Day 11, Second Weigh-In

Started early tonight by walking home from work, so thats an extra 1.4 miles. Then went to the gym, spent 45 minutes on the treadmill for another 2.54 miles. Did some weights after that, forgot to bring my notebook to write the machines or weights. Then I did my weigh-in for the week, coming in at 144.4. That puts me down by 1 pound a week so far, gonna have to step it up a bit.

Day 9

Wasn't feel the best tonight, so I cut my trip to the gym a bit short.



Did 1.25 miles on the treadmill, took 21 minutes. The I went to the stationary bike, went for 14 minutes and ended up woth 2.74 miles. Finished with the seated row(30 reps at 40lb, 40 reps at 30lb, 25 reps at 20lb).

Day 7

I went for 3 miles on the treadmill, took a little under 1 hour. After that, I did a bit of a cooldown on a cycling machine, 1.5 miles in around 15 minutes.

I decided to start with more cardio until I get used to owrking out a bit more. This will probably increase the number of times I go to the gym, since i'm not going to be all sore from the night before.

Other than that, i'm sticking with the maximum of 1 pop a day, only a week in and there's been a few days that I haven't had any.

Day 3

Another basic rundown of my gym visit, followed by general ramblings.

Treadmill - 20 minutes at 3.5mph, with a 5 minute cooldown at 2.9mph
Seated Row - 20 reps at 30lb, 25 reps at 40lb, 20 reps at 50lb, 20 reps at 40lb
Vert. Chest Press - 25 reps at 40lb, 25 reps at 50lb, 20 reps at 30lb
Back Extension - 60 reps at 110lb, 75 reps at 75lb, 50 reps at 180lb
Ab Isolator - 30 reps at 50lb, 2 sets of 40 reps at 40 lbs

Same exercises, just tried moving some stuff around, more/less weight or reps where I felt it would work better.

I've been limiting myself to 1 pop a day, which is sticking so far. I thought that cutting back on it would be a lot harder than it's been, but it's not as hard with the amount of tea i've been drinking to make up for the caffeine. I've also been trying to watch what I eat a bit more, I'm cutting back on the pizza and getting healthier stuff on it when I do.

Day One

Ok, so here's a basic rundown of my first night in the gym...

Started w/ 20 min on the treadmill @ 3.5mph, with a 5 min cooldown at 2.7 mph.
Seated Rowing Machine - 10 reps at 30lb, 15 at 40lb, 20 at 50lb, 20 at 30lb
Vertical Chest Press - 20 reps at 40lb, 15 at 50lb, 20 at 30 lb
Back Extension - 50 reps at 100lb, 50 at 110lb, 50 at 140lb
Reg. Rowing Machine - 10 reps at 20lbs on each hand, 20 at 25
Leg Sled -15 reps at 100lb, 20 at 80 lb
Ab Isolator - 15 reps at 80lb, 20 at 90lb

I'm going to try limiting myself to one pop per day, worked today but i'm not sure if it'll hold up on my days off.

First post

Ok, first post. I'm doing this for Scrub Club's Gain HP contest and I feel like I should lay some rules for myself.

1. Cut back on caffeine. Simple enough to say, hard to do. I've cut out energy drinks for the most part, and plan to do it completely. Cutting back on pop will be harder, but i'll have to try. Maybe try drinking more tea instead, it might hold off the headaches.

2. Try to eat better. Once again, easy to say, hard to do when you work in a pizza place. I'm going to try cutting back on things from work, more healthier things from home.

3. GET TO THE GYM. Going to try to make a trip every night after work.

Basic stuff, I know, but it might be easier to stick to them by putting it on here where others know about them.

Now for some basic stats.
Height - 5'10"
Weight - 147
The BMI calculators online say this is an optimal weight, but thats probably for people who aren't as out of shape as me, and the longer I wait to try and get in shape, the harder it's going to be.

The things I'll post on here will be pretty simple, probably just basic rundowns on what types of exercises I do at the gym(what exercise, @ or reps, weight, ect).

Thats about it, hopefully my first report will be up tonight.