I went through the day at work, sitting at a desk on the phone, find the soreness increasing throughout the day.
Arms were feeling sore, abs were tender and felt worked over for sure. Legs were tender and going up and down stairs felt the muscles that had been worked.
Noticed the increase in energy already, I know it was only one night of working out, Feb 15th after 10pm was when I started the workout.
So I got home from work on the 16th and took care of things at home ( Mainly trying to jump start a dead car but that is for another post)
I decided that I needed to break it up as far as the workout was concerned.
- Core workout- I focused on sets of 25 for different exercises. So that I could isolate all of the core area. These included lower ab, side, upper workouts as well. Felt the Burn even more then the night before.
- Results: 200 reps of core workouts.
- Knee bends- I again looked at sets of 25 for different types of knee bends, squats, knee raises and other leg exercises. Again feeling the concentrated soreness all over not just in one part of the leg.
- Results: 200 reps of leg type workouts.
- Push ups- I wanted to make sure I was working this as well rounded as possible. Sets of 25 from wide stance, shoulder width, diamonds, inverted to develop the chest, back and upper body. Soreness in the arms, shoulders, back were expected and happened! Now this is my area that I need to improve the most. I started with 50 on the first night and it about killed me, I did 75 the second night, I should be able to hit the 200 per day mark next week and then make up ground by hitting 225.
- Results: 75 Push ups
- Results: Soreness in the body that creates a good joke for coworkers, friends and family. Overall more energy throughout the day. I am sitting at a desk on the phone 12-15 hours a day, desk muscle is an easy thing to build hard to break down. I am using this challenge as a Shock Treatment for my body. I know that having a rest period will benefit building more muscle, right now getting the muscles use to being used. After the 30 days I will have breaks in between giving the muscle time to rebuild before tearing it up again.
Food- I am not restricting or trying any diet right now. I am following the phrase "Moderation in all things..."
Those that know me are aware I love food, all kinds of food. I crave a great salad loaded with nuts and cut up veggies and cheese as much as I crave Ding Dongs and Mtn Dew! Right now getting exercise back into my routine is priority one, then we will begin to specialize the exercise.
Check back in tomorrow to see how I did on my third day!
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