Wow, it's been quite a long time since I posted here. Let's just say that things have been crazy. I had about a month where I hardly made it to the gym, but my workouts have picked back up recently.
My time was consumed for a while putting together an online community for photographers.
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A month ago 80% of the people in my office were laid off. We have 60 days to continue working and look for another job. I am about half way through that period and have a few interviews lined up for next week, but no offers yet. I never thought that searching for a job could be so time consuming.
Over the last month I have been jumping around between routines. I was very roughly following NROL Fat Loss II, then I did a few workouts from the Waterbury Method, a few days of barbell complexes and finally decided to just do my own thing.
In my month of being lazy I put on a few pounds and I need to shift my focus a little and add more cardio to my routine. My plan is to keep things very simple and do a quick intense weight routine followed by at least 20 minutes of cardio 3 days a week and another day or two dedicated to just cardio or interval training.
Last night was my first workout following this plan.
I walked into the gym with a rough idea of what I wanted to do, but nothing was written down. I decided to include 5 sets of 5 of a compound lower body movement followed by an upper body superset. The back extensions were thrown in at the end just because I felt like it.
Front Squats
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5 x 3 sets
265 x 5 x 2 sets
Superset
Dips
BW x 10 x 3 sets
Pull Downs
150 x 10 x 3 sets
Back extensions
BW x 10
BW +10 x 10 x 2 sets
I ended with 20 minutes on the elliptical.