Progress

So it's been pretty much one whole week since i joined the gym. I've been diligent enough to be going everyday I've been going to uni. It actually been keeping me more mentally active during the day but I am eating bucket loads more now and as for muscle soreness/pains, it's manageable and does not seem to be much for me to bare. So far so good, I just hope i can keep at it!

I've gone through my whole weekly routine. It goes through chest, back, legs, shoulders in that order. I haven't included arms into my routine because to work out arms specifically you need to do isolated exercises and i just find that isolating muscles while working is quite inefficient, when i can be working my chest/back/shoulders with free weights and still get a work out in the arms at the same time. I think i will include torso into my routine soon when i figure out which exercises are best and how to work it into a routine.



So I finally got around to taking photos of myself. I felt like a tool doing it but i got it. Now to wait 6 months and see how my body shapes up after this.

Chest


Back


Legs


Current weight : 57.5 kgs.... (I think)

So i finally bit the bullet and joined the gym.

So after many years of me criticising people for wasting money on a gym membership. I have finally bit the bullet and have become one of them.

At first and for a long while I was really hesitant about joining a gym with soo many reasons too! I personally thought that i did enough strenuous exercise to keep healthy ( I actually did!), I also didn't believe in paying someone to allow me to run, cycle or row indoors when i would much rather be outdoors doing that stuff having loads more fun! And most importantly I couldn't afford to join a gym. But now I have come to an understanding that going to the gym is more than that.

Which comes to the one of the main reasons to why i have finally decided to join the gym, more specifically the uni gym. I want to get stronger, much much stronger. Actually i should reword that, I want to attain more power. I want to be strong enough so i can become the base/tail for lion dancing, I want to increase my vertical leap, I want to be able to do a muscle up and lastly I just want to make day to day life just that much easier on my physical body.

Unlike most of my other friends who are in fact somewhat my inspiration, their main goals for attending a gym is (and i quote) "Aesthetics". I don't want bulk at all, I personally think that any more muscle definition for me will look weird and possibly unattractive on me. I know i will gain muscle and I can't avoid that but I intend to stay under 60kgs. Which i think is quite possible considering how hard it has been in the past for me to gain/loose weight.

I have considered to take a photo now of my physic but I'll feel like a narcissistic douchebag if i do it. But i do believe I should do it. Take a before shot, then take another photo 6 months down the track just too see how I improve on muscle definition (and possibly decline in attractiveness).

My short term goals.

• Dumbbell shoulder press 25kgs (currently 17.5kgs)
• Dumbbell Chest press 30kgs (currently 20kgs)
• Squat 150kgs (currently 80kgs)
• Do a muscle up! (.....no)
  
• Go to the gym every weekday!

To those who actually bother to read my rambles and actually gym actively, help me out here and give me some advice on how to train or exercises that i could do. Currently I'm just receiving all my advice from a few friends and people on youtube. I'm always opened to suggestions!

Gym.

So the other day I borrowed a mates Fittness First membership, 'borrowed' because I'm too cheap to pay for a membership and a one time visit is quite dear.

So this visit would be my 4th ever visit to a gym, the reason why i went was because Chinese New Year is coming up soon, so that means more practicing/training for liondancing and i just wanted to record all i could do now max out on everything and then i intend to visit the gym again after the cny performances are over to see my improvements.

My numbers and workouts are as follows.

• 2km row - 9min 26 secs (warm up)
• 60' military press - 15kgs, 6reps
• Horizontal Dumbell Flyes - 7.5kgs, 10 reps
• Leg press - 280kgs, 10reps
• 15 speed pull ups
• 20 Inclined sit ups
• Backpull - 10kgs, 5 reps.

Seems pretty pathetic now that i look back at this list. And i still remember during this workout i didn't push myself too hard and i definitely didn't max out on the pull ups or backpull. I also forgot about attempting to max out on the bench press and squats. I might pop down to the gym again just to get them down again.