Riverhound777
Diamond Member
I decided to change my lifestyle a little over a month ago. I've been working out on a bowflex and doing cardio at home along with eating better since Feb 20th, but just got a gym membership yesterday.
Stats:
25 year old white male
175 lbs (actually down to close to 170 now)
6' 0
Goal: Lose fat, gain muscle and strength. I wouldn't mind staying at 175 to be honest, I just want to get rid of my gut and replace it with muscle. I figured doing the starting strength 5x5 program would work best. I have ordered starting strength 2nd edition which should be here next week.
Workout Plan:
5x5 program MWF alternating each day between the two workouts. I will be doing cardio as well. I've been doing some HIIT running lately, with some bike rides thrown in. But now that I have access to a lap pool at the gym I also plan to utilize that as well. One question I have is whether I should be doing cardio every day, or just on the off days.
Diet: I've been doing pretty well with my diet this month. No sodas, i've only had junk food twice, and that was on the weekend. I've been eating primarily chicken breast, steak, protein shakes in milk, vegetables, rice, fruit, fish oil. Here is today for instance:
Breakfast: Optimum Nutrition Protein Shake with 1cup milk.
S1: Protein bar at work
S2: Wheat thins and slice of cheese
Lunch: Left over Lean hamburger helper, salad. (this is rare, I just was a bit tired of chicken)
Workout
S3: Protein shake
Dinner: 2 Chicken breasts, green beans, salad.
Journal:
Fri 3/21/08
Squat: 5x5 85lbs.
I know I was supposed to start at just the bar, but I've been doing squats on the bowflex so I went ahead and upped it. I had no problems doing the five sets, but I did find out how little the bowflex was working out my hamstrings, cause man are they sore right now.
Bench: 1x5 65lbs, 4x5 85lbs.
Again I've been doing bench on the bowflex for a month. This wasn't too bad either, but still harder than I thought it would be on the fifth set.
Barbell Rows: 1x5 65lbs, 4x5 85lbs
I've not entirely sure on these weights since I used the curl bar. How much does it weigh? Anyway I used twenty pounds on each side in addition to the bar. This was easier than the other two.
Dips: Man I suck at these. I did maybe one without cheating. I tried to do as many as I could with a little push from my feet.
Stats:
25 year old white male
175 lbs (actually down to close to 170 now)
6' 0
Goal: Lose fat, gain muscle and strength. I wouldn't mind staying at 175 to be honest, I just want to get rid of my gut and replace it with muscle. I figured doing the starting strength 5x5 program would work best. I have ordered starting strength 2nd edition which should be here next week.
Workout Plan:
5x5 program MWF alternating each day between the two workouts. I will be doing cardio as well. I've been doing some HIIT running lately, with some bike rides thrown in. But now that I have access to a lap pool at the gym I also plan to utilize that as well. One question I have is whether I should be doing cardio every day, or just on the off days.
Diet: I've been doing pretty well with my diet this month. No sodas, i've only had junk food twice, and that was on the weekend. I've been eating primarily chicken breast, steak, protein shakes in milk, vegetables, rice, fruit, fish oil. Here is today for instance:
Breakfast: Optimum Nutrition Protein Shake with 1cup milk.
S1: Protein bar at work
S2: Wheat thins and slice of cheese
Lunch: Left over Lean hamburger helper, salad. (this is rare, I just was a bit tired of chicken)
Workout
S3: Protein shake
Dinner: 2 Chicken breasts, green beans, salad.
Journal:
Fri 3/21/08
Squat: 5x5 85lbs.
I know I was supposed to start at just the bar, but I've been doing squats on the bowflex so I went ahead and upped it. I had no problems doing the five sets, but I did find out how little the bowflex was working out my hamstrings, cause man are they sore right now.
Bench: 1x5 65lbs, 4x5 85lbs.
Again I've been doing bench on the bowflex for a month. This wasn't too bad either, but still harder than I thought it would be on the fifth set.
Barbell Rows: 1x5 65lbs, 4x5 85lbs
I've not entirely sure on these weights since I used the curl bar. How much does it weigh? Anyway I used twenty pounds on each side in addition to the bar. This was easier than the other two.
Dips: Man I suck at these. I did maybe one without cheating. I tried to do as many as I could with a little push from my feet.
