On Your Marks...

So this new kick started with a casual "oh lets stand on the scales" at my girlfriends last week and a kick in the face when I saw the results.

Currently

6'5" (don't imagine this will change much)
17st 5.75lbs
36" waist
Fat is held around my chest and belly and lack in muscle strength

Decided I'm going to set myself 8 week goals, so that I have something fairly close to work to when I can then establish new goals, rather than always working towards one single point (like the holiday last year).


So I took the start of this to be last Sunday 8th June with 8 weeks coming Sunday 3rd August. Potential problem lies in having T in the Park smack in the middle, will try and keep the booze to a minimum and NO 'burgers', whatever they actually are.

Goal for 3rd August is to drop 16lbs (ie 2lbs per week) by hitting the free weights 3/4 times a week plus starting 5 a sides with work next week so that will be weekly aswell.

Hugely cleaned up the diet this week, removed all drinks except water and green tea (coke and pepsie were flowing down my neck!), started prepping lunches of chicken/tuna salad to take in to work rather than popping next door to bakers or chippy and freezer is full of chicken breasts and salmon fillets. Also trying to keep carbs to breakfast time only in form of wholmeal toast and bran flakes.

Gym this week has been a bit of a mashup getting my bearings and working out what I want to put in routine, done a rough split of:

Sunday - legs (squats, extensions, curls. calf raises)
back (deadlift, lat pull down, BOR, seated row)
Monday - chest (bench, db fly, dips(assisted), incline bench
shoulders (db press, standing row)
Tuesday - Arms (21s, db curls, tri extension, skullcrusher)
Threw in assisted chin ups, peck deck, and some abs
Wednesday off
Thursday - went a run in the park with my flatmate

That's me so far, like I say, working out what I want to incorporate in to a routine which I'll sit down and work out this weekend and post along with hopefully a more structured diet.

If anyone happens to read this and feels like they have some input that coule be helpful please comment on any aspect of what I'm doing. All help greatfully received.