newway45’s BodyBlog

I will have to get back with what I have done since my last post. However, I had a bit of a scare with some chest pain. Need more tests. Right now the doctors say it may be Angina or a swelling of my lung or heart lining. Neither great but managable. I let you know what is going on as soon as I know. In the meantime check out my new blog at http://newlifeenergy.blogspot.com thanks. You may even want to be a follower and subscribe to keep track of my progress in life thanks.

On July 26 I did a 4 mile bike ride and 3 sets of 25 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches.

July 27: Morning: 7.5 mile bike ride to work, Afternoon: 2.5 hours of lawn maintenance at work, Evening: 3 sets of the following circuit, 15 pushups, 25 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right crunches, 15 dumbbell flyes 25 lbs, 15 dumbbell curls 25 lbs, 20 shrugs 35 lbs, 15 bent rows 25 lbs, 12 front/side/rear lateral raises 10 lbs, 15 triceps extension 10 lbs

July 29: 8 hours of scratching grout and chipping up 30 tiles and thinset while on my knees the whole time.

July 30: 5 hours spreading thinset, setting 30 tiles and grouting in the tiles, again on my knees the whole time. 30 tiles may not sound like much work for a day but when it is one tile here, one tile there all throughout the house it takes some time.

July 31: 7.5 mile bike ride home from work

Aug. 1: 1 hour lawn care at home, 3 sets of the following circuit: 15 pushups, 25 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches, 15 dumbbell flyes/press combo 25 lbs, 15 dumbbell curls 25 lbs, 20 shrugs 35 lbs, 15 bent rows 25 lbs, 15 front/side/rear lateral raises 10 lbs, 15 tricep kickbacks 10 lbs.

I feel I am getting more consistent with my exercising. I don’t see alot of change yet but I can feel a change taking place deep down. Hopefully it will begin to reveal itself soon.

July 20 1.1 mile jog/walk 2 sets of the following cicuits 15 pushups, 25 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches, 15 dumbbell flyes 25 lbs, 10 dumbbell curls 25 lbs, 20 shrugs 25 lbs, 10 bent rowing 25 lbs, 15 triceps extensions 10 lbs, 10 front/side/rear lateral raises.

I was feeling a bit week so cut my routine a little bit.

July 25 1.7 mile bike ride, 1.7 mile jog/walk, 3 sets of the following circuit: 15 push ups, 25 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches, 15 dumbbell flyes 25 lbs, 12 dumbbell curls 25 lbs, 20 shrugs 35 lbs, 15 bent rowing 25 lbs, 10 front/side/rear lateral raises 10 lbs, 15 tricep extensions 10 lbs

My stats right now are 223 lbs and 45.5 inch waist. My next stats update will be August 30th. My goal is to be at 215 and 43 inches. I’ll let you know what happens because that will be 5 weeks. I know I can do it.

July 13 1.7 mile jog/walk, 4 sets of the following circuit, 15 push ups with Perfect Push up, 25 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches, 1 plank for 30 seconds, 1.5 hours mowing at work, 30 minutes mowing at home

July 14 1.7 mile jog/walk, 20 sit ups, 2 sets of the following circuit 20 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 20 left and 20 right side crunches.

July 15 1.7 mile jog/walk, 3 sets of the following circuit 15 push ups, 25 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches, 10 reps front/side/rear lateral raises 10 lbs, 10 reps dumbbell curls 25 lbs, 15 reps shrugs 25 lbs, 10 side bends each side 25 lbs, 10 reps bent rowing 25 lbs, 25 dumbbell flyes 25 lbs, 10 reps triceps extension 10 lbs, 1 more circuit with just the push ups and crunches same amount as first three circuits.

July 16 2.3 mile jog/walk (I did the extra lap because I got tired of writing 1.7), 4 sets of the following circuits, 25 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 25 left and 25 right side crunches.

