Velocity Diet Journey Feat. Nick

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[quote]Nick21 wrote:

Day 1 + 2 I did laps around the mall for 45min or so. Today I was up and down stairs from the basement of an apartment building to the third floor trying to get the phone lines working. I also walked on the treadmill for 12min at the gym until I got bored.[/quote]

heehee you get bored in twelve mins?

At the gym I try to grab whatever equipment is available. Fortunately the squat rack was free this time (Last time there were over a dozen guys “in line”). Since I have never done squats before in my life I started off putting 25lb plates on and I did two sets of 8. For my next 3 sets I had 35lbs and did 8reps for the first two, 6 reps on the last set. My legs were shaky on the last rep and I almost couldn’t get the bar up, but I managed.

How do you think you did? How do your knees feel? Why am I scared?

Consider the Goblet Squat:

that will help you get a good squat groove. Here’s a video:

Goblet Squat 1

After that I tried the Smith Machine(I think thats what its called) and did one set of 6reps with 45lb plates on, really felt a burn in my legs this time.

Aieee! a burn, he felt, on the Smith machine!

Best. Passed. By.

I mean, as long as I’m the only person commenting, right? I can say what I really think?

I did 5 sets of bb bench press, all with 25lb or 35lb plates on I can’t remember now. I did 8reps on the first 3sets, 8 on the fourth, and I asked the guy beside me to spot me on the fifth set. I managed to do 4reps before I couldn’t get the bar off my chest(Weak, I know).

Chin-ups and dips

bodyweight rows and push-ups

You’ll learn how to handle your own bodyweight and there’s no line.

Not sayin’ not use iron but you can get a great workout, especially being new to training, and you’ll have the satisfaction of mastery over your own body.

[quote]This was my second serious workout(First was 2 days ago) since I was probably about 17; so four years ago. I’m pretty sure I will be able to handle a lot more weight in my second week of workouts, right now I’m sort of experimenting and trying to see what weight I can do 5sets of 6reps with. I really am a rookie and not sure what type of workout is right for me or I should be following, so I just go to the gym and try to get a full body workout in doing as much as I can.

I also did some db bench presses on a flat bench, I stared my first set using 30lbs(10reps), switched to 35lbs for my next four sets(6reps ea set). I took a little water break/walk and when I came back I did one more set of 8 with 40lbs.

I felt reall good and sore after the workout and actually enjoyed the surge today and drank it with no problem. I found that letting it sit for a minute after I shake it up makes the foam dissolve and makes it a hell of a lot easier to drink.[/quote]

Yeah, I’m not especially fond of Surge, not sure why it is.

Thats my story for today, I’m sure there will be more for tomorrow. Thanks for reading(If anyone did).

Hey, you did real well posting. And describing your workout. I used to get lonely sometimes in my little thread. Hopefully some dude around here will help you out with a program. What about the Waterbury V-diet program that Tropicalshoes is doing? It’s just labeled “beginner”, not “girlz” or “gayz” or anything. There are three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. So you should probably follow her routine, since gustavopacho was advanced.

I also put some pics up.

good jorb! You look like you got a future!