Friday, November 15, 2013

Strength training round 1

I am slowly inching towards my goal of 60 lbs lost, although to be honest I could have hit it more quickly if I wanted to but for the last little while I have been focusing on transitioning to maintenance and lowering my body fat percentage. I would like to hit 20% on my scale, which means I have 2% to lose. I know my scale is not the most accurate measurement, however, since I have not had a proper body fat test done it is the best I have. 

I have been using JEFIT to run my workouts on my tablet. Aside from the first day, things have been going well. However, two things have become apparent if I am going to continue to strength train at home. 

1) I want a barbell for our home gym
2) I NEED more varied and heavier dumbbells.

My supply of dumbbells is limited and I can see them becoming too light fairly quickly.  I have been running a 4-day split with 3 super-sets followed by 10-30 min of the treadmill or spin bike. I have added screenshots below. I do two days of upper body (Monday/ Thursday) and two days of lower body (Tuesday/ Friday). 





This is my first try at creating a strength routine and I did research other beginner splits in order to create this. I have been adjusting this routine as I go to the point where I feel that it is fairly well balanced. That being said, in order to keep things changing I will likely change this in a few weeks.
I still need to give the SWORKIT app a try, but I am a little reluctant to go back to body weight exercises after working on strength. That being said, it may be a good change in order to stop things from getting stagnant. 

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