Weekly total: Jog/Walk 7.4 miles, Situps 20, Crunches 340, reverse crunches 280, Left and right side crunches 340 each, push ups 120, Plank 1 for 30 seconds, Front/Side/Rear lateral raises 30 each, Dumbbell curls 30, Shrugs 45, Sides Bends 30 each side, bent rowing 30, dumbbell flyes 45, triceps extensions 30

That is quite a bit for me but seemed like so much more while I was doing it. Can’t wait for next week. I’ll have to see what my weight and stomach are tomorrow. I think I actually gained weight and waist so I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I will keep up my going strong anyway.

This week is going really well. I have exceeded my goals and am still going. I can’t wait to post it this weekend. I am going to post each day and a week total of everything I did this week.

Sun. July 5: 1.7 mile jog, 4 sets of the following circuit. 15 Perfect Push ups, 20 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 20 left and 20 right side crunches.

Mon. July 6: 1.5 hours push mowing at work. I get to do around the drains and the inclines to the retention ponds that the riding mower can’t get.

Fri. July 10: 25 minute Jillian Michaels routine and a 7 minute ab routine.

I know I didn’t get in as much as last week but I certainly kept with my 2-3 times per week goal. This week my goal will be to lose 2-3 pounds so I can be under the 220 mark. I can tell you this I am off to a good start.

Sat. June 27: 1.7 mile walk/jog (1.5 mile mark 18 minutes), 30 push ups, 20 crunches, 20 reverse crunches, 20 left and 20 right side crunches.

Sun. June 28: 30 minutes swimming, 20 each of the following - crunches, reverse crunches, left and right side crunches

Tues. June 30: 1.7 mile walk/jog, 4 sets of the following circuit. 10 push ups using Perfect Push Ups, 15 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 15 left and 15 right side crunches. (on the second set I did 20 left and right side crunches.

Thurs. July 2: 1.7 mile jog (yes I jogged the whole thing), 4 sets of the following circuit. 15 Push ups with Perfect Push up, 20 crunches, 15 reverse crunches, 20 left and 20 right side crunches.

Fri. July 3: 1.7 mile walk with my daughter, 7 minute ab workout.

Sat. July 4: 1.5 mile walk around lake front park waiting for the fire works to start.

I did a lot of stuff this week and will be back tomorrow to update. I was hanging out with the family this weekend getting stuff done and didn’t get to uploading pictures or blogging. See you all tomorrow.

If you read the next couple of posts you will see that I tried to do a push up challenge to see if I was in shape. According to Men’s Health Get Back In Shape book being able to do 40 pushups is one of the 10 standards to assessing if you are in shape. I was able to do only 30. At first I was ashamed because several things went through my head.

The first thing was that when I was 18 I moved to Oklahoma. I lived there for four years. During that time I went to visit some friends at Oklahoma University. During the time I was hanging out a song came on with an awesome drum solo. One of my friends said that to be a drummer you have to be able to do 50 push ups in 2 minutes. So I decided to try and see how I would do. I got down did 50 push ups, stood up and had to wait about 10 seconds for the first minute to be up. My friends were amazed.

The second thing I thought about was when I was in the Marine Corps. My unit was sent down to Honduras as a Peace Keeping Force. On the last day my team and I were in a fighting hole keeping guard of the main entrance and we were called in because it was time to go back home. Unfortunately one of my team members left his gas mask in the hole an no one noticed. Our Lieutenant found it and said that we all had to do 400 pushups before we could get liberty (our time off). We had as long to do them as we needed. So we all went up to get the first set done. There were four of us. The first guy stopped at 25, the second guy stopped at 30, the third guy stopped at 45, and I went all the way to 150. I surprised even myself. My arms felt so pumped I thought they were going to bust out of my rolled up sleeves. I went back a couple more times over the next 2 hours and finished my 400 before even getting on the plane. My second and third sets were 75 each and then I did two sets of 50 to finish up.

Now here I was having 30 giving me a hard time. Then I thought back then I was in my late teens and early twentys. Now I am 46. I haven’t been doing steady working out like I used too. Now I know where I am at and I can fix it. So now I am thinking about it more positively. The other thing is that I know there are a lot of 46 year olds and some much younger who can’t do 30 push ups. So I think I am doing pretty good. And it will only get better from here.