The start of Body Beast - again

For those who have followed this blog for the last five years, you know my true love in this whole working-out world is lifting weights. I like to lift heavy stuff. I don't know if it's because I hate cardio (most cardio - the martial arts workouts are usually fun) or because I'm a byproduct of a weightlifting-dominated male culture, but bottom line, it's my thing. So after completing a begrudgingly boring week of P90X3, the whole of which I was saying "as soon as I'm done with P90X again I'm going to start lifting", I realized that I should just focus on what I enjoy. If I was more focused on overall getting into shape like I was a few years ago, maybe this would be different, but I have 30 minutes a day to work out and not a sincere ton of motivation (some, but not like I used to), so if I'm going to get up early to work out, it had better be to do something I love.

So once again, I'm doing BodyBeast. I've omitted the DVDs this time, just focusing on going through the full program with an Excel doc that I found online here. I still have the DVDs and am referring to them when I don't remember an exercise, but honestly, I've done this program twice (both times with excellent results) and my only complaint is the occasional downtime. This eliminates that, getting me out of the gym sooner. It's all good.

Yesterday was chest and tris, which is a solid all-around upper body workout. My numbers are way lower than years prior, but I did it and am feeling good today.

This morning I did the dreaded leg workout. This was pretty much pathetic. 99% of my lifts didn't even have weight, and I was drained. Sumo squats, regular squats, lunges, reverse lunges....ya, you don't need weight for all of these if you're just starting out. But I did it and officially had trouble getting up the stairs after so I could shower for work. That's a good workout in my book!

Onward and upward, I'm back at it! I'm determined to be in some form of health by the time I get to meet my little girl, and lifting is the way to do it! I'm looking forward to being that Dad that everyone assumes can beat up your Dad. Weight lifting will get me there (possibly with a sprinkle of jiu jitsu from the school that just opened up down the street too). Follow along on the journey and leave me a comment to keep me motivated!

Talk to you soon!