In Other news- I am off my program- and have to begin a new one- I'm unsure as to what I want to do- so I've been winging it (speaking of plans) with my own basic push pull type split- but I think it's time to re-institute a new program. Something with more purpose than just lifting- I hate "just lifting" it doesn't make me happy.
So that's that- I've added a touch of cardio in to help drop more weight a little faster as I'm on a dead line- I'm angling for 150 by May 13th- and then I"ll iron out weight wise because I have to get fitted for my dress- so no shenanigans after June/July.
If you provide a little more detail as to what you are looking for, I'm sure there would be lots of suggestions. I'm sure there are some in the
resource post as well. You know I am partial to Convict Conditioning.
To that end, I wanted to share something that I recently put together. I've been meaning to do it since the beginning of the year, but I wasn't in the right headspace necessarily, nor was I motivated enough to do it. Now that motivation is a non-issue, I decided to do it early last week. Good thing I did too. With miscellaneous slacking and skipping workouts, I have butted right up to the point where I am damn near unable to complete my Journey goal. So in the first four months, I managed to skip 20% of the year's workouts. No more room for error or slacking.
A bit of explanation on what this is. I actually printed this out and put it on the fridge. Since my specific workout program (Good Behavior CC) calls for 3 days per week of working out, I split the image into 3 parts. There is one image for each week of the workout (45 or 80% as per my goals in the
tracking post), and one image for each time I need to get on the slackline (20X). So each time I complete a workout, I fill in the next section. I'm not normally a paper guy, but the act of having it visible, along with the fact that I have to actually fill it in (and I use a sharpie...no going back) is a good reminder for me to do it.
I got the idea from these forums, but with debt. Can't find the initial post, but I like the concept. What do you guys think? At this part of the year, I think that keeping on things is more important. We've made our goals, and now we just need to keep on keepin on (fun fact: chrome identifies that statement, and will correct it to remove the g in the keepin, but still understands that keepin isn't a real word). I'm also going to be upping the intensity of my workouts. For a couple of weeks, possibly a month, I'm going to complete a full week's workout each of the 3 days. It might not provide me with enough time for recovery, but since I am doing very slow progressions (and
still can't get the gut down enough to do a proper shoulderstand squat), my recovery needs aren't that extreme. We'll see how it goes. I do relatively well at listening to my body, so I'll ease up if necessary.