Beagle269’s BodyBlog

So, the last couple of days I have been feeling sick, just the normal head cold, throat, ears, the usual.  I have taken one or two days off from working out, but even considering the days when I did workout, (while I was sick) I still felt much better afterwards, but felt a lot worse during the workout.  Some people say to take a couple days off when you get sick, and others say to continue with your workouts, or change them up a little.  So, I feel like I did better mentally from accomplishing something.  Does anyone else have any input on this subject.  My father long ago told me how he would get tons of clothes on and go running hard in the rain, which I have found to help me in the past.

Also trying to figure out how to get my name to google to my bodyspace, perhaps by putting it in here in places…  -Travis Stecker

So, the last couple of weeks I have kept at it, my winter weight lifting program that is.  And I am feeling great!  My increase in strength and tone is already noticable.  I have been able to lift 3 or more days a week for the last few weeks, and each time I have been able to get my energy out, get sore, and feel like I accomplished a lot.  I remember in high school, in the height of my Wrestling and weight training program my strenght, my max amounts, and my muscle bulk, I can’t wait to get it back.  I can’t wait to take a trip down to my brothers in Oregon and take my measurements again.  I finally lifted my max lifts for measurement purposes and didn’t even have enough weights to complete the exercise!  I need to buy some extra weights I guess.  My increase in ability to lift a given amount of weight is awesome.  I am struggling with an outlined workout, due to limited equipment, and overage of energy (when my partner is lifting, I start lifting other things! hahah)  Anyways, hoping to post some progress "Start pictures" on my page which were take a few weeks ago.

The last 2 weeks I have been able to start a different type of training than I have been used to for the last couple years.  For the last couple of years I have focused almost entirely on my cardio workouts and triathlon training programs, except for the few guest passes that my friends would invite me to a workout with them.  However, I have finally found a place to workout, and lift, not to mention a friend to workout with.

Finding a friend to workout with has been difficult for me, it seems all my friends over the years do not have enough intensity, or desire for a tough workout.  Others just want to stand around, chat, and lift bench press, while checking out the gym girls of course. Finding a friend to workout with me for triathlon training is a huge joke as well, no one has the needed intensity, or required disipline, not to mention that they all think I am crazy.
But now, I have someone who lifts similar weight amounts, and is into it for the workout, the intensity, and interested in the improvement.  Not to mention that he has a gym at his house so that it can save me money.

So, in the last 2 weeks, I have been able to lift 3 days each week.  And I am already feeling good, already feeling the increase in ability to lift.  After each workout, I have been very sore, even with such low weight amounts compared to what I used to lift in high school.  After not lifting for so long, and only working  on my cardio all these years, I feel I should be able to increase my muscle strength and body tone at a good rate.  I try and explain to people my curve theory, most don’t understand at first glance.  But in essence, since I suck at lifting, my ability to increase my stats and tone, towards the beginning should be very easy.  Then it gets harder and harder as you improve to get an increase, or something like that, right?

In relation, to my curve theory, if someone sucked at running, or didn’t run at all, and they ran a mile time, then trained for a month or two, they could take a ton of time off their mile time.  Whereas, if you were a fast runner, and already trained, you could run a mile, and then train harder for 2 months, and be happy to take even seconds off your time.

Anyways, I am really looking forward to getting my first max lift readings in about 2 weeks, once my muscles are prepared for it. (Don’t want to get hurt or do something stupid)