[allenkt]

Wow, my first day back in the gym was Thursday, Jan 10th. We ran to the gym (maybe 1/2 mile away so not far) and that was the first time I've ran in about 7 months (considering I used to run 3 times/week before I started school). It was also my first time back in the gym in at least 5 months. So here I go, starting with the break-in workout from NROL.

Squat 2 x 15 @ 95lbs

Static Lunge 2 x 15 @ 60lbs (2 30lb DB's)
Supersetted with
2-pt DB Row 2 x 15 @ 30lbs

Push-up 1 x 15
Crunch 1 x 20

A couple of things happened here. First, I was appalled by the weights I was able to lift. About 13 months ago I was in the best shape of my life benching 225, deadlifting 375 for reps, and squatting about 300. But I haven't lifted consistently since then (and not at all in the past 5 months) and I've put on about 20lbs which certainly isn't muscle. So I have a ways to go.

The second thing I noticed is that I was about to die....haha. Granted I didn't eat very much before working out so I was pretty much working on an empty stomach (this was in the morning) but I felt like I was going to puke after doing those squats. And by the time I was done with my first superset I didn't know if I was going to make it through my workout. So lets just say it was an ugly workout, but it was a start. The good thing is that I can only get better from here

Karl