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01/28 - Weigh-In

And the weight keeps coming off.  Very, very slowly.

I couldn't exercise on Weds since I had to be in LA for my internship and yesterday I was busy with work... Made up for it with a good workout today.  Arm strength is getting better, thank goodness.  I also worked out on Monday, but I didn't get around to posting (oops).  I'll just list out today's reps since I actually didn't add any weight Monday.

Chest Press: 60lbs - 3x 15 reps
Chest Fly: 50lbs - 3x 15 reps
Ab Machine: 100lbs - 3x 15 reps (+10lbs!)
Lat Rows: 60lbs - 3x 145 reps
Lat Pull-downs: 80lbs 3x 15 reps (+10lbs!)
Bicep Curls: 60lbs - 3x 15 reps (+20lbs!!)
Shoulder Press: 35 lbs 3x 15 reps
Cardio: 20 minutes (elliptical)

01/22 - Recap of Yesterday's workout

I had a full day yesterday, I almost forgot that I worked out in the morning!  Here is a recap:

Chest Press: 60lbs - 3x 15 reps (back on track!)
Chest Fly: 50lbs - 3x 15 reps (+10lbs!)
Ab Machine: 90lbs - 1x 15 reps, 100lbx - 3x 15 reps (back on track!)
Lat Rows: 60lbs - 3x 15 reps (+10lbs!)
Lat Pull-downs: 80lbs - 1x 15 reps, 70lbs - 2x 15 reps
Bicep Curls: 40lbs - 3x 15 reps, 50lbs - 1x 15 reps
Tricep Dips: 3x 15 reps
Shoulder Press: 35 lbs - 3x 15 reps
Cardio: 20 minutes (elliptical)

01/20 - Running to my Car

I tried running today. I parked somewhat farther away, mostly because I couldn't find parking but also because it'd be a good way for me to get cardio in.  I ran to the opposite end of my housing complex, jogged back, and then ran another 10 minutes to my car.

I've come to these conclusions: I can't run very far and I need new running shoes.

Weighed in via Wii Fit and apparently lost nearly 2lbs? Not sure if that's a good thing or not... Haha.

01/19 - Sore from Venting

Looks like I'm still trying to recuperate from Tuesday's venting workout, because today I was still sore and couldn't do as much at the gym.

Chest Press: 60lbs - 3x 10 reps (-5 reps)
Chest Fly: 40lbs - 3x 10 reps (-5 reps)
Ab Machine: 90lbs - 3x 15 reps (-10lbs)
Lat Rows: 50lbs - 3x 15 reps
Lat Pull-Downs: 80lbs - 1x 15 reps, 70lbs - 2x 15 reps (-10lbs)
Bicep Curls: 40lbs 3x 15 reps, 50lbs 1x 10 reps (pushed!)
Cardio: 10 minutes (brisk walk) (-10 minutes)

No one said I wouldn't have my off days.

01/17 - Letting Out Frustration

Today ended on a bad note. Instead of letting it eat me up inside, I did exercises in my room:

Push-ups: ~90-100ish (+50!!)
Crunches: 100+ (+40!!)
Leg lifts: ~40 or 50 (+40!!)
This Insane Exercise (thanks, Allex): 5 reps (!!)

...And then I promptly collapsed onto the floor and stayed there for a good ten minutes.

Now I'm super tired (and will surely be sore come morning), but I'm not seething anymore, which I suppose is a win-win.

01/14 - Workout Recap

Felt horrible waking up today.  That's what I get for eating junk... Punished myself for it by gym-ing it up:

Ab Machine - 100lbs - 3x 15 reps (+25lbs!)
Chest Press - 60lbs - 3x 15 reps
Lat Rows - 50lbs - 2x 15 reps + 60lbs - 1x 18 reps (pushed!)
Lat Pull-downs - 70lbs - 2x 15 reps + 80lbs - 1x 15.5 reps (+10lbs and pushed!)
Bicep Curls - 40lbs - 3x 15 reps
Shoulder Press - 35lbs - 2x 10 reps
Triceps Dips - 3x 10 reps
Cardio - 20 minutes (elliptical)

01/13 - (Yesterday's) Lunch!

Well, I was doing great in terms of eating up until today (thanks to a certain Bryan Jackson). Scarfed down a tamale + chile relleno, so bad but so gooood. Definitely hitting the gym hard tomorrow!

To make up for it, here is a picture of what I had for lunch yesterday. Baked lemon pepper chicken + salad w/ light vinaigrette + feta cheese, basil and sun-dried tomato over wheat bread.

There. That makes up for it, right? ... Right? :(

01/12 - I Found a Scale

I know that finding out how much I weigh is important to keeping myself healthy. But I didn't have a way to weigh myself.  So after my workout today, I was about to run off to the store to find myself a scale when I came to a huge epiphany on my way out the door.

DUH.

So I fired up Wii Fit and stepped onto the scale (which elicited a little "oof!" from the cheeky balance board character. Thanks).

Now I know my weight and BMI! And it has a cool chart showing my progress. Nifty! From here on out, be on the lookout for weekly weigh-ins courtesy of Wii Fit! Woohoo!

Here goes my workout for today. Focused on blasting my arms and abs today. (I'm already feeling it...) The triceps machine was broken though, so I did triceps dips instead.

Leg Lifts (for abs) - 3x 10 reps
Ab Machine - 75lbs 3x 20 reps
Chest Fly - 40lbs 3x 15 reps
Chest Press - 60lbs 3x ~10-15 reps (+10lbs!)
Lat Rows - 50lbs 3x 15 reps
Lat Pull-downs - 60lbs 3x 15 reps
Bicep Curls - 40lbs 3x 15 reps (+5lbs!)
Triceps Dips - 3x 10 reps
Cardio - 20 minutes (elliptical)

01/10 - Breakfast!

After a weekend of bumming around, I finally got my crap together and went to my apartment community gym today.  Had a really good workout and treated myself to this: over-easy egg + fresh, farmer's market sundried tomato & garlic hummus w/ Gouda cheese on sourdough + nice tall glass of organic OJ.  Who knew eating healthy could be so yummy!

Now for a recap of my workout this morning:

Crunches - 3x 20 reps
Chest Fly - 40lbs - 3x 15 reps
Chest Press - 50lbs - 3x 15 reps
Lat Rows - 50lbs - 3x 15 reps
Lat Pull-downs - 60lbs - 3x 15 reps
Bicep Curls - 35lbs - 3x 15 reps
Tricep Extensions - 15/10lbs - 2x ~10 reps (at this point I was getting a bit tired...)
Cardio - 20 minutes (treadmill)

Obviously, I need to work on getting my arm strength up.  That and abs will be what I'll be focusing on for a bit.

01/07 - Just a Quick Recap

I know I promised a better quality post today but this week has been blah so it'll have to wait... Sorry.

Anyway, I exercised a bit today; here are some stats:

Push-ups
3 sets of 15 (+5 from last workout!)

Crunches
3 sets of 20

Leg Lifts
10.

Cardio
7 minutes (brisk walk)

01/06 - Soreness!

Okay I don't have much time I have to do this before 12am. Just one thing to tell you: I'm sore. That's probably good.  Will make up for this post tomorrow! Bahhhh!!

01/05 - D'awh, the first workout of '11.

Kay! Well, after a silly sequence of events that I won't bother mentioning here, it looks like I actually have time to update at the beginning of the day today.

As promised, here is a recap of my first workout of 2011:

Push-ups
3 sets of 10

Crunches
3 sets of 20

Lunges
3 sets of 20

Cardio
10 minutes (brisk walk)

As of right now I think I had the most difficulty doing the crunches.  I think I can up the reps on the push-ups next time and definitely jog for longer.  I know this isn't an intense workout by any means but hey! Baby steps!

It has also come to my attention that I need a couple things to really get this going... Currently, I'm down $200 thanks to MY CAR GETTING TOWED FSJDKFHKSJAH (ahem. sorry.) but here is a wish-list of equipment I could probably use:

- new running shoes
- pull-up bar
- simple free-weight set
- a scale

That's about it! Until next time!

01/04 - A Rough Workout Plan

After a talk with Val, I decided to make a workout schedule for me to go by and propagate this side of the site with my progress.

This week is unfortunately pretty busy for me so I have no time to gym it up.  So, looks like I'll have to do (...google...) "bodyweight exercises" in the morning before I head off to my internship.

So I guess I shall try pushups, crunches and lunges and some sort of cardio right off the bat tomorrow. That seems like a nice rounded workout, right?  I'll do these exercises in the morning and gauge how many reps I can do and then formulate a plan from there.  Wish me luck!

01/03 - How to start...

So unlike the left side of this page, I'm not quite sure how this is going to work.  Working out and exercising really hasn't been my forte so I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to this.  I suppose I should lay down some base stats so I can compare with how I end up at the end of the year. Okay! Plan!

Starting Weight!!
150ish? lbs.

BMI!
Er, Not quite sure.

Yeah okay, I'm no good at this.