I’ve been sharing a lot about my training progress and a little bit about my diet. But, I want to share something that has been working wonders for both my diet compliance and my progress: the Cheat Meal.

Oh, the glorious cheat meal. It really is a wondrous thing. To the uninitiated, here’s the lowdown:

What is a cheat meal?

It’s a damn break from the monotony! It is the one meal per week that you get to eat whatever you want. 

Today I started training cycle 2 - the last cycle before the meet. Unfortunately, I've got a nagging shoulder "thing" going on that I need to actively work on and get creative with to still get my training in.

The funny thing is, it doesn't really bother me on the movements you would expect. Just a few of the accessory exercises.

I'm training to compete in a powerlifting meet at the end of October. It's been awhile, about 5-years. I had to kick a few demons in the teeth that were holding me back just to get started. That to me is huge and worth more than any squat, bench, or dead ever could. Here are the updates after the first 10-week cycle.

We're getting into some good stuff with the addition of the Push-up Eccentric (or Push-up Negative) for Strong is Sexy(AF): Week 03.

In my opinion, there are two exercises that pump up women like nothing else:

1. Mastery of the push-up for multiple reps
2. Completion of their first bodyweight pull-up

For Strong is Sexy(AF): Week 02 we're only going to make one small addition to the workout: the Spiderman Stretch (annotated in bold italics). The week's workouts will be as follows: