Guess I will start one of these journals.
- posted first in Woman's diary - wrong place.. not going to get that 'reborn'.
After 13 years of marriage and not working out, I finally found a friend that has as much enthusiam as I in working out so now we are on our 10th week. Working out alone has never been too attractive to me and luckily this partner is what I need to get outa this fat storing rut I am in.
I found one pic of me when 14 years ago which I use as a milestone to 'ok, now we are back!'. I believe I have always had a good frame to work with. I have very broad shoulders and a thick chest. Here's me and my grandfather (who is now in a better place).
The road is gonna be a difficult one, 10 weeks ago I weighted in at 270. This stemmed from sitting at work and playing alot of online computer games. I had just quit being active... but, now things are starting to get on track and I am losing about 3 pounds per week, working out 5 times a week with a split workout.
Here is a link to our workout..
Here is my current weight loss chart and progress.
I will continually keep these updated along with food intake, etc. I do have some current pictures, but too ashamed to show them at the moment. But, they will come, just let me lose another 10-20 first. LoL
5/9
Ok, I am going to start off by showing yesterdays workout and results. I had a very sore throat all day and felt somewhat weak, but I think it was due to allergies. It was max day on bench yesterday which we do every couple weeks. Goal is to get 2 reps unassisted.
Flat Bench
175 x 3
175 x 2
145 x 11
145 x 9
Incline Bench
I believe I hurt my shoulder on these last Monday, been having shoulder pain when rotating my left arm. It only occurs when I put my left arm at a 90 degree angle and then try to rotate my arm where my hand straight up. Pain hits 10% till from pointing up and I cant move it much further. This is the only excercise I could see it hurting on and I was right..
115 x 11 (felt the pain in shoulder and backed off)
95 x 10 (felt I better move on and let it rest some more after this)
Flys (dumbbell)
I like to do these slow with minimal elbow flex. At 35lbl, I am starting to bend my elbows alittle more, or if I keep them steady, it reduces my reps by 3-4. So, for now, to keep with a good movement, I am sticking with 30's.
30 x 11
30 x 10
30 x 9
Kickbacks (dumbbell)
I like these, Ive heard people say here that they dont work. I think they work for me and going to keep them.
25 x 11
25 x 10
25 x 9
Seated Dumbell Overhead Extentions
Need to get buy 40 or 45's for these actually. Time to move up.
35 x 11
35 x 11
35 x 11
Skull Crushers followed with close grip burnout after each set.
60 x 11/9 close grip
60 x 10/8 close grip
60 x 9/6 close grip
Forearms - light weight wrist curles till burn out.
__________________
Starting Weight: 270lbs
Current Weight: 249lbs
Goal: 180lbs.
- posted first in Woman's diary - wrong place.. not going to get that 'reborn'.
After 13 years of marriage and not working out, I finally found a friend that has as much enthusiam as I in working out so now we are on our 10th week. Working out alone has never been too attractive to me and luckily this partner is what I need to get outa this fat storing rut I am in.
I found one pic of me when 14 years ago which I use as a milestone to 'ok, now we are back!'. I believe I have always had a good frame to work with. I have very broad shoulders and a thick chest. Here's me and my grandfather (who is now in a better place).
The road is gonna be a difficult one, 10 weeks ago I weighted in at 270. This stemmed from sitting at work and playing alot of online computer games. I had just quit being active... but, now things are starting to get on track and I am losing about 3 pounds per week, working out 5 times a week with a split workout.
Here is a link to our workout..
Here is my current weight loss chart and progress.
I will continually keep these updated along with food intake, etc. I do have some current pictures, but too ashamed to show them at the moment. But, they will come, just let me lose another 10-20 first. LoL
5/9
Ok, I am going to start off by showing yesterdays workout and results. I had a very sore throat all day and felt somewhat weak, but I think it was due to allergies. It was max day on bench yesterday which we do every couple weeks. Goal is to get 2 reps unassisted.
Flat Bench
175 x 3
175 x 2
145 x 11
145 x 9
Incline Bench
I believe I hurt my shoulder on these last Monday, been having shoulder pain when rotating my left arm. It only occurs when I put my left arm at a 90 degree angle and then try to rotate my arm where my hand straight up. Pain hits 10% till from pointing up and I cant move it much further. This is the only excercise I could see it hurting on and I was right..
115 x 11 (felt the pain in shoulder and backed off)
95 x 10 (felt I better move on and let it rest some more after this)
Flys (dumbbell)
I like to do these slow with minimal elbow flex. At 35lbl, I am starting to bend my elbows alittle more, or if I keep them steady, it reduces my reps by 3-4. So, for now, to keep with a good movement, I am sticking with 30's.
30 x 11
30 x 10
30 x 9
Kickbacks (dumbbell)
I like these, Ive heard people say here that they dont work. I think they work for me and going to keep them.
25 x 11
25 x 10
25 x 9
Seated Dumbell Overhead Extentions
Need to get buy 40 or 45's for these actually. Time to move up.
35 x 11
35 x 11
35 x 11
Skull Crushers followed with close grip burnout after each set.
60 x 11/9 close grip
60 x 10/8 close grip
60 x 9/6 close grip
Forearms - light weight wrist curles till burn out.
__________________
Starting Weight: 270lbs
Current Weight: 249lbs
Goal: 180lbs.
