Cory Gregory’s Squat Every Day Program from Bodybuilding.com Changed My Life

I am well into week three of Cory Gregory's Squat Every Day program and loving it. At the end of week two, I squatted a weight I hadn't done in fifteen years. Granted, fifteen years ago, I did this particular weight for reps versus my one rep max, but I was personal training and working out all the time back then. Now, I am a 45 year old woman who hasn't seriously squatted in years and is at least 35 pounds over fat.

Throughout the last fifteen years I have had people look at me and say, “Oh, you work out?” Ok, so those are the people that run 16 miles a day for fun, or have the hard body I had back when I was training in my twenties, but still, that comment is a serious hard hit to the ego. 

More people, especially those around me, call me a fitness freak because I watch what I eat and park as far away from a building as possible for the walk. However, I am overweight and out of shape, so obviously I am doing something wrong. Answer to that, lack of serious exercise and snacking between the time I get home and the time dinner is done.

What changed three weeks ago? Maybe my Isagenix AgelessEssentials with Product B Isagenisis kicked in. Maybe it was the wonderful spring weather. Maybe it was my love of squats.  Something about this program just sucked me in and I HAD to try it.

So, I loaded up on my NOW Foods L-Glutamine Pure Powder, 1-Pound to boost my immune system. That is another reason that I am rather out of shape right now. EVERY time I get serious about exercise, I get sick. Week long stomach virus, bad cold, whatever is going around at the time, I will catch.   So this time, I am playing it smart. I did get sick to my stomach the first week in, but I called into work and managed to still get my squat workout in. It may have been weak, but it was completed. I already had ( NOW Foods Beta Alanine Powder 500G on hand from last year when I thought sprinting on the track with the kids daily was a good idea, and of course, my hubby’s favorite, NOW Foods Creatine Powder, 2.2 Pounds.

With my log book and phone in hand, I started the easy to follow program. I LOVE it! Squatting EVERY day? What an amazing feeling! I felt like I grew three inches taller the first week. Ok, I probably felt taller because there wasn't a muscle in my body that would bend, forcing me to stand up stick straight and walk like I had one up my batooty. Let’s just say sitting was seriously painful.

 The second week I was putting up the weights from 15 years ago. What I thought would be my 1RM felt light and doable. Yes, the sickness set in and I took a couple days off during the week for work and track meets, but by day 7, the strength was back full force.

This week is holding strong, though I am not getting the upper body workout in due to time constraints. My daughter is home visiting and I need to spend SOME time with her.  She did lift with me the first day, haven’t gotten her back since. What will the end of the third week hold? Hopefully what was my 1RM last week will be my weight for the 3 rep section of the program.

What do I love most about Cory Gregory’s Squat Every Day program? It brought my true self back. The one my husband married.  The part of me that was put in a box and held deep down inside for the last fifteen years. I am once again looking forward to power lifting competitions in the future. And who knows, maybe figure competitions when I am in my 70s!