After four months of not working out consistently, I finally decided it’s time to pick up the weights again. The P90X infomercials I’ve been seeing lately must have motivated me. I like lifting weights better than cardio so the ultimate goal this week is to at least make time for three cardio sessions. The weights session today wasn’t good. It felt like I lost all the strength I’ve gained from the past but at least I can still perform consecutive full push ups decently.

Full Body Workout (38 min)

I’ve decided to start over and just finish the BFL regimen just at 8 weeks. I sprained my ankle a month and a half ago so the workouts became fewer. Anyways, I did some type of workout since the last time I posted.

04.15 UPPER BODY (53 min)
05.01 UPPER BODY (55 min)
05.07 UPPER BODY (53 min)
05.13 Gazelle (45 min)
05.21 FULL BODY (27 min)
05.22 Gazelle (30 min)
05.23 FULL BODY (34 min)

The plan right now is to do full body workouts which consist of 18 exercises performed twice. The ones I did recently were only for one round which is why the total time is half an hour. I considered last week as test week. As for cardio, I’ll stick to the Gazelle for now and stay away from high impact routines because the ankle isn’t fully healed yet.

I’m redoing week 9 because 2 workouts in a week isn’t so great. Hopefully I’ll be more motivated this coming 4 weeks after not working out for more than a week.

04.02.08
UPPER BODY (54 min)
Increased my maximum weight on floor presses to 35lb! I was also able to complete 6 reps of shoulder presses with 25lb successfully!

04.03.08
TAEBO Total Body (54 min)
I forgot that this workout isn’t as intense because it incorporates weights.

03.24.08
TAEBO Fat Blaster (45 min)

03.25.08
LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (54 min)

03.27.08
UPPER BODY (52 min)

03.30.08
LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (52 min)

03.17.08
Karatics Workout (45 min)
- Used 2lb weights on the punches. Omitted the very last multi-combo kick
Gazelle (45 min)
- Listened to Utada Hikaru’s Distance album

03.19.08
UPPER BODY (50 min)
- Odd thing happened, I felt a headache starting and I decided to drink coffee since I haven’t had my caffeine fix for the day. Afterwards, I felt so much better and the headache was gone.
- As for the workout, I listened to Mika Nakashima’s The End album. The last 2 sets of the shoulder and bicep sections burned!

03.21.08
LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (52 min)
- Finally able to use 25lbs on the overhead press!
- Decreased the reps on calf exercises and increased the amount of time to lift and lower the weight.

03.22.08
TAEBO Cardio (42 min)
Karatics Workout (42 min)
- Used 2lb weights on the punches.

03.23.08
UPPER BODY ROUTINE (54 min)
- Most of the sets on kickbacks were not performed unilaterally.
Karatics Workout (41 min)
- Used 2lb weights on the punches. Alternated the punches and kicks. I think I’ll do the same routine next time.

Okay, I only did 5 cardio sessions instead of 6 this week. Will try to do 6 again next week.

03.10 LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (54 min)
- I used 25lb on my 4th set of overhead press but was only able to do 4 reps.
03.12 Karatics Workout 1 [modified] (40 min)
- Need to modify more.
03.14 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (49 min)
- Last 2 sets of shoulders and biceps section = BURN. I tried 25lb on bicep curls and it didn’t work well, it’s still too heavy.
03.16 LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (54 min)

Only one cardio session this week. The plan for this week is to do 6 cardio sessions since I’ve been slacking off the past 3 weeks.

03.03 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (51 min)
03.05 LOWER BODY + SHOULDERS (54 min)
03.07 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (46 min)

I didn’t do cardio again last week. I planned to do it on Saturday and Sunday but that didn’t happen. On a happier note, I realized that I’ve been actually using 30lb in some of the exercises instead of 25lb. I looked at the wrong column of the Powerblock chart. I need to shift some of the weights in the exercises this week and correct my error.

02.26 LOWER BODY + ARMS ROUTINE (48 min)
02.28 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (49 min)
03.01 LOWER BODY + ARMS ROUTINE (50 min)

I didn’t do any cardio at all this week. Doing Taebo or P90 didn’t seem exciting for some reason this week. I’m tweaking my weightlifing regimen starting tomorrow which should last for 4 weeks. I just realized that I’ve been working out for 6 months now which is quite a record for me. Hopefully I’ll still be at this for another 6 months.

02.18 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (45 min)
Notes: Decided to do overhead presses and hammer curls while standing.

02.19 TAEBO Cardio (42 min)

02.20-21 Rest days. I got distracted on the second unplanned rest day.

02.22 LOWER BODY + ARMS ROUTINE (48 min)

02.23 TAEBO Cardio (42 min); P90 Sweat Cardio 3-4 (43 min)

02.24 UPPER BODY ROUTINE (49 min)
Notes: On the one-arm rows, I tried to keep the tension on my muscle throughout the whole movement. Form still suffers on the 20lb overhead triceps extension.

I’m planning to update weekly from now on. As for my diet, I’m back to counting calories after not doing it for about 2 months. I don’t seem to be losing weight so I need to watch my calories again.