On December 26th, 2008 my wife and I, along with our two kids, took a trip to our local shopping mall where we visited the GNC nutritional supplement store and I purchased the GNC Pro Performance Maximum Hardcore Muscle Stack kit.
I started taking it that afternoon and on December 27th, 2008 (the next day) I had my first workout in almost one year.
I workout every other day, so as of today I have had seven workouts.
I already feel more tone and I seem to be standing up straighter (simply because it now feels better than slouching).
My workout routine isn’t anything fancy. I have a set of free weights with two barbells, a dumbbell, a preacher bar and a weight bench. There’s about 320lbs of weights.
I am not doing any lower-body workouts, but I plan on adding that in about two months.
For abs, I do three sets of 13 crunches, while holding a 45lb weight against my chest. I also do three sets of leg lifts.
For the bench press, I do three sets of 8 reps and add more weight before each workout (I’ve added weight 6 times). I am currently bench pressing 130 lbs.
I also do curls with the dumbbells, again three sets of 8 reps each. I have a few more exercises, but right now I’m not sure of what the common name is for them. One is for the triceps where you squat on the bench with one knee and hand and raise the dumbbell up and extend your arm backwards.
I’ve been focusing on Form over quantity of reps, so I’d rather have 6 good reps rather than 8 sloppy ones.
I imagine after I keep this up for awhile I will develop a more rigid routine and begin to target individual muscles, but for now, just making the workout routine a regular part of my life is my main goal.
Baby steps.
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