Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Monday night bible study!

Monday night saw the start of my Winter 2007/Spring training cycle. One of the benefits of Southern California climate is that the winter is actually a really good season to train in, whereas conversely during the summer it’s just too hot. It’s been a long time since I have seen the inside of a gym and lifted any weights, apart from those I was told to do during my PT. I decided to go “home-style” and scored a good deal on a bench and rack and picked up some weights locally as well so I now have a mini gym in my garage. I recent trip to Barnes & Noble uncovered a great book (click on the book and you can read it on Google Books) that contains all of the exercises that I think I need to work things in the upper, mid and lower range and after reading through the various variations I have come up with what feels like a good all round workout, additionally I also have a medicine ball which I throw around and some small cones; these are used for jumping over and around to work out my core.

I’ll not bore you (or embarrass myself) with the reps, sets and weights but the exercises are:

  • Midsection: reverse woodchop, swiss-ball weighted crunch, a “Good-Morning”
  • Chest & Upper Back: bench press, incline bench press, pronated bent-over row, supinated bent-over row, pullover
  • Shoulders & Arms: military press, lying tricep extension, standing curl
  • Lower Body: Back squat, lunge, step up, side step up, standing calf raise

As it was my first session in a long time, I paced myself but I still managed to feel it this morning!

8 comments:

  1. May God have mercy on your muscles.

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  2. LMAO don't worry about embarrassing yourself. Hi, I prefer to only lift weights that are less than 5lbs :-X :-X and not with much frequency.

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  3. While I was at the gym tonight, I was thinking the same thing. I need to increase my fitness and thought about getting back into lifting. I think this will have to be on a limited basis since I don't have a lot of time to devote to it. It will help me in the long run though...

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  4. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm definitely jealous of the California weather! I am dreaming of the beach on a daily basis!! lol

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  5. Don't you love how the body responds when you add something new? Just lets you know you are alive!

    Keep it up!

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  6. P.S. The photo of the bling and string is the title photo for my "another day, another mood swing" post.

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  7. Thanks everyone...FYI it took five days for my Triceps to stop aching! I am so not a upper body kinda guy!

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  8. oooohhh, i fully endorse the purchase of fun new workout equipment! enjoy the new toys!

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