Tuesday, 5/6/08
Ran 2 miles.

Monday, 5/5/08
Ran 3 1/2 miles.

Friday, 5/2/08
I only ran 2 miles- trying to break in my new shoes.

Tuesday, 4/29/08
I just did my squats, overhead press, and dead lift.

Monday, 4/28/08
Today I had a bad running running day, I was supposed to run 3 1/2, but I actually only ran about two. (I walked a lot)

Wednesday, 4/24/08
Today I ran 4 miles.

Tuesday, 4/23/08
Today I went down about twenty pounds in everything. I did bench, squats, and rows.

Monday, 4/22/08
I have not run for two days so that I can rest my legs from all the dancing I did over the weekend.

Thursday, 4/17/08
I did squats, bench press and bar bell rows. Next time I bench I need to go down about twenty pounds.

Wednesday, 4/16/08
Today I ran four miles in 35 minutes.

Tuesday, 4/15/08
Today I did weights- overhead press, squats, and dead lift. I skipped out on the run with the excuse that "tomorrow's my long day". (never give yourself an excuse not to run)

What Work Out Plan Is The Best?
4/15/08
A lot of professionals would say you need a special workout plan tailored to your needs. While that may be true and may get you better results, who has a professional weight trainer that they can go to? For those of you that would like to start working out, there are several different ones available (as you may have found out if you googled it). I will show you ones that I like and you can go from there.

>To start out I would definitely recommend the tae bo workout. It's sort of an aerobics type workout, but it's great for getting started.
However, you may have already started, don't like the results or just want a change, then what? There are several different weight plans out there, here are two.
>I'm doing a workout program called strong lifts. I am quite satisfied with the results and I'm just starting. In my opinion strong lifts would be the way to go. >However, you may not respect my opinion or you just want something else, there is always Body-for-LIFE. I've tried this a couple times and have never really stuck with it. I've got a couple of his books lying around the house, the workout program will work, I think, if you are consistent enough.
>What about running? I just do my own thing with running. You may want to change it around or whatever, but here it is.
Monday- long and slow day, you should run about 3-whatever you're doing miles.
Tuesday- the short fast day, run about two miles or whatever you can do fast (there shouldn't be any walking)
Wednesday- today is your real long day, you should run at least three and a half miles, more depending on where you're at in your running
Thursday- another short, fast day
Friday- another long day (like Monday's)
Saturday- another fast day
Obviously it isn't a professional running plan, but it seems to work.

Monday, 4/14/08
Today I ran about three miles.

Thursday, 4/10/08
I ran two miles and did weights. It was an off day for weights, I didn't feel confident on the squats, couldn't go up in weight on the bench press, but I did good on rows.

Wednesday, 4/9/08
Today I ran about 4 miles. I felt pretty strong all the way through.

Tuesday, 4/8/08
I did one miles pretty fast, then did squats, overhead press, and dead lift. I did pretty goo on everything, but I need to work on my form for dead lift.

Balance
4/7/08
Believe it or not this isn't a post about keeping your balance or anything. This post is about balancing a workout schedule. Below is mine:
Monday: wake up and drink a glass of water, make a small breakfast. Drink a glass of water every hour on the hour. Run 3-5 miles. Eat a medium size lunch- not big, but bigger than breakfast. Eat a normal supper.
Tuesday: wake up and drink a glass of water, eat a small breakfast. Drink water (just as before- every hour on the hour). Run two miles and lift weights. Eat lunch (again, just as before). Eat supper.
Wednesday: wake up and drink a glass of water, keep drinking it throughout the day (just as before, I just a worded it differently). Eat a small breakfast, medium lunch and normal supper. Run 3-5 miles. Thursday: wake up and drink a glass of water, keep drinking it throughout the day. Eat a small breakfast, medium lunch, and normal supper. Run 2 miles. Friday: keep on water plan, eat whatever (it's a cheat day), and do tae bo. Saturday: drink water, resume meal plan, and lift weights. Sometimes I try to squeeze in a run. Sunday: just remember your water and your meals. no work out.

