This is going on my third week of hitting the gym off and on as well as having a spotty diet. Life is tough what more can I say. I am sure many of you readers out there go through this on a daily basis as well. Between work, school, raising kids, or any mix of those it gets hard to consistently do any number of things let alone diet and exercise.
My strength has been returning quite fast over these past five weeks. Thank you very much muscle memory. It is such a fantastic attribute to our body. I started on incline bench only being able to barely do 155lbs for 8 reps to in five weeks moving up to 225lbs for 5 reps.
Even though my size is increasing nicely and strength has been going up my body fat and weigh have stayed about the same. In other words I look bigger in the arms, chest, shoulders, legs, but the stomach has stayed stagnant. This was not my goal to start. I wanted all of those to increase but for the stomach to go down.
I got lucky the other day. While lifting I sparked up a conversation with a gentleman who was in great shape (I recommend to always try to befriend people in the gym it can definitely come to your advantage at times!). We got to talk and he told me he was a physique model and personal trainer. After about a half hours of lifting and breaking inbetween sets to chat he offered to make me a meal plan to help cut the body fat off of me at a responsible price.
I of course AGREED 100%!
Well I started this diet yesterday. I am going to attempt to follow it and take it day by day. I know from personal experience that looking to far in the future can heed progress in the now.
The diet is extreme and dropped my daily intake of calories around 2000 daily.
I am looking forward to seeing how this may work for me.
Everyone keep at it, it will pay off if you just never give up!!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Negative into a Postivie
Work hard and play hard. This week has been busy just getting back into classes. This is the week after spring break and had much work to catch up on. If I was not studying for a test, I was reading or doing another assignment for one of my classes.
Put that aside and this week in the gym has been very positive. I have only been able to get a workout in twice but they have been extremely effective.
Monday I was finally looking like my old self one bench press, putting up 225lbs again! I did a lot of super sets to really get the blood pumping in the chest.
Chest is one of the harder muscles groups I have to grow.
Today I was able to get a quick workout in before a business meeting of mine. I did shoulders and wow was it great. By the end of the 45 minutes I could barely lift my shoulders. I had them really puffed up. I did nothing put supersets on all three of the delts (front, middle, rear).
I could have eaten better throughout this week but overall I am satisfied with it. I still have three days to go before the week is over and maybe I can squeeze in another two gym days.
Here are some tips to grow the chest!
I personally read a lot of different articles to train from and Jay (he is the one giving the tips in the article) is one of my favorites to follow.
Put that aside and this week in the gym has been very positive. I have only been able to get a workout in twice but they have been extremely effective.
Monday I was finally looking like my old self one bench press, putting up 225lbs again! I did a lot of super sets to really get the blood pumping in the chest.
Chest is one of the harder muscles groups I have to grow.
Today I was able to get a quick workout in before a business meeting of mine. I did shoulders and wow was it great. By the end of the 45 minutes I could barely lift my shoulders. I had them really puffed up. I did nothing put supersets on all three of the delts (front, middle, rear).
I could have eaten better throughout this week but overall I am satisfied with it. I still have three days to go before the week is over and maybe I can squeeze in another two gym days.
Here are some tips to grow the chest!
I personally read a lot of different articles to train from and Jay (he is the one giving the tips in the article) is one of my favorites to follow.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
The Highest High to The Lowest Low
This is my fourth week of working to get back in shape and it by far has been my WORST week to date. My college had spring break and I became lazy. The first day I found myself motivated and right in the gym as if it were any other day.
And that was the last day I was in the gym for the rest of the week. Today is Sunday and this would make day number six without being in the gym. I did not even eat very well this week.
I am not sure if it was taking advantage of the extra sleep or if it were possibly my mind telling me just relax this week. Either way this week has been a disaster as it comes to getting back in shape.
Must keep my head up and stay positive. It was a down week but there is a new week starting tomorrow and I plan on hitting it harder! I will come back this week and spin this negative into a positive.
And that was the last day I was in the gym for the rest of the week. Today is Sunday and this would make day number six without being in the gym. I did not even eat very well this week.
I am not sure if it was taking advantage of the extra sleep or if it were possibly my mind telling me just relax this week. Either way this week has been a disaster as it comes to getting back in shape.
Must keep my head up and stay positive. It was a down week but there is a new week starting tomorrow and I plan on hitting it harder! I will come back this week and spin this negative into a positive.
Third Week Productive
The third week has been the best since the beginning. I was able to maintain a proper diet throughout the week and managed to get to the gym four days in a row.
I tried something a little extreme during this week. I CUT OUT ALL CARBS! Wow!
When I started I was 193 lbs. After the week of no carbs I was down to 188 lbs. It was extremely trying both mentally and physically. I went from a decent amount of energy to feeling almost zapped every single day. Not only that but I became extremely moody. My results felt good while looking at the scale but no carbs is not for me.
I did some research and I found it best that if you are going to cut crabs to cut them down but not totally out. Limit the carbs to morning, afternoon, and directly after your workout to refuel the tank. Eating carbs between the hours of five and six are just not a good approach. Since most people will be going to be shortly afterward the body now has an overload of carbs to digest while sleeping, and during sleep ones digestion slows down which cause the body to store fat.
Pictures from week three of my arms routine. Always make sure to focus on the muscle you are working on and to put as much stress as possible on that specific muscle!
In conclusion no carbs are not the way to go for me. It may be for you but my experience was not all that great.
I tried something a little extreme during this week. I CUT OUT ALL CARBS! Wow!
When I started I was 193 lbs. After the week of no carbs I was down to 188 lbs. It was extremely trying both mentally and physically. I went from a decent amount of energy to feeling almost zapped every single day. Not only that but I became extremely moody. My results felt good while looking at the scale but no carbs is not for me.
I did some research and I found it best that if you are going to cut crabs to cut them down but not totally out. Limit the carbs to morning, afternoon, and directly after your workout to refuel the tank. Eating carbs between the hours of five and six are just not a good approach. Since most people will be going to be shortly afterward the body now has an overload of carbs to digest while sleeping, and during sleep ones digestion slows down which cause the body to store fat.
Pictures from week three of my arms routine. Always make sure to focus on the muscle you are working on and to put as much stress as possible on that specific muscle!
In conclusion no carbs are not the way to go for me. It may be for you but my experience was not all that great.
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