Christmas! Again!

December was the death of a lot of my muscle. It marked finals for the first semester of college and as such, I had zero time to workout. I was still able to stick with my diet but I didn’t have time to implement the body weight exercises I had wanted to at the end of November.

Once winter break started, however, I got right back into a new regimen. This one was similar to the one I had in the summer with a few differences:

Chest Day:

60 minutes of elliptical.

15 minutes of pectoral flys (3 sets of 8, 10, and 12 respectively).

15 minutes of bicep curls (3 sets of 10).

15 minutes of shoulder press (3 sets of 10).

100 sit-ups.

Leg Day:

60 minutes of elliptical.

15 minutes of outward hip abduction (3 sets of 8, 10, and 12 respectively).

15 minutes of inward hip abduction (3 sets of 8, 10, and 12 respectively).

15 minutes of leg press (3 sets of 10).

100 sit-ups.

This regimen was about two hours each day. Although it didn’t follow the two-a-day model, it was perhaps more rigorous as it was all at once. The main goal with this regimen was to regain as much muscle as possible.

As far as diet went, I ended up putting it on the back-burner as I shifted nearly all of my attention to working out.

All in all, the month was decently productive. Although I lost a decent amount of muscle in the first three weeks of the month, I was able to regain nearly all of it during the last week.

Right: I’m glad that I was able to break even at the end of the month due to the efforts of the last week.

Wrong: I should have focused more on diet during the last week in addition to doing well with my regimen. It wouldn’t have made too much of a difference (seeing as it was only one week of food), but I’m sure it would have helped regain a little more muscle.