So I did 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer last night, and now I feel way worse. I think I'll have to cancel my workouts for the rest of the week. Not feeling very good about that, but then I'm not feeling good at all.

Well I had to break down and reschedule my start-the-week cardio. I got a bit of a cold on Friday, and although I fell quite a bit better, I'm still congested. I think I'll move my cardio to tomorrow, and push my leg workout to Friday afternoon since I get off work early on Friday.

Off to drink many more fluids of the hot and citrus-y variety.

So today was my last gym day of the week. The workout was "3 Day Split - Arms". It was a pretty good workout, I think I'll feel it tomorrow sort of like how I'm still feeling the effects of Tuesday's Leg & Delts workout.

I'm already thinking of modifying the workouts (in fact I do some slight variations anyway), but the only glaring omission is the lack of a calf exercise in the Legs & Delts program. I think I'll stick with the program for 6 weeks, then start to diverge from the plan. For example, I can see ways to add lots of core body to the program by using the swiss-ball a lot more.

With my legs still feeling yesterdays workout I dragged my sorry rear end into the gym 45 minutes later than planned. Once I was there I might as well workout...

Today was "3 Day Split, Day 2 Chest & Back". I'm not as worn out with this workout as with the "Legs & Delts", but I was also not able to judge my starting weights very well. Next week should be harder as I dial into the right weight for each exercise.

I was looking for batteries for my uber bathroom scale that does weight, fat%, water%, lean%, nothing at wally-world so I'll probably have to try radio-trash next. Then I need

So I started the "3 Day Split" set of workouts today. "Day 1 Legs & Delts" is a pretty tough workout if you haven't been in the gym in a while. Being a console cowboy (aka UNIX sysadmin) for my day job has surprisingly little time for physical activity unless you mean standing in a data centre getting cold and loosing your hearing :)

I started the workout with a 5 minute bike ride while I watched the end of the Raptors/Nets game (go Raps! Boo Vince!) then got right into the workout. No weight on the squat as my form is not the best and I want to get that sorted out first. I ended with the double crunches... well actually just regular crunches, and I could only do 2 sets before my abs started cramping. I think next time I'll convert them to swiss-ball crunches.

So I've started up again. I'm almost back to my all time high in weight (245lbs now highest was 255) and way up from my university days. I though I was out of shape then at 210-220, but really I spent too much time playing sports to be as bad as I am now.

I'm hoping this time it will stick. What got me off my last program was a very active toddler who demands attention and too much work. But I've realized that I need the energy to play with her in the evening and weekends... don't want to get winded kicking the soccer ball around the yard with a 3 year old. Plus I'm feeling more pressure in the "being a good role model" arena.