Week 6 Last Week!

Last week this time! Ive been following my workout schedule with my friend. Over the past 6 weeks, I have noticed a slight increase in body mass and strength. I was able to lift heavier weights and do more lifts as the weeks went by. My overall health and happiness has been better. Ive noticed that I am more happy after exercising. I did not do any cardio days which I kind of regret, but my focus was on working out and building muscles. Also, I used to be sore after each workout, but now I do not get sore very often, if at all. 

Day 1 - Same routine as last week. Was difficult so we kept it.

Tricep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 8, 5

Bicep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 10, 5

Lat Pulldowns - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Reverse Curls - Weight 7

Reps: 10, 7, 5

Vertical Row - Weight 9

Reps: 10 x 2 Sets

Bench Press - Weight 8

Reps: 10, 10, 10

Day 2 - Same

Tricep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 8, 5

Bicep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 10, 5

Lat Pulldowns - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Reverse Curls - Weight 7

Reps: 10, 7, 5

Vertical Row - Weight 9

Reps: 10 x 2 Sets

Bench Press - Weight 8

Reps: 10, 10, 10

Day 3 - Maxing old workouts

Pushups - 54 (+11)

Crunches - 130 (+10)

Pullups - 17 (+2)

Grippers- 35 

Week 5

Still working out with my friend. The process is a lot easier because the time goes faster with a friend. He could not work out that much this week because of college essays, but we still got in one sessions. I worked out by myself on the second and third day. The last day was different because I know I did not work my hardest. I got kind of lazy. Next week though I will be back on track to working out the right way. 

Day 1 - We changed our routine to try and make it harder.

Tricep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 8, 5

Bicep Curls - Weight 7

Reps:10, 10, 5

Lat Pulldowns - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Reverse Curls - Weight 7

Reps: 10, 7, 5

Vertical Row - Weight 9

Reps: 10 x 2 Sets

Bench Press - Weight 8

Reps: 10, 10, 10

Day 2 - Friend could not work out so I worked out by myself. I was lazy. The old routine again.

Pushups: 45, 25 

Pullups: 15

Grippers: 20, 20, 20, 5

Crunches: 80, 55, 35

Day 3 - Laziness. Just did some grippers in front of the tv.

Grippers: 20, 20, 15,

Next Week: I will go back to working out with a friend. Hopefully I will be more motivated to work out next week. I just felt kind of bad this week. 

Week 4

Good news this week! I found a friend who had a work out machine at his house. I made him work out with me so I would have someone to train with. Having a friend work out with you makes the process much more enjoyable. With this machine I was able to work out better because it allowed me to isolate a muscle. The new workouts I did with the machines:

Tricep Curls

Bicep Curls

Lat Pulldowns

Reverse Curls

Vertical Row

Bench Press

Day 1: I did not know my friend had a machine yet

Pushups - 45, 15, 15

Pullups - 3 sets of 7

Grippers - 20, 17, 15

Crunches - 125

Day 2: Found my friend's machine!

Tricep Curls - Weight 5

Reps:10 x 3 Sets

Bicep Curls - Weight 5

Reps:10 x 3 Sets

Lat Pulldowns - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Reverse Curls - Weight 6

Reps: 10, 9, 7

Vertical Row - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Bench Press - Weight 8

Reps: 10, 10, 7

Day 3: Me and my friend agreed that our last workout routine was good so we repeated it today

Tricep Curls - Weight 5

Reps:10 x 3 Sets

Bicep Curls - Weight 5

Reps:10 x 3 Sets

Lat Pulldowns - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Reverse Curls - Weight 6

Reps: 10, 9, 7

Vertical Row - Weight 7

Reps: 10 x 3 Sets

Bench Press - Weight 8

Reps: 10, 10, 7

Thoughts: Working out with a friend is really fun because we both push each other to do more. Also it can be a competition which makes you more determined to do more repetitions. I am already sore because of these workouts. I am noticing a slight increase in strength from the beginning. Looking forward to next weeks workouts. 

