Thought I would share my efforts in here as well as my diary and if Harvey and Sean wouldnt mind putting their heads together and pm'ing me a little program based on the latter parts of my post relating to the fact I have about 45mins - 1hour three times per week to train and have no massive aspirations to get bigger would just like to lean up a bit further.
Earlier this year I posted that I wanted to lose some of the "Terry" that I had amassed having had the best part of 3 years out of the gym and having got to half Red Dog size (copyright Tikay) I decided in February I really needed to do something and with me I really need to be eating fairly well before I set foot in the gym (just a quirk of mine) so by March I had adjusted my diet whilst not worrying about a once a week meal out etc I then stepped into the gym and commenced a 3 x a week (most weeks) high intensity cardio circuit session using a program from a few years ago.
I basically cut most of the bread out my diet with my daily intake of food looking something like this
Breakfast - eaten with the kids being 2 slices of Brioche toast with a bit of jam or couple of slices of chocolate brioche slice
mid morning snack of some fruit
Lunch - one small 4 piece Sushi pack from Tesco and pack of meat (4-5 slices of beef, chicken or turkey) with some fruit
Dinner - whatever we eat at home but normally a meat dish with some veg and carbs in either a few potatoes or rice
and rarely eating a desert as this is a failing of mine as I have a sweet tooth!
I'm sure if I really wanted to strip the fat further I could make some further tweaks but I have to remember that I'm 41, lead a busy life and its hard to eat that different to the kids at home plus I only have time to train for 45mins-1hour tops 3 x per week normally at 6.30am in the morning.
Below you will see some photos that have been taken firstly on the 30th November last year (you can tell as it was the end of Movember) and then from a hotel room in Nottingham in May when I was one month into the programme with a final couple of images post session today which show quite clearly how my body has started to change over the past few months and I am probably in my best shape for years tbh which has come with added benefits of having more concentration whilst playing and overall having more energy on a day to day basis.
If you are squeemish or dont want to see a half whale then scroll straight past my bloated photos but I am pretty chuffed with how I am looking currently and am going to endevour to keep it up whilst in Malta from tomorrow with an expectation of 5 sessions whilst there and also to step it up when I get back but am going to ask Harvey or Sean to devise me a little program based on my goals and time available as I felt I started to plateau toward this last couple of weeks so need a fresh challenge.
30th November 2014 (Just Lol obv on so many levels but this diary is an honest one)
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End May 2015 and peak weight of 85-87kg (I am not worried about weight as much and have no idea what I weigh today but guess around 78kg as for me it's more about how I feel and look in clothes)
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Today
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I think genetically I am slightly fortunate due to my sporting background and have always been blessed with a stocky, muscular build and kinda regret it a bit but in my 20's I tried to get big but was just lean and took one course of dyanabol whilst working in a gym and suddenly grew a set of shoulders and stocky chest which has remained ever since but I am chuffed with the results so far of my hard work and feel great inside too.
So the program I used is basically a high intensity circuit split into 3 days per week and each day is different across the 4 weeks
Mondays are a "foundation day" where the larger muscle groups are used
Weds are classed as "stability days" and utilise different stabilising muscles using similar movements but utilising Swiss balls and balance
Fridays are about power and engage the fast twitch muscles and instead of working for a number of reps you work for x seconds.
The first 2 weeks you are supposed to do 2 circuits but I did one for the first 2 weeks as I was literally blowing out of my arse and after 2 weeks repeated weeks one and two for 4 weeks until I then ventured to weeks three and four and have repeated these weeks below but never used a dumbell over 15kg's at any point to get to where we are today.
Week 3
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Week 4
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Thanks in advance if Harvey and or Sean can put something together for me and I will post any further progress in here.
Apart from Vegas and OTB is anyone else still keeping up with it in here?
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