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no aerobic, no weights. Stomach messing with me hardcore until late afternoon, followed by excessive food consumption.

Of course, excessive food consumption is pretty much 'what I do'. Especially on Fridays. Especially with beer.

bad chicken

No aerobic in morning: stomach distress by late afternoon. Thinking bad chicken for lunch.
No weights in afternoon

Wed July 29 2009

Wed, July 29
Morning
20 min elliptical - slow start - weighed in post-run at 248.5# heart rate (bpm) avg 150-160.

Afternoon Lift - Back Day. Start at 0530

Cell contents = Weight in Pounds x Reps.
Lift: Lat pull
Sets 1 to 3	90x15	110x13	130x10
Sets 4 to 6	130x11	130x9	N/A
Lift: Bent Over Rows
Sets 1 to 3	90x10	90x10	90 x 10
Sets 4 to 6	90x8	100x6	100x6
Lift: Seated Rows (low pulley)
Sets 1 to 3	100x9	110x6	100x8
Sets 4 to 6	90x10	90x8	N/A

Notes:First time doing back work on this machine. Still really developing a feel for how much weight to use, where to attach the carabiners to make the chain attachments the right length, etc. Still, frequently feel like I'm not getting 'deep' enough on the pulling phase. Always wonder if I'm really getting a decent workout. Unlike chest, where I KNOW when I've worked out.

Burger and Fries and Beer, Oh My!

15 minutes elliptical - no resistance training. Brown rice for lunch. Burger and Fries for dinner (oooh, naughty!)

Jus' Starting

Monday - This is not my first day working out, but it's very near to it. I am re-starting a plan to lose weight. I spent last week running on the elliptical trainer every morning for 15 minutes. Heart rate was, on average, between 155 and 160. Daily diet consisted of a lot of brown rice (short grain) made palatable with chopped walnuts and/or sprinkles of feta cheese.

Cheated frequently on the diet, with innumerable fudgesicles, on the premise that I needed to adjust to one painful thing at a time. My aim was to get used to the exercising bit, and then start adjusting my diet as well.

Powertec Workbench has arrived, so now is the time to start tracking weight and workout routines, as well as attempting to track some of my eating habits.

Today's workout:
Elliptical in the morning. 15 mins, 155bpm.
First resistance workout in years. Pre-wkout weigh-in at 248.5

Bench press	workout start: 0522
Set1, 140 #x 15 reps	Set2, 150 #x 9 reps	Set3, 155 #x 5 reps(fail)
Set4, 140#x 11 reps(fail)	Set5, n/a #x reps	Set6, n/a #xreps
Military Press
Set1, 70 #x 10 reps	Set2, 70 #x 8 reps	Set3, 70 #x 8 reps
Set4, 70 #x 7 reps	Set5, 70 #x 6 reps	Set6, n/a #x reps
Tricep Pressdown
Set1, 50 #x 9reps	Set2, 50 #x 8 reps	Set3, 50 #x 7 reps
Set4, 50 #x 3 reps	Set5,n/a #x reps	Set6, n/a #x reps