Hello everyone. It's been a few months since I've been active on this forum. Last semester was a bit tedious, but I should have some more time this semester. I sort of want to keep a log to motivate myself to show up online, as well as to keep digging in the gym.
Currently, my fitness goals are as follows:
-Maintain my size. After bulking up to 215, I soon found that my body can't handle that much size. I'm back down to about 190, and I'd like to stay ± 5lbs of that point.
-Lean up a little bit. My abs are almost visible (pretty visible after I work them). I'd like to go the extra mile and make them visible.
-Continue towards becoming a better athlete. Attaining a nice body is one thing, but I'd much rather show off more than just abs or biceps.
Todays workout was in the weight room. A while back, I stopped caring about the weight or number of reps and started using fuzzy logic. For those who aren't familiar with fuzzy logic, the weight was kinda heavy and the number of reps were just enough to make me tired. All exercises are done as supersets, and I try not to let myself fully catch my breath. It worked really good and eventually got me to the self-imploding weight of 215. I stay with this same concept, but upped my cardio, which seems to help.
The exercises went as such.
Squats / Curls
Weighted Dips / Close-grip Lat-Pulldown
Seated Clean & Arnold Press * / Calf Raise
T-Bar Rows / Tricep Rope Pushdown
Side Lateral Raise / dragon flags
12 minutes on the elliptical machine.
*I'm going asterisk any exercises I do, which seem obscure. I totally wing my workouts nowadays, and occasionally make up exercises as an escape from the norm. It's probably self-explanatory, but ya sit down on a bench with a pair of dumbbells at your sides. Bring the weight up, as you would with a clean. Press the weight up. Bring it down, so that your elbows are about 90 degrees. Rotate your elbows in. Hold for a moment. Bring them back out, maintaining the 90 degree bend. And let the weight down to your sides. These suck. I enjoyed it.
Currently, my fitness goals are as follows:
-Maintain my size. After bulking up to 215, I soon found that my body can't handle that much size. I'm back down to about 190, and I'd like to stay ± 5lbs of that point.
-Lean up a little bit. My abs are almost visible (pretty visible after I work them). I'd like to go the extra mile and make them visible.
-Continue towards becoming a better athlete. Attaining a nice body is one thing, but I'd much rather show off more than just abs or biceps.
Todays workout was in the weight room. A while back, I stopped caring about the weight or number of reps and started using fuzzy logic. For those who aren't familiar with fuzzy logic, the weight was kinda heavy and the number of reps were just enough to make me tired. All exercises are done as supersets, and I try not to let myself fully catch my breath. It worked really good and eventually got me to the self-imploding weight of 215. I stay with this same concept, but upped my cardio, which seems to help.
The exercises went as such.
Squats / Curls
Weighted Dips / Close-grip Lat-Pulldown
Seated Clean & Arnold Press * / Calf Raise
T-Bar Rows / Tricep Rope Pushdown
Side Lateral Raise / dragon flags
12 minutes on the elliptical machine.
*I'm going asterisk any exercises I do, which seem obscure. I totally wing my workouts nowadays, and occasionally make up exercises as an escape from the norm. It's probably self-explanatory, but ya sit down on a bench with a pair of dumbbells at your sides. Bring the weight up, as you would with a clean. Press the weight up. Bring it down, so that your elbows are about 90 degrees. Rotate your elbows in. Hold for a moment. Bring them back out, maintaining the 90 degree bend. And let the weight down to your sides. These suck. I enjoyed it.