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| 11/2020 #190 (55y.o.) |
So, after a couple of years living life and getting complacent where my eating/workout regimen is concerned, I put on more fluff and lost some lean muscle. At 190 pounds, I'm 10-12 pounds over my lean pics of three or four years ago. I've been more lax with carb intake, and cut down to one-day-a-week weight-resistance training, but have been running, just not as much.
Enter COVID:
In April the gyms and fitness centers were ordered shut down. I was already feeling a bit guilty for lifting only one day/week, so I felt it was important to not quit working out completely. Thus, a change in routine was necessary.
I have never worked out at home much, but at one time I did have a good push-up routine that I did regularly, which helped development of the pectorals and lats. So, I started that up again, though it was hard to get back to as many reps as I had once been doing. (I would do 200 reps, in five sets.) Plus, I had been having
shoulder pain for a while.
I also bought a bosu ball to use for the ab workouts that are part of my longstanding routine. My fiance has an adjustable dumbbell that goes up top #50, so I've incorporated that into some lat work, and for warm-ups.
Since April, my weight has remained about the same, but my lien mass has increased by about #5, while body fat has dropped by #5. I've added two days of cardio (elliptical, since the gym has reopened) and one more day of lifting (including heavy squats). Wonderfully, my shoulder pain has all but gone away, (thanks, push-ups) and my bench strength is better than it's been in over four years! Now, I just need to get the eating regimen more in check to get my body fat% back to around 8%-9%. Then the veins will return, too.