As you see I have to also plan my water and meals, that way I also balance what I eat and drink. If I get hungry during the day time, I try to eat fruit (even though we don't usually have it). If something goes wrong with your schedule, don't worry, just mix it around to fit your day.

Monday, 4/7/08
Today I only ran two miles (boy that heat is killer).

Saturday, 4/5/08
Today I did my squats, my bench press, and my rows. I felt pretty strong on all of them.

Thursday, 4/3/08
So far I've only run two miles. I ran it pretty strong. I also did some weights. I felt pretty strong during the squats, did okay during the over head press, but could not complete one single dead lift with correct form.

My First Entry
4/2/08
This is my first entry on my work out page. I hope to update this with an entry about once a week. So here goes with my first.

If you have not noticed I have been working on getting into shape. When I started running I had to learn and overcome a lot of things. When I first started, and every time since, I realized why people do not work out or keep in shape. There are two reasons:
1. People are too busy
2. They quit when their mind tells them to
You may think I worded the last one a little odd, but keep reading and you will see what I mean.

First let's tackle number one, which is usually a result of number two. People tell themselves that they are busy, so they can give themselves and everyone else an excuse. However, if you don't have enough hours in the day to work out, then widen the hours in your day- get up earlier. I know that this easier said than done. But I'll give you two tips to help: 1) When your alarm goes off jump up and go, don't just lay there. 2) Splash some cold water on your face and get it over with like a real man (or woman).

Second, and the biggest reason, people quit when their mind tells the to. When I run I have to remember to think with my legs, because it takes longer for my legs to get tired than my mind. However, your mind can think they're sore and when that happens just remember that's how it's suppose to be and run harder. If our minds controlled what we did (in the sense of completing something hard) then we would never do anything. Look down at your body and say "Where I am is where my mind got me." It doesn't matter if you are obese or ripped or anything in between or beyond, this is true. Why does this work with the post that I just wrote up? You'll just have to figure that one out yourself.

Wednesday, 4/2/08
Today I ran 3 1/2 miles and then came home and did a new Tae Bo workout. I ran the 3 1/2 today a lot stronger than my other two runs on Monday and Tuesday.

Tuesday. 4/1/08
Today I ran two miles with lots of hills. I had to stop and walk a couple of times (some because my leg was cramping up). Then I came home and did one of my Tae Bo Workouts.

Monday, 3/31/08
Today I ran 3 1/2 miles.

Saturday, 3/29/08
I just did squats, overhead press, and dead lift.

Thursday, 3/27/08
I did a couple of squats, bench press, and rows.

Wednesday, 3/26/08
Today I did a ten minute jog, followed by 5 or 6 800 meters, then another ten minute jog.

Tuesday, 3/25/08
Okay, I missed putting a couple of workouts on here, but anyway, I ran 2 miles, and later I'm going to lift. I did squats, overhead press, and dead lift.

Tuesday, 3/18/08
I did over head press, squats, and dead lifts.

Monday, 3/17/08
I just ran two miles.

Saturday, 3/15/08
Only did weights, bench press, squats, and rows.

Thursday, 3/13/08
So far today I've only run two miles. Later I did squats, over head press, and dead lifts. If anyone wants to know how I lift, I do 5 sets of 5 reps on everything but the dead lifts, on the dead lifts I do 1 set of 5 reps.

Tuesday, 3/11/08
Today I benched, squatted, and did rows. Before that I ran two miles.

Saturday, 3/8/08
Today I lifted weight (squats, military press, and dead lifts) then ran 3 1/2 miles.

Wednesday, 3/5/08
I ran for 30 minutes and did push ups and crunches.

Tuesday, 3/4/08
Yesterday I did weights- squats, bench press, and rows. If you're wondering why I do only three things while I work out with weights, I'm working major muscle groups.

Saturday, 3/1/08
Today I did weights- overhead press, dead lifts, and squats.