Hughesw2’s BodyBlog

So this whole cardio thing to lose weight is confusing the hell out of me. Its been a couple weeks since I added it to my workout and its been an interesting start. That first week I lifted in the am and ran 3 miles every other day at night. BORING. This 2nd week I’ve been mixing it up a bit at the gym. After reading countless blogs, articles, workout routines, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, I decided I needed to change my routine a bit. Give my muscles a little more push and a little more time off. I found a 5 day workout that I really like with abs and cardio everyday.
Monday: Chest

Tuesday: Back and Calfs
Wednesday: Bis and Tris

Thursday: Shoulders and Legs

Saturday: A little bit of everything

As mentioned before, I absolutely hate cardio. Even with some suggestions and comments, I still hate it. Some days I would rather run my wiener through a meet grinder. But I’ve been doing it. I found that mixing it up keeps me the most focused. One day I will do the recumbant bike, another I will run, the next I will climb the stair treadmill thing (not the one at the mall, but its very similar, and smaller), you get the idea. The strangest thing is I actually gained weight since I started. 175 - 180. I’m not really sure what the deal with that is, my diet didn’t change and all my measurements have stayed about the same, although I have lost 1/2" off my waist in the past 2 weeks. Why the hell am I gaining weight? It can’t be all muscle. 5 lbs in 2 weeks is impossible. It wasnt water weight because I weighed myself first thing that morning. More reason to hate cardio I guess. Ah well, the waist is going down, so I guess that should mean something. I’ll keep working at it and upload some progress pics by the end of the week.

Effin cardio.

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