happy new year! well, its 4:20am and im getting ready to do my exercises. i use an exercise log so i know weeks in advance what exercises ill do . im getting myself pysched up now. while im getting ready i thought id review how i started exercising.
it was about 10 years ago and i was not liking my deteriorating body. its not that i was a blob but rather that i just did not feel happy about aging (not thrilled about it today either). so i got this book called top shape by joyce vedral. she was in great shape and her book looked so simple. just get a couple of super whimpy dumbbells, a bench and start doing it. that book is very encouraging. even though my weights were light and the exercises were mild, i got into it. since that time ive been exercising 3 times a week. it becomes a habit that you just cant, wont, dont want to give up. i dont spend hours in some strange gym, youll see. but gosh i feel better.
well, here i go:
deadlift 8x145 oh that was good to get over with. i use a trapbar which allows me to keep the weights loaded on the bar and does not hurt my wrists as bad. boy do i hate (love) that exercise!
dumbbell curls 8x 25 boy, i almost feel guilty that is such a light weight.as you will see in the coming weeks, though, that this will drastically change. im also going through a strict form phase with this particular move.
concentration curls 8x25 per arm the important thing about this is to concentrate on form and use a very controlled movement. one of my weaknesses as you will see is to just toss weights around so i can get heavier. when i switch to very light weights i can do a proper movement and really feel the exercise while being in control. watch this next exercise!!
barbell curls 8x100 oh that was a bitch!!! im still breathing hard. actually, was a personal best . have never before done 8x100. ive always had to do a couple of curls and then come back later to do a couple of more until all 8 were completed. form??? rotten! throw weights around almost out of control? yup. soon you will see a drastic drop in weight to get more control and better all over muscle response.
upright barbell rows 8x100 for some reason i have always found this exercise fairly easy. i use explosive movements or very slow movements when i do this one.
inverted rows 45 for this one i lie down on my flatbench under my benchpress bar. i then do a movement like pullups with my arms very wide. i do it fast and always feel im not getting anywhere.
dumbbell reverse grip bench press 8x25 again, way too easy. but, as ive said this too will change!using very proper form fairly slowly. the more i get into this exercise thing the more i feel that variation is a good thing. i think joe weider used to call this muscle confusion. i think this is the reason you find more varied routines. my email, pal, clarence bass has a fabulous website that explores this and many other things. you will hear me refer to clarence often. he is my ongoing hero and inspiration
crunches 85 what can i say... a pain in the butt but needed
military press 5x100 form absolutely awful! its really more of partial reps. i dont have the oooomph for even one good press. in the next few weeks you will see a huge drop in weight and a return to full contrlled movement. its funny, i feel like even this failure is still helping make progress but it can definitely lead to injury.
well, thats it for today. i hope some folks will eventually find this little blog and find it straightforward, and maybe even fun
it was about 10 years ago and i was not liking my deteriorating body. its not that i was a blob but rather that i just did not feel happy about aging (not thrilled about it today either). so i got this book called top shape by joyce vedral. she was in great shape and her book looked so simple. just get a couple of super whimpy dumbbells, a bench and start doing it. that book is very encouraging. even though my weights were light and the exercises were mild, i got into it. since that time ive been exercising 3 times a week. it becomes a habit that you just cant, wont, dont want to give up. i dont spend hours in some strange gym, youll see. but gosh i feel better.
well, here i go:
deadlift 8x145 oh that was good to get over with. i use a trapbar which allows me to keep the weights loaded on the bar and does not hurt my wrists as bad. boy do i hate (love) that exercise!
dumbbell curls 8x 25 boy, i almost feel guilty that is such a light weight.as you will see in the coming weeks, though, that this will drastically change. im also going through a strict form phase with this particular move.
concentration curls 8x25 per arm the important thing about this is to concentrate on form and use a very controlled movement. one of my weaknesses as you will see is to just toss weights around so i can get heavier. when i switch to very light weights i can do a proper movement and really feel the exercise while being in control. watch this next exercise!!
barbell curls 8x100 oh that was a bitch!!! im still breathing hard. actually, was a personal best . have never before done 8x100. ive always had to do a couple of curls and then come back later to do a couple of more until all 8 were completed. form??? rotten! throw weights around almost out of control? yup. soon you will see a drastic drop in weight to get more control and better all over muscle response.
upright barbell rows 8x100 for some reason i have always found this exercise fairly easy. i use explosive movements or very slow movements when i do this one.
inverted rows 45 for this one i lie down on my flatbench under my benchpress bar. i then do a movement like pullups with my arms very wide. i do it fast and always feel im not getting anywhere.
dumbbell reverse grip bench press 8x25 again, way too easy. but, as ive said this too will change!using very proper form fairly slowly. the more i get into this exercise thing the more i feel that variation is a good thing. i think joe weider used to call this muscle confusion. i think this is the reason you find more varied routines. my email, pal, clarence bass has a fabulous website that explores this and many other things. you will hear me refer to clarence often. he is my ongoing hero and inspiration
crunches 85 what can i say... a pain in the butt but needed
military press 5x100 form absolutely awful! its really more of partial reps. i dont have the oooomph for even one good press. in the next few weeks you will see a huge drop in weight and a return to full contrlled movement. its funny, i feel like even this failure is still helping make progress but it can definitely lead to injury.
well, thats it for today. i hope some folks will eventually find this little blog and find it straightforward, and maybe even fun
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