Well folks, for Day 1 I'm just going to write a bunch of words to give everyone an idea of what I'm doing here. As well as posting my first workout routine. Please read through everything on this first post to get an idea of what I'm doing and what the goals are of me sharing everything I'm doing to make my body fit and healthy. I call this my Superhero workout because I'm not only into comic books, but I also write and draw them. This is my world and while I may not look like Superman or Captain America now, that doesn't mean I can't. For one of my sources of inspiration, head to the Building a Superhero Facebook page, ran by Jonathan Carroll:
https://www.facebook.com/BuildingASuperhero
(Self advertising shot of myself a week ago with my comic character Anaeda on a shirt)
**Keep in mind - If you're here looking for advice or ideas, just remember I'm starting out myself. What works for me may or may not work for you. Find motivation within yourself, as well as finding it in others. And remember you are doing this for yourself.
My Basic story:
I was lucky 15 years ago, (at age 19 and 20), to have a great metabolism and didn't have to worry about this overweight stuff. But after drinking tons of soda my whole life (6-8 cans or more a day), sitting on my butt all these years and not having much activity in my life, I've now let myself go and that ends with the starting base I've given myself in 2012. I went from 140-150lbs to 260 in 8 years. Stress, quick, junk and fatty foods and just being lazy in general. I allowed myself to keep giving excuses to going back and being unhealthy until I got to the point where it was hindering my artwork and my social life.
Whether you're unhealthy because you're big or small, skinny or fat, if you want to be happy with yourself you should push for it. Like many who are looking to quit their vices, I've tried many times to cut soda and fatty/unhealthy foods out of my life. And after a hard year, I've finally reached a comfortable level where I'm at a goal of drinking one can of soda a week. I'm eating mostly a Paleo/Caveman diet, which is meats, vegetables and fruits. I allow myself breads and pasta, but those are slowly becoming infrequent. (You can read more about the diet on Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo_diet)
Supplements Program:
The next thing I'm posting is the supplements program I'm on. DUB Nutrition. You can go to my page and join or shop and get started today:
http://www.mydubnutrition.com/gsb/ The goals behind working with DUB is not only ensuring my daily supplement intake is steady, but that I help others who are interested in adding supplements and healthy products to their daily life as well. The program is just as simple as others. But with DUB's Burner, Youth and Muscle supplements, I'm enjoying more energy than ever. I'm feeling pumped and motivated to push myself and make things better. And I will be documenting my results as I go And I will be posting my daily intake along with my workout routines and information below and separate on each new Blog update. And again, I will be posting every workout day here on this blogger account.
TODAY'S WORKOUT RESULTS:
Note: To start over after a year of hardly working out at all, back injury pains from 2010, and depression and poor time management, I started small and easy for everything I did today. Including my two separate Mile Runs which were on and off jogging and walking to loosen up my leg muscles and get back into the game.
[ Starting weight: 215lbs ]
DUB Supplements:
- 3 Muscle (blue)
- 2 Burner (red)
- 1 Youth (white)
Mile Run:
- 17:07 (minutes)
- 15:24
Leg Press:
- 150lbs x25 (reps)
- 200lbs x25
Seated Butterfly:
- 50lbs x15
- 50lbs x15
Military Press:
- 50lbs x10
- 50lbs x10
Seated Chest Press:
- 50lbs x15
- 50lbs x15
Lat Pull Downs:
- 75lbs x15
- 75lbs x15
Upper Back:
- 50lbs x15
- 50lbs x15
Abdominal:
- 50lbs x20
- 50lbs x20
Lower Back:
- 50lbs x20
- 50lbs x20
