Hey Horty....

Congrats again on hitting that goal.. Way impressive! Also, I hear ya on the ab thing. I'm the same way - but ironically after having hit them pretty regularly now at the beginning of my workout, I slightly look forward to it.. The reason for the weight is just because I don't have the patience to do super high reps - lol... Also, I find that if I'm holding two small dumbells I'm much less likely to cheat..

Anyway - another workout down the tubes....

AM Weight - 238.4

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I'm not really sure how that last part is going to work out (i.e. CYM), but it is a change in my program. I already meditate. This past weekend I started doing yoga. I have a new bicycle I still have not ridden yet - lol. And I have a Stairmaster at home, but obviously I can't do all that all the time. What I'm planning to do then is just kinda leave the afternoon and evening part of my program 'open' and fill it in with whatever I happen to feel like on that day.

I'm also really interested in the yoga part. I could not help but notice that I had a 2 pound whoosh the night after doing that. I plan to monitor that closely then and see if my weight moves in a simlar way during the nights after I've done a Kundalini Yoga session.

All for now then. Again, BIG CONGRATS to you, Horty!

And cya later!

I am very, wery proud of you with your enthusiasm with the gym!!!!

Cool beans baby! And keep it up!!!!

Thanks so much, Dawn..

A lot of my motivation I get from here, so cheers to you!

lol - I'm not really sure what to call that last Ab exercise. You put your triceps in two stirrups - hang - and then while suspended draw your knees up into your chest..

The Eliptical thing was really just to check out the machine. I've never been on one of those before. Later this evening, however, I plan to do the yoga thing again.

Cheers!

First day doing legs in the gym.

Whatcha wanna bet I can't walk tomorrow too... lol

AM Weight - 240.0

I decided to do the laying leg press today rather than squats since I don't really know how sore I might be tomorrow. I've been doing some light squats at home, but working out in a gym is different and I can remember all too well many younger days when I couldn't walk after doing legs - lol. That said, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm really happy with the workout I had today though. In terms of working the muscles I had a very good one.

Finished off with my Whey Protien Shake, and tomorrow is an off-day .....

Cheers!

Just making a note.


No workout today, but I will be doing some yoga tonight..

Moving right on schedule this week..

AM Weight - 240.0.... (dang it - lol) ... that's supposed to be going down. ;-)


Nothing to do though but hit it again tomorrow.. I'll be doing chest, shoulders, and tri's then. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

And cheers!

Man - look at the time.. lol.. Spent half the day at the gym today..

Prolly looks like overtraining, but I really don't feel like it. I'm not working out with a spotter so the exercises are quite a bit less intense than I'd like them to be. I am steadily meeting new folks there though, and in fact I met a new dude today named John David who seemed like he was looking for a partner. If he's got the motivation and can make the schedule, I guess we'll have to see.

Look at you!!!!!! makin buds at the gym!!!!!! I am glad you decided to go back to it J.K. It looks like you are too!!!

Good for you Sweetie!!!

Hey Dawn..

Yea - I'm having a lot of fun there. There isn't really a lot to do where I live.. . Even bars are sparse, and since I don't drink even that's not a good option. lol The health club though, is a good one. It's something for me to do, plus since I work from home it's also a good way for me to get out among folks.

Anyway - no workout today (off)..

Monday my leg workout will come into rotation. I don't really like starting legs on Monday, ... Would rather work the hollywood muscles and those alone to tell ya the truth. lol.. But that's what's up next.

Take care. And cheers!

HA! - I lied to myself yesterday.. Today I was due for Back & Bi's..

Adding psyllium to my program as of today - to be taken with my main meal of the day. Also, beginning today I'm going to make a run at being caffeine free - switching to decaf... We'll see how that goes..

Still not happy with that 'number' but I am happy with my progress. Also wondering if it's due to all the creatine and glutamine I'm taking. Mischa gave me a killer link today that talked about that. (Link is Here)...

Killer article if anyone should care to read.....

Yep! Kinda cool!!

Got a really deep pump today....


Threw in a couple of changes here today that I think will work well for me. For fear of that shooting shoulder pain again, plus because I usually don't have a spot, I've been hesitant to really attack bench plus when I'm on it thoughts of my shoulder, I'm finding, are breaking my concentration a bit. With the chest press though I'm not having those problems and as a result I lifted much heavier weight today and I think that one set carried me to a better workout throughout. I'd really like to be doing free-weight bench, but at least for a while I think I'm going to stick with this.. Same thing also with the seated flat flys.. That's a machine that mimicks laying flat flys and also almost forces good form. Using it I felt better about the shoulder and again there did better weight.

Ahhh yes.. the weight.. I gotta admit that does kinda suck.. lol... But here's something that doesn't:... Although my weight has not really moved that much this past month my measurements have. I'm down one more inch in my waist, and I believe just possibly up about 1/8 inch in my arms.

Think I'll take some more measurments later. ha!

1 inch lost on the waist, good show. Keep up the good work.

Hey Horty.. thanks..

Yesterday was an off-day, but I have quite a bit to report today. Being somewhat satisfied with my progress in the mirror but not really the weight I read the Hussman page in it's entirity (http://www.hussman.org/fitness/) - and from the info in there plus what I already know I set up my own program. The link is at the bottom in my tagline.

This isn't tremendously different from what I've been doing already, but I think the changes that I have made will be significant. In a nutshell, beginning yesterday and with a plan I started tracking everything in PC FitDay. I'm taking out or replacing a few things from my diet (whole eggs to egg beaters, butter to smart balance, limit pork rinds).. I'm restricing caffeine intake to only pre-workout. I'm also reintroducing a very small amt. of fruit (1/4 green apple) back into my diet at key times of the day. I'm finishing off the day with a small serving of slow-protien, and I've also timed my supplemtents - plus decided to eliminate a few of them as the bottle runs out - and I've added Vitamin C and alpha lipoic acid after workouts.

Anyway - lol - I hope I'm not being obsessive-compulsive about it, but what I'm trying to do is get myself on a consistent program where I'm controling both insulin and cortisol production pretty much 24 hours a day while at the same time running a calorie deficit each day - which I'll be tracking in FitDay.

One day on the new program and I'm down over a pound. Plus today while at the gym I hit 3 new personal bests!

Anyway - here's today's workout...
Then finally - HA! This is just too cool.. When I went to the gym today upon walking in the guy who works there said, "Man, I gotta get a picture of you." lol.. It was a reference to his observation that I was being consistent with my program and making good progress. He wanted to make sure I had a good before picture before it was too late. lol..

Anyway - that said - killer workout. Got a great pump today, and feeling much more positive now that I have my program all lined out. I have a sense that I'm in control of the bus, and I know I'm looking much more forward to using the calorie-deficit thing in FitDay as my way to measure performance than what I've been using, which would be the scales.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.. AM Weight is in the title this time.. Back and Bi's tomorrow.

And cheers!