Feeling Less Than Buff
October 19, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
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Tags: 300, abs, bmi, fat, gym, happiness here i come, nap time, new leaf, the pain
Decided to head to my gym today. Spent some time naked in the microwave oven then hit the machines.
Despite having been hiking nearly non-stop for the week of my vacation, I’m feeling out of shape. It was a short session, on the bike machine then the weights working my abs.
I then proceeded after a shower to grab a hefty helping of bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, toast and coffee. No doubt counter acting the calories I burned.
I’m in desperate need of a nap.
New Leaf: Incremental Increase
July 13, 2008 Posted by Al Castle
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Tags: 300, abs, bmi, fat, gym, happiness here i come, new leaf, the pain
One of my goals is to have abs like the ones painted on the Spartans in the movie 300. Then I can go around half naked on my segway wearing a red Spartan like cape and a bad ass helmet like King Leonidis. Oh yeah.
This last trip to the gym I upped the number of reps as well as adding a new set with more weight.
I did a total of 120 crunches.
4 sets of 20 - 80 lbs
2 sets of 15 - 100 lbs
1 set of 10 - 110 lbs
That last set of 10 at 110 lbs was tough, at first the thing didn’t move when I tried. Thankfully the gym was mostly empty because I’m pretty sure the sound I made was a grunting, growling, swamp-thing type scream as I willed my body to repeatedly lift the weights.
I also added a new machine that works my man boobs. I was feeling pretty weak from the ab cruncher so I only did - 1 set of 15 - 90 lbs
After taking a shower, I was too weak to dry off. So completely wet, I’m now weighing in at 181 lbs making my weight loss to about 24 lbs of fat. Which puts my BMI at 24.5, within the normal weight according to the body mass index calculator. I still have what looks like a deflated bicycle tire around my waist, but I’m getting there.
