How’s everyone doing with their weight training routines? Today is the first day of July, can you believe it? 2019 is just about half way gone, and as I promised in January, we’d be taking this journey together.
So here we are. Are you dropping those pounds? I know I wanted a tighter – harder body, and I’m not even close to what I envisioned for myself at this point, but I am still going to the gym. I’m not in beast mode, but I have been consistent. I just completed my second consecutive week of three training days, and boy, am I sore as shit.
My workout has changed a lot so let me update you. Right now, and for the remainder of the summer I’m going to continue with three days per week of weight training. The days vary, but the routine is as follows:
Day 1 – Chest, Tri’s
Day 2 – Shoulders, Bi’s
Day 3 – Legs, Back, Abs
I discovered something about myself that I wanted to share, and I know everyone’s body is different, but just in case you’re in my boat, this will be helpful. Do not get discouraged!
It has been 14 or 15 years since I trained with weights, and if you’ve been out of the game for a while then you know part of your motivation to train again was that initial observation of your body. It’s the one when you’re like, “Man, I’m out of shape. I need to join the gym again. I look like shit. I feel like shit.”
There is however, another observation that’s more of a revelation, and this is why I’m asking you not to be discouraged. I think I joined the Gym in October last year, but the other day I looked at myself again. The opinion of myself was definitely a little more serious this time around.
I’m really out of shape I said to myself. I’ve been training since October, and I know I was only training one or two days during the week up until two weeks ago, so I’m not putting unfair pressure on myself. I’m just being honest. My body, over the years, has become a blob mass. It’s kind of funny, but true when I compare myself to a 230 pound lump of clay. There’s no definition, and no shape. Needless to say, I have work to do.
At this point, it easy for us to quit. It’s easy to convince ourselves at this point that weight training isn’t doing anything for us because after-all, we’ve been lifting since October. Do not get discouraged, and don’t quit. Let this new, more serious realization of your appearance be the motivation that propels you into 2020.
Crossroads
Life is filled with decisions. Everyday whether we realize it or not, we make choices. Sometimes we make choices without thinking, which is why we don’t realize this in the first place, but let me remind you that you’re at a crossroad here. Which direction will you move forward in?
Route 20 Route 18
You
If you chose Route 20, you’ve decided to continue with your current training routine. You were honest with yourself, and you didn’t like what you saw, but you’re deciding to do something about it. Within the near future you’re going to adjust your weight training routine by adding another day and turning up the intensity. In six months you will go in front of the Judge (you) for another observation/revelation. You will continue doing this until you’re satisfied with what you see, and then you will maintain. Welcome to the future!
If you chose to vere right onto Route 18, turn off at the next exit. Make a left, drive over the bridge and merge back onto the road you were just traveling on. One minute up the road on the right is the Route 20 exit. Go that way.
Have a Wonderful Day!
Nooz Buffet 