Now that I have cleared the all-important threshold of 30
days and continue to run in the morning it is now time to “turn it up” a
little. What do I mean by that? To
answer that question I am going to ask you to step back into the time machine
with me and we shall set the date for summer of 1999.
Everyone was worried about the Y2K bug, the radio kept
blasting “Party like its 1999,” and I had laced up one ugly pair of zebra
striped high tops with red sweat pants and began my journey into the scary
world of exercise. As I have previously
mentioned I started with jogging. It seemed like the logical thing to do. Meanwhile tucked into a small corner of my
brain was a weight bench and free weights that I had used off and on, yet never
seriously, sitting around collecting dust.
I acquired a copy of Weider’s Body Building Manuel on one
of my many trips to the library and began reading it. Since then I have literally read dozens of
books on body building, weight loss, and running. Shortly after I read Weider’s Manuel I
added weight training to my arsenal to aid in waging war on my body fat.
I stumbled around in the dark for almost a year using
different techniques and every exercise regimen I could get my hands on. I bought the weight lifting magazines to see
what the pros were doing. I did low weights/high reps and heavy weights/low
reps. I tried to do different lifts every time to trick my muscles into growing
with very little results to show for it.
Then one day, one of the many books or magazines I was
reading (I wish I could remember which one) there was an article how long it takes
to have a body builders physique, it stated that typically it takes a person 7 to 10 years. The article then went on to say, to use the
over used analogy, it’s like building a house you have to start with building a
solid foundation. That is to say you
have to be able to lift very heavy in order to grow very big. There were basically a hand full of lifts it
suggested doing until you could lift heavy which meant being able to lift two
to two and half times what you already maxed out at as a beginner. After reading that article I read several
books on beginning body building and they all said the same thing just in not
the same words.
This concludes our ride in the time machine, now, if you
would, please exit the time machine and watch your step I wouldn’t want you to
trip on the way out.
Why did we just take that journey in the time
machine? Isn't it obvious? It’s time for
me to start lifting. I was looking for
routines over the last week and came across a “Beginning Body Building” article
on the web. It recommended starting with
the basics (somethings never change). You
only need to be able to perform a few exercise to build a solid foundation and
from there if you want to keep it a ranch style house (if you get my meaning) you can, but if you want to
build a mansion you can as well.
The exercises are:
Legs: Deadlifts, Squats
Chest: Chest Press, Bench Press, PushUps
Shoulders: Shoulder Press, Military Press
Back: Bent over Rows, One Arm Rows
Biceps: Dumbbell Curls, Hammer Curls, Barbell Curls
Triceps: French Curls, Extensions
That is a total of 14 exercises. I am starting today. My
rotation is as follows:
3 Days On 1 Day Off
Day 1 Legs and
Back
Day 2 Chest
and Shoulder
Day 3 Biceps
and Triceps
As always I will keep you posted on my progress.
Daily Recap:
Matt: 30 Min AM
Jog
Day
1 Legs and Back
Kelly: 1 hour walk
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