newway45’s BodyBlog

A little history behind the name. John is a person I went to High School with. I did not do much in HS because I absolutely hated it. I got in in the morning, did the least possible, and got out right on the bell. I did not hang out with anyone from school after school. I worked part time from Freshman Year and went to Aikido school for eight months but did nothing school related unless I had to. As much as I did not associate with people from school I did observe. John was one of those guys who just seemed to get along with everyone. He was a boxer and in great shape. I always thought that I would love to be in the shape John was in not taking into consideration the hard work he put in to be that way. Well, here we are almost 30 years later and we connected on another social networking website. Come to find out I finally got my wish. John and I are finally in the same shape. Unfortunately we are both out of shape. I would talk about my exercising on the site and he would say why are you doing that, round is a shape. Well, the other day I went on his site to see how he was doing. He said that he was getting back to the gym. Then I did a crazy thing. Since we are in about the same shape and have similar goals I challenged him to see who can get there the fastest. Well he took it serious and he is on a mission. The main point is that we are both going at it in a fun way and motivating each other. So it is totally friendly but that is why I have also stepped up my game. Now another person from HS, Shane, has joined us and Francesca has started using her home gym again. I never thought I would ever look back but I am glad I have reconnected with the people from days gone by. Stay tuned for further updates.

April 5th I did 1.1 mile walk/jog that took 15 minutes and 32 seconds. That was 3 minutes and 4 seconds faster than the day before. I also did the following:

3 sets crunches for 25 reps

bicep curls 1 set bomb 21 with 25 lbs

shoulder raises 1 set front, side, rear 10 reps with 10 lbs

shrugs 1 set 25 reps with 25 lbs

The rest of the week was rough and I did not get anything else done.

April 11th I broke my rib. So I took a few days to heal and work.

April 18th: 4.5 mile bike ride, 1/2 hour swimming, 1/2 hour mowing, 2 sets bicep curls 15 reps with 25 lbs., 2 sets shrugs 25 reps with 25 lbs., 3 sets crunches 25 reps.

April 19th 12 hours skimming floors, glueing, laying vinyl tile and setting cove base-500 square feet, 2 sets crunches 45 reps each

April 20th 6 1/2 hours rip out shower walls with tile and dense shield, tear out tile and mud bed floor, remove old pan, tear out rotten wook, replace rotten wood. And the following:

3 sets crunches 40 reps each

Circuit style - bicep curls 2 sets 15 reps 25 lbs, shrugs 2 sets 25 reps 25 lbs, Front-side-rear lateral raises 2 sets 10 reps 10 lbs, tricep extensions 2 sets 10 reps 10 lbs

April 21 Corian sills in one house (16 all together) I knee wall in 2nd house

April 22nd remove and replace 7 cracked tile, worked on rebuilding shower

crunches 3 sets 40 reps

Circuit style - bicep curls 2 sets 15 reps 25 lbs, shrugs 2 sets 25 reps 25 lbs, front-side-rear lateral raises 2 sets 10 reps 10 lbs, tricep extension 1 set 10 reps 10 lbs - 1 set 10 reps 25 lbs

April 25th 6.6 mile bike ride 45 minutes

4 sets crunches 40 reps each

circuit style - tricep extension 3 sets 10 reps 25 lbs, bicep curl 3 sets 15 reps 25 lbs, shrugs 3 sets 25 reps 25 lbs, front-side-rear lateral raise 3 sets 10 reps 10 lbs, bent rowing 2 sets 15 reps 25 lbs

I’m starting to get a hang of this and can’t wait until my next post to let you know how I am doing. 

I did a couple of things but not that much. However, this week I have recruited my family to get involved with me. I know that will have a beneficial effect on me. On April 2 I did some pushups. I set of 5 with 52 lbs. on my back (my son). Then I did a set of 5 with 79 lbs on my back (my daughter). Then I did two sets of 10 bench press with my son. Then 1 set of 10 and 1 set of 3 with my daughter. They love when I use them to exercise.

April 4th. we went on a 1.1 mile walk. We didn’t go fast because we just wanted to see what our base pace would be. We all kept our own time. My time was 18 minutes and 36 seconds. I started to sweat but it was not extremely taxing. Then I did 2 sets of push ups with the Perfect Pushup, 15 reps each. I also did 3 sets of crunches, 20 reps each.

I already did some stuff today but that will be on next weeks report. I feel I am finally going to hit my stride. We all made up a chart of where we are at and where we want to be. We set goals for our ultimate achievements and we set our first mid-term goal. Mine is I want to go from 222 lbs to 210 and 46 inch waist to 42 by May 14. I need to fix the pedal on my bike so I can switch off from walking/jogging to biking so I can have a nice mix of things to do. All right, until next week, keep working it and I will let you know how much better I do next week.