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 Originally Posted by BooG690
Stax forgot to include this tidbit. We do not discriminate against people in the future. What that means is that Kiwi is not required to do his cardio around Eastern Time.
Originally Posted by Stacks
(3) 5 days of cardio per week
[Week starts on Monday of respective Time-zone, ends Sunday]
Forgot to include it my ass.
Just talked to Jyms on AIM about a few things, regarding nutrition/weight lifting. Right now this is what I'm looking at as far as plan/schedule. Will change in the future if it so needs, or I see it isn't working like I want it to.
Nutrition
Main thing is to reduce the intake of carbs, while increasing my protein. In the past I've been prone to eating a fair amount of sandwiches just because they are quick/easy to make. Since bread is not so great, I guess I'll have to get around to cooking. Plan on packing more meals full of chicken breast/fish[salmon/tuna] cooked on my George Foreman, as well as basic veggies [broccoli, cauliflower, etc]. This really shouldn't be too hard, as I'm not the type that likes to eat sweets, and always prefer a solid meal over junk food.
Plan is 3-5 meals per day. I plan on throwing in some whey protein shakes into the mix.
The only real foreseeable problem with this is my Tuesday/Thursday class schedule. On those days I'm up at 5am, out the door by 6, driving 1.5 hours to class that starts at 8, and in classes without a break till 2:30 in the afternoon. So in the past those days have been rough for when starting a diet, as I just haven't had time to eat, and would just hit up a fast food joint afterwards. Breakfast and dinner should be no prob on these days, and I intend to start packing something I can eat maybe during the 15 min break to change classes, as well taking a protein shake or two.
Weight Lifting
3 days per week. The routine Jyms was describing was more of a circuit training routine than anything that I should be able to easily do on my home weight bench. The plan is to work out for 45 mins or so, with minimal 1 minute rests, doing 5 sets of 12/10/8/6/12 reps for each muscle group. Muscle groups being broken down to upper/lower/upper one week, followed by lower/upper/lower the next week, and so on.
There is a small debate going on whether this circuit training can be considered cardio and thus count towards the prop-bet, or not, as it will obviously get the heartrate up, burn calories, and keep your metabolism up for hours to come. I'm okay with it counting or not. Ideally I hope I'm motivated enough to do this 3 days per week, and on top of that do the 5 days of cardio outlined in the propbet, whether they count towards cardio or not.
Cardio
Was addressed in earlier post, as a form of HIIT.
Anyways, feeling pretty motivated just to become more active and better my lifestyle. Surely if this all goes right, only good things to come.
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