I decided to start a new journal because my old one was rather myopic. I'm not a true bodybuilder; manipulating my body composition is just one of my fitness goals. I'm first and foremost a soccer player. I have soccer specific goals. Lastly, I have posture issues that I need to work on. So, in reality, all my cross training goes toward 3 goals:
-lowering my body fat/increasing my strength
-getting better at soccer/improving my balance and cardiovascular fitness
-improving and maintaining my posture through a series of excersizes (Egosque)
So, with that in mind, lets begin...
*PS: I have a torn meniscus in my left knee, so I have to work around these limitations.
Posted by: iMan323
I was training with the ball for 3 days since Saturday. My touch/fitness/coordination is improving, but I feel ridiculously stiff. This kind of stiffness leads to injury. I need to spend a lot of time stretching tonight and also the spend some time on the foam roller. It's gonna hurt, but its neccessary.
Posted by: DiGiTaL
Welcome aboard .
Keep up the good work.
Posted by: iMan323
Appearance wise I need to go from this:
to this:
In reality, I'm not as fat as it seems, but my pelvis is tilted forward and my lower back is overarched, once I'll fix that I will look much leaner even without any b/f loss.
Posted by: iMan323
Ahhh, I did back today. How nice it was not to rush anywhere. I had a few hours to spare tonight, so I really took my time in the gym.
I did some stretching, my legs are ridiculously tight. Still have to get to the Egosque portion.
Posted by: iMan323
I decided to take progress pics every week. Here's week 2.
Posted by: katt
I think it's good to take pictures .... sometimes you can't see the improvements..
Are you altering your diet as well?
Posted by: iMan323
Well, for the time being my diet is going to be unchanged. I'm on the last week of finals here, and for someone who is who leaves the house at 7 in the morning and comes back by 1130 night, my diet is as good as it can get. I really have no time for it right now. But, yes, it's gonna get fine tuned once I'm through with school. I promised myself a 6-pack for my 25th birthday...so I have until June 24th to get there....and I will get there.
Posted by: iMan323
I did shoulders today. I'm going to play soccer tomorrow and my legs are still very tight, so no cardio today.
I did
Seated DB press
1x5 (50)
4x4 (60)
Upright rows
3x6 (80)
DB Shrugs
3x6 (60)
Posted by: iMan323
I only got around 2 or 3 hours of sleep last night (freaking finals) so I was very tired today. I did chest, but I tried something different. I usually lift very heavy in the 4-6 rep range. Tonight I did Incline DB Press 6 sets of 8 with 60 lbs in each hand. It was interesting, but I think I'm just going to stick with heavy heavy weights from now on. I see no point in periodization as I'm not exactly planning a peak. Some time off from training is all the periodization I need. Oh well, live and learn...
Posted by: iMan323
hmm..it's been two days and my chest is looking positively swole..I think i'll do the 8 rep workout for my arms tomorrow when i'm done with my last final
Posted by: iMan323
I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL AND I OBTAINED MY LEASE!!!
Well, the last four months have been hell, but I'm through!!!! I now have all the time in the world to work out and I made a very serious commitment to fitness! I need to look great by my 25th birthday which is on June 24th. I will get there!
Posted by: katt
GREAT! Now you can sleep more !
Posted by: iMan323
^^ Yup!
That's it, I'm on a strict 2500 calorie daily average diet. 300g of protein per day is a must. I started keeping an excel spreadsheet to keep track.
Posted by: iMan323
Good 1 1/2 hour long soccer training session this morning. Maybe will do weights later, but its unlikely.
Posted by: iMan323
Did arms yesterday:
tricep pushdown 6x8 (70)
ez bar curls 5x8 (80)
wrist curls 4x8
Posted by: iMan323
1 and 10 minutes of ball control drills, sprints, mobility drills all that other happy horshit...feels great, but my cardiovascular endurance sucks
Posted by: iMan323
back:
lat pulldowns 7x8 (165lbs)
Posted by: NordicNacho
thats it
Posted by: iMan323
^yea, something came up, had to cut it short. was going to do seated rows as well
anyhow, played soccer for about 1 1/2 hours yesterday after werk, it was cool!
Posted by: iMan323
chest:
incline (30deg) db press : 4x8 (60)
incline (15deg) db press: 3x8 (60)
Posted by: MeatZatk
you doin any ab work? only 1 month till the birthday!
Posted by: iMan323
Holy shit...I think I must have drunk 500 gallons of beer during this memorial day weekend. I was playing soccer and skinny dipping, but if you do that when you're fooking wasted, it's not exactly a fitness activity.
Posted by: iMan323
God damn. I pulled my calf after about 30 minutes of doing dribbling drills. The funny thing is that it actually made a tearing sound as I pulled it. I still managed to jog for about 10 more minutes and then limped home. Oh well, I guess, I'll have to make the best out of going to the gym everyday for the next week or so. Stationary bike is going to become a dear friend. lol
Posted by: katt
ohhh.. you heard a tearing sound?? ok, that would have freaked me out.
Hope it's not to bad
Posted by: iMan323
I didn't hurt that bad, but the sound was was pretty wierd. It's an injury directly related to my bad meniscus though. Once I'll get that thing fixed, I will no longer have to compensate for my limited knee mobility and these stupid injuries should stop. You really need to be fully functional to play a high impact, explosive sport like soccer. But whatever, no big deal, I just I can bike okay tonight.
Posted by: iMan323
I did shoulders yesterday:
seated DB military press : 4x8 (50)
lateral raises 3x8 (25)
upright rows 3x8 (50)
DB shrugs 3x8 (65)
Didn't want to mess with the calf yet, so no cardio
I finally moved into my new place this weekend. It is so nice. Honestly, I was enjoying the new appartment so much, that I just lay around for two days smoking joints, playing PS2 and not doing shit. Anyway, back to the gym tonight
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