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This week in fitness has been a total washout... update later.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Today is a loss. I got up at 11 to be to school for 1. I had class till five, and I have to hop on the bus and head to work till ten pm. I'll try to remember to at least get some pushups in or something tonight once I get home.

I ate crap, so far. A medium ice cap, and two slices of pepperoni pizza. Delicious, but greasy.

I manged to play fifteen minutes of frisbee in the courtyard between classes.

My shins are absolutely killing me today, and I don't particularly feel like going to work and standing all night, but its too late to call in at this point.

Wednesday April 14th, 2010

Dammit, I sorta slacked off yesterday. I decided not to go to the gym on my three-hour break and do some homework. I could have found time, I suppose, but I was feeling pretty tired at the time.

I did, however, bike 6km from my place to Tim's place, and then spent about an hour playing frisbee in the park.

Its not always about muscle building, its about being healthy, right?

I don't remember what I had for breakfast, but at Tim's place, I had a helping of Vegetarian Lasagna, and about an hour later, had Teriyaki Stri-Fry at Crabby Joe's.

April 13, 2010

Ok, so today is April 14, 2010. I'm posting about yesterday.

Yesterday we did some of our final fitness testing in PhysEd. Max bench press, max chin ups, and sprints (100m).

I earned double bonus on bench press, doing 80lbs over my body weight, 240lbs. I know I could have done more, but it wouldn't earn me any further marks, so why bother? For max chin ups, I got 32 in thirty seconds, which is down five from my personal best. For sprints, I did miserable, as my shin splints prevent me from running as hard and as fast as I would like to. My time was 13.2s, down nearly a full second from my last timing of 12.6s.

Afterward, I went up to the gym for my daily routine. I decided to do biceps/triceps instead of back/shoulders. My work out was as follows:

1. Standing Bicep Curls
12x30lb, 12x30lbs, 9x30lbs

2. Concentration Curls
7x30lbs, 5x30lbs, 12x25lbs

3. Hammer Curls
12x35lbs (3 sets) ---I'll be moving up to 40lbs on this exercise next week.

4. Dips
20xBW(158lbs), 14xBW, 7xBW

5. Kickbacks
12x30lbs (2 sets) --- I'm not certain my form is as good as it could be. I'll drop the weight to 25lbs next week to concentrate on better form

6. Pushdowns
12x120lbs, 5x130lbs, 5x130lbs --- I'll stay at 130lbs on this one, to continue to build my strength.

Cardio
5:30 on the recumbent stationary bike.
IO had intended to do 15 minutes on the bike and the switch to the cross-trainer and do another 15-20 minutes, but my girlfriend called to say that she was nearby to pick me up. Needless to say, I got cut short.

April 13, 2010

I've finally decided, in the interest of keeping myself, along with some friends, on track, that I will begin to record my workout regime and results on a daily basis.

I currently weigh 158lbs, at 5'7", and have a decent build. I'm in decent shape, but would like to be better. I have recently developed some wicked shin splints, making running difficult, if not impossible. I keep up with my cardio using the cross trainer and stationary bike.

I'm in the gym four days a week, Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri. Monday is generally Chest, Tuesday is Shoulders and Back, Wednesday is Arms, and Friday is Legs and Abs.

I use my iPhone to record my workout, including weight reps and sets of each exercise, eliminating my need to carry around a journal and pen.

I'll post an image of myself and my current build within a few days, along with goals of what I'd like to build up to.

If I can remember, I'll also post my eating habits.