Tuesday Workout Report

[the_gneech]

I'm heavier at night, it seems.

Rows: 3 mins @ 50 lbs (warmup)
Resisted Reverse Crunch: 1 set 15 reps @ 10 lbs
Rope Pushdowns: 1 set 10 reps @ 35 lbs
Deadlift: 2 sets 10 reps @ 20 lbs
Reverse Curl: 2 sets 10 reps @ 35 lbs
Barbell Bent Over Rows: 3 sets 10 reps @ 30 lbs
Stiff Leg Deadlift: 2 sets 10 reps @ 15 lbs
Seated Lateral Shoulder Raise: 3 sets 10 reps @ 20 lbs
Abdominal Crunch: 2 sets 15 reps
Rows: 3 mins @ 30 lbs (cooldown)

Body Weight: 300.5 lbs

Presumably I'm heavier at night because I've had dinner.

The weights have gotten easy again, but fortunately next week several of the exercises will click over to the next 5 lb. increment. There have been some visible (if subtle) improvements over the past week, notably in the upper region of the external obliques and the shoulders. If the weights keep going up at their current rate, then I might well be pretty buff by AC. ;) If only this tummy fat would bugger off!

Tomorrow night, exercise bike.

-The Gneech

Comments

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

It'd be nice to think so ... but I'm a bit dubious at the moment. ;)

-TG

[xoagray.livejournal.com]

Well, muscle is heavier than fat, so the stronger you get, the more you'll weigh. That won't change till you start actually losing weight, and though the two are connected, they're not as closely assoicated as you might think. Many people are actually surprised that they gain weight when they start exercising instead of losing it. That's however normal. Untill you start working out to the point that you're digging into your fat reserves, and cut back on your food intatke. (some must cut back more than others to see an effect.) you'll actually gain waight.
I've been down that road msyelf, it's a little freaky at first, but soon enough, it'll come around to where things start going as you'd expect them to.

*wags tail*
Xoa

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well right now my weight is more or less hovering. Really, I don't care about it that much in the abstract ... a barrel-chested endomorph like me is always going to be on the heavy side of the scale no matter how much exercise and diet I do. But I am roughly 100 lbs over the health department recommended weight for my height -- and presumably that's not going to be 100 lbs of muscle!

-The Gneech

[xoagray.livejournal.com]

I get the same thing really. You can't really go by what the Health department says for your weight based on your height, because that doesn't take into effect your build. For example, I'm 5'7". My recomended weight is somewhere around 150. But if I were to go down to that weight, I'd be too thin. My doctor told me that I need to get down to around 190. And that if I got down much less than 170, I'd start looking too thin. Then again, that 190 was from when I was a lot more muscular, so with my current state, I should probably be lighter than 190. Either that, or I need to start boxing and bicycling again. (which I'd love.) :)

*wags*
Xoa
who knows that not everyone's body fits the "recomendations". ;)