First Phase Complete
Today the first phase of my body transformation officially ended. It is two years later, and I am 65 pounds lighter.
I had a planned end date to this phase and I ended up at the weight I had targeted.
The second phase, where I start building muscle begins in a couple days. I’ve actually been "blending" the two phases for about three weeks. I’ve been weight training fairly hard. Certainly harder than I ever have in the past. I don’t see any results, partly because I haven’t been eating enough. But even though I don’t see any results, I know that my body must be preparing to adapt.
I’ve read that you might see strength changes relatively early on, but measurable increases in muscle usually takes four to six weeks. I’ve never stuck with weight training for more than four consecutive weeks. I’ve been doing it for three weeks. now.
The problem that I see coming is that I won’t have access to weights for the next three weeks since I will be on the road. I’ll have to improvise.
I also don’t have access to a scale, which may be a good thing. I could use a few weeks away from a scale. I might bring my measuring tape. After all, inches are more important than pounds.
July 18, 2007 at 10:01 am
Do exercises using your own body weight. You can alway do squats, lunges, dips, push ups and so on. If you go to the articles section of bodybuiding.com and look up exercises you can find exercises using your own weight as resistance. Congrats on reaching your initial goal and good luck on your next.