Ok UFAz, nuff talk about me. I'm not an ath-A-lete like some of you fooz but I just do what I do. It's worked for me in helping to cut fat and build muscle. Still got a long way to go but I think I'm on the right track. We'll see.
If you're interested in the story, it's pretty simple. It wasn't for health or financial reasons though both are much better as a result. I just finally realized I was getting too fat and dozing too quickly after eating lunch.
Before I started this I was around 240lb with a size 40 waist. My bad eating and drinking habits had me pounding a case of beer and an equal amount of food on a regular basis. It came to the point where I had to put an end to the gluttony.
What helped me focus and stay motivated was hiking. I hadn't gone in over 10 years but still recalled how grueling it was. The last time we went it stormed leaving us to face flashfloods in the waterfall area, mudslides scaling the mountain back up to the trail, and heavy rain/gusty winds the whole time. Back then I enjoyed the experience but years later the idea of dragging my fat ass through that again was idiotic.
With hiking back on the agenda it was time for a change. I was already doing a lot of pushups in the morning but my intake was too great. First thing I did was greatly reduce the starch in my diet. Never really had much of a sweet tooth so was basically beer, rice, bread, saimin, etc.
Next I had to implement a harsh workout schedule. It had to be one to thoroughly kick my ass into shape. The pushups went out the door and I focused on lifting again rounded out with cardio and abs.
My NordicTrack was okay since it could be stored but the Bodysmith took up way too much space and was a pain to break down and setup all the time. A stickler for not thinking outside the box it never occured to me to buy a standalone bench. Luckily, the timing was right.
Killa had just gotten back into his workout groove and was testing different benches. He turned me onto the Bodygear five position bench. That damn thing is a great addition to my equipment!
One thing I've never liked are the old collars with the allenwrench locks. The old dumbells used those and they're a pain to change. Imagine when the locks get stripped cause that's what happend to one of them. I pulled whatever plates I could from them other dumbell then went over to the store and picked up two new ones. These two have also become nice hardware additions.
Now with everything in place the workout was pretty basic. Started off with stretching followed by abs then cario then weights. Routine was 6 days with one day break. Since then I have modified it to 5 days straight during the week then full weekend break.
When I first started I was only seeing weight loss. It didn't help that I don't eat a lot of meat so I needed some supplementation. After some testing I finally settled on the following stack of over priced drug crap: thermogenic, creatine, protein, multi, joint. If not for the fact they have immensely improved my workout I would say they suck.
Anyway, there's not much to it. Just gotta set aside the two hours or so of time each day to get beat. The more beat, the more meat. Good luck.
Hope this didn't bore you too much!
