I have always been an on/off type of person. Either I work out for a few months or I don't for equal amount of time. Mostly that stemmed from me never really being into activities and physical strain. Probably largely due to asthma when I was younger always making running feel like death and when I first tried lifting weights the whole "male" thing of talking about how much you bench really took some getting used to since while I've always been strong back/legs wise and overall been a pretty naturally strong individual compared to others who did little to no training I was always a bit weak chest wise. But I tried to get into it and for a while there a few years ago I thought I was about to but a cold got me of a week and my lazy streak and eating crap came back. So it wasn't quite until the end of summer last year that I finally took a long hard look at myself and really made a decision to be dedicated. And change my mindset from "I should really get to the gym" to "Man, I want to lift some weights!"
And, lo and behold, almost 6 months later I am still at it every week. I started out with a 3-way split with 2 cardio days. But have since moved to a 5 day split as follows;
Monday: Chest / Cardio
Tuesday: Back / Cardio
Wednesday: Legs / Cardio Optional
Thursday: Shoulders / Cardio
Friday: Arms / Cardio
I rest all weekend, unless I feel like adding some cardio in. Lately I've been enjoying the stair machine and going for about 30-40 minutes working up a good sweat. As for the weights part, I had been doing relatively mid to high reps at first. Staying at around 12. But has since backed down and upped the weights. This week, as an example, I did some 4-6 reps sets as well as some light sets with up to 20 reps. In general though, I don't really have much of a sophisticated system other than to make sure I get all my muscles worked and worked hard. And since I try and push myself to the limit, I usually take a week off every 8 or 12 weeks. That has helped a lot in making sure my body can catch up if I am feeling run down in joints or general fatigue. Beyond just kicking my own ass in the gym, I try to eat better to a reasonable level but I am not quite at the point in that part of my lifestyle that I feel like getting all micromanaging about it. I am at current rate just happy to be going at it as ferociously as I am.
On a tangental related note, does any of you bombers take any supplements to give you some boost? PWOs, recoup shakes, amino acids, creatine etc.?
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