My shoulders still ache from those presses. I need to be careful.
Normal warmup, then squats:
back squat 10x bar
back squat 10x 65#
front squat 10x 95#
back squat 15x 65#
back squat 15x 65#
I need a squat rack.
Resolutions, in TF format. In 2008, I dream of…
Having:
- An automatic watch
- A new mandolin
- A dupont row house (at least a lease on one)
Doing:
- Meditating every day of 2008
- Going to a sesshin / other meditation retreat
- Recording a country album with MS
- Travelling out of the US at least once. Preferably to beaches.
Being:
- A strong contributor at my firm
- More compassionate, more greatful, more loving
- A sick bluegrass mandolin player
- Phenomonally fit
- A morning person
That’s that.
This is a personal blog about fitness related things: goal setting and achieving, personal betterment, lifestyle design, and so on and so forth.
First, the “I am” section. I am
- Male
- 24 years old
- 155 lbs, 7-9% bodyfat
- Six feet tall
I am highly ectomorphic, i.e., it is very hard for me to gain weight. Though this has obvious upsides (never worrying about weight problems,) the lack of attention required to keep my body in some sort of presentable shape has for the last several years seriously diminished my motivation to exercise. As a result, I am in the worst shape of my life. I can do about 5 pullups in a row, 30 pushups, and maybe 50 situps. I can’t run more than a mile. I haven’t attempted to benchpress anything since college.
I have a simple set of fitness goals:
- Bench press body weight
- Run 5k without dying
- 10 pull ups in a row
My plan to get there involves a heavy dose of crossfit WODs and a zone-like diet. I am also experimenting with creatine and protein supplements, figuring that I need all the help that I can get. Right now I’m taking one scoop each of BSN’s Cellmass creatine and Syntha-6 protein immediately after working out (and first thing in the morning on rest days.)
