Well, let's hope that's the end of
that.
By
that I mean the three or so years of aimless-exercise-slash-shiftless-aimlessness that the period between this post and the previous one suggests.
Have I not done any exercise since March 2015?
No, but, except for a brief, fairly consistent stint at a local gym, and some very random calisthenics every few weeks or months, I haven't spent much time or mental effort on personal fitness.
Fortunately, decent genes, decent eating habits, and physically demanding work and hobbies have kept me in, well, decent shape.
Be that as it may, my cardiovascular stamina is deplorable, and I have probably lost up to 20 pounds of muscle over the past three years (but probably only about 15).
A few weeks ago, I got a stomach virus/gastritis, and I think I went from 225 to 215. Since then I have eaten and active-lifestyled my way back up to maybe 220.
Starting Sunday, I somehow convinced myself to begin an old standby program I learned about years ago from Rich Bryda's e-books. Today at work I manged to convince a coworker to try it out with me, and by the end of the day we had agreed to get back into a proper fitness regimen.
And so it begins.
Almost as soon as I got home, I put on my sneakers, dug up some old training equipment from the forgotten recesses of my garage, and battled Old Man Entropy once again. I hope this marks a serious return to regaining strength and fitness as "40" looms less than a year away.
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weight: 218 lbs.
time: 25 min.
pulse: 150-180 bpm
warm-up: basic movements to activate muscle memory
1) 8 lb. sledgehammer smash: 5/5 sagittal chops, 5/5 golf drives, 5/5 log splitters
2) jump rope: 50 skips (various)
3) 25 lb. KB swings: 20/20
4) step 2
5) 25 lb. KB press squats: 5/5
6) step 2
7) repeat steps 1-6 two more times
