Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Day 1 and Day 2 the excitment begins!!!

Yesterday I signed up at the gym. It was the first day of the get real experiment for me.
I have thought alot about what it would take for me to do this again. Focus will the first hurdle. I have to not over talk this. Actions will speak far louder than words.
Day 1
20 minutes at 3.2 no incline on the treadmill
flat bench chest press with the big bar( 45lbs.) 4 sets of 15 reps
flat bench dumbell flys 8 lb. dumbells 4 sets of 15 reps chest
Incline bench press with big bar( 45lb.s) 4 sets of 15 reps

Lat pulls 40lbs. 4 sets of 15 reps
seated rows 40lbs. 4 sets of 15 reps back
dumbell deadlifts 12 lb. dumbells 4 sets of 15 reps

abs 4 sets of 15 upper, lower , obliques and lower again. abs

Day 2

20 minutes on treadmill 3.2 no incline

Over head shoulder press 8 lbs. dumbells 4 sets 15 reps
side laterals 5 lb. dumbells 4 sets 15 reps
Behind the neck press with the curl bar( 25 lbs.) 4 sets 15 reps shoulders

dumbell curls 12 lb. dumbells 4 sets 15 reps
dumbell curls with curl bar(25lbs) 4 sets 15 reps
curl bar( 25 lbs.) reps 5 to the waist, 5 from the chest to the waist and last 5 complete curls 4 sets 15 reps biceps


cable v-bar tricep press downs 40lbs. 4 sets 15 rep
cable straight bar reverse grip tricep press 40 lbs. 4 sets 15 reps
flat bench brain crushers curl bar(25 lbs.) 4 sets 15 reps triceps

abs 4 sets of 15 reps lower, regular , lower and regular abs

Now having typed all that you can get an idea of what I am doing and I won't type this stuff every day. Maybe just the leg routine and that's it all. Just know that I am tryin-hard!!
I am getting my eating under control for the most part. I have to admit that I ate too many WW wheat thins yesterday but my choices are healthy. But hey.....everything is good in the beginning.
I used to love to excerise, I loved it and I never thought I would ever get away from it. Never say never.
I had a zillion excuses, some that were real and huge, some not so much. I think I got tired of struggling, adding the hard work of excerise to my burgeoning list was too much to do.


Anyway here I go. Once I lace up my shoes I'm ready . I wonder how long till I'm back and if I can come back. I'll be 56 thursday. I'm tying Aaron for myself with your help.

Whu-who I feel sore.....

4 comments:

Aaron said...

Nice looking workouts! Just think where you will be this time next year...

How are you doing with water? Staying hydrated?

Keep it up!

Unknown said...

Great job! Can you move? I find that eating right is easier when I've been exercising. I don't want to waste my hard work on a cookie. Or 10 cookies.

Jeff said...

Great start! (How do you remember all that weight stuff you're doing?)

mem said...

Jeff when I first started excerising my son was in 4th grade and he will be 24 in January. I was trained by a bodybuilder who owned the gym where I had just started taking aerobics. I was HUGE fat. He asked me if I was interested in lifting weights and I said OK. He trained me for free for about 2 years. He preached form form form and remembering what you did and why you did it.
I guess it is like riding a bike you never forget. Now, having said that I haven't excerised consistantly in about 6 1/2 years and I can recite you tons of excerises BUT I still have to excecute them and I'm fat and out of shape.