[BostonDoctorTTT]

Saturday - rest .... ahhhhhh

Jonathan, that's quite a setup you have!

I went the gym route for weights - there is a nice YMCA a few miles away. When I started I knew absolutely nothing about lifting, and needed lots of coaching. I do have a nice cardio machine that I use at home. Once you are feeling comfortable with the equipment, I'd suggest you hire a personal trainer to come over and design a program for you. He can also help make sure your form is good (the hardest part IMO). My friend (who I met at the Y) is a personal trainer and he has helped me tremendously. For example, I was doing lat pulldowns wrong and not seeing any progress - and with a small change in form I was able to lift an extra 40 pounds, am progressing, and may have avoided an injury (he said I was putting too much stress on my shoulders). On other machines, his suggestions have tended to reduce the weight, but I felt the muscle contraction in the right place, rather than cheating with larger and stronger muscles. He has also forced me to change up my program periodically to challenge the muscles in different ways. I wholeheartedly recomend you get 2-3 personal training sessions to get the most out of your time and equipment, and avoid getting injured!

BTW, I have the Denon 2900. Very nice. If you're a stereo / home theater buff, we should talk!

[joeyCanada]

Thursday mission accomplished:
Bike ride after big dinner ...
Duration: 45min + 5min cooldown
Calories: 397@45min
Heart rate setting: 140
Resting pulse (lowest in 5 min before exercise): 58
Recovery heart rate (lowest during cooldown): 98
Notes: Bonk at 38 minutes or so, not severe. No problem getting to 45 min, but no energy for another 15 mins.

[HakSpeame]

Goals for this week:

Diet:
1. Eat 30-40 grams carbs per day
2. Drink plenty of water

Exercise:
Monday: Exercise bike for 45+ min
Tuesday: Gym - chest and back (heavy)+abs
Wednesday: Exercise bike for 45+ min
Thursday: Exercise bike for 45+ min
Friday: Gym - bicep, tricep, shoulders (light)+abs
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Gym - chest and back+abs (light)

[Gooracouppy]

Hey Jonathan -

I am doing fine. Actually traveling to St. Paul, MN. Just got Internet access re-established (but at $10 a day, I may not be on every day).

I am feeling much better. Bascially just got in one workout last week. I will post progress when I have time (maybe tonight), but I gained a few pounds while I was sick and not exercising.

This week I am back on track. I can use the YMCA here, and have gone for the past two nights. I have started trying to run. Ran two 1/2 mile segments 2 nights ago, and about the same last night (not quite as far, actually, as my knee started to bother me a little).

Gotta run - will have to catch up on the forum later.

Brian

[Erossycuc]

Good luck with the program.

I'm going though my trial run. Figured out I might be able to bench press over 230 a few times, but lifting something for 3 sets of 8-12 is another story all together. Then following the bench press with the incline bench press only makes it even harder. I think 110 is where I draw the line. 120 was a bit to hard in the secound group of sets( I could only get about 6 - 7 reps in the end ). Lessoned learned.

Tonight, I cringe at he thought of the dreaded Squats, and leg curls.

[jstizzle]

Do you always do a lot of travelling? Oh, and you better not neglect the family.. that never turns out good. :P