After roughly a month’s rest, I went backto training. Excited than ever, I took my pre-workout meal and headed straight to the gym.
I will be posting my work-out logs, programs, diet and such for others to critique.I would love to hear your thoughts about what I do in the gym.
Having gone through last week’s troubles, being able to work-out somehow relieves me of life’s stresses.
On my previous work-out log, the figures that came out weren’t the ones I was expecting. This time however, I made sure that I beat my previous. It may not seem much, but it is still progress.
Progress? I encountered one BIG problem though. I noticed that for the past two training sessions, I have been over-training. Novices tend to fall for this trap very often, and I for one have been victimized.
Over-training. Many people I know have also fallen for this. Initially, when improperly educated about bodybuilding, we tend to think that more is better. We do more sets, reps, rest and the list goes on.
As for my case, my training went beyond the 30-45 minute duration. I was training for an hour and 30mins. If that isn’t enough I experienced some delay on my pre- and post-workout meals.
I applied some minor changes on the exercises to minimize