Day 11: Abs and Calves round 2

Today I got up early and decided to work out again. Instead of going back and focusing on just one muscle group, today was all about working abs and calves. So the workout consisted of standing calf raises, seated calf raises, hanging leg lifts, weighted sit ups, crunch machine, and a 20min run. All in all the crunch machine started to really cause the famous burning feeling in my abs, though I still wish there was an instant cure all for the lower ab fat.

So I actually had my first user comment yesterday asking about the diet side of things. Let me apologize for not really talking about it. For the past 11 days I have been eating nothing but chicken breast, steak tenderloin, tilapia (fish), sweet potato, broccoli, oats, eggs, and long grain brown rice. For drinks its been water, green tea, and coffee. All the drinks are just straight up, meaning no honey in the tea or sugar or milk in the coffee. I think the hardest part is not eating pasta or drinking alcohol. I am a beer nut and I love pasta. Though to be honest it isnt that bad, and I am actually have fun learning how to make new ways of cooking things. Today for example, I am going to attempt to make oat pancakes with eggs for breakfast.

Here is a quick pic of me today after working out.

update: I just made the pancakes and they are win!

Day 9 and 10: Shoulders

Lets see.... day 9 was a rest day so nothing really to report, started playing guild wars 2 again but that s a different thing all together.

Today (day 10) was just focused on shoulders. More importantly it focused on all three heads that make up the shoulder muscle. I tried pushing weight that I normally don't push, both arms where going up to 55lbs each with about an average of 12-15 reps to failure. I also did some shoulder shrugs today and learned that it is not a good idea to hold the dumb bells inline with your body, it will tug on your back and make you sore.  Instead it is recommended to lean slightly forward and work the back of your shoulders as well as traps.

I defiantly starting to feel like my core/ chest/ shoulders are getting bigger. I am still concerned about my abs and lower back area but I guess that will come in time. After all it is the last area to loose fat.

Day 8: Triceps and Chest

Today I got up early and decided to hit the gym. It was an amazing workout! I was really pushing the weights today and really felt like I got some positive results. In today's routine I was introduced to a Giant Set which is 3 exercises back to back with no stops. It was stacked today with doing skull crushers, head smackers, and then rockers which I have never done before. Those alone kicked my ass. In addition there was the basic presses and pull downs along with a 20min bike ride. All in all I'm feeling pretty damn successful.

Today was also my first weigh in day. As of a few minutes ago I offically weight 212lbs! Thats a loss of about 7lbs. Hell YES!

Days 3,4,5,......7 I lost count

Sorry for not posting the past few days, life and work have gotten in the way and after working out I just wanted to go to bed. So let me recap the past few days for all of you who are reading this. By the way thank for all the views! Was surprised to see how many people are actually reading this. Alrighty, back to making up for those lost days....

Day 3:
   It was a rest day, all I had to do was cardio for 20mins twice a day. My legs where sore but I knocked it out pretty easily.

Day 4:
   This day was all about back and triceps. It was defiantly a great workout and I have never really worked my back like that before. Good news was my legs where not sore at all that day! I also felt a lot of the workout in the triceps and did all the exercises to failure, but I feel like I could have put more weight up. LIGHT WEIGHT

Day 5:
Abs, shoulders, and calves oh my! This day was very interesting to say the least. I worked out each head of my shoulders (front, mid, back) which was pretty epic to say the lease. I also did a little bit of bicep to make sure they are not forgotten. This workout routine is interesting int the sense that for my abs all I had to do was a super set (two exercises back to back with no breaks.) It consisted of me doing seated calf raises and then going directly into sit-ups. I felt the burn doing that but it was not normally what I would expect during a ab workout. I later found out that abs will be introduced to the workout plan later on with combination of squats and other exercises. Also, just want to mention that this workout out I changed up and actually did in the morning cause I had to go to work. I actually really enjoyed the morning workout and it put me in a good mood, only problem was waking up.

Day 6:
This was another rest day, I did my cardio and could feel my back "swollen" with muscle.

Day 7:
This is actually today. It consisted of round two of leg exercises. I had to do 2 different super sets and then 150.....yes that is right 150 reps of leg press (50reps, 3 sets.) When I first saw I was doing this I was like fffffuuuuuuuuu, but Im proud to say I say I did it and with a decent amount of weight (175lbs)! Also, I did some cardio in the morning and then after workout as a cool down. I will mention that going to the gym at 5pm was bad idea, it was freaking packed wall to wall with people who had just gotten off of work and what not. I think I will stick with my late night or super early workouts, hated having to put my routines on hold because some guy couldn't figure out if he was done or not with the leg press machine.

All in all I am feeling pretty awesome. I do feel a little bit thinner and defiantly feel a lot stronger. My overall happiness level has increased as well, where most days I would just be melancholy I am now pretty up beat and excited. Tomorrow is a weigh in day to see how much weight I have lost since my first entry, I understand its not going to be earth shattering but its all going to come together in the end.

Day 2: Triceps and Chest

Today was an interesting day. My legs defiantly throb from last nights workout and deciding to do 20 mins of stairs this morning didn't make me feel to much better. I actually admit I over did it last night and did end up throwing up a few times, though I think it was more of a lack of food intake and overdose of pre-workout drink.

 So as for today as mentioned earlier, I did do 20 mins of cardio this morning. I had it set in my head to have as many as 5-7 small meals today, which is a hard habit to get into for me since I was raised on only eating 2-3 times a day. Had steak, chicken, and talapia which to my surprise was really good. Also had some broccoli and brown rice for some fiber and carbs.

In terms of working out tonight was triceps and chest; a complete mistake on my behalf cause I had the mindset of doing bicep and triceps today. It felt pretty damn good though, though I was light on some of the weights, I focused more on form and doing higher reps till failure. I am not instantly sore which has me a little worried because I did do some pretty exercises, though I am pretty sure its just going to be delayed reaction and I wont want to move my arms tomorrow. I finished it all off with another 20 mins on the bike and a 5 min walk home.

Legs are still throbbing and are defiantly pissed off at me.

Day 1, intro to this shin-dig

Alrighty time to start this thing. With the new year starts a new chapter in my life, mainly the fact that I have come to the conclusion that: A) I am the heaviest I've ever been B) I don't feel attractive C) It is time to get my shit in order. So to remedy all three of these issues I've decided to start working out on a specific diet/workout routine. More specifically I choose to do the Kris Grethin Hardcore 12 Week Daily Video Trainer. With any luck and some determination I'll be back to my swimmer body without actually doing any swimming (I do not have access to a pool.)

So today is day one of this whole thing. I am supposed to keep a blog to motivate myself and keep track of my progress so here it goes....

So far today I did a 20min cardio workout where I went up and down my stairs. Believe it or not 20mins doing up and down stairs kicks your ass! I also have eaten 2 hard boiled eggs and a cup of coffee for breakfast. Tonight I am supposed to do an extensive leg workout, not really looking forward to that seeing that my legs are already shaking from only 20mins of cardio.

I am also posting and keeping track of my weight and overall body shape. Excuse my fatness and hopefully with a little luck and a lot of working out this will change.

Current weight today : 219.2lbs

Here is my body as of today, supposed to have a front, side, and back shot for progress: