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Here is my online journal for my journey back into going to the gym etc..
Some history:
I'd been working out consistently for a few years, and then slowly I started hitting the gym less and less until eventually I stopped altogether. I was hitting plateaus, and there would be many weeks I'd only go once.
All I remember is my bench plateaued at 255, and no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't go up. I guess I gave up even before I stopped going because my diet was failing, all my weights were getting lower and lower, etc. I remember the last time I went to the gym my bench was barely at 185. Currently I dropped about 20 pounds of muscle mass since last working out...
Anyways, I'm about to head out the door to go to the gym for the first time in three months. Of course, it's really been over a year since I've gone regularly..
I want to make a change in my life RIGHT NOW, and I remember being on this forum (on a different account of which I can't remember) reading about all sorts of stuff when I first started out. I think posting up a journal will help motivate me to actually follow through with everything. I'm planning on logging the exercises I've done to keep track of what I'm doing.
When I return from the gym, I'll make an edit to this post to start my journal.
***EDIT***
Sunday 11/7/10
Flat Bench Press BB
1. (45x10)x2
2. 95x10
3. 135x8
4. 155x8
5. 185x2
6. 135x6
Incline Bench DB
1. 30x8
2. 40x6
3. 40x6
Seated EZ Bar curl
1. 25x10 (onlybar)
2. 45x8
3. 65x8
4. 65x8
Notes:
After doing my last set of Incline DB press, I felt like I pulled something in my arm. I figured I overworked it and pushed too hard, so I decided to have a short workout and just do a few sets for my biceps. Today was Day 1, and in three weeks I'm hoping to get into the groove.
Some history:
I'd been working out consistently for a few years, and then slowly I started hitting the gym less and less until eventually I stopped altogether. I was hitting plateaus, and there would be many weeks I'd only go once.
All I remember is my bench plateaued at 255, and no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't go up. I guess I gave up even before I stopped going because my diet was failing, all my weights were getting lower and lower, etc. I remember the last time I went to the gym my bench was barely at 185. Currently I dropped about 20 pounds of muscle mass since last working out...
Anyways, I'm about to head out the door to go to the gym for the first time in three months. Of course, it's really been over a year since I've gone regularly..
I want to make a change in my life RIGHT NOW, and I remember being on this forum (on a different account of which I can't remember) reading about all sorts of stuff when I first started out. I think posting up a journal will help motivate me to actually follow through with everything. I'm planning on logging the exercises I've done to keep track of what I'm doing.
When I return from the gym, I'll make an edit to this post to start my journal.
***EDIT***
Sunday 11/7/10
Flat Bench Press BB
1. (45x10)x2
2. 95x10
3. 135x8
4. 155x8
5. 185x2
6. 135x6
Incline Bench DB
1. 30x8
2. 40x6
3. 40x6
Seated EZ Bar curl
1. 25x10 (onlybar)
2. 45x8
3. 65x8
4. 65x8
Notes:
After doing my last set of Incline DB press, I felt like I pulled something in my arm. I figured I overworked it and pushed too hard, so I decided to have a short workout and just do a few sets for my biceps. Today was Day 1, and in three weeks I'm hoping to get into the groove.
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