Back in the saddle again...
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:02 am
Well, I have been a lurker of this forum for quite a few years, decided to get serious about health last year, actually made a few posts... Actually I was going through my old posts and noted where I had stopped (in the Journal section). The next day I was doing squats in a "V-Squat" Machine and pulled a muscle in my lower back, managed to get home, then I couldn't move for a couple days. I remember calling in to work. That put me out of the gym for about a month and then I never really got consistent with it again. Got down to about 268 pounds and stayed there for a couple of months then slowly crept up, got "serious" again, checked it and the cycle repeated. Earlier this year I bought some power blocks, a bench and a power tower (to go along with my cardio equipment) vowing that I would establish a regular routine, well that didn't work to well... I used the weights maybe once or twice. heck I even bought a TV for the room, an internet enabled blu-ray player and routed cat 6 to the wall behind.... Oh well. Then in June of this year I completely stopped. Put the fat back on and lost most of my (minor for most of you guys, but decent sized for me) accomplishments. Alas, now I am back in the saddle and I hope for another good while. Just did my first workout with the weights at home a couple of days ago and waited for (and looked forward to, if you can believe) the DOMS. The DOMS is here and it is a nice little way of the body reaffirming that I am using the muscles I intended to use.
Not sure why I feel compelled to post this but I just wanted to relay that I think this forum is awesome (maybe it provides some sort of accountability on a subconscious level). Some deep insight here on just about any topic...
So my focus remains the same. Weight loss, BF reduction, increase aerobic performance and strength gain.
I must say it is a bit demoralizing to fight over territory that I had already conquered already, but it is good motivation to not let this slip happen again. But there are some nice things, integrating weight lifting to the plan from the get go instead of thinking one day, "you have a lot of muscle mass in your legs for moving around all that junk... maybe I should do something to encourage the body to keep it."
So the program is basically cardio daily with 1 maybe 2 days of rest during the week and a full body routine atleast 3 days a week (most with weight sizes that are embarrassingly small, but hey I haven't used my upper body for jack, except for tapping keys on a keyboard).
Anyways, there it is.
Thanks,
Neal
Not sure why I feel compelled to post this but I just wanted to relay that I think this forum is awesome (maybe it provides some sort of accountability on a subconscious level). Some deep insight here on just about any topic...
So my focus remains the same. Weight loss, BF reduction, increase aerobic performance and strength gain.
I must say it is a bit demoralizing to fight over territory that I had already conquered already, but it is good motivation to not let this slip happen again. But there are some nice things, integrating weight lifting to the plan from the get go instead of thinking one day, "you have a lot of muscle mass in your legs for moving around all that junk... maybe I should do something to encourage the body to keep it."
So the program is basically cardio daily with 1 maybe 2 days of rest during the week and a full body routine atleast 3 days a week (most with weight sizes that are embarrassingly small, but hey I haven't used my upper body for jack, except for tapping keys on a keyboard).
Anyways, there it is.
Thanks,
Neal