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1. Manage stress
2. get enough sleep on school nights

1. Chin 220 pounds
2. add another 3 inches to diameter to arms

1. Get bench press "workout weight" above 145  COMPLETED    Applaud
2. Increase size in arms by 2 inches diameter  COMPLETED    Applaud
3. Do cardio 2-4 times a week  COMPLETED    Applaud
4. gain 10 pounds (of muscle hopefully) in the next "less than a month"  COMPLETED    Applaud
5. add more "form" to pecs  COMPLETED    Applaud
6. Press the 80lbs dumbbells [main] by end of January   COMPLETED 1-24-08   Applaud
7. Press the 85lb dumbbells by End of February by [main]  COMPLETED 2-01-08   Applaud

2008-08-17 19:21:28

So, with school starting first thing tomarrow morning, I felt maybe it was appropriate to map out some of my health-related goals for school (actually, most of my goals for school have far more to do with preventing the impact of school than anything actually pro-school).

I just added getting enough sleep to my long term list (it's really more of an ongoing.... HEY, we should add that as a category). I've always felt like this is more the school's fault because, as discussed in Matt's article http://www.kustomfitness.com/content/20080524/school_is_bad_for_you.php they do start awfully early for an age group that has shown in studies to have a general tendency for sleeping long periods especially into the mornings. But alas, there really isn't anything I can do about that right now, so I am going to try to go to bed earlier (hard to do when you have school, homework, and then have to run a business on the side (you think your highschool job was tough?)).

I will probably make the most progress on this goal by setting a limit to the amount of time to be spent doing homework.

Also, I need to think up creative ways of planning a good diet. I'm going to eat more calories this year than I did in the past, and a couple granola bars may not be enough for before and after lunch time.

2008-08-07 12:38:45

The YMCA cloases for a week every July, so for the last week of the month all I could do was stuff at home. Then as soon as they opened back up again, I did legs. I've always hated the standing calf raise because it puts your back in a pretty vulnerable position, but for some reason I felt like using it anyway, and I did indeed screw up my upper back year:2008 month:7 day:28. On Friday I thought I could do chest and triceps, but the tricep part hurt too much, so I had to basically do just pushups and bicep curls for a whole hour (not proud of that workout year:2008 month:8 day:1). But then by Monday I was finally all better again!

2008-07-17 23:01:32

I've been contemplating a great workout from those circle things that acrobat-people hang on. So I finally went out to ACE hardware and bought some chains and clips to use on a power rack. It was alright. Great range of motion, but the chains can kinda roughen up the skin on your triceps. It'll need some improving, but I think it's a good start.

[Archived Workout] 2008-07-14 19:29:30

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Cardiovascular I'm trying to gain mass, but of course we can't go without our cardio.Goal: Keep muscle size losses from cardio to a minimum. So I'll probably be doing things like wind sprints, cycling, and swimming which should get the job done.

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Abs and Forearms Since I'm gaining mass, I need my abs workout to be highly effective. Goal: I don't want to have to choose between only looking good WITH a shirt or only looking good WITHOUT a shirt. So I will be using heavy weights even on my abs just to ensure that my progress gets the boost it needs to show through any necassary lipid additions. My abs workout generally includes cable crunches, leg-ups, weighted sit-ups, and weighted oblique twists (on the decline bench with my arms fully extended for an even bigger rush). My forearms routine is pretty plain and simple: a few wrist curls and those V-shaped things you squeeze (in whichever order I feel like). I think since forearms are used so often it doesn't need that much extra attention.

Notes: For mass gaining I will be lifting bigger weights and using less reps. This is hard for me because I've always lifted like it's a marathon before ( http://forum.kustomfitness.com/index.php/topic,34.0.html). I also don't like the feeling that people sometimes think you're just doing it to show off--cuase of course no one else there has checked Kustom Fitness to see what my goals are.