Matt W’s BodyBlog

I figured I would post my workout plan so you all can see what I’m doing… obviously I appreciate any feedback or suggestions you may have.  Just as a quick note before that though Monday I was 195 today I’m 189 (I attribute it mostly to the diet I set for myself and the increase in workout intensity).

This workout is based on the “Get 25% Stronger” Plan in M&F September 2007, but I changed it to test my on sort of theory.  I know the best way to increase strength, or at least the recommended way is heavy weight, low reps on the main exercises… and I know it works.  But I want to see if you can increase your strength by increasing your 12 Rep “Max” and going heavy on what I sometimes call the refining exercises.

That’s my Monday through Wednesday.  Thursday is “Core and Band Day”, basically a day to strengthen the core muscles through various ball exercises, twists and using the bands as a resistance method to strengthen the back and shoulders to aid in heavy bench and back exercises… oh, just as a quick note, I know you are probably wondering where my cardio is.  Well I’m training for a Half Marathon so Thursday and Sunday I run progressively from 6-14 miles.

Plyometric and Push/Pull is just that plyometric and agility exercises with push ups and pull ups cycled in.  This is much like core day in that I just come up with the workout as I go.  I do have some staples like Box Jumps, but nothing else is really planned.

Power day is for the athlete in me.  I do a lot of power/strength exercises  I have 6 specific exercises I do, then I throw in some really difficult core exercises and some other things,

Power Day consists of:
Incline Bench
Power Clean
Deadlift
Shrugs
Weighted Dips
Weighted Pull ups
-  I might do some farmer’s walks, spider pull ups, pull up leg lifts (I mix it up)

Well there you go, that’s it in a nutshell.  Take a look, let me know what you think.

Best of Luck everyone.

New Workout

Dear diary… hahaha couldn’t help it.  What’s going on everyone… hope you all enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday, though not too much.  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I definitely had a little too much to eat.  Anyway, I figured this would be the opportune time to begin my transformation as it were.  I know on my profile it says I want to get down to 180, but if I can get cut in 10 weeks while putting on 10 lbs instead, I won’t be all that upset.

I posted my first pics so please critique; everything but "you’re a pale bastard", hey its cold here in VA.  I feel the front pic doesn’t do me justice; probably the result of my minor binge yesterday.  But no matter, I’ll get some up at the end of this week so you can compare.  If your curious about my workout plan, let me know and I’ll post it.  I can only really give you the first 3 days of the week because the Thurs-Sunday I kind of make up as I go.  Also, if you are curious about any supplements, let me know, I’ve tried many and I am willing to be a guinea pig (NO STEROIDS)

Alright, time to get to it.  Hope you all have a great week and best of luck in your own efforts.

I figured I’d start this off by giving you a little bit of a background on me and where I’m looking to be in the next few months (particularly by April).  I was a chubby kid/teenager, though I was always active in sports.  By the time I graduated HS in ‘02 I was near 270.  I joined a Gold’s and my love of the weight room just continued to grow from there.  Now I’m down to about 190 (I fluctuate between 185 and 195).

I am starting a new program in the next few weeks and I hope to keep you up to date on my progress.  I’ll be posting my initial pics this weekend and appreciate any comments you want to give me.

Best of luck to everybody.

Welcome to the Bodybuilding.com BodyBlogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!