Just call me Mr. Jelly Legs

I did the legs workout from my plan for the first time last night. I have to say it's interesting trying to walk around with my legs continually buckling underneath me. I think Mr. Jelly Legs is probably the right name. Oh well. The first night is always the roughest.

I really think if I can stick with this workout plan for 6 months I'll be ripped up pretty good. I have the dedication to running down, but I can't seem to get in the swing of lifting. So far so good this week. Day 1 in the books. We'll see what Wednesday holds. I'm supposed to do chest/arms that day.

Ok. Monday Morning. Back to it.

Back to the workout. I had a VERY bad body image weekend. I felt quite fat, and was not happy about it.

Hopefully my run of bad luck with workouts is over. Between being sick, being busy with reunion planning, and working an extra 2-3 hours at work every day over the last 2 weeks, I haven't hardly worked out at all.

I'm in the gym tonight. I gotta get back on track.

Ok... I swear I'm going to get back to workouts next week.

I just have TOO much going on right now to workout. I've been staying very late every day at work. I'm getting things done for the reunion this weekend. My band is giving our first show in 3 weeks. On and on.

I have a race on September 6th, which, incidentally is the morning of our band show. Then vacation is 2 weeks after that. I'm getting the weight down nicely. I'm into the 184's. I have put on a decent amount of extra muscle. I think at this point I'm going to have to try to maintain the muscle and keep dropping the fat. I don't think I'll be able to trade fat for muscle for too much longer. That luxury only works at the beginning. After your initial jump, then it becomes a physics problem. You need a calorie deficit to lose fat, but a calorie surplus to build muscle. Well... those can't co-exist.

On a side note, Cathy is doing well in her weight loss also. Don't tell anyone.... but she's running the race with me on September 6th. It will be her first 5k. I'm WAY excited for her!

Man this week has sucked for working out

Just too damned busy. I thought with Cathy out of town I'd have more free time. Then it turns out to be the week from hell at work, and I've been staying a couple hours late each night.

I hope to get to the gym tonight. It's arms/chest night, which is my favorite.

Incidentally..... I weighed in at 185.3 this morning. My lowest yet. It pulled my 10-day down to 186.36. I think I should be able to get that average to 185ish for the reunion. We'll see....

I really need a new "after" picture.

So sore....

Wow. This lifting routine is fierce. Here's an example day. This is the chest and arms day:

Chest-
Bench Press - 4 sets - 12, 10, 8, 6 reps
Incline Press - 4 sets - 12, 10, 8, 6 reps
Dumbbell Flies - 3 sets - 12, 12, 12 reps

Biceps-
Standing Barbell Curl - 4 sets - 10, 10, 8, 6 reps
Preacher Curls - 3 sets - 12, 10, 10

Triceps-
Close-grip Bench Press - 12, 10, 8, 6 reps
Cable Pull Downs - 10, 8, 8 reps

Abs-
Incline Crunches - 4 sets - 20, 20, 20, 20 reps

Thats... umm.. 316 reps! My arms feel like jelly today lol. If I can manage to keep this routine up for a few months I should see some massive progress. I hope the body hold out :)

I need to report a new average weight, but being gone for a week means I only have 2 days in the 10 day average. It's 186.6 right now, but I think they may go up a bit. We'll see.

New Workout Plan

Well, at the advice of my survival trainer, who also happens to be a former MMA fighter and now judges MMA competitions, I have a new lifting routine.

I actually lift weights now... not just my body. Weights are heavier, it sucks :)

Night one was back and shoulders, and I did OK.

Back from the wilderness

Hey all. I'm back from the wilderness. It went really well. I'll start my training again today. I'm still shooting at the reunion end of the month, and the vacation end of September.