Yesterday I chose to delay the end of week workout until today. The Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday-Friday schedule is really bad with my class schedule. So, I changed the workout to Monday-Wednesday-Friday-Saturday.
I pretty much kept with my calories yesterday, except for those fries I mentioned.
Today I had a PB sandwich and a cookie for breakfast. At 6am I can a of fish (500 calories worth), and at some points later through the day I had a ham sandwich with horseradish mustard, a cheese stick, and for dinner a chicken breast, a can of peas, and an orange.
So the end of week workout today was the Bodyweight 100 twice, like last week just double with no rest between. I ended up taking my rest throughout the workout. The first round went fine until I got to the jumps, where I studdered twice, then moved on. I studdered next at squats at number 12, then at pushup number 10, then jumps several times for fear of not being able to stand on landing, then partway through lunges, then twice through the close grip pushups.
Basically it means my endurance is lacking, which means that even though the reps in the workouts haven't increased, they should have. So, as said before, I'll be increasing reps. I think I'll up 10 to 15, 12 to 18...I guess every exercise times 1.5.
Total time to get through the workout: 6 minutes + 9 minutes. Yeah. Not what it could have been, not what it should have been.
Showing posts with label Week 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 2. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Week 2 Workout 3
I'm writing this a day late. So some things will be off.
So for the calorie count yesterday: yesterday was a Pb sandwich, two oranges, the Pb and J sandwich, a slab of meat, some mashed potatoes, a can of green beans, and a can of peas. I don't really know what the total calorie count was, but I'd be willing to bet it was about 1200. I wasn't worried about the mashed potatoes because there wasn't much of it.
As for the workout (B today), it took about 30 minutes to complete the workout and the cardio. It's not wearing me out as much as it used to. Some sets, like squats/walking offset pushup are actually kinda easy at this point. And since I go into the cardio right after the workout, I tend to skip the 4 minute warmup. It's fine, the warmup doesn't do anything for your metabolism, unlike the actual intervals.
So, I've got a choice: I can add more reps to the workout, or I can add weight to workout. I've got a sand filled weight vest my sister got me for Christmas, so I think that will work nicely for now. It's about 12 pounds, but wear it through a workout, and it brings everything right back to 'painful, miserable, but I'm gonna do this thing'.
Today is supposed to be the end of the week workout: the bodyweight 100 twice. We'll see how that goes in terms of time. I think I might crunch through the first 100 easy enough, but that second bit is gonna BURN.
So for the calorie count yesterday: yesterday was a Pb sandwich, two oranges, the Pb and J sandwich, a slab of meat, some mashed potatoes, a can of green beans, and a can of peas. I don't really know what the total calorie count was, but I'd be willing to bet it was about 1200. I wasn't worried about the mashed potatoes because there wasn't much of it.
As for the workout (B today), it took about 30 minutes to complete the workout and the cardio. It's not wearing me out as much as it used to. Some sets, like squats/walking offset pushup are actually kinda easy at this point. And since I go into the cardio right after the workout, I tend to skip the 4 minute warmup. It's fine, the warmup doesn't do anything for your metabolism, unlike the actual intervals.
So, I've got a choice: I can add more reps to the workout, or I can add weight to workout. I've got a sand filled weight vest my sister got me for Christmas, so I think that will work nicely for now. It's about 12 pounds, but wear it through a workout, and it brings everything right back to 'painful, miserable, but I'm gonna do this thing'.
Today is supposed to be the end of the week workout: the bodyweight 100 twice. We'll see how that goes in terms of time. I think I might crunch through the first 100 easy enough, but that second bit is gonna BURN.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
It's SO hot
Yeah even for me it's hot, and that's saying something since I'm usually ok in 100 degree heat. I got in my car today, and I must have sweat out 5 pounds, because I'm sure it was 140 in there to start.
No workout today, nothing special going on, gonna stretch a little later. Did a total of about an hour of walking around in 106 degree weather today, so that's good, but it left me pretty tired, and I was already tired from waking up today.
