This month saw me returning to weightlifting and weight-loss in a big way. I returned and resolved to work out nearly four hours a day. I chose to do this because I wanted to try out two-a-days (I’ll go into this more in-depth in another article). Two-a-days are when you go to the gym and work out twice a day. Essentially, one time is solely dedicated to cardio and another is solely dedicated to lifting.…
This month marked the start of my body weight training regimen. That meant halting my current regimen which was bad and good. Bad in the fact that those muscles wouldn’t be trained anymore which would lead to some atrophy. It was good in the fact that I would allow my strength to become proportional to my weight. In other words, I’d be able to teach my body how to lift all the muscle it had…
May marked the successful completion of my third goal. By the end of the month, I hit just under 150 pounds. In addition to this, the end of May marked the start of my break from weightlifting and my foray into body weight training. Towards the beginning of the month, I increased my cardio amount from 45 minutes a day to 60 minutes a day. In addition to this, I increased my weights in every…
April saw changes in almost every aspect of my fitness. My weights in each category went up quite drastically while my cardio hovered around 45 minutes. I slightly increased it towards the end of the month, but not a very noticeable amount. I will go more in-depth on how to determine when it’s a good time to increase cardio per day in a different article but as a general rule of thumb, when the workout…
Easter. Honestly, I’m not kidding when I say that literally every month has a national holiday. The first week of this month saw the continuation of the nutrition kick that started in the twilight days of February. The first weekend in March I went out and bought foods that checked every box on my list (protein-rich, filling, low calorie, low fat, low carb, and low sugar). I landed on these categories for a variety of…
