fatguywithablog

The weekend is tough for me.  Mon - Fri is easy, I am at my desk, I am on a schedule.  Saturday and Sunday come and all hell breaks loose.  But I did pretty well this weekend and kept my eating under control, for the most part.  Pretty good.

I kicked the week off yesterday after work with a great session in the gym.
(Note, I realize this site is largely women and that weight lifting is not the emphasis here, but it is something I enjoy doing and I see it as an important part of my fitness plan.  I am not posting about my gym performance to be a meat head or to show off or anything like that.  I just think it is going to help me, to get these numbers down and see them regularly to track my improvement)

So anyway, I have started a new lifting program.  It is more a of a full-body, core strength routine.  It looks challenging and judging from how my body feels the day after the first run through, it is going to hurt.  My results.

Deadlifts: 135 lbs x 8 reps x 4 sets
Yes, the deadlift is back!  I have not done these since training for the old glory days of high school football.  I know these are a dangerous lift and you can really hurt yourself, so I started with a low weight and less reps.  I need to not get ahead of myself and really concentrate on form and execution for a couple weeks before i start adding weight.

Lat pulldown:  120 x 12 x 2 / 125 x 8  / 130 x 8

Dumb bell shrugs: 50 x 12 x 2 / 55 x 10 x 2 (these were hard, but I should increase the weight)

Skull crushers: 160 x 12 x 2 / 170 x 10 x 2 (right reps, but really hard.  Not ready for more weight yet)

It was a good start and I hurt like hell today, which can only mean one thing.  Its working.