Fat Loss: Week Seven, Day Two

I ate a bit more at dinner than I had planned since I was so far behind on calories and protein when dinner time rolled around. At that point I had eaten less than 800 calories and 32 grams of protein, so I had some making up to do. I also had a late snack to get myself up over 100 grams of protein and 1,800 calories since I've been under those numbers the last couple of days.

Click here for today's diet journal.

In regards to my workout, I have to say that the thing that continually amazes me about working out with kettlebells is how quickly you can increase both strength and aerobic stamina. One week ago I did a similar routine to that below, but on the first set today I was able to add 10 repetitions to each exercise.

If you've never done these exercises that may not seem like a lot, but it's a 50% increase in the amount of work done over the last time for a total 20 extra reps multiplied by 36 lbs and 10 extra reps multiplied by 54 lbs within approximately the same amount of time.

So this week I moved well over half a ton more weight in 17 minutes than I did last week (and 6,300 lbs total).

When I started 6 weeks ago this was one of my workouts:

- 10 2-handed swings (36 lb KB)
- 5 military presses (36 lb KB)
- 5 curls (36 lb KB)
- 6 squats (54 lb KB)
- 10 pushups

Here is today's workout:

2PM - Workout duration: 17 minutes
- 30 snatches (36 lb kettlebell)
- 30 one-handed swings (36 lb KB)
- 30 two-handed swings (54 lb KB)
- 20 snatches (36 lb KB)
- 20 one-handed swings (36 lb KB)
- 20 two-handed swings (54 lb KB)

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't easy. I really pushed it and between each set I had to lie down on the floor gasping for air and with my heart beating like a drum.