Week 3

This week was a good week for working out! I really liked using the grippers from last week mainly because it is very easy to use while multitasking. Soreness has basically been gone except for in my forearms. I decided that I would not strength train my legs this week because of a lack of equipment and knowledge. I would rather just work out my upper body every other day. I do not feel or see any differences from week one, but my max and reps are going up which means that I am gaining some strength. Tried doing a three day workout week because wanted to leave one day between exercises. I heard this would help so I tried it this week. Conclusion? I enjoyed it, but was not enough exercise so next week im going to try a four days.

Day 1: Max day!

Pushups: 50 (was extremely hard, hoping be able to keep doing 50)

Pullups: 16 (gained +1)

Grippers: 25

Crunches: 125

Overall, I was mainly happy with the pushups and pullups. The grippers and crunches were basically the same from last week, but atleast they did not decrease. I was wondering whether this setup is the best. I might try and change crunches to some other ab workout. Not sure yet.

Day 2: Reps

Pushups: 40, 20, 10 

Pullups: 10, 5, 5

Grippers: 20, 20, 15

Crunches: 80, 55, 35

Day 3: Reps

Pushups: 40, 20, 12

Pullups: 10, 5, 4

Grippers: 20, 20, 15

Crunches: 80, 55, 35

Did not do a max end of the week this time because of lack of time. I will definitely do it next week though. 

Next Week: Days of working out: Monday: Max Wednesday: Reps Friday: Reps Sunday: Max

I might throw in a mile run next week just to see how i do.

Week 2

Well, seeing as how last week went, I wanted to try and get different exercise routines in to build different body parts. One exercise in particular I will add to my routine is the use of grippers to increase my forearms. These are cool because they can be done easily while watching tv or even reading a book.

Noticing less soreness in the body after each exercise from last week.

The first day I wanted to see how many I could do for each exercise.

Results:

Grippers: 26

Pushups: 45 (+2 from week 1)

Pullups: 15 (No change)

Crunches: 122 (+2 from week 1)

This is the routine for 3 days of the week

Grippers: 15x for 3 sets

Pushups: 35, 25, 15

Pullups: 10, 5, 5

Crunches: 75, 55, 45

Last day: Tried max again! Overall felt kind of tired today. Results reflect that.

Results:

Grippers: 24

Pushups: 41 

Pullups: 15 

Crunches: 120

Next week: I might try some leg exercises or some back exercises. Hopefully I can add raise the max next week for pullups and pushups. For pullups 16 reps will suffice. For pushups I will be aiming for 47.

Week 1

Starting off, I want to tell you who I am and my history of exercise. To begin with, I am a pretty skinny Korean student that wants to bulk up a little. During my junior year of highschool I took a weight training class which helped me improve my strength. About four days of the week I would strength train, mainly my arms. Also, about once a week my family would go for a quick jog. During this time I was also regularly training at a martial arts academy.

My downfall with exercise all started after junior year ended. During summer I would barely work out at all and a lot of the work put into weight training class had dissapeared. So basically, from Summer to now I have been barely exercising, probably just once a week.

My Plan:

Work out 5 times a week. Try to do it after finishing school work and everything. After each week I will try to increase the amount of repetitions. On first and last day of week I will see how much maximum I can do.

My first day of exercise:

40 Pushups in one sitting. 15 pullups. 100 crunches. Just wanted to see my max and how I improve.

Second day: First real work out!

3 sets of pushups: 30 then 20 then 10

3 sets of crunches: 70, 50, 40

2 sets of pullups: 10 then 7

Rest: 20 mins

3 sets of pushups: 30 then 20 then 10

3 sets of crunches: 70, 50, 40

2 sets of pullups: 10 then 7

I rested the next day.

Third day of exercise:

Exact same regiment as day 2 because of it being hard last time. Want to see if next week I can start increasing the amount by a little.

Fourth day:

Same thing as day 2

Fifth day:

Seeing how much max I could do:

43 pushups

120 crunches

15 pullups

Next week: I will be trying to find new ways to work out. Probably look into working out with dumbells.