So this week I've been listening to a ton of Robb Wolf podcasts, which I find very fun and informative. I especially like that his take on most things (other than gluten) is a try it and see type view. His view is once you have a baseline of cutting out all the problematic stuff (grains, legumes and most dairy) and are eating a lowish carb diet from whole foods, then you can start "tweaking" things to suit your situation. I find this a very cool approach.
This week I also worked out my own strength training routine with two workouts to alternate between. This week I did each one time, though next week I think I will do 3 workouts a week and just alternate back and forth. I am using body weight and the few dumbbells and kettle bell that I have, so on some movements I am almost certainly not getting enough stress to build a lot of strength, especially for my legs. For upper body stuff, I definitely weigh enough and am untrained enough for that to be good for awhile.
This current routine I am focusing mostly on upper body strength, so where I can I choose the variation of body weight exercise that limits me to 3 to 6 reps per set. For those exercises I do what reps I can for 5 or 6 sets, resting for about 2 minutes between sets.
My two workouts are:
Workout A
Elevated push ups (feet on a chair, hands on Perfect Push up handles) - 6 sets of ~5 reps
Lunge with Rotation with 20lb dumbbell - 2 sets of 15 reps
Bent over rows with 30lb dumbbells - 3 sets of 10 reps
Single leg Romanian dead lift with 30lb dumbbells - 3 sets of 10 reps
Front and side planks
Workout B
Inverted press (feet on chair but butt high and hands close to the chair so it is almost like doing a handstand push up but easier) 5 sets of ~4 reps
Goblet squats with 53lb kettle bell - 2 sets of 15 reps
Pull ups - 5 sets of 3 reps (one leg assisting as little as possible to get out the 3 reps per set)
Dumbbell dead lift - 2 sets of 15 reps
Mountain Climbers for 1 minute
Both workouts take about 30 minutes.
Food wise I been doing mostly the same, though trying to slowly ramp up the carbs a little and add more protein as per Robb Wolf's recommendation of 1g protein per pound of body weight. This has upped my calories a bit, though I am dropping the fat a little now. My calories are about 120 per day higher (more or less) but that is all from increased protein (40g more per day on average) so I'm not worried about that.
All in all things are going well and I feel like I'm making progress.
Friday, July 01, 2011
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