working really well and keeping me from doing any sort of bingeing. 2285 calories, 212g protein, 249g carbs, 49.5g fat.

Monday: Was exhausted today, and actually slept through my alarm and missed my class. I guess my body really needed a couple extra hours of sleep. Went to work, came home and took a nap as I was still feeling pretty beat. Went to Yoga tonight which was great, and I felt very good in. Again stuck right to my nutrition plan for the day and didn't cheat while I was at work. Felt very good by the end of the day, and feeling ever leaner. I just hope I'm not really losing any strength, I've noticed specifically that my traps look smaller, and I think I'm going to start doing some bodybuilding based trap work. Probably not really useful, but I really like the look of big traps, and it is something that should be relatively quick and easy to do. 2250 calories, 221g protein, 256 g carbs, 40g protein.

Overall it has been an excellent few days of training and nutrition, and I am looking forward to another solid rest of the week. Cheers.

Update here for today and yesterday.

Yesterday had a good day of training and nutrition. Unfortunately because of time constraints and a number of things I had to do I couldn't get to the gym in the morning. I did go to Yoga in the evening which was great. Yoga class really killed my hamstrings and I am feeling some all around soreness and tiredness in my legs from class. Nutrition was great yesterday. Ate very well, and didn't cheat despite being at work. Took in 2290 calories and 228 grams of protein. Although I wasn't able to get a strength training session in, I still felt that it was a great day.

Today was okay. I wasn't able to get any type of training in because of time constraints. I have a big exam tomorrow so I've been most of my free time today studying. Nutrition was not so great either. I ate good food throughout the day, but I got a little carried away. I ate lunch at the school cafeteria, and being all you can eat I grabbed a large variety of food. All the food was relatively healthy but it was definitely a bit excess. I did a rough estimate for my calories and protein for lunch. Today was 2470 calories and 191 grams of protein. I was pumped to see that when I stepped on the scale this morning I saw 182.6. This is the lightest I have been since probably sophomore or junior year of highschool, yet I'm as strong as I've ever been. Going to hit the weights tomorrow since I missed today. Cheers.