Is this how you start a diary? by just posting a new thread? If so then I guess this is the start of mine.
I joined this website i think in may, so its been a few months. I started to really pay attention to my weight after my 24th birthday in mid-march, i weighed in at 186lbs.
I dieted (mainly atkins) and worked out a bit, and lost 15lbs, and got down to 170...that's when the summer hit, and the summer for me is a lot of camping and beer drinking, so i climbed the scale again, reaching 184 two weeks ago.
as of two weeks ago I am back on atkins, going strong, and have been working out 4-8 times a week. I was working out twice a week, but then i got a job and started just working out in the evenings.
I'm trying to incorporate HIIT into my workouts, but i dont think my intervals are intense enough to be considered true hiit. I've decided since its most effective to work out in the mornings, that im going to start getting up super early and working out before i go to work. Today was my first day doing that. I got up at 4:30, and hit the gym from 5:00-6:00. The following is my intended workout schedule:
monday: Chest/Triceps
tuesday: abs/obliques
wednesday: Biceps/back
thursday: abs/obliques
friday: Legs (hams/quads/calves) /shoulders
saturday: abs/obliques
sunday: off
monday: morning HIIT (20 minutes)
Tuesday: morning HIIT (20 minutes)
wednesday: morning cardio (1 hour)
thursday: evening HIIT
friday: morning HIIT
saturday: afternoon cardio
sunday: off
so far today: 26 minutes of morning hiit
consisting of 5 minute 2.9mph warm up, 5 minute 2.9mph level 5 incline, 8 minute intervals (25 second sprint, 30 minute walk..etc), 5 minute 2.9mph level 5 incline while flexing butt (haha), and 3 minute 2.5mph cool down.
obliques: 2 sets of 15 reps on each side, standing tilt with 25lb barbell
abs/lower back: 3 sets of 10 reps on that bench thing that you lay over and do "reverse situps" ...anyone know what that thing is called?
current weight: 175
goal weight: 140
I joined this website i think in may, so its been a few months. I started to really pay attention to my weight after my 24th birthday in mid-march, i weighed in at 186lbs.
I dieted (mainly atkins) and worked out a bit, and lost 15lbs, and got down to 170...that's when the summer hit, and the summer for me is a lot of camping and beer drinking, so i climbed the scale again, reaching 184 two weeks ago.
as of two weeks ago I am back on atkins, going strong, and have been working out 4-8 times a week. I was working out twice a week, but then i got a job and started just working out in the evenings.
I'm trying to incorporate HIIT into my workouts, but i dont think my intervals are intense enough to be considered true hiit. I've decided since its most effective to work out in the mornings, that im going to start getting up super early and working out before i go to work. Today was my first day doing that. I got up at 4:30, and hit the gym from 5:00-6:00. The following is my intended workout schedule:
monday: Chest/Triceps
tuesday: abs/obliques
wednesday: Biceps/back
thursday: abs/obliques
friday: Legs (hams/quads/calves) /shoulders
saturday: abs/obliques
sunday: off
monday: morning HIIT (20 minutes)
Tuesday: morning HIIT (20 minutes)
wednesday: morning cardio (1 hour)
thursday: evening HIIT
friday: morning HIIT
saturday: afternoon cardio
sunday: off
so far today: 26 minutes of morning hiit
consisting of 5 minute 2.9mph warm up, 5 minute 2.9mph level 5 incline, 8 minute intervals (25 second sprint, 30 minute walk..etc), 5 minute 2.9mph level 5 incline while flexing butt (haha), and 3 minute 2.5mph cool down.
obliques: 2 sets of 15 reps on each side, standing tilt with 25lb barbell
abs/lower back: 3 sets of 10 reps on that bench thing that you lay over and do "reverse situps" ...anyone know what that thing is called?
current weight: 175
goal weight: 140