Pain
1. Protein Intake
This morning I was set on eating some eggs for breakfast. The problem is the canteen at my university only serves fried eggs and when I had a look at them today they looked really fatty. So I didn’t have any eggs for breakfast, just my usual 4 ròubāozi (a steamed bun with meat stuffing).
I also ate 4 barbeque tofu sticks, 10 jiǎozi (a dumpling with meat and vegetable stuffing), 3 yoghurts and 7 hardboiled eggs.
2. Exercise
I woke up this morning and my biceps were hurting even more than yesterday. This means that I probably over trained them and should give them a nice long rest to recover. My triceps hurt the right amount from yesterday’s exercise so no worries there.
The sit ups I did on day 2 did not leave me with any muscle pain the next day, so obviously I didn’t do them right. I did a little bit of research today on how to work out your abs and I was pleased to find some information seemingly based on science.
I did 4 sets of the ‘bicycle’ exercise, which I must say is way more enjoyable than sit ups. It’s also apparently the most effective way to target your six pack and waist (according to this one study commissioned by the American Council on Exercise).
So hopefully I will feel my abs aching tomorrow!
