Long overdue update:

My wife was "self" diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes after failing her 1 hour glucose test. Instead of taking the 3 hr test and exposing the baby to an abnormal amount of glucose, she opted to monitor her blood sugar with daily testing.

This has caused me to revamp my training schedule to include movements we can do together. Our diets have changed a little stricter than we had been. Not that they were bad before, but we are on a low overall carbohydrate diet. Replaced most carbohydrates with veggies and a lean protein (chicken or ground turkey). We pretty much have to eat the same thing every night at the same time to avoid blood sugar spikes.

Things have been going well and I applaud her sacrifice. We have stabilized her blood sugar levels to 80's fasting and low 100's/mid 90's after meals.

I had to forgo Muay Thai to be home in time to prepare dinners and help motivate her to exercise. She has the spark within her to do well, but it helps to have someone pushing you on when things can get monotonous. Not to mention exhaustion from dealing with a 20 month old while 34 weeks pregnant.

I am super excited to get back into the KP gym. For now patches will have to do.

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On a side note: I started the Convict Conditioning program and have been on it for about 2 months. I do them in the early morning and it works out to 5 sets averaging roughly 10 - 12 minutes.

The program work sets are very easy (for now) and while it is tempting to start ahead or push yourself further, the program advocates the philosophy of "Putting strength in the bank". Basically milking every stage for as LONG as you can. One thing I cannot wrap my brain around is achieving high rep sets before moving on. If I can bench press 200 lbs x 10 reps will it help me to bench press 215 x 5 reps? I've modified it slightly to include a finishing set of the next ladder rung.

I don't mind doing knee pushups or assisted squats for a few months if in some foreseeable future I can do one-arm pushups, pistols, handstand pushups, one arm pullups, and bridges with great form.

So far I'm on level 2 pushups/level 3 squats/level 1 handstand/level 2 bridge/level 1 leg raise

Week 7 PU2/SQ3/HS1/BR2/LR1