Apr
27
Well, I finished the first day of my new workout routine. I survived… barely. I can’t touch my shoulders right now. Tomorrow will be my first day of cardio.
Apr
26
I’ve decided that I’ve been out of shape for long enough, and I want to be in as good (or better) condition as when I was doing martial arts. To this end, I’m adopting a new fitness regimen. To keep myself honest will be posting semi-regular updates on here. If I start to fail, please guys, let me know. I’m hereby giving you guys permission (and requesting you) to nag me about it.
Hopefully with you guys nagging me, and me posting about it on here, I’ll stick with it until it becomes a habit. That’s always been the hard part for me, getting going. I’ll do well for the first couple of weeks, and then I’ll find an excuse or two to miss one workout, then another, and before I realize what’s happened, I’m not working out at all anymore. Once I get going, and do it for a few weeks it becomes a habit, and is very easy to stick with, at least until something majorly rearranges my life (like a new job, going back to school, getting married, or having a child), and then I often fall off the wagon.
I’ll be using both weight training and cardio work. I’ll be lifting on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with at least a 45 minute bike ride or run on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (and also on Saturdays, time and energy permitting). I picked up a heart rate monitor so that I can make sure I’m pushing hard enough to get benefits, but not so hard that I can’t finish my 45 minutes. If anyone else thinks they should be in better shape, feel free to post your efforts and progress in the comments.