CelticBhoy’s BodyBlog

Let me first start off by saying that it should never have come to a "New Year’s Resolution" to get back into shape.  Yes, I - along with so many others - have decided to "get in shape" for the New Year.  The difference between myself and so many others is I will do it.  Why? Because I have done it before and I have not been out of the game for that long. 

I was going to give list my excuses as to why I stopped going to the gym for the last 2-3 months but what’s the point:  they’re simply excuses.  No more bullshit, no more laziness, I’m ready and excited to hit the gym again!

So, let me give you a brief rundown of what I want and how I’m going to do it (constructive criticism and comments are more than welcome!).  In the summer, I was pretty ripped.  I weighed 175 lbs and had approximately 10-12% bodyfat (I assume).  I had a pretty sweet workout plan that was working great for me:  Three days a week (usually Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) I would do a total-body workout and on my off days some steady-state cardio (3.3 miles in the fastest time I could manage, usually between 24 - 26) inbetween my lifting days.  When I usually started in March of 2007, I weighed 151 lbs.  By August I weighed in a 175! 

So now I want to get back on track and more.  I have six months until summer and I’m excited to see what I can do.  Please understand that I really am in "no rush" whatsoever.  But if I can go from 151 to 175 in 6 months, I believe I can do that and more (I’m currently 166)!  The reason for this blog is simple:  motivation.  If you read my profile, I firmly praise you all as my motivation.  I am not saying this for praise or kissing ass by any stetch of the imagination.  But I am showing you people - my motivation - that I will succeed.  I have no choice now.  And my ultimate goal is to give the rundown on how my success is going and maybe one day, I’ll be someone elses motivation.  Alright…enough talk. Here’s what I have in mind when it comes to the actual, physical exercises!
As I mentioned before, the total-body workout worked great, but I think I want to give something else a try and shock my body up a little bit.  So I’m thinking a simple "Periodization" training. 4 weeks of hypertrophy, 4 weeks of strength, 4 weeks of power, and probably a week or two of active recovery.  However, I’m not exactly sure as to what exercises and or what ‘days’ of splits I’ll do.   If you have any suggestions, feel free to respond! 

I’ll also be doing some cardio.  For the next few months (until it warms up) I’ll just do some steady state cardio until moving onto either interval training and/or sprints.  Obviously with both weight lifting and cardio taking place, I’ll need to consume some heavy calories.  I enjoy eating clean, various protein shakes throughout the day, etc.  However, I’m taking a weight gainer (800 calories) so throughout the week, that with my 5-6 meals daily should be sufficient for a slow, steady increase in weight.  Personally, I’d rather gain that 1-2 pounds of muscle per month and remain lean.  To each their own, though.

 So…this is the start.  I began the day with my cardio (I am out of shape!) and will be hitting the gym around 9-10pm.  Tonight I’ll just be getting in my 1 RM max so I can see where my strength is and plan from there.  It starts now.

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