jessejack’s BodyBlog

So I’m making some definite progress. I looked in the mirror this morning and noticed…I am starting to get abs. I thought I might just be dropping weight so I stepped on the scale and found out that I am actually gaining weight. Definitely moving along nicely. It’s kind of strange too because I stopped lifting the heavy weights and have been doing a "home workout" lately, and my diet has gone to utter shit. So I was a little skeptical that I would be seeing gains. But here they are! So, yeah, go me.

So, I don’t know if this is appropriate here, or too much info, or whatever. But I have noticed that since roughly the time I started getting into a serious groove with working out, I’ve also gained a lot more stamina in the bedroom. In other words, I’m no longer a "two pump chump". I think this is pretty cool because I feel like the uber-lover but I can see where it might get old since my lady doesn’t seem to be into marathon sex and shoves me off her after about 15 minutes.

Anyway, I’m not posting this to brag or anything, I actually am curious to know if anyone has seen a connection like this before, or if I’m reading too much into the correlation. I don’t think it’s something about her, or my "alone time" habits (if anything I’ve done that stuff less lately) and it seems to be the case every time.

So, I’m pretty stoked. I’m no Rip Studly (yet!) but I noticed today, after my workout when I was about to get into the shower, that if I flex my abdomen my chest sticks out further than my gut. That was one of my short-term goals and I’m really stoked. Now I can shoot for improving my measurements, and more definition in my chest and stomach.

On a side note, I think I’m going to consider moving to a two-day split instead of a full-body circuit. Reason being, I’ve read that you shouldn’t work out for more than 40 minutes at a time; accordingly, I break my workout into 5 min. light cardio warmup, 30 minutes lifting, and 5 min. light cardio cool down. It seems like I’m starting to run into this problem, especially now that I’m going more frequently, where there happens to be 300 people at the gym all milling around and I spend more time standing there waiting than lifting. If I could camp on a station until I’m done with it instead of moving around (because I’m currently doing so many different exercises) that would cut down on a lot of waiting time for me.

But anyway, mini celebration for me. Off to eat some chicken on whole wheat. Later!