My Fitness Journal

[iMan323]

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.

 

[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.

 

[DiGiTaL]

Welcome aboard .
Keep up the good work.

 

[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.

 

[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.

Cable pulldowns Dropset:
-8x150, 7x165, 6x180, 5x195, 4x210, 4x210
Seated cable rows:
4x5 (150)

I did some stretching, my legs are ridiculously tight. Still have to get to the Egosque portion.

 

[iMan323]

Progress pics

I decided to take progress pics every week. Here's week 2.

 

[katt]

I think it's good to take pictures .... sometimes you can't see the improvements..

Are you altering your diet as well?

 

[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.

 

[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)

 

[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...

 

[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

 

[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!

 

[katt]

GREAT! Now you can sleep more !

 

[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.

 

[iMan323]

Good 1 1/2 hour long soccer training session this morning. Maybe will do weights later, but its unlikely.

 

[iMan323]

Did arms yesterday:

tricep pushdown 6x8 (70)
ez bar curls 5x8 (80)
wrist curls 4x8

 

[iMan323]

1 and 10 minutes of ball control drills, sprints, mobility drills all that other happy horshit...feels great, but my cardiovascular endurance sucks

 

[iMan323]

back:

lat pulldowns 7x8 (165lbs)

 

[NordicNacho]

thats it

 

[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!

 

[iMan323]

chest:

incline (30deg) db press : 4x8 (60)
incline (15deg) db press: 3x8 (60)

 

[MeatZatk]

you doin any ab work? only 1 month till the birthday!

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[katt]

ohhh.. you heard a tearing sound?? ok, that would have freaked me out.

Hope it's not to bad

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[iMan323]

I did arms yesterday:

Tricep pushdowns V-bar 6x8 (70)
Bicep Curls 5x8 (80)
side wrist curls 4x8 (35)

2 abs supersets:

crunches 20
plank/left plank/right plank - 20sec each

 

[iMan323]

chest:

incline db (30deg) 5x8 (60)
------------(15 deg) 2x8 (60)

steady pace bike cardio 20 min

 

[BoneCrusher]

How's the progress goin for the birthday goal?