Just back to normal food now, but think a week of smoothies and soup has taken its toll!! those chinup/dips SS's are bad enough when im full of energy!
Just thought Id share some interesting stats with people here - to show the extended benefits of changing diet etc.
In December I had a health check at work to look at BMI, and cholesterol - I'd never had my cholesterol checked before and was shocked that it was 7.2!! (ideal is <5) and i weighed about 66KG BMI 27.4
I just had it all checked again - weight 60KG, BMI 22, and best of all cholesterol 5.5.
Still a bit of work to do to get it below 5 but it just shows you what a difference 3 months can make...
Just think its interesting what difference a little change can make - i was hoping it would be a bit lower but i didn't expect that much - a real advocate for healthy eating!
The reduction in chlorestorol sounds good. Not sure about BMI, it seems a bit vague and unreliable as a fitness indicator.
What does the mirror say ?
yeah i dont usually worry about BMI either, but i guess its good to see it reduce, my jeans are thanking me.. my clothes are generally fitting much better - i did post some progress pics at the start of this you can check out, and ill do more at the end of this challenge. Sensible changes so far i think..
I was on rugby tour at the weekend - so that was a planned deviation from my diet... and this week Im starting a new routine with Anthony - plan is to alternate two lower body workouts around one upper body - so that i can incorporate some lunges and other things i need to push more for physio on my knee.
Tuesdays workout:
Excersize/weight/reps
Wide stance leg press/7/12
WS leg press/8/12
WS leg press/9/10
Leg Curl/4/12
DB stiff leg deadlift/12/12
Leg Curl/4/10
DB stiff leg deadlift/14/10
Leg Curl/5/6
DB stiff leg deadlift/16/8
SuperSet - Bicycle crunch - 54 reps
SS - Reverse Ab Crunch - 48 reps
SS - Plank - 2.20mins
Definitely felt like a good workout, moving the curls next to the deadlifts has really targeted my hamstrings well which i wanted.
I did find it hard to maintain grip holding 16KG in each hand for the deadlifts though - maybe gloves would help with this? Any tips??
Went for a 20 min jog this morning (alternating jogging and running) and will do upper body tomorrow, run on Fri, and lower body B on Saturday.
Again it was a new regime, mostly made up of exercises Ive done before in previous weeks, the barbell row is new though:
<B>Superset(SS) Exercise/weight/reps</B>
SS-Dips/30/12
SS-Chinup/30/12
SS2-Dips/25/10
SS2-Chinup/25/10
SS3-Dips/20/6
SS3-Chinup/20/6(just!!)
Machine Chest Press/20/12
SS-Machine Chest Press/20/9
SS-Dbell Flye/7/12
Bbell Bent Over Row/15/12
SS-Bbell Bent Over Row/17.5/12
SS-Cable Seated Row/17.5/10
SS2-Dbell rear lateral raise/4/12
SS2-Dbell Front Raise/5/11
Machine shoulder press/3/8
Did too many reps on the lateral raise and front raise - will amend that next time, increased the difficulty on the chinups so pleased with that as it was a struggle last time i did that one.
