Current Weight: 193
So tomorrow,I'm going to start off my new workout routine. It seems like a good time, with the start of the week, and pretty much the start of the month. Today was the last day doing my old workout, and I gotta admit, I kicked ass. Left me feeling great, and I felt motivated throught out it. The trick is going to be keeping it up with the new workout.
It's going to be one that's focused on actual toning up and building more muscle. Credit goes to Cardboard Tube from the PA forums for posting this regime. I'll probably alter/add to it depending on how I see I handle the first week. But without further ado, here's my planned workout.
Monday
Bench Press 3x10
Dumbbell Pullovers 3 x 10
Barbell Deadlifts (conventional stance)
Tuesday
Weighted bicycles 3 x 20
Side Leans 3 x 10
Ball Crunches until you can’t do any more and wish you were dead
Wednesday
Incline Dumbbell Rows 3 x 10
Pullups (wide grip overhand) 3 x 10
Pullups (Close reverse grip)
Calf Raises 3 x 10
Thursday
Swimming for an hour. I'll have to work out the laps and what not.
Friday
Barbell Squats 3 x 10
Standing Military Press 3 x 10
Whatever isolation work I feel like.
Saturday
Weighted bicycles 3 x 20
Side Leans 3 x 10
Ball Crunches until you can’t do any more and wish you were dead
On top of all this I'm going to attempt to do my usual cardio of running for 25 minutes. This usually involves the speed of 5.5 with an incline of 2.0 for the first 10 minutes, increase the incline to 2.5 at for the second 10 minutes and for the last 5 minutes reset it to zero but raise the speed to 6.
I'll report as to how I do with this workout hopefully around the middle of the week.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Giving this one more try.
Back one more time. Hopefully for good.
Wow. It's been quite a while since I posted here. Close to a year actually, and that's plain bad. But here I am again, giving it the old college try.
So what brings me back? Why try updating now? Well, ironically enough it's because I once again found myself falling into a funk and asking myself the question of "Is it worth it?". That's a question I found myself asking lately, it echoing in my mind as I drove from work to the gym, feeling too tired (lazy really) to work out. Luckily enough once I hit the gym, got my music blasting in my ears, and sweating up a storm that thought passes. None the less it was a troubling thought that came coming back, and one that worries me.
So I came back here, re reading some of my old posts, and thinking about all the effort that I continue to put into working out/losing weight/living healthier. And I came to a couple of conclusions:
1)It has been worth it.
Sometimes I forget that losing 60 plus pounds is a huge accomplishment, and one that really can't be taken away. I feel better day to day than I used to a year and a half ago, I don't get winded walking up the stairs, and I can actually hang with other people when playing sports.
2)It's a never ending journey.
This is something that I had already begun to gather, but being healthy is a long term lifestyle, a never ending road. I think I had grown complacent, and to keep with the analogy thing, decided to take a nap in this road. Once I hit 200 pounds, I can honestly say I stopped trying as hard as I used to. I think I even gained like 5 pounds for a while there. Luckily since the start of the year I told myself I was going to get to 180 this year, and have re focused on my attempts. I'm now inching closest to my lowest weight ever as I sit around 195, so it's going okay.
So in the spirit of that refocusing, apart from adding an extra day (or two!?) to my work out routine, I decided to start posting here. Can't promise anything, but I'm going to try to update this more frequently, for me, and anyone that may stumble across it. In my next post I think I'll update with more specifics about my work out plans, routine, and just at what level I am right now.
Read more!
Wow. It's been quite a while since I posted here. Close to a year actually, and that's plain bad. But here I am again, giving it the old college try.
So what brings me back? Why try updating now? Well, ironically enough it's because I once again found myself falling into a funk and asking myself the question of "Is it worth it?". That's a question I found myself asking lately, it echoing in my mind as I drove from work to the gym, feeling too tired (lazy really) to work out. Luckily enough once I hit the gym, got my music blasting in my ears, and sweating up a storm that thought passes. None the less it was a troubling thought that came coming back, and one that worries me.
So I came back here, re reading some of my old posts, and thinking about all the effort that I continue to put into working out/losing weight/living healthier. And I came to a couple of conclusions:
1)It has been worth it.
Sometimes I forget that losing 60 plus pounds is a huge accomplishment, and one that really can't be taken away. I feel better day to day than I used to a year and a half ago, I don't get winded walking up the stairs, and I can actually hang with other people when playing sports.
2)It's a never ending journey.
This is something that I had already begun to gather, but being healthy is a long term lifestyle, a never ending road. I think I had grown complacent, and to keep with the analogy thing, decided to take a nap in this road. Once I hit 200 pounds, I can honestly say I stopped trying as hard as I used to. I think I even gained like 5 pounds for a while there. Luckily since the start of the year I told myself I was going to get to 180 this year, and have re focused on my attempts. I'm now inching closest to my lowest weight ever as I sit around 195, so it's going okay.
So in the spirit of that refocusing, apart from adding an extra day (or two!?) to my work out routine, I decided to start posting here. Can't promise anything, but I'm going to try to update this more frequently, for me, and anyone that may stumble across it. In my next post I think I'll update with more specifics about my work out plans, routine, and just at what level I am right now.
Read more!
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