#05/71 Get Pumped!
Wow! What a crazy week! Andrew and Nikki got the Rota virus, which includes me in a milder form, and the weather has been just terrible! I can tell you between the Virus and the Weather it's thrown me off course...but just a little.
My weigh-in this week 205Lb. OMG?!!! What's up with that? Well I think the above explains part of it. I can tell you this virus just totally dehydrates you and your body goes on defense and retains whatever water it can get! The other part is this week I've started on my bodybuilding regiment. Which goes into this weeks blog: Get Pumped!
The theory is muscle burns more calories than fat. From what I've studied, there are arguments on both sides of the fence with most of it leaning toward that theory. My thoughts is whether you focus strictly on cardio workouts you will still need to work on building up your strength. I'll be hitting 40 this year and my wife loves to tease me about it. I guess everyone fears aging. For women in general they fear getting old, wrinkly and not as desirable. For men they fear losing their strength and vigor and let's not forget male pattern baldness, but we're just not going to go there!
The last time I took weightlifting seriously was in my 20s with a friend from church who literally transform from 110lb weakling to well-defined and strong individual. Right now, that's not a priority of mine, but I have added resistance training to my weight loss program. I can tell you I'm embarrassed at how weak I feel and this week I've been incredibly sore from the training.
A magazine I enjoy subscribing to is Men's Fitness. Besides great articles on all things involving guys and fitness one of my highlights is reading Roy Johnson's editorials. They are always inspiring and helps motivate me in my fitness goals. If you get a chance subscribe to the magazine and/or follow Roy Johnson on Twitter @roysj
So, to sum it up this week...Family sick, I'm sick...dehydrated and lifting weights all part of my weight gain but, I'm not sweating it because I saw these two pictures and am reminded I am progressing! Take a look for yourself. 2 pictures roughly 30 days apart!
http://twitpic.com/18a9dc back Mid-February(BTW you may need to rotate the pic) and
http://twitpic.com/17ubpk 2 days ago.
Try adding Resistance Training to your fitness goals and get Pumped!
Just Live,
Anthony
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I'm up this week as well. Oh well, back to workin' the program.
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