Yeagermeister
11-27-2005, 09:58 AM
First off, I would like to thank Built for suggesting to me the idea of creating this gym log.
So, quick info about me: My name is Rob, I’m 18, I’m a senior in high school, and I love practicing martial arts. I don’t have any kind of set goal in mind for now other than “bigger, stronger, and healthier” but that’s alright with me. I’ll have something set by the time I actually start. If anyone wants to know more you can check out the message I left in the New Member’s Intro board.
Thanks to a few circumstances out of my control there are tons of boxes piled on my weights. They’ll be gone by December 1st so I’ll probably start on that Tuesday December 6th. Kinda late, I know, but that will give me time to set up a goal and also get a good workout plan set up. Since this is the first time I’m starting out on a real workout plan I think I’m going to want to keep the workout pretty static for the first two months or so. After that I’ll change things around to keep me and my muscles from getting bored. Also I’ll slowly be working on increasing how much food I eat as get more and more into my workouts. I think that will help a lot. I already eat pretty healthy, so now I just need to eat more.
As far as supplements go I really don’t have any, nor can I afford any right now. The best I have some nutrition bars in them with a decent amount of protein. (One kind has 7 grams, the other has 16 grams). I can probably get my parents to buy some real protein bars again that have around 20 or more with out as much sugar. Supplements are definitely something I’ll be wanting to use later on though, when I can afford them and when I have a good routine down. For starters I was planning on using the WannaBeBig Routine #1 (which I'm sure some of you could recite by heart, but I'm posting it for my benefit.)
Day 1 : Chest and Back (Tuesday)
Chest
Flat Barbell Bench Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Low Incline Dumbbell Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Dips : 2 x 6-8 reps
Back
*Chin ups : 2 x 6-8 reps
Deadlifts : 2 x 6-8 reps
Barbell Rows : 2 x 6-8 reps
Shrugs : 1 x 10 reps
Day 2 : OFF (Wednesday) (Martial Arts : “Cardio”)
Day 3 : Legs (Thursday)
Squats : 2 x 6-8 reps
Hack Squats : 2 x 6-8 reps
Leg Curls : 2 x 6-8 reps
Straight Legged Deadlifts : 2 x 6-8 reps
Standing Calve Raises : 4 x 10 reps
Day 4 : OFF (Friday) (Martial Arts : “Cardio”)
Day 5 : Shoulders, Triceps and Biceps (Saturday)
Shoulders
Military Press in Rack : 2 x 6-8 reps
Seated Dumbbell Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Standing Lateral Raises : 2 x 10 reps
Triceps :
Narrow Grip bench Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
French Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Biceps :
Barbell Curls : 2 x 6-8 reps
Hammer Curls : 1 x 6-8 reps
Day 6 : OFF (Sunday)
Day 7 : OFF (Monday)
My biggest issue with this is that I don’t like the idea of having two days off. I’m sure I’ll end up turning one of them into a cardio day, but isn’t two days off a long time? (I’m sure this is a very “noob” question, but hey, everyone gets to be a noob once and it’s my turn.) Also, what is a good alternative to chin-ups? I don’t have anything that I could use for that, so I want some kind of alternative exercise.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any input you all have to share. I’ll work on keeping this updated at least once a week along with progress pics every week or every other week. And I guess that’s it for this entry.
So, quick info about me: My name is Rob, I’m 18, I’m a senior in high school, and I love practicing martial arts. I don’t have any kind of set goal in mind for now other than “bigger, stronger, and healthier” but that’s alright with me. I’ll have something set by the time I actually start. If anyone wants to know more you can check out the message I left in the New Member’s Intro board.
Thanks to a few circumstances out of my control there are tons of boxes piled on my weights. They’ll be gone by December 1st so I’ll probably start on that Tuesday December 6th. Kinda late, I know, but that will give me time to set up a goal and also get a good workout plan set up. Since this is the first time I’m starting out on a real workout plan I think I’m going to want to keep the workout pretty static for the first two months or so. After that I’ll change things around to keep me and my muscles from getting bored. Also I’ll slowly be working on increasing how much food I eat as get more and more into my workouts. I think that will help a lot. I already eat pretty healthy, so now I just need to eat more.
As far as supplements go I really don’t have any, nor can I afford any right now. The best I have some nutrition bars in them with a decent amount of protein. (One kind has 7 grams, the other has 16 grams). I can probably get my parents to buy some real protein bars again that have around 20 or more with out as much sugar. Supplements are definitely something I’ll be wanting to use later on though, when I can afford them and when I have a good routine down. For starters I was planning on using the WannaBeBig Routine #1 (which I'm sure some of you could recite by heart, but I'm posting it for my benefit.)
Day 1 : Chest and Back (Tuesday)
Chest
Flat Barbell Bench Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Low Incline Dumbbell Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Dips : 2 x 6-8 reps
Back
*Chin ups : 2 x 6-8 reps
Deadlifts : 2 x 6-8 reps
Barbell Rows : 2 x 6-8 reps
Shrugs : 1 x 10 reps
Day 2 : OFF (Wednesday) (Martial Arts : “Cardio”)
Day 3 : Legs (Thursday)
Squats : 2 x 6-8 reps
Hack Squats : 2 x 6-8 reps
Leg Curls : 2 x 6-8 reps
Straight Legged Deadlifts : 2 x 6-8 reps
Standing Calve Raises : 4 x 10 reps
Day 4 : OFF (Friday) (Martial Arts : “Cardio”)
Day 5 : Shoulders, Triceps and Biceps (Saturday)
Shoulders
Military Press in Rack : 2 x 6-8 reps
Seated Dumbbell Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Standing Lateral Raises : 2 x 10 reps
Triceps :
Narrow Grip bench Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
French Press : 2 x 6-8 reps
Biceps :
Barbell Curls : 2 x 6-8 reps
Hammer Curls : 1 x 6-8 reps
Day 6 : OFF (Sunday)
Day 7 : OFF (Monday)
My biggest issue with this is that I don’t like the idea of having two days off. I’m sure I’ll end up turning one of them into a cardio day, but isn’t two days off a long time? (I’m sure this is a very “noob” question, but hey, everyone gets to be a noob once and it’s my turn.) Also, what is a good alternative to chin-ups? I don’t have anything that I could use for that, so I want some kind of alternative exercise.
Anyways, thanks in advance for any input you all have to share. I’ll work on keeping this updated at least once a week along with progress pics every week or every other week. And I guess that’s it for this entry.