OK. Well as my Avater says "Metaboliclly Challenged", I have decided to change this. Currently I am writing my MA thesis and have a good deal of time to get in shape.
First let me tell everyone that my idea of "in shape" is different then most of the people on the board. By being in shape I mean low BF and the ability to go and go a still be strong. Don't get me wrong I think it's fine for a person to want to be a huge beast and use back breaking weights but thats not the best thing for me right now.
I have been trying to nurse a few injures for the last 6 months and my gym attendence has been sporadic at best. And I have gotten a bit larger...ok a lot larger then I ever wanted too. And I am sick to death of getting out of breath running up three or four flights of stairs. As of about 40 min ago I weighed in at 220-221lbs and my waist is 37-38inchs.
So here is what am going to do. To start I am going to lift MWF with cardio after I lift for about 60min. Some people are going to say that I am missing my anabolic window but I am not concerned with that. Building mass has never been that big a problem...getting in shape has so thats the goal. And lifting will be basic compounds, for the most part, with some isolation exercises thrown in.
After about 3 weeks I will add more cardio sessions. I just bought Bas Rutten's MMA work CD's. And I am totally pumped to begin these. Guys over at MMA.tv and Sherdog.com swear buy them to increase cardio and stamina. Will be adding these two-three times a week.
Diet is just a lot of lean meat, veggies, fruit and nuts. To drink: diet green tea and water. Total cals are going to fluctuate between 1900-2100 a day. Still thinking about my micros, but 40-40-20 is something worked well in the past. Even registered on fitday.com to calculate out everything that goes in my mouth.
My short term goals are hit 195-200lbs. And the second is be able to do Bas's Thai workout all the way through 8 3min rounds without stopping. This I want done by June 1st.
Long Term 180-185lbs with about 7-8% BF and be able to do Bas's All around CD which is 29 min of almost continious PT. And during the 30 second breaks be able to do fast burpees or jump rope.
I also have some strength goals but I will wait to see how everything pans out.
Oh and supps. Multi/Fish oil/ Whey/ Glucophase/ Sesamin and cassius.
I wrestled long and hard about adding some TD test and using some of my PH stash. And I still may add some mohn around May or so. But I wanted to see what I could do without any anabolics, thyroid heromes or ECA's. I tend to get caught up in the latest and greatest supp to come down the lane. To the point that if I am not on something then I lose intrest. I need to change that.
I will update the long weekly. Tonight I am taking pics and measurments. I will post weight decreases and any increases in stregth on my lifts.
If anyone has any comments; please share them...other then my crappy spelling :trout:
First let me tell everyone that my idea of "in shape" is different then most of the people on the board. By being in shape I mean low BF and the ability to go and go a still be strong. Don't get me wrong I think it's fine for a person to want to be a huge beast and use back breaking weights but thats not the best thing for me right now.
I have been trying to nurse a few injures for the last 6 months and my gym attendence has been sporadic at best. And I have gotten a bit larger...ok a lot larger then I ever wanted too. And I am sick to death of getting out of breath running up three or four flights of stairs. As of about 40 min ago I weighed in at 220-221lbs and my waist is 37-38inchs.
So here is what am going to do. To start I am going to lift MWF with cardio after I lift for about 60min. Some people are going to say that I am missing my anabolic window but I am not concerned with that. Building mass has never been that big a problem...getting in shape has so thats the goal. And lifting will be basic compounds, for the most part, with some isolation exercises thrown in.
After about 3 weeks I will add more cardio sessions. I just bought Bas Rutten's MMA work CD's. And I am totally pumped to begin these. Guys over at MMA.tv and Sherdog.com swear buy them to increase cardio and stamina. Will be adding these two-three times a week.
Diet is just a lot of lean meat, veggies, fruit and nuts. To drink: diet green tea and water. Total cals are going to fluctuate between 1900-2100 a day. Still thinking about my micros, but 40-40-20 is something worked well in the past. Even registered on fitday.com to calculate out everything that goes in my mouth.
My short term goals are hit 195-200lbs. And the second is be able to do Bas's Thai workout all the way through 8 3min rounds without stopping. This I want done by June 1st.
Long Term 180-185lbs with about 7-8% BF and be able to do Bas's All around CD which is 29 min of almost continious PT. And during the 30 second breaks be able to do fast burpees or jump rope.
I also have some strength goals but I will wait to see how everything pans out.
Oh and supps. Multi/Fish oil/ Whey/ Glucophase/ Sesamin and cassius.
I wrestled long and hard about adding some TD test and using some of my PH stash. And I still may add some mohn around May or so. But I wanted to see what I could do without any anabolics, thyroid heromes or ECA's. I tend to get caught up in the latest and greatest supp to come down the lane. To the point that if I am not on something then I lose intrest. I need to change that.
I will update the long weekly. Tonight I am taking pics and measurments. I will post weight decreases and any increases in stregth on my lifts.
If anyone has any comments; please share them...other then my crappy spelling :trout: