So, as you can see, between February 10 and today, I didn't log any workouts. That doesn't mean I didn't do any, thankfully. Though I have been working out, almost regularly. I haven't been posting about them, cause I have been really busy.
But that's not the point of this post. The point is to announce that I won't be updating this blog for the next four months. Inshallah more stuff will come from July 1, as I make my journey to 80 kg body weight.
Why? I will be travelling for four months. So I won't be working out, but I will be eating out, so I will stay on my lose 1 kg per month track. Inshallah!
See you on the other side of four months!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Barefoot!
For so long I kept bitching about gyms not letting me workout with shoes on. Why? Balance, stance, mobility, force from ground, blah blah blah.
Today I saw a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger training barefoot in gym. Many pictures.
Who am I to bitch now? I welcome those gyms now :)
Today I saw a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger training barefoot in gym. Many pictures.
Who am I to bitch now? I welcome those gyms now :)
The email to Wahaj which was never sent
Yaar I can't for the life of me find the difference between these all! To me there seems to be only Deadlift and <something> deadlift. Now let that something be stiff-legged, straight-legged or Romanian, they all seem the same.
If you get bored, then do take a look. On this website Deadlift is categorized under waist (lower back) exercises. And the rest are under hamstrings (back of thighs).
I don't know why I am getting confused over it.
And if you want to perform the first one, here's a guide to get the form right. You want to get the others right, well, then screw you.
Deadlifting for beginners
UPDATE: Discovered this awesome guide for deadlifts!
Deadlift 101
Saad Rehman.
If you get bored, then do take a look. On this website Deadlift is categorized under waist (lower back) exercises. And the rest are under hamstrings (back of thighs).
I don't know why I am getting confused over it.
And if you want to perform the first one, here's a guide to get the form right. You want to get the others right, well, then screw you.
Deadlifting for beginners
UPDATE: Discovered this awesome guide for deadlifts!
Deadlift 101
Saad Rehman.
Monday, February 11, 2013
February 10
Oh, and just for the record, that's what I did yesterday:
Tonight I will either skip, do cardio, or the same with Bench instead of Press, so I can follow Mehdi's routine.
Since I won't add weight, my goal is to gradually reduce rest size and/or increase reps. Number of sets I guess I will keep at 5.
For foreseeable future, I will be using dumbbells to do the entire Mehdi's routine.
If I do cardio, then I will try to jump rope as much as possible, doing punching and kicking when I would need rest.
I was hoping I would be sore in back, especially lats, but I am not. I am only sore in shoulders, which is good nonetheless.
Oh and this is for February 10. Let's see what happens tonight :)
Squats 5 x 10I did them all with 6 kg dumbbells. I rested for only 30 seconds for squats, and tried the same for other exercises too. But sometimes my rest grew to 45 seconds, even one minute in a few cases. The total workout was completed within 30 minutes. My breathing stayed heavy throughout, so I am guessing this should suffice as cardio too (A).
Press 5 x 16
Rowing 5 x 16
Tonight I will either skip, do cardio, or the same with Bench instead of Press, so I can follow Mehdi's routine.
Since I won't add weight, my goal is to gradually reduce rest size and/or increase reps. Number of sets I guess I will keep at 5.
For foreseeable future, I will be using dumbbells to do the entire Mehdi's routine.
If I do cardio, then I will try to jump rope as much as possible, doing punching and kicking when I would need rest.
I was hoping I would be sore in back, especially lats, but I am not. I am only sore in shoulders, which is good nonetheless.
Oh and this is for February 10. Let's see what happens tonight :)
Sunday, February 10, 2013
A man with two watches
So the saying goes that a man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. And this exactly is the case with me. I have read so many articles, and never really followed anyone through and through, that I am pretty confused about the workouts I am doing.
I mentioned the Rippetoe Novice workout in my post, and then at the same time I was also reading the Stronglifts 5x5 report by Mehdi Hadim, and both these programs sounded awfully similar, so I thought they were. But they had some differences. To hell with that, here's the summary:
Now, since I am not going to be following the numbers anyway, so take that out. That means Rippetoe's workout only has one more thing that Mehdi's doesn't, and that is Power Clean. Now that's a difficult move to learn, even tougher to master, and I already have a history of getting injured doing it with dumbbells. So, I guess I will just follow Mehdi's. Though it's tempting to try Rippetoe's workout, I honestly don't have enough months for either of then. I will do what Mehdi says on the 10 of the next 20 days. On the other ten days? I will probably just jump rope, or do the same for the other ten too.
Here are some links on how to do these:
Power Clean and this
Full Squat
Deadlift
Rowing
EDIT:
The 5x5 workout.
• Do 5 sets of 5 reps with the same weight
• Add 5lbs/2.5kg total weight each workout until you can't get 5 reps on all 5 sets anymore
• Take 10% weight off for the exercise you stalled on only, continue adding weight on the
other exercises
• Continue adding 5lbs/2.5kg total weight each workout until you stall again
• Repeat this 1 step back, 2 steps forward approach until you can Squat close to 1.5x your
body-weight for 5x5
I mentioned the Rippetoe Novice workout in my post, and then at the same time I was also reading the Stronglifts 5x5 report by Mehdi Hadim, and both these programs sounded awfully similar, so I thought they were. But they had some differences. To hell with that, here's the summary:
Here are some links on how to do these:
Power Clean and this
Full Squat
Deadlift
Rowing
EDIT:
The 5x5 workout.
• Do 5 sets of 5 reps with the same weight
• Add 5lbs/2.5kg total weight each workout until you can't get 5 reps on all 5 sets anymore
• Take 10% weight off for the exercise you stalled on only, continue adding weight on the
other exercises
• Continue adding 5lbs/2.5kg total weight each workout until you stall again
• Repeat this 1 step back, 2 steps forward approach until you can Squat close to 1.5x your
body-weight for 5x5
Friday, February 8, 2013
The high level goals
I should weigh 80 kgs. (Why?)
I want to lose 1-1.5 kg per month. (Why?)
And I weigh 116 now, so I have to lose 36 kg *sigh*- that's like one third of my current weight. I won't even be me after that. I wonder how will only two thirds of me contain all this awesomeness. Anyway, so I have to lose 36 kg. If I lost 1-1.5 kg/month, it will take me 2-3 years. So the deadline is basically March 1, 2015, and by that time I will be 80 kg.
To lose 1.5 kg every month, I need to create a caloric deficit of <so much>, and since I am planning on Not losing more than that, I won't be creating a greater caloric deficit. So I will keep my eating within this calorie range: <some> - <some>kcal.
I will do it by:
If I can bring myself into this calorie range through these habits, great.
If I get a greater deficit than I am aiming for, I will add hot mugs of milk, as needed.
I will surely not get a lesser deficit than I aiming for. But if I do, that will be because the meals themselves are fatty. So I will try cooking them myself, or soaking out oil from them before eating.
So,
I weighed 116 kg on February 1.
I should weigh 109-111 kg on July 1.
I want to lose 1-1.5 kg per month. (Why?)
And I weigh 116 now, so I have to lose 36 kg *sigh*- that's like one third of my current weight. I won't even be me after that. I wonder how will only two thirds of me contain all this awesomeness. Anyway, so I have to lose 36 kg. If I lost 1-1.5 kg/month, it will take me 2-3 years. So the deadline is basically March 1, 2015, and by that time I will be 80 kg.
To lose 1.5 kg every month, I need to create a caloric deficit of <so much>, and since I am planning on Not losing more than that, I won't be creating a greater caloric deficit. So I will keep my eating within this calorie range: <some> - <some>kcal.
I will do it by:
- Drinking milk for breakfast. Just milk. If hungry, I will have oats or barley with it. No other breakfast allowed.
- One roti per meal.
- No drinking calories. No coffee/tea allowed. Only milk, green tea, water.
- Fasting At least thrice every month. Ideally, twice every week. Monday and Thursday.
- Not eating crap. Now this is the most important part. Most of my calories don't come from meals. Nothing in between, unless it's weekend :)
- Not finishing food. My parents ingrained this habit of cleaning the plate in me. Now this is a good habit, but I have taken this to the next level. I just Have to clean up All the food, no matter how much. This has to stop.
- Exercising five days a week. What's the exercise? That's in other posts.
If I can bring myself into this calorie range through these habits, great.
If I get a greater deficit than I am aiming for, I will add hot mugs of milk, as needed.
I will surely not get a lesser deficit than I aiming for. But if I do, that will be because the meals themselves are fatty. So I will try cooking them myself, or soaking out oil from them before eating.
So,
I weighed 116 kg on February 1.
I should weigh 109-111 kg on July 1.
Why didn't I track the weight for every month, and just jumped to July 1? Cause I will be travelling for four months, and I won't have any access to weighing machines etc. How will I stay on track in these months? Basically, just by doing the first six steps.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
When will it start showing?
On Wednesday, I told Wahaj about having done 100 push ups. And you see, Wahaj has a way of being very simply, and very honest, and say huge things while being it. And he asked, when will it start showing? And that was a thought provoking moment for me. I said well, for it to start to show, I need to lose fat, and for me to lose fat, I need to eat in moderation. And since I had (at that time) no plans of fixing my eating habits, I said it's not showing anytime soon.
But it was enough to set the wheels rolling.
Now the world is full of all sorts of workouts and diets. And now I am not a sage or anything, but fads are so foolish. And everything, no matter how beautiful, loses it's value when it's turned into fad. Even things like writing, marrying, worshiping, studying, charity. It just loses its spirit. And most of these workouts and diets, regardless of how effective they are, are indeed a result of a fad. And do what do fads do, apart from being value-lessening? They end. They last only for a season.
And likewise, the best 'diet' is those small changes that you aren't afraid to live with, for the rest of your life, those eating habits that you gradually grow in to, that become a part of who you are. Not some diet plan that you go on.
So when the wheels of my brain start to roll, I started to think, well, what are these changes that I can do to my eating habits, that are so small, that they aren't uncomfortable, so my body and mind wouldn't just want to get done with them? And among the many things that come to mind, there's really only one that came to mind. And That is, to eat one morsel less in every meal for one month.
(More later)
But it was enough to set the wheels rolling.
Now the world is full of all sorts of workouts and diets. And now I am not a sage or anything, but fads are so foolish. And everything, no matter how beautiful, loses it's value when it's turned into fad. Even things like writing, marrying, worshiping, studying, charity. It just loses its spirit. And most of these workouts and diets, regardless of how effective they are, are indeed a result of a fad. And do what do fads do, apart from being value-lessening? They end. They last only for a season.
The best workout in the world is that which you can do every day.
And likewise, the best 'diet' is those small changes that you aren't afraid to live with, for the rest of your life, those eating habits that you gradually grow in to, that become a part of who you are. Not some diet plan that you go on.
So when the wheels of my brain start to roll, I started to think, well, what are these changes that I can do to my eating habits, that are so small, that they aren't uncomfortable, so my body and mind wouldn't just want to get done with them? And among the many things that come to mind, there's really only one that came to mind. And That is, to eat one morsel less in every meal for one month.
(More later)
Awesome guide to Fat loss!
These are some of my most favorite articles ever written on the subject. I have done a lot of reading on the subject, and have taken journeys from hormones and the effects many chemicals have on them, blah blah blah. All that may or may not be true, if you're not training to be an Olympic champion, or learning to be a elite trainer, you don't need to know all that. Just read these and you're good. Here:
A little advanced:
And as for what I did today, well I didn't do anything. I skipped the workout. In my defense, I had fasted from dawn till dusk today. And had Hardee's for dinner.
Edit: I did ~60 push ups Friday morning to make up for the missed workout.
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- The biggest secret to fat loss
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A little advanced:
And as for what I did today, well I didn't do anything. I skipped the workout. In my defense, I had fasted from dawn till dusk today. And had Hardee's for dinner.
Edit: I did ~60 push ups Friday morning to make up for the missed workout.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Mark Rippetoe - Novice workouts
Quite some time ago, I read about this workout. I guess it was Ramadan when I read it i.e. August 2012. Here is the article in which I read about it. You can read all about Mark Rippetoe, he's all over the web. I know, the guy I usually follow, Scooby (from www.scoobysworkshop.com) doesn't like him much. But you need to understand, both are different kind of people. And I really like Scooby. But I still did this workout for 1-2 weeks in Ramadan, during nights, while I used to fast during the days, and it did work wonders :)
So, it's about time that I retire 55 now, I am bored of it. Haha... Basically, I just want to take it up one notch, since I will be working out only till February, because I am going travelling on March 1. The plan is that Monday, Wednesday, Friday I will follow this workouts, alternating between Workout A and B (So, first week, it's ABA, and second week it's BAB).
The workouts to alternate are:
Also, since I don't have enough weights to be doing 5 rep sets, I will most probably do 10 reps, or however many reps I can do.
As for Tuesday and Thursday, I will be doing cardio. Now I don't have a fixed plan for cardio. The idea is that I will do as much rope jumping as I can. I can now do around 15 minutes of rope jumping before my feet and ankles start telling me to stop. What I do is that I jump for 100 reps, then take a minute rest, then jump, then rest. This goes on for half an hour, so I presume I have rested for like 10 to 15 minutes, hence I jumped for 15-20 minutes. And sometimes, I do some other cardio as well if I need a longer break from jumping, so I think total time I jump for is 15 minutes. In fact, this is what I did today :) Though today was not Tuesday or Thursday, but I did 100 push ups last night, so cardio today.
On Saturday and Sunday, I will do whatever the eff. I want! Be it workout, be it rest, be it part hard hard hard.
That's the plan!
So, it's about time that I retire 55 now, I am bored of it. Haha... Basically, I just want to take it up one notch, since I will be working out only till February, because I am going travelling on March 1. The plan is that Monday, Wednesday, Friday I will follow this workouts, alternating between Workout A and B (So, first week, it's ABA, and second week it's BAB).
The workouts to alternate are:
Workout A:
Squat, 3 x 5 using the same weight
Press, 3 x 5 using the same weight
Deadlift, 1 x 5Chin-upsRowing, 3 x failure, 5 minutes rest between
Workout B:
Squat, 3 x 5 using the same weight
Bench Press, 3 x 5 using the same weight
Power Clean, 5 x 3 using the same weight
Also, since I don't have enough weights to be doing 5 rep sets, I will most probably do 10 reps, or however many reps I can do.
As for Tuesday and Thursday, I will be doing cardio. Now I don't have a fixed plan for cardio. The idea is that I will do as much rope jumping as I can. I can now do around 15 minutes of rope jumping before my feet and ankles start telling me to stop. What I do is that I jump for 100 reps, then take a minute rest, then jump, then rest. This goes on for half an hour, so I presume I have rested for like 10 to 15 minutes, hence I jumped for 15-20 minutes. And sometimes, I do some other cardio as well if I need a longer break from jumping, so I think total time I jump for is 15 minutes. In fact, this is what I did today :) Though today was not Tuesday or Thursday, but I did 100 push ups last night, so cardio today.
On Saturday and Sunday, I will do whatever the eff. I want! Be it workout, be it rest, be it part hard hard hard.
That's the plan!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
100 push ups
What can I say? Really, I don't feel like saying much. Truth is, today I didn't have a good workout. In fact, I was quite nervous to being with. I had missed past three workouts. Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Saturday, it was Russell's dinner at BBQ Tonight. Sunday, well, Sunday my two colleagues had come to stay at the masjid where I pray, and one of them, who also happens to be living alone in Karachi, asked me to go to Hardees with him, so didn't feel like working out after having had dinner. Last night, it was invitation at Wahaj's place, from where I cam around 1 am. Now I have indeed worked out even later than that (2:30 am ), but well, I didn't quite feel like it. Really, there is no better excuse, so I ain't looking for one.
Today too, I had had dinner. It was unplanned dinner. I had just went to my granny's to bring the sister back home, and there just joined them over dinner. And guess what? Ate loads of beef! Now when I was eating, all the time I was thinking, how awesome it would have been if I had been doing rigorous training for three days and would be eating this beef right now. But I hadn't been working out. And it wasn't awesome. Anyway, I came home. I rested. Two-three hours passed. I still felt heavy from the dinner. Heavy and sluggish. And as if the anxiety of slacking, and the heaviness from dinner wasn't enough, it was very cold outside too. Cold breezes. And I work out in the open. Under the night sky. Well, I started. And thought, I would just do 55. And would do my squats with weights. So I feel like I have done some work. I did first five sets. I did ten reps in all the ten sets. And since I was doing ten reps in all the sets of squats, I thought why not give it a shot in push up sets too. I tried. It worked. Downside is that it took my One hour to complete the set. I rested a lot. As opposed to doing the workout in a circuit fashion, which exhausts an energetic person, I did it like I wrote my papers in college: lazily, with a lot of lags in between, and while thinking about other stuff.
All this time I was thinking how much I will brag if I accomplish this. Ah well, here it is. Done. Hundred push ups, in one hour. First time in life. Next goal? The same workout in 3o minutes :)
So it was:
Today too, I had had dinner. It was unplanned dinner. I had just went to my granny's to bring the sister back home, and there just joined them over dinner. And guess what? Ate loads of beef! Now when I was eating, all the time I was thinking, how awesome it would have been if I had been doing rigorous training for three days and would be eating this beef right now. But I hadn't been working out. And it wasn't awesome. Anyway, I came home. I rested. Two-three hours passed. I still felt heavy from the dinner. Heavy and sluggish. And as if the anxiety of slacking, and the heaviness from dinner wasn't enough, it was very cold outside too. Cold breezes. And I work out in the open. Under the night sky. Well, I started. And thought, I would just do 55. And would do my squats with weights. So I feel like I have done some work. I did first five sets. I did ten reps in all the ten sets. And since I was doing ten reps in all the sets of squats, I thought why not give it a shot in push up sets too. I tried. It worked. Downside is that it took my One hour to complete the set. I rested a lot. As opposed to doing the workout in a circuit fashion, which exhausts an energetic person, I did it like I wrote my papers in college: lazily, with a lot of lags in between, and while thinking about other stuff.
All this time I was thinking how much I will brag if I accomplish this. Ah well, here it is. Done. Hundred push ups, in one hour. First time in life. Next goal? The same workout in 3o minutes :)
So it was:
100 rope jumps, 10 weighted or 15 free squts, 2 min rest, 10 push ups, 2 min restThat's all for now.
100 rope jumps, 10 weighted or 15 free squts, 2 min rest, 10 push ups, 2 min rest
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100 rope jumps, 10 weighted or 15 free squts, 2 min rest, 10 push ups, 2 min rest
Friday, February 1, 2013
When I fail to plan...
It's true that they say, when you fail to plan, you plan to fail. As you see, yesterday, Thursday, I didn't have any plan for my workout. And since so, I hadn't been thinking about it, imagining doing it, and therefore, didn't actually do it.
Today, Friday, I had been thinking all day, I would do cardio, I would do cardio. I even made a post about what I was gonna do, which is not like the norm of this blog. But magically, whatever I had put in the blog, though however less I meant it, came into being. I ended up doing exactly as I had written it. I did 30 minutes of continues cardio, without taking any break. Heart-rate, breathing was etc was all high during the entire 30 minutes. And resisted the temptation of taking up dumbbells and pumping some iron.
Anyway, what I did went like this:
I got to control my eating too! Any plans for that?
Today, Friday, I had been thinking all day, I would do cardio, I would do cardio. I even made a post about what I was gonna do, which is not like the norm of this blog. But magically, whatever I had put in the blog, though however less I meant it, came into being. I ended up doing exactly as I had written it. I did 30 minutes of continues cardio, without taking any break. Heart-rate, breathing was etc was all high during the entire 30 minutes. And resisted the temptation of taking up dumbbells and pumping some iron.
Anyway, what I did went like this:
Jogging in place. This time I really tried to raise my knees high.I did some more rope jumping towards the end. I wish I could do rope jumping for 30 minutes straight! Ah well, that time will come too.
Rope Jumping, I think 200 jumps. I wasn't counting after 100.
Lateral jumps. Three sets of 15 each.
Boxing punches, 15 with each arm.
Knee Kicks, 10 each leg.
Judo Punches, 10 with each arm.
High round house kick, 10 with each leg.
Repeat.
I got to control my eating too! Any plans for that?
Bring back the machine!
I was supposed to write this one on Thursday (Yesterday), but I was having such productive day at work, that I let the work get done, and didn't set down to write. So here I am, writing.
Basically, I write about my workouts the next day after I do them, because I do them at night. So yesterday I was to write about what I did on Wednesday. Believe me, I was excited about sharing it! But today, the excitement is gone. Why? Because I didn't work out yesterday. It was an unscheduled, unplanned break. But I will make up for it by working on the Sunday. And since I will work out early in the day on Sunday, it will not interfere with the workouts of my next week. Anyway.
So basically, yesterday I was feeling that I have been busting my butt for two days now, and still no sign of soreness. I took a day of rest, thinking maybe the soreness will come the next day. (Sometimes that happens with me too, I guess because I haven't taken enough sleep in the first night.)
Anyway, so on Wednesday, I don't know what got into me, I tried to turn '55' into '100'... haha... Not only that, but the last five sets of squats, I did them with weights. Now That gave me soreness. But that was all. And it wasn't enough. Anyway, we will see how to address this issue too.
So, on Wednesday, I did:
And after that, I had decided I would couple military press with lateral hurdle jumps, and do five rounds. And I noticed an improvement in lateral jumps too! That's awesome. But I didn't do all five rounds. I was noticing not-so-pleasant kind of pain in my right shoulder, and I recalled the time when I had ripped my lats, so I just stopped there. And that too, was a good tough workout, for me.
For next day, I didn't really have a plan. And I ended up going to Madni masjid, there I spent some extra time. So got home late to begin with. Then went to the bank to fetch money. Another 15 spent. Then on the way back got soup for family. Now when I brought the soup, and everybody was having soup and all, and I was feeling this tightness in my head, right around the crown, I just felt like taking a day off. And I Can take a day off, provided I do six workouts in a week, with rests in between. So, like I said, I will now work on Sunday.
Now - what should I do? That issue still remains un-addressed. Perhaps, I will follow Scooby's guidelines (Scooby from Scooby's Workshop) for beginners, and make my regime such that one day I will do only cardio for 30 minutes, and the other day it will be 15-min cardio and 15-min weight training.
If it's cardio day today, what cardio should I do? Can I do? I don't wanna go to the park and run, walk, jog there. No. And jumping rope, I can't do for half an hour! Or can I? I don't know. I could alternate jumping rope with some sissy exercises like raising knees, punching in air, kicking in air, jumping jacks, and that will be it. But it will bore me to death. But I guess that will have to do, till I shift my workout to morning and can go to park for nice tiring runs. What do you think I should do?
Basically, I write about my workouts the next day after I do them, because I do them at night. So yesterday I was to write about what I did on Wednesday. Believe me, I was excited about sharing it! But today, the excitement is gone. Why? Because I didn't work out yesterday. It was an unscheduled, unplanned break. But I will make up for it by working on the Sunday. And since I will work out early in the day on Sunday, it will not interfere with the workouts of my next week. Anyway.
So basically, yesterday I was feeling that I have been busting my butt for two days now, and still no sign of soreness. I took a day of rest, thinking maybe the soreness will come the next day. (Sometimes that happens with me too, I guess because I haven't taken enough sleep in the first night.)
Anyway, so on Wednesday, I don't know what got into me, I tried to turn '55' into '100'... haha... Not only that, but the last five sets of squats, I did them with weights. Now That gave me soreness. But that was all. And it wasn't enough. Anyway, we will see how to address this issue too.
So, on Wednesday, I did:
10 squats, 10 lateral raises, 100 rope jumpsSo that's how the '55' went. It turned into 100. And no, that's not how I would be doing it every day from now. Like I said, I don't know how I did it. Perhaps, both of these exercises were easy? And perhaps, I really wanted to see some improvement in shoulders as well as thighs? I guess so.
10 squats, 10 lateral raises, 100 rope jumps
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10 squats, 10 lateral raises, 100 rope jumps
And after that, I had decided I would couple military press with lateral hurdle jumps, and do five rounds. And I noticed an improvement in lateral jumps too! That's awesome. But I didn't do all five rounds. I was noticing not-so-pleasant kind of pain in my right shoulder, and I recalled the time when I had ripped my lats, so I just stopped there. And that too, was a good tough workout, for me.
For next day, I didn't really have a plan. And I ended up going to Madni masjid, there I spent some extra time. So got home late to begin with. Then went to the bank to fetch money. Another 15 spent. Then on the way back got soup for family. Now when I brought the soup, and everybody was having soup and all, and I was feeling this tightness in my head, right around the crown, I just felt like taking a day off. And I Can take a day off, provided I do six workouts in a week, with rests in between. So, like I said, I will now work on Sunday.
Now - what should I do? That issue still remains un-addressed. Perhaps, I will follow Scooby's guidelines (Scooby from Scooby's Workshop) for beginners, and make my regime such that one day I will do only cardio for 30 minutes, and the other day it will be 15-min cardio and 15-min weight training.
If it's cardio day today, what cardio should I do? Can I do? I don't wanna go to the park and run, walk, jog there. No. And jumping rope, I can't do for half an hour! Or can I? I don't know. I could alternate jumping rope with some sissy exercises like raising knees, punching in air, kicking in air, jumping jacks, and that will be it. But it will bore me to death. But I guess that will have to do, till I shift my workout to morning and can go to park for nice tiring runs. What do you think I should do?
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