I started my weight training program at the gym yesterday and as expected, I can barely move my arms. I know form past experience that I am looking at a lot of pain coming my way for the next couple weeks. That is normal when you lift weights. Especially the kind of weight training I am doing.
When I used to work out for football, back in the day, we did what was called "power lifting". The concept was based on making you stronger. You used more weight with fewer repetitions. You didn't worry about endurance and conditioning because all that would happen on the football field where the coaches would run your ass off.
The program I am on now is more geared towards endurance. It is more similar to what body builders do. Lots and lots of repetitions with lighter amounts of weight. The only problem about this kind of training is that it hurts more than the other. I am sure this is where the "no pain, no gain" saying came from.
Any way, here is a summary of what I will be doing. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be weight training. each weight lifting session will be followed with some time on the bicycle. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday I will do Yoga. OK, don't laugh. I have lost almost all of my flexibility with my years of inactivity.
It has effected my golf game among other things. I have back problems and the Yoga really helps my back. When I was young, I ran track and also spent a little time on a Karate mat. I used to be able to do a full split. Now I am lucky if I can touch my toes without bending my knees. The Yoga will help me fix that.
Back to the weight training. You never work the same group of muscles twice in the same week. (at least not when starting out) You always give your self a day of rest in between weight training sessions. That gives the body time to heal and repair the muscles.
Monday is "Push Day". That means all drills that require you to push with your muscles. Bench press, military press, butterflys…you get the picture.
Tuesday is Yoga and sit ups.
Wednesday is "Pull Day". That means all the drills that require you to pull with your muscles. Arm Curls, Lat pulls, Rowing…you get the picture.
Thursday is Yoga and sit ups.
Friday is "Leg Day". No explanation necessary.
Saturday is Yoga and sit ups.
Sunday is family day. No working out, but will surely include going to the park or beach which means walking. Never under estimate the power of walking. I like to ride a bike because I am on my feet all day at my job and my feet hurt all the time. (of course this is due to my being overweight) Walking is a great way to burn calories and I recommend it to anyone trying to lose weight.
Walking now will lead to more strenuous exercise in the future. Losing weight requires a change in your lifestyle. The habits that you have now are the reason you are over weight. You have to develop new habits in your routine if you are ever going to get rid of the weight and keep it off.
Well that's enough for now. Later this week, I'll talk about what I am doing as far as my meals and what kind of foods I am eating. Maybe I'll do another weigh in a few days from now too.
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Ok, I didn't get off to a big start with the exercise program but I am back on the eating schedule again. I am sticking to the small meals every 2 or 3 hours. No more big dinners. Lots of fruit and veggies.
One gallon of water per day, MINIMUM.
This week's official weigh in: 328.0 That's 2 lbs. lost for the week. Not a bad start.
I said that I was only going to be posting once a week but I thought of a way to still add some value with out taking up all of my time. I will be posting several weight loss related articles every week so I can still provide you with some informative reading and still work on my other projects.
I hope you enjoy them and please feel free to leave comments. I will be answering them on a daily basis.
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I haven't posted in a while. I have been taking part in a coaching program by a young upstart Internet Marketer named Alex Jeffreys. I have been devoting all of my spare time to this course and have been neglecting my exercise program completely.
I put a stop to that this weekend. Here it is the middle of March and I am still at 330 lbs. I have officially started the weight loss program again and have started back on the sit ups routine.
No more excuses! 250 here I come.
I will not be posting every day as this is a tad redundant and it takes up to much of my time. I will do a weekly post and weigh in. That should be sufficient.
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Well I finally got the technical problems worked out with this blog. Of course you wouldn't know that I was having technical problems. You would only know that I haven't made a blog post in…forever!
You didn't really miss much. I had almost lost 50 lbs by the end of June and then totally let my weight loss program go to sh*t. Actually, I didn't gain any weight back until the last 2 months.
I totally lost my mind over the holidays and ate like 3 pigs. Since I wasn't doing any kind of exercise, I ended up putting some of the weight back on. I stepped on the scales 2 days ago and I was at 329.
That means I put on about 25 lbs over the last 3 months when I should have lost 25 lbs which would have put me about 20lbs away from my target weight of 250.
Oh well, back to the drawing board. Really, there is no drawing board. I am just going to continue where I left off in June. This year I only have to lose 75 lbs instead of 100, so it should be easier right?
Right?
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