I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly, I've never had a live journal before.
Anyway, for starters, I'm 19 years old. I'm 5'8", I weigh 165lbs and I'm not happy with the way I look. I use to be very skinny, but now I'm starting to develop fat around my stomach area. It's not a ton, but I haven't done anything to prevent it and now I have love handles and I'm I've got a small "belly". I don't have fat anywhere else and I've got some arm definition as well as some definition in my upper abs. Right now, I am striving to become toned and defined. I want to like how I look. I'm very limited though. I don't have the money to go to the gym or buy a workout bench. I'm unemployed right now, but as soon as my sister's fiance gets a job, I'll be watching her kids for 75$ a week which will be more than enough to buy healthy foods I'm sure. It's not a big deal for me to stop eating junk food, I actually enjoy fruits and vegetables, however I hate water, but I will endure.
As of right now, all I have to work with is two interchangeable dumbbells. It comes with two dumbbell bars, four 2.5lb weights and four 7.5lb weights. However, each bar will only hold four weights, so I can only go up to a maximum of 30lbs. Right now my workout routine is this...
Two sets with a three minute rest in between.
25 biceps curls with 20lb weights.
40 triceps extensions with a 20lb weight
25 of this one workout. I'm not sure what it's called, but I place a 30lb weight down on the floor in front of me. Then I bend over and lift the weight up like a curl until it reaches my chest.
20 Lateral raises with 10lb weights
20 Hammer curls with 15lb weights
30 Crunches
20 lunges while holding 20lb weights in each hand.
30 Push-Ups
I try and do this workout as fast as I can, but I'm slowed down because I have to keep changing the weights. When I first started out I was only doing a few things, but I've added more exercise to my routine. I'm trying to work out all my muscle groups, Chest, Back, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, and Abs. However, since I don't have a bench to do One-Armed Rows, I don't know what to do for my back.
Also, I know that I need to keep pushing my body so every two weeks I increase either the reps or the weight for each exercise. This monday, the 18th with be my six week mark. Although, last night during my workout, I attempted to increase the weight ahead of time at the start of my second set. Monday was suppose to look like this...
Two sets with a three minute rest in between.
15 biceps curls with 30lb weights.
20 triceps extensions with a 30lb weight
10 Concentration Curls with a 30lb weight
30 of this one workout. I'm not sure what it's called, but I place a 30lb weight down on the floor in front of me. Then I bend over and lift the weight up like a curl until it reaches my chest.
25 Lateral raises with 10lb weights
25 Hammer curls with 15lb weights
40 Crunches
26 lunges while holding 20lb weights in each hand.
35 Push-Ups
During this routine though I ran into a problem. When I did my biceps curls with the 30lb weight I could barely do 10. Everything was going fine until the 7th rep. After that my arms began to shake and it kept getting harder and harder for me to do each rep. The worst part was, is that I felt no burn at all. I was able to do the triceps extensions easily. When I did the concentration curls though, I was only able to do 6 with each arm. After the 3rd rep, my arm and my leg began to shake violently as I struggled with each rep after that. Once again, I didn't feel the burn at all. I tired for a 7th rep, but my arm just wouldn't budge. I did my best to keep good form, but it was very difficult.
After that, I was able to finish the rest of my planned workout, but during my lateral raises and hammer curls, I had to rest in between some of the reps. Afterwards, that same night, my hands would become very shaky when I handled things with them. The next morning, I didn't even feel sore, so I felt pretty disappointed.
I've never been know to stick with anything aside from running, but I was in school then and a failing grade was enough motivation. So this is a very big deal for me since I lack self motivation, I have never missed a night and I don't plan to.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated and I thank you for reading this.
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