First workout…
OK, I started on Monday with my 16 week journey. My workouts are planed for the first phase for next two weeks.
I will workout at home and hopefully it will lead me to a steady working out in the gym.
Why am I starting like this? Why I just do not pay for my gum membership and start working out like in the old days? It’s quite simple. If I manage to workout in my room for four weeks, and stay motivated all that time, I will also manage to stay motivated in the gym. There is also the question of adaptation period. By working out at home, I have only dumbells and the rest of the exercises will be done with my body weight only!
This is very important for several factors. First of all, it is good adaptation workout to get your body to get used on exercising on a regular basis. While I could just jump into gym and start lifting weights and working out hard core, but that is exactly what I’ve done before. Secondly, I have to do more repetitions and this way I will hit my muscles in a whole different way. Hitting those red muscle fibers with blood will give a different feeling to my muscles and hopefully I will break some routine I am in for years.
Anyway I have one, more important thing to deal with, and it is my mind set. You see, I was always "bigger is better" type of person. I never actually made it this way, but I still keep at it, and I know it is time for me to change it now. So by working out in this (simple) way I plan on changing the way I think training should be done. Some people think this is not important but I think it gets into you and soon you believe you are the only one who knows the right thing to do.
Workout No1!
Day Number One, numero uno 
I finished 7 out of 10 exercises on the first day. Push-ups, squats, sit-ups, crunches, pull-ups with 30 repetitions per exercise. 3 sets for 10 repetitions and I was exhausted.
October 31, 2007 at 2:40 am
Best of luck.
October 31, 2007 at 7:34 am
Hey thanks!