Week in Review - Week 6

This week I began to notice changes in the way my clothes felt that were unmistakable.  I mean, I'm not like Jared in the Subway commercials or anything (remember those huge pants he'd hold up?), but I can notice a significant change in my waste line.  However, my weight in pounds is just about the same.  It actually appears that I put on a pound or two.  Now, before I throw the scale out the window and go on a food bender, I reminded myself that muscle weighs more than fat...

Also, I wanted to share with those of you struggling forward with me some helpful tips I received from my friend Jason C. who is a US Marine currently stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC:

1) Carb cutoff: picking a certain time of day (6 pm for me) where i wouldn't eat any more carbohydrates other than green veggies. 

2) Interval Cardio: doing cardio in intervals of high intensity and low intensity is something I found worked really well for me. It also relieves some of the monotony of staying a single speed. 

3) Compound movements: I'm sure that you've already heard this, but stick to using compound movements (bench press, shoulder press, leg press, and type of row or pull up/down). Using more compound movements requires multiple muscle groups, using more energy thus burning more calories

4) Rep range: What I've found best is to, for the most part, stick with weights that I can handle for 8-10 reps per set. Alot of people think using low weight for high reps is only for losing weight, but weight loss has more to do with diet than a specific excercise routine.