[adamantium]

didnt know what to call this, so decided on this, if title offends anyone please say and ill change it.

so here is what im going to do, im going to get into fighting shape, get my cardio up, get my strength up, and get my technique perfected. I'll log every session no matter if its just 2 rounds of sparring with friends or a new personal best in the gym.

My equipment is limited to school gym facilities and what i can make so im constantly going to be working on the cheap aswell. I am also planning to grab my shovel and get digging in the expanse of land behind my house.

Here is my routine.

Monday -

Morning; fitness which will consist of 100 burpee challenge and stretching.
evening; muay thai.

Tuesday -

Morning; fitness, 1 mile run with 400 metre sprints.
midday; strength routine 1, with gentle jog for warm up.

Wednesday -

Morning; fitness, 3 rounds of skipping. I'll explain a bit -

First round is just 2 minutes straight.
then 20 pushups/sit ups/squats
1 minute stretching

Second round - 2 minutes at 20 seconds gentle 10 seconds solid
then 20 tricep push ups/crunch sit ups/hindu squats

last round - 2 minutes HIIT - 15 second sprints 15 seconds gentle.
20 wide push ups/twisting sit ups/jumping squats.

evening - rest

Thursday;

Morning; strength day 2
evening; muay thai

Friday;

Morning;stretching
evening; muay thai

Saturday;

morning; just a 2 mile run

Sunday; rest!
There is a chance i will sneek in routine 3 here

my strength routine is based on advice i got on here, on a 2 day routine. My strength routine my change dramatically though.

Day1;

Squats - 4 sets of 5 progressivly harder.
dips - 3 sets of 12, im shit at dips.
rows - 3 sets of 5

Day2;

Deadlift - 2 warm up sets, 3 heavy sets each set harder, 5 reps for each set.
pull ups - im terrible at these so 4 sets of 6-8.
light OH squat. - 3 sets, really just concentrating on form
over head press - 3 sets of 5, but a heavy weight for me.

Day 3;

Bench - working on a 5x4x3x2x1 system.
rows - 5x5
power squats - 5x8

reason i have my routine like this is because of limited gym time meaning that i can only have 1 DEFINATE day in the gym, im making sand bags on monday which will help me do other work.

I will list my weight, my weight goals, and other aims soon.

i will list my last 2 days quickly as they were both fairly light and fairly shit. This routine is to kick my ass into gear and to realise my goals and to fucking achieve them!

Tuesday;

In the gym, i felt a bit nervous, not sure why so 2 minutes jogging followed by push ups, sit ups, squats just to get me into the mood. i really enjoy this warm up as it allows me to just relax as it is fairly routine to me now.

Squat; 2 sets to warm up, 10 reps, focusing form and going as low as i can and back up, 30kgs.
moved weight up to 45 kgs and did 2 more sets of 10
increased weight to 55 kgs and did 5 sets.

Felt confident with my form. Didnt want to go too heavy as i am now training without a power rack. FOR SHAME SCHOOL GYM WHICH FROWNS ON FREE WEIGHTS! Weights dont include bar.

then moved on to pull ups, 3 sets of 6. I am terrible at pull ups. one of my goals is to improve to a single set of 20 pull ups. body weight exercises are hard for me, i dont know why, probably because im carrying excess fat which i dont feel when using weights. dips and pull ups need a BIG improvement.

Started to run out of time here so just stuck with my 55 kgs and did 3 sets of 5 DL just to focus form, all went fine and the weight was very easy, my 1RM is alot higher than this so i felt rather relaxed, which i think made my form on my second rep sloppy, corrected this mistake though.

gentle jog and stretch.

Wednesday; 10 minute burpee challenge, i absolutly hated this, but i can see that it will definatly improve because im just so shit at it, felt i may be getting friction burns as i was on carpet, so i sprawled my legs instead of just kicking straight back, think this actually made it easier. Also wrote this today.

[adamantium]

thanks kabuki, yeh ill change the title, "my struggle to peak physical condition" it is then, ill think of something a bit more humours that hopefully wont offend/cause any arguments.

oh and it was ment as a joke, wanted to name my log as something that people may have a little chuckle over, maybe i have a sick sense of humour - wasnt ment to be racist in any way.

ok;

got to sleep too late so didnt manage to get any fitness in today. So going to workout strength routine 2 today and muay thai later in the evening.

diet; breakfast 2 glass' of milk, one egg and a single slice of toast, an apple for the journey, and an orange to eat at school if i need a snack.

[adamantium]

my strength routine has been completely fucked up. going to make adjustable sand bags on monday and use that as it is a routine i can use and dont have to relly on school or anything. Im saving up for a power rack, olympic weights set and a thai bag.

lifting was cancelled today.

Lunch consisted of 2 sausages (horrible) and a tuna sandwich, brown bread which was lucky. need to start making food to take to school as im going to start taking this all alot more seriously.

Muay thai in a bit, hopefully my fitness im doing will have improved my performance in class a bit. I dont get tired during sparring which is odd but still i need overall fitness, whethar its running to interval training to sparring. Pretty tired already so looking for a early night, fitness in the morning and stretching, muay thai is cancelled tomorrow so going to try and get some sparring going over the weekend.