Tuesday Gym Review October 3, 2007
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Awesome gym night. One of the cool things is that Sami is recording House and NCIS on DVD for me so that I have more motivation to get to the gym – I just get to watch them time shifted when I get home. Who would have thought TiVo type devices would be partly responsible for me getting more fit.
I managed my circuit twice tonight. It felt good to be doing it and I had plenty of energy so I bumped up my schedule and did it through again. Of course, I’m still not doing dead lifts (back) or crunches (abs) due to doctors orders. She says my scars are not pliable enough yet for me to be doing strenuous ab or back exercises – however, my core is getting a workout just from my elliptical running and my free weight balancing. I hope.
I’ll be upping my military press and my incline press next time, from 15 to 20 lbs. I need to start hitting the weight if I want to bulk up at all (which isn’t my primary goal). And I need to watch my diet. In that regard I had a can of tuna and a glass of milk when I got home. Extra protein does a body good.
Today I go to the gym again. September 18, 2007
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Last thursday was probably one of the better workouts I’ve had in a while, partly because I went alone.
I did 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Then I did some stretches and did about 10 rounds of jogging/skipping in one minute rounds. In between these I either stretched for 30-45 seconds or did sets of weights.
I did:
20lb bicep curls x10, 3 times.
15lb dual-bicep curls x15, 2 times.
45lb pec-deck x10, 2 times.
Assisted (-70lb) pullups/chinups x10, 2 times.
So I averaged about 25 minutes of cardio or so. It seemed to work well, energized me without tireing me out, and I didn’t swim. (/ laze in hottub.)
Scott might come tonight, and maybe Chris too. I’m going to try to stick to the same routine, because I think it’s a good start. I’m not too worried about weights right now, except that building muscle helps metabolism and it’ll help my waistline shrink.
Upcoming post on my diet changes that I’m going to try implementing.
Today when I go I’ll be checking how long until I have to pay for my locker again, putting my name on the list for a big one, and getting my yearly pass. Last time I did that I failed, but with Sam pushing me, and me pushing me, and Scott around to motivate me, this blog to motivate me, and me to try and keep Chris and Ken motivated, I should be in better shape. (round. ;)
We’ll see.
Where to start…? September 14, 2007
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A couple of years ago I was 220 lbs. I’m about 5′7″ – so I was pretty overweight.
A combination of poor diet, stress, depression and gym trips got me down to about 175 lbs. I cruised along for a while, but then injured my shoulder in a skiing accident (jumping over a picnic table) and was out of the gym for 4 months or so. Just as I got back, I had my gall-bladder removed.
Now I’m just getting back to the gym 4 months later. I’ve been ordered by my doctor to hit the gym twice a week, doing mostly cardio. I’m to stay away from abdominal and back exercises, as my scars from my laprascopic surgery aren’t healed properly, the’ll need another 3 months or so to get to the point where they’ll be stretchy.
Everything else though is fair game.
So – I’m back to the gym. I’m currently at 186 lbs, but I look larger as I’ve lost whatever muscle tone I had built up. My fitness goals are as follows:
1) Build my muscle tone in my arms, chest, shoulders and legs.
2) Lose some weight. Rough target is 160 lbs.
3) Tighten up my abs – this is going to have to be a lower priority as I can’t just hit them with lots of work, I need to do it slowly and carefully.
4) Fix my posture.
So far my plan is thus:
Tuesdays
Cardio 10-20 minutes (about all I can do, on elliptical or stationary bike)
Stretching in 30 second rounds interspersed with skipping or jogging in place in 1 minute rounds
3 sets of weights on arms, freeweights for now. Currently at 20 lbs per arm.
3 sets of weights on one other muscle group of my choice.
Thursdays
So far same as tuesdays.
As things go along I’ll update this. I may add other authors later if friends want to get onboard.