Breakfast was eggs and toast. I'm really liking making myself a real breakfast these days, makes the day seem better than if it was just a PB sandwich or worse, a bowl of cereal, a dish I often just mindlessly crunch and slurp through.
Snack time was almonds. Lunch was a Pb and J sandwich, surprisingly only at 160 calories (100 for the bread, 50 for the PB, 10 for the jelly, it's sugar free). Second snack once home was a can of tuna and a few carrots (chalk 150 tops), and then dinner was a double burger (two patties, two slices of bread. Not real sure, but let's guess about 500).
Not alot to report today, and I think that in future off days will be quick and dirty posts. Straight calorie counts, successes and failures, unless I feel something else really needs said.
No workout today, nothing special going on, gonna stretch a little later. Did a total of about an hour of walking around in 106 degree weather today, so that's good, but it left me pretty tired, and I was already tired from waking up today.
Breakfast was eggs and toast. I'm really liking making myself a real breakfast these days, makes the day seem better than if it was just a PB sandwich or worse, a bowl of cereal, a dish I often just mindlessly crunch and slurp through.
Snack time was almonds. Lunch was a Pb and J sandwich, surprisingly only at 160 calories (100 for the bread, 50 for the PB, 10 for the jelly, it's sugar free). Second snack once home was a can of tuna and a few carrots (chalk 150 tops), and then dinner was a double burger (two patties, two slices of bread. Not real sure, but let's guess about 500).
Not alot to report today, and I think that in future off days will be quick and dirty posts. Straight calorie counts, successes and failures, unless I feel something else really needs said.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Week 2 Workout 2
Tuesdays and Thursdays I have class starting at 8am. I had set my alarm for 6:30, stupid early by my standards since I slept until 9am most days this summer. I ended up feeling rested at 4am, then went back to sleep and back awake at 6:30am. So, I feel pretty tired today. On top of this, my classes go until 6:30pm tonight, so I should get home about 7, get the workout done by 8, maybe homework done by 9, and a little bit of my video game in for another 1-2 hours.
I started the day out with 2 eggs and toast. I packed a PB and J sandwich and orange for lunch, with almonds as the snack before and after lunch. I'm pretty unclear what dinner will be since my last today is from 3:30-6:30pm. Quite. Long.
So far, total calories consumed is this: 330 + 160 + 350 + 160 = 680 + 320 = 1000.
Today was workout A of the weekely workouts, week 2 being BABC. Until I get the workouts posted somewhere more useful, workout A can viewed here.
I got home a little earlier than expected, so I got the workout done by about 7:40. Workout A was a bit easy today, so the next time I do it I'll have to increase reps. It took me about 30 minutes to complete the workout. Worst case though, it got my heart rate up, and that's always a good thing for exercise!
As for dinner, that was just after the workout. A chicken breast, two eggs, and a can of young peas with a 20oz bottle of orange juice! I was famished, and it was delicious. total calories from that is 180 + 160 + 240 (can of peas was 240, why?!?!?!) = 580. Add the orange juice, and lets call it an even 700. Total for the day then 1700. Armed with my newfound knowledge of protein absorption rates of various sources however, we can easily discount 170 calories as pure waste, not going to muscle or fat. I'll justify the orange juice with the fact that one is allowed in the diet per day, and I'll justify the can of veggies with the fact that the daily dose of veggies is supposed to be a "heaping portion" to accompany the protein portion, so as to fill you up and be good for you while not being waste sugar.
I started the day out with 2 eggs and toast. I packed a PB and J sandwich and orange for lunch, with almonds as the snack before and after lunch. I'm pretty unclear what dinner will be since my last today is from 3:30-6:30pm. Quite. Long.
So far, total calories consumed is this: 330 + 160 + 350 + 160 = 680 + 320 = 1000.
