gap677
Sep 03, 2008, 06:56 AM
Greetings everyone!
After looking long and hard for alternatives to dragging my butt to the gym, which is productive but soul-crushing, I was ecstatic to find this site and signed up in a flash.
I work awkward hours (10pm-6:30 am) and getting to the gym either before or after work is tough (my gym is a couple of towns away), plus I prefer working out at home/or outside. Seems to motivate me more than the grey room at the gym with the TVs buzzing away.
I'm in OK shape (certainly not great) and have "ballooned" up to 178 pounds (I'm 5'8") mainly due to my work schedule preventing me from sticking to a seriously rigorous workout routine as well as reducing my free time with which I used to play basketball.
I'm hoping to initiate the 20-level challenge as well as a running program this week. The plan is to workout when I get home from work at 7 am either at the local schoolyard (weather permitting) or in my apartament.
I've been doing some jogging outside around 7 am this last couple of months and really enjoy getting out in the fresh air and working up a good sweat at the end of my day.
Although my weight is not totally out of line with my height, it is all belly fat (love the beer/food too much) and I'm looking to obtain a leaner figure.
At 31 years old, I'm not trying to bulk up and get arms like pythons. I want to get leaner, faster and build more overall fitness and endurance.
My current plan as I see it is:
- Run 4 days per week, using a beginner's program I got from Runner's World magazine that involved running 30 minutes a day. The intensity of each workout increases over the course of eight weeks so that by the final day of week 8, you're running 30 straight minutes at high intensity (something I definitely can't do now).
- Start the 20-level challenge, focusing mostly on buildling strength and working my way into endurance. Although I'm not sure how many times per week to do these routines. I was thinking three times per week but any advice will be helpful.
- Work in the 100 pushups in 10 weeks routine.
I'm hoping this outline will work towards helping me lose around 10 pounds as well as improve overall fitness (mostly core strength and endurance).
Also, I'm getting married in a couple of months, followed by a two-week honeymoon in Hawaii, so I don't want to be a bloated turd.
Any advice is welcome and I'll be checking back on the site frequently (especially from monday-thursday) so I hope to hear from those who have already been down the path I am heading (training, not marriage)!
After looking long and hard for alternatives to dragging my butt to the gym, which is productive but soul-crushing, I was ecstatic to find this site and signed up in a flash.
I work awkward hours (10pm-6:30 am) and getting to the gym either before or after work is tough (my gym is a couple of towns away), plus I prefer working out at home/or outside. Seems to motivate me more than the grey room at the gym with the TVs buzzing away.
I'm in OK shape (certainly not great) and have "ballooned" up to 178 pounds (I'm 5'8") mainly due to my work schedule preventing me from sticking to a seriously rigorous workout routine as well as reducing my free time with which I used to play basketball.
I'm hoping to initiate the 20-level challenge as well as a running program this week. The plan is to workout when I get home from work at 7 am either at the local schoolyard (weather permitting) or in my apartament.
I've been doing some jogging outside around 7 am this last couple of months and really enjoy getting out in the fresh air and working up a good sweat at the end of my day.
Although my weight is not totally out of line with my height, it is all belly fat (love the beer/food too much) and I'm looking to obtain a leaner figure.
At 31 years old, I'm not trying to bulk up and get arms like pythons. I want to get leaner, faster and build more overall fitness and endurance.
My current plan as I see it is:
- Run 4 days per week, using a beginner's program I got from Runner's World magazine that involved running 30 minutes a day. The intensity of each workout increases over the course of eight weeks so that by the final day of week 8, you're running 30 straight minutes at high intensity (something I definitely can't do now).
- Start the 20-level challenge, focusing mostly on buildling strength and working my way into endurance. Although I'm not sure how many times per week to do these routines. I was thinking three times per week but any advice will be helpful.
- Work in the 100 pushups in 10 weeks routine.
I'm hoping this outline will work towards helping me lose around 10 pounds as well as improve overall fitness (mostly core strength and endurance).
Also, I'm getting married in a couple of months, followed by a two-week honeymoon in Hawaii, so I don't want to be a bloated turd.
Any advice is welcome and I'll be checking back on the site frequently (especially from monday-thursday) so I hope to hear from those who have already been down the path I am heading (training, not marriage)!
