The Brotherhood of Iron

[sharplittleteeth]

Started weight training yesterday. Almost died by the end of it. Still, everybody's got to start somewhere.

My fitness goals are:

• Get in shape for the Ningaloo dive trip (Fit divers are better divers. They also look nicer in wesuits.)
• Return to karate (I stopped last year after I kept getting injured. I'm hoping some proper muscle will prevent that.)

The program, for gym nerds:

This program is all about the supersets. Exercises come in pairs. You do a set of the first exercise, immediately do a set of the second, then have your between-set rest.

Dumbbell bench press - 8-10 x 3
Dumbbell Row - 8-10 x 3

Dumbell Shoulder Press - 8-10 x 3
Dumbbell Rear Delts - 8-10 x 3

Narrow Inverse Row - max x 3
Narrow Pushups - max x 3

Barbell Squats - 8-10 x 3

Overhead Lunges - 10-12 x 3
Fitball Hold (plank) - max x 3

Comments

[usekh.livejournal.com]

What is even more fun than being dead at the end of it, is waking up the next day and trying to move :P

[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

Ah yes - sweet, sweet Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.

I'm not too bad today. A little stiff, but certainly not immobile.

It probably helps that I'd been running and swimming for a few months before starting this regime. Also, it seems like anything that promotes blood circulation reduces DOMS - stretching, massage, light exercise, cold baths.

[damien-wise.livejournal.com]

Yay for DOMS! ;)

Tell us how it goes. Supersets of different muscle-groups work alright for me, but same group leads to rapid fail.

[kat-travels.livejournal.com]

How many times a week you gonna be doing that to yourself, then?

[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

Tuesday and Thursdays.

Add in a midweek swim and 4.5k run on the weekend, and soon I will be lean, mean diving machine. Assuming I can ever actually get back in the water... *sigh*