I can hardly believe it. I was changing my shirt when I looked in the mirror while passing the bathroom. The light was oblique because the bathroom light was off. That was when I noticed I'm actually developing a six pack stomach! I've had pretty strong core muscles much of my life, largely hidden by extra weight or inflammation. Now none of that is there and I've been working on my stomach a bit. Can't even do as many crunches as I could years ago. So this was a surprise.
Chest is getting bigger. The chest press alone did some good but I could see quickly not the results I wanted. So now I started doing both press and flies, both at various angles for upper and lower chest. That's finally getting the results I want fairly rapidly, so my anterior chest is larger than my abdomen.
Started getting back to some aerobic exercise today. Not much, just as a warmup. Learned my lesson the last time. I need to build muscle mass before I go too hard on aerobics. The aerobics are probably what caused me to lose excess weight the last time. Besides, the more muscle mass I build up first, the easier building aerobic ability will be.
Started this 3/19, continuing on 3/20.
Woke up in the middle of the night. Could not get back to sleep. Tried a couple of times, finally gave up and went to the gym in an attempt to wear myself out enough to get more sleep. Kind of worked. I came home and got a couple more hours of sleep.
One thing, I wanted to get things done early because my gf said she would be here at lunchtime today. After a nap, went and got cigarettes and a few things from Dollar Tree. It's after 2 PM. She's not here yet.
Got a call from new employer. They dropped the ball on getting my documentation together. So instead of Wed, I start on Fri at 8 AM. Tentatively. Even that may change.
They also wanted my GED with test scores. So I had to pay for that. At least it was only $5. Already sent that off.
Back to stuff about the gym. At least it's a positive.
I'm seeing more results on my butt. Looks like my sag is almost gone, even at rest. That has taken doing hip abductions to build up my lateral hips. Or at least it seems to help.
I plan on doing more leg exercises to build up my legs again. Not doing badly but not great. My legs are a lot thinner than they used to be. And weaker. I want to get back to doing leg presses of at least 600 lbs. I used to do over 800. At this age, that would be overkill and could cause knee problems to recur. I'll keep it realistic. Or I may just stick to the maximum of the machine, which is around 400. That's healthy and will build my leg muscles if I do enough repetitions. They do have an inverted leg press which may allow for more but haven't tried that one yet.
Any way, it should be obvious I am happy with what I am doing at the gym. It may not be such a big deal but for all the health problems I have struggled through for a while. I had reached a point where I had somewhat resigned myself to my health declining. Not for lack of effort against it. I'm really happy I am regaining my health to a large degree. If I can take some aspects of that beyond where I've ever been and do so at this age, it will make me even happier. Not exactly the kind to sit on the porch, give up or give in.
Chest is getting bigger. The chest press alone did some good but I could see quickly not the results I wanted. So now I started doing both press and flies, both at various angles for upper and lower chest. That's finally getting the results I want fairly rapidly, so my anterior chest is larger than my abdomen.
Started getting back to some aerobic exercise today. Not much, just as a warmup. Learned my lesson the last time. I need to build muscle mass before I go too hard on aerobics. The aerobics are probably what caused me to lose excess weight the last time. Besides, the more muscle mass I build up first, the easier building aerobic ability will be.
Started this 3/19, continuing on 3/20.
Woke up in the middle of the night. Could not get back to sleep. Tried a couple of times, finally gave up and went to the gym in an attempt to wear myself out enough to get more sleep. Kind of worked. I came home and got a couple more hours of sleep.
One thing, I wanted to get things done early because my gf said she would be here at lunchtime today. After a nap, went and got cigarettes and a few things from Dollar Tree. It's after 2 PM. She's not here yet.
Got a call from new employer. They dropped the ball on getting my documentation together. So instead of Wed, I start on Fri at 8 AM. Tentatively. Even that may change.
They also wanted my GED with test scores. So I had to pay for that. At least it was only $5. Already sent that off.
Back to stuff about the gym. At least it's a positive.
I'm seeing more results on my butt. Looks like my sag is almost gone, even at rest. That has taken doing hip abductions to build up my lateral hips. Or at least it seems to help.
I plan on doing more leg exercises to build up my legs again. Not doing badly but not great. My legs are a lot thinner than they used to be. And weaker. I want to get back to doing leg presses of at least 600 lbs. I used to do over 800. At this age, that would be overkill and could cause knee problems to recur. I'll keep it realistic. Or I may just stick to the maximum of the machine, which is around 400. That's healthy and will build my leg muscles if I do enough repetitions. They do have an inverted leg press which may allow for more but haven't tried that one yet.
Any way, it should be obvious I am happy with what I am doing at the gym. It may not be such a big deal but for all the health problems I have struggled through for a while. I had reached a point where I had somewhat resigned myself to my health declining. Not for lack of effort against it. I'm really happy I am regaining my health to a large degree. If I can take some aspects of that beyond where I've ever been and do so at this age, it will make me even happier. Not exactly the kind to sit on the porch, give up or give in.
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