*****
I got home a little earlier than expected, so I got the workout done by about 7:40. Workout A was a bit easy today, so the next time I do it I'll have to increase reps. It took me about 30 minutes to complete the workout. Worst case though, it got my heart rate up, and that's always a good thing for exercise!
As for dinner, that was just after the workout. A chicken breast, two eggs, and a can of young peas with a 20oz bottle of orange juice! I was famished, and it was delicious. total calories from that is 180 + 160 + 240 (can of peas was 240, why?!?!?!) = 580. Add the orange juice, and lets call it an even 700. Total for the day then 1700. Armed with my newfound knowledge of protein absorption rates of various sources however, we can easily discount 170 calories as pure waste, not going to muscle or fat. I'll justify the orange juice with the fact that one is allowed in the diet per day, and I'll justify the can of veggies with the fact that the daily dose of veggies is supposed to be a "heaping portion" to accompany the protein portion, so as to fill you up and be good for you while not being waste sugar.
Monday, August 22, 2011
First day of Class
So when I went to class today, on my way I checked how many pullups I could do at 200 pounds (10 lb backpack). The answer is three in a row.
Started off the day with 2 eggs and a piece of toast. chalk up about 300 calories. Had some almonds for a snack, then lunch with the pb and j sandwich + orange. Got home, no snack, dinner was the legs and wings of a rotissere chicken. I had a yogurt a little afterwards. All in all, I'm chalking calories to about 1100 or so. Given my level of inactivity for the day, except for walking around sweating in 108 degree heat, I feel ok about that.
The guy who's place I park at for classes was showing me Arnold's workout, and by Arnold I mean Schwarzenegger. It was a really old book, maybe from the 70's or 80's, about half the size of the Yellow Pages. He was telling me how he did those workouts when he was thirty. He was scarfing 5500 calories a day, putting on muscle like crazy, losing fat like nothing. He gained like 34 pounds of muscle he said, and he looked good (he says also). Given the workouts, which I saw, I believe it. And he had a quote which I like.
"I mean, if you can't trust Arnie to get in shape, who CAN you trust?" -Dave
I decided then that once I was done with this 8 week bodyweight workout, I'd do Arnie's workout. I've never been BUFF before, and I think it could be an interesting change, not to mention that it'll definitely be challenging, plus I can eat whatever the hell I want aside from raw vegetable oil by the quart because my body is going to NEED it. Ok, so that last part was a lie, I'll actually have to watch my diet quite carefully, but if you're packing down 5500 calories, and mostly protein since your body seems to only process 38% of egg protein (a little more for chicken, even more for fish, beef is less than eggs), you can imagine how much food you're cramming down because you need some x number grams of protein per day for the all the muscle you have / want to build.
In 7 weeks, when this program is done, I'll have the workouts ready to copy paste. It's an intense workout, not for anyone who wants to stay slim and toned. This is a mass building project. Dave said that his shoulder blades were entirely hidden by his trapezius muscles, that he gained inches on his forearms and biceps, and his chest gained like 14 inches. That's NUTTY buff, and that happened after 5 months of Arnie's workouts and diets.
It sounds cool. Maybe a nutty, but cool.
I didn't do any stretching today, my left hip was feeling a tad stretched, so I took the day off everything today. It should be better tomorrow.
Until tomorrow then!
Started off the day with 2 eggs and a piece of toast. chalk up about 300 calories. Had some almonds for a snack, then lunch with the pb and j sandwich + orange. Got home, no snack, dinner was the legs and wings of a rotissere chicken. I had a yogurt a little afterwards. All in all, I'm chalking calories to about 1100 or so. Given my level of inactivity for the day, except for walking around sweating in 108 degree heat, I feel ok about that.
The guy who's place I park at for classes was showing me Arnold's workout, and by Arnold I mean Schwarzenegger. It was a really old book, maybe from the 70's or 80's, about half the size of the Yellow Pages. He was telling me how he did those workouts when he was thirty. He was scarfing 5500 calories a day, putting on muscle like crazy, losing fat like nothing. He gained like 34 pounds of muscle he said, and he looked good (he says also). Given the workouts, which I saw, I believe it. And he had a quote which I like.
"I mean, if you can't trust Arnie to get in shape, who CAN you trust?" -Dave
I decided then that once I was done with this 8 week bodyweight workout, I'd do Arnie's workout. I've never been BUFF before, and I think it could be an interesting change, not to mention that it'll definitely be challenging, plus I can eat whatever the hell I want aside from raw vegetable oil by the quart because my body is going to NEED it. Ok, so that last part was a lie, I'll actually have to watch my diet quite carefully, but if you're packing down 5500 calories, and mostly protein since your body seems to only process 38% of egg protein (a little more for chicken, even more for fish, beef is less than eggs), you can imagine how much food you're cramming down because you need some x number grams of protein per day for the all the muscle you have / want to build.
In 7 weeks, when this program is done, I'll have the workouts ready to copy paste. It's an intense workout, not for anyone who wants to stay slim and toned. This is a mass building project. Dave said that his shoulder blades were entirely hidden by his trapezius muscles, that he gained inches on his forearms and biceps, and his chest gained like 14 inches. That's NUTTY buff, and that happened after 5 months of Arnie's workouts and diets.
It sounds cool. Maybe a nutty, but cool.
I didn't do any stretching today, my left hip was feeling a tad stretched, so I took the day off everything today. It should be better tomorrow.
Until tomorrow then!
Week 2 Day 1 + report
First off, the weight report. As you probably noticed, I have not lost any weight. This doesn't mean something's gone horribly wrong, however. I don't remember if not losing weight the first week is typical, but weight loss is only measure of success. Other signs have shown themselves. I've been sleeping better, I've had more energy, my thinking has been a little clearer and I've been more motivated at work and in play. Getting to that final notch on my belt was pretty difficult before but isn't difficult now, fairly easy in fact. I was probably starting to push into size 37 and I've stopped that slide, holding at 36.
Maybe next week we'll see some weight loss. I don't expect alot, just some. I'm going to attempt to be more aggressive my diet as well: more fruits and vegetables, more protein, nothing but water for a drink.
Some reasons I might not have lost weight are because I had a hard time completely eliminating diet soda. While I consumed maybe 1/10th as normal, I still didn't completely cut it, and soda does have this nasty tendency to make people gain weight. There was also the Lucky Wishbone incident, as well as the big lunch yesterday. Still, I don't think I would have scarfed those down if the body wasn't screaming for it. At least the big lunch was mostly protein.
Today is Week 2 Day 1 of the belly off workout. Since last week I went ABAC for workouts, this week it'll be BABC for workouts. As I've not posted the B workout yet, here it is:
Maybe next week we'll see some weight loss. I don't expect alot, just some. I'm going to attempt to be more aggressive my diet as well: more fruits and vegetables, more protein, nothing but water for a drink.
Some reasons I might not have lost weight are because I had a hard time completely eliminating diet soda. While I consumed maybe 1/10th as normal, I still didn't completely cut it, and soda does have this nasty tendency to make people gain weight. There was also the Lucky Wishbone incident, as well as the big lunch yesterday. Still, I don't think I would have scarfed those down if the body wasn't screaming for it. At least the big lunch was mostly protein.
*****
The workout took me about 40 minutes. It's still difficult, even though the reps haven't increased.
*****
Calorie Count for the day.
Cherry cheese danish at 3am, can of peas at 5:15am, munching on bits of stuff until 9am. My guess would be 450 + 240 + 100 = 700. As soon as I got home, I went to sleep. I woke up around 2pm and had a bowl of hamburger meat with green beans, likely another 350 calories, and then an orange, about 50 calories. Later that night I had 2 eggs and a tamale and an orange for dinner, about 240 + 160 + 50 = 460 calories.
Total: 460 + 700 + 400 = 1560.
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