Week 6 Day 1
Whew. What a day. I would have liked to start blogging sooner but I never had the courage to sign up. I finally grew some balls today. I should give a backstory or something shouldn’t I? Well, I’m 22 years old and I am a Microsoft Office Specialist Instructor. I’ve been active at very irregular intervals throughout my life, but over the past four years I haven’t done any real regular physical activity. I’m not a sports person, and even when I was skinny (most of my life), I had no muscle definition, no abs, NOTHING! In fact, I think I’m genetically unable to get abs, but one of my goals is to beat my genetics. (If anyone has done this please let me know). Recently I spoke to an old friend from the Bahamas, and he showed me his pics. I was blown away. He had magazine quality cuts, and I wanted those. He forced me to take some pics of myself and only when I saw the pics did I realize that I had become extrememly fat and out of shape. My eyes were opened and I immediately started on a new diet and exercise regime.
Today is actually Day 1 of Week 6 in achieving my new body. I usually do Chest, Triceps and Shoulders today but I had some errands to run so I cut out my shoulder exercise and hit the Chest and Tris. Honestly, I think I’m weak. I did flat dumbbell press (3×15, 10, 8 with the max weight being 40 lbs), bench press (3x 15, 10, 8 max 95 lbs with a spotter) and incline press and cable flyes. For triceps I did skullcrushers (first time and this exercise rocks HARD), Tricep pushdowns and Arm extensions. I killed my chest today, but my triceps feel normal, not fatigued. I think I need a training partner but I have no available friends. I also asked my gym about a personal trainer, but the guy is charging TT$500 (US$83) a month to train me and I just dont have that kind of cash. I need lots of guidance…
October 13, 2008 at 8:54 pm