First off, hello and thanks for letting me join in! Hopefully this will be a place to learn and eventually get the help I am looking for.
About a year ago I looked at myself and realized I was a pretty disgusting person all-'round. I decided make it an active effort to fix myself physically, emotionally, and intellectually. As to the last two notes, I have made great strides and am extremely pleased at my progress.
On the Physical note, however, I do not seem to be making any progress. I have been keeping at it for about a year now with no real results. I do feel good after my workouts, there just doesn't seem to be any long term results in muscle growth.
I want to make one thing clear, I am not looking to have some body builder body. I don't expect nor want that. If I can get above the "stick figure" physique I have now, I'll be happy. I suppose I should start by stating the exercise I get as of now.
Every day I walk about three miles (one and a half miles each way) to the store to buy dinner. This is something separate from my exercise, but I guess it would count in as well. I keep a fairly quick pace, enough for my heart rate to stay accelerated.
I work out every other day. I wake up and do some light yoga and simple weight lifting, nothing too heavy considering I just laid mostly motionless for six hours. Around noon I a routine of exercises (alternating between Burpees, Situps, pushups, jogging in place, jumping jacks, and shadow boxing in no particular order, I do one minute of one constant and then one minute of another) for as long as I can physically do them. My routine ends when I physically can't get back up, usually about an hour later.
Due to not having the money to invest in this, I only have one 20lb weight. After I feel recovered from the light noon routine I lift that weight in various different ways until I again simply can't lift it anymore, I then use it to do weighted situps and squats, then go back to lifting it until I can't anymore.
About two hours before bed I do the same noon workout again, only I usually don't do it for quite as long.
Now, I have stuck to this for about a year now with no results and do not understand why. It is because I am taking one day off after each day? Should I do it every day? Or is it simply that the workouts are not intense enough? How can I make them more intense if I only stop when I physically can't do it anymore?
Thank you in advanced for any advice you can give me. I also apologize if this was in the wrong place. The layout of this site sort of confused me and I only chose to post here because I am new.
Again, thank you. I look forward to reading your answers.
About a year ago I looked at myself and realized I was a pretty disgusting person all-'round. I decided make it an active effort to fix myself physically, emotionally, and intellectually. As to the last two notes, I have made great strides and am extremely pleased at my progress.
On the Physical note, however, I do not seem to be making any progress. I have been keeping at it for about a year now with no real results. I do feel good after my workouts, there just doesn't seem to be any long term results in muscle growth.
I want to make one thing clear, I am not looking to have some body builder body. I don't expect nor want that. If I can get above the "stick figure" physique I have now, I'll be happy. I suppose I should start by stating the exercise I get as of now.
Every day I walk about three miles (one and a half miles each way) to the store to buy dinner. This is something separate from my exercise, but I guess it would count in as well. I keep a fairly quick pace, enough for my heart rate to stay accelerated.
I work out every other day. I wake up and do some light yoga and simple weight lifting, nothing too heavy considering I just laid mostly motionless for six hours. Around noon I a routine of exercises (alternating between Burpees, Situps, pushups, jogging in place, jumping jacks, and shadow boxing in no particular order, I do one minute of one constant and then one minute of another) for as long as I can physically do them. My routine ends when I physically can't get back up, usually about an hour later.
Due to not having the money to invest in this, I only have one 20lb weight. After I feel recovered from the light noon routine I lift that weight in various different ways until I again simply can't lift it anymore, I then use it to do weighted situps and squats, then go back to lifting it until I can't anymore.
About two hours before bed I do the same noon workout again, only I usually don't do it for quite as long.
Now, I have stuck to this for about a year now with no results and do not understand why. It is because I am taking one day off after each day? Should I do it every day? Or is it simply that the workouts are not intense enough? How can I make them more intense if I only stop when I physically can't do it anymore?
Thank you in advanced for any advice you can give me. I also apologize if this was in the wrong place. The layout of this site sort of confused me and I only chose to post here because I am new.
Again, thank you. I look forward to reading your answers.