At the young age of 40 I have no parents, both of them were lost to horrible diseases, my Mother passed from Cancer over 10 years ago and my Father passed away from heart disease a year and a half ago. I have always been blessed with a high metabolism and in my 20's and early 30's I was always active but I ate like crap and had no real plan to stay fit in a proper way. In my 30's I made a decision to eat better, cut out soda (Coca Cola in particular) and work out consistently.
I want to be active and around for a long time to enjoy my Children and their Children. So to that respect I worked through a number of training regimes from Karate, to self directed, to Shaun T's Insanity. I have now settled into a really great workout routine and when I started to document it I realized it is actually quite crazy. I do this a minimum 3 times a week, optimally 4 times depending on work meetings (I have a gym at my office). I feel great, muscle tone is amazing, and I have the lean tone physique I have always wanted. I just need to fully clean up my diet if I ever want to get rid of the lingering softness around my belly. :)
With this workout and overall better eating I have lost a belt size and shirts that were snug fit amazing now. Another helpful thing I do is always use the stairs at work. Each day that amounts to 20 - 30 flights of stairs.
Start - Cardio
I want to be active and around for a long time to enjoy my Children and their Children. So to that respect I worked through a number of training regimes from Karate, to self directed, to Shaun T's Insanity. I have now settled into a really great workout routine and when I started to document it I realized it is actually quite crazy. I do this a minimum 3 times a week, optimally 4 times depending on work meetings (I have a gym at my office). I feel great, muscle tone is amazing, and I have the lean tone physique I have always wanted. I just need to fully clean up my diet if I ever want to get rid of the lingering softness around my belly. :)
With this workout and overall better eating I have lost a belt size and shirts that were snug fit amazing now. Another helpful thing I do is always use the stairs at work. Each day that amounts to 20 - 30 flights of stairs.
Start - Cardio
- Warm up the upper body with Tewaza routine from Karate.
- Punch drills x 10 - Uppercut each hand, low punch each hand, high punch each hand, side punch each hand, cross punch each hand
- 400 skips on Jump rope (200 traditional, 200 butt kick style)
- 80 Traditional Jumping Jacks, 20 Power Jacks
- 13 Minutes of High Intensity Elliptical (treadmill is a strain on my knees for whatever reason)
- 4 Deep Breath cycles (cycle is 10 seconds)
- 3 squat stretch cycles
- Knee stretch cycle - each side
- Ankle stretch cycle - each side
- 2 Low stretch cycles
- 2 Running stretch cycles - each side
- Hamstring stretch cycle - each leg
- 3 Deep Breath cycles
- 4 Handstand drills (unassisted handstand holds)
- 10 deep pushups - tapping alternating shoulders on rise
- 10 Tricep pushups
- 20 wide pushups - with alternating raised legs (always supported by only one leg)
- 4 alternating raised leg Plank cycles
- 4 alternating raised arm Plank cycles
- 30 Alternating Leg lifts (back is curved, leg raised to ceiling) for Abdominals
- 20 Bicycle crunches
- 14 shoulder dips
- 14 narrow pullups
- 14 wide pullups
- 20 Medicine Ball lifts alternating sides - 10lb medicine ball
- 10 Medicine Ball overhand lifts - 15lb medicine ball
- 20 Bench Press - 170lbs
- 40 curls each arm - 25lbs
- 10 tricep curls each arm - 25lbs
- 10 shoulder lifts each arm - 25lbs
- 20 Butterfly - 130 lbs (Pectorals)
- 4 Deep Breath cycles (cycle is 10 seconds)
- 3 squat stretch cycles
- Knee stretch cycle - each side
- Ankle stretch cycle - each side
- 2 Low stretch cycles
- 2 Running stretch cycles - each side
- Hamstring stretch cycle - each leg
- 3 Deep Breath cycles
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