fitforty’s BodyBlog

Today was chest, back and abs.  I had a good lift.  I felt energized and lifted for a good 1.5 hrs.  No cardio today, because it rained.  I was fully dressed for a run this afternoon; long sleeve compression shirt, etc., but I decided not to run.  I just recovered from bronchitis and I don’t want to get sick again.

Today was my abs day.  There were not many people in the gym.  Perhaps only 5 total during my time at the gym.  It was really quiet, considering the NFL games have stopped between the last playoff games and the Super Bowl.  This is the time I dread the most, because college FB has ended and the NFL will follow soon.  It has been raining a lot here in So. California.  Well, for California it has.  Our mountains have had good amounts of snow and some of our freeways have shut down.  Unfortunately we had a few avalanches and 3 people had died.  This is unusual for us in S. Cal.

Tomorrow begins another week.  I hope it’s not too cold for my 3 mile run.  As far as the workout in the gym, I have chest, back and abs scheduled.

Have a great Monday everyone!

I had another good workout day.   I worked on shoulders, legs and did some cardio.  I felt energized and made some weight increase strides.  In the past I didn’t like to workout my shoulders, but after wearing tank tops during summer days, I noticed that my shoulders did not match the size of my arms. 

I have to admit, of all of the exercises that I do, I don’t like the pain I feel when working out my shoulders.  Am I a wuss?  I don’t know, but I experienced injury to my shoulder years ago.  I have been timid about training my shoulders, in fear of getting injured again.

Moving forward, for over a year, I have worked on my shoulders and I can definitely see a difference.  I am using workouts plans from Men’s Health magazines and other training plans on the web. Like most of my workouts, I use dumbbells and some cable machines.

Some of the guys I see in the gym have huge bolder shoulders.  Perhaps, one day I can be at that level.  For now, I am happy on where I am.  

My 3 mile run was completed earlier in the day, but I am noticing my time completing this run has been getting longer.  I still had a good cardio workout, but any slower I would be running backwards!  :)  It was cold here yesterday, ok not as cold as everywhere else, but for California, it was cold.  Long sleeve compression shirts are a good thing!

I had a great day today!  I worked on chest, back and abs.  I felt really energized.  My supplement intake before the lift was EAS Whey Protein and GNC Ultimate Thermo Pump.  I felt really good throughout my lifts.  As far as cardio, I could only run 1 mile and walk one mile earlier today.  My legs were still sore from my leg workout a few days ago.  

It was abs day today.  My favorite exercise is the High to Low Wood Choppers.  Great for the core!

I had a great workout today.  After taking my first dosage of GNC Ultimate Thermo Pump and EAS whey protein drink I was off to the gym.  I felt really explosive at the gym.  It was shoulders, legs and abs day.  I don’t usually care for shoulder work, but I have been noticing growth, and that is a good thing!  My down to this day was after I entered my workout in my progress report and for some unknown reason the data was lost.  Oh well, I hope I recall the weights and numbers tomorrow. 

When I lift in the gym, I use dumbells and I superset.  I sweat when I work out and I often notice that the other guys don’t.  In fact they take longer rest periods between lifts.  What is a mistery to me is why some of these guys are much larger than I am? I’m not small at all, but when I am in the gym and I see these guys, I say to myself, " I sweat when I lift, why don’t you?"

Well, I finally got to use my new gym.  Fitness-19 is a great place for me and my family.  We used to be members at LA Fitness, but after being there for a year and only using the raq ball courts 2 times, it seemed silly to pay $80.00 a month.  We joined Fitness 19 and we are now paying only $34.00 a month and in addition, it is closer to our home.

The F-19 has good equipment and the set up is really nice.  I was really energized at the gym and I can see myself making new gains with my workouts.  I can’t wait to go back there again!

After some good football this past weekend, I’m back and I hope to have a good workout week.  Last week, I only ran M-F.  I didn’t hit the gym, because my new gym is still not open.  Still, having home equipment, I should have worked out.  I did work out the weekend before last and I did lift on Satuday.  I’m trying to get use to use this workout tracker.  It seems slow at times to enter the data, but having a good database may be helpful.