who cares wins

[grindmonkeh]

In other news, I've rocked the scales at a weigh-in of over 200 pounds for the first time in my life. I've been eating all too well over the past few months living with Bran and the boys in contrast to when I was living alone and eating on the fly between jobs. In three months I've gained between 20 and 30 lbs...insane considering I've weighed a fairly consistent 170-175 for about ten years. As soon as I rid of the summer cold I've had for six days then I'm going to get back in the gym at least one day a week and use our elliptical runner and weights at home two days a week to tone up.

Here is my proposed regimen...at least it looks good in print:
DAY 1 (@gym)
Jog 1 mile or 5 to 7 minutes (to gym).

3 sets of 6 to 8 reps of the following:
Squats or Leg Presses
Bench presses
Pulldowns
Shoulder presses (Military Press)

Rest 1 Minute between sets.

Jog 1 mile or 5 to 7 minutes (home).
stretch.
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DAY 2 (@home)
3 supersets - 10 reps pushups and pullups
3 sets deadlifts - 10 reps - 10 lb. increase/set
3 sets dumbbell lunges - 8 reps/leg - 5 lb. increase/set

Rest 1 minute between sets.
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Day 3 (@home)
Elliptical runner - 10,000 miles.
Crunches.

I'll give this program some time and see how my body responds. If the weight-lifting doesn't seem to be wearing and tearing my body too much then I'll revise the workout to target different muscle groups daily with a broader scope of exercises in line with my old regimen. ie. DAY 1...Chest....flat benchpress, incline benchpress, decline benchpress. I'll try to post my progress or digress periodically.

Comments

wow

[merenda.livejournal.com]

> Day 3 (@home)
> Elliptical runner - 10,000 miles.

Dude, that's a LONG run! No wonder you stopped after day 3, that is going to be one LONG day! :)

-f-

Re: wow

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Well...my elliptical runner's odometer doesn't work, so I might as well have high aspirations.

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

I do tons of cardio (running, step class, eliptical etc) but just can't stick w/ a weight routine. Hate it! Maybe I feel intimidated in the gym. It's just been like this for years. Jeanne always encourages me to stick with it regardless what weight I use. Blah I say.
Keep us updated, I'm sure you'll be fine.

[merenda.livejournal.com]

We just got a soloflex a few weeks ago, and I sold all our weights, and just use the solo flex now, at home.

It's a thousand times better than weights were, I get a MUCH better work out, and I am putting on size.

No wait times, no gyms.

And I had to use customer service already because of something I did that was really stupid. They sent me free replacement parts, at no cost, even though what I did was completely MY fault! I am a very happy customer.

You can get them used all over, and you can buy them new at "Play it again sports" here in Georgia.

I highly suggest the soloflex! Our new one was $800, you can get an almost identical one that you can't add on weights to, or to back-leg exercises for, for $600. We bought the "sport" model, and I"m glad, because it's already time to get the 100-pound add-ons. It comes with 210lb resistance, and you will get up to that quickly if you do squats. I was benching that much in free weights before we sold them (in sets of 10), and I can do it on the boflex already, but not as slow as needed for the real boflex workout, but I'll be there soon enough. :)

Good luck!
-Frank

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up.

BTW, do you work or own Soloflex?!?!?? That's quite a recommendation! :)

[merenda.livejournal.com]

Nope, I don't work for them or have any stock w/them! :)

I work for JBoss as a developer. :)

Seriously, I love that thing! I just got done with my workout about a hour ago, it's great to work out on that thing!

Every time I finish one of my last sets in the set of three, I end with "OW!!!"

It's such a great workout, seriously. It takes some getting used to, like all your reps are slower than free weights, but after you get used to it, it's a really good workout!

Take care,
-Frank

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I'm going to start reading everything you type with the voice of Tony Little in my head.

[merenda.livejournal.com]

Oh my god that is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That guy is completely insane!

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

THAT GUY IS COMPLETELY INSANE!!! ORDER TODAY!!!!

[merenda.livejournal.com]

That is metal as fuck!

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

The gym is a complete mindgame for me if I'm working out solo, which seems to be the case more often than not. Without a partner for spotting or even simply moral support it's hard to get the workout that I've been the most successful with in the past, but I'm going to a gym that has a lot of machines and less free weights so the intimdation factor will be greatly reduced. Cardio has always been easier for me to get motivated for and have a routine that I can stick with as well.

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should spend some time on the machines then. I usually use the free weights and without fail end up dropping something or almost kill myself. We'll see.

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Yeah...you can really hurt yourself with free weights with incorrect form or a loss of control. There are a few exercises that I always use free weights for that I haven't found machines to replicate, but if you're flying solo then they're the way to go.

[merenda.livejournal.com]

Yup, that is one of the reasons I stopped using free weights at home, no spotter, so I could not push all the way until failure. With the machine I can go as hard as I can, and it's complete exhaustion.

But when I wake up in the morning it feels like a fucking truck ran me over!

This is supposed to be good though, right? :)

Take care,
-Frank

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Yeah...when you have to squirt the shampoo on the shower wall and rub your head in it because you can't raise your arms high enough to use your hands...that means you had a good workout.

[oki-v2.livejournal.com]

I remember when you used to jog a lot... Do you still go out for runs?

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I haven't in a while, but I'm thinking about starting again if I get bored on the elliptical runner.

The last week has been busy as hell, but tomorrow I'm going to the post office to remail the XBawx.

[mercurialsunshine]

Completely unrelated to your post, I just noticed that you have me added as a friend, and I have no idea who you are. We don't appear to be any any of the same groups or have anyone on friends lists in common, so I was just curious if I know you from somewhere or what?

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Hi...I'm a complete stranger. I've recently added a few random people that I've found through the last 40 posted LJ Images generator. I refresh that page occasionally when I'm bored at work. It was the picture of the mess the cat made when it knocked your shelves over. I can totally relate...my pests cats pull the same antics. If you don't like strangers then I won't be (too) offended if you'd rather that I remove you.

[mercurialsunshine]

No no, I don't mind at all, don't worry about it. It's just that since I started my new job I've been friendlocking everything so that some people that read my lj that I _don't_ care for don't know where I'm at all the time and other various things. So most of the stuff won't show up for you unless it's weird random crap. Thats all I was worried about

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

No worries. It's only lj.

Workout

[charasan.livejournal.com]

What? Workout? Do wha now?
Speak english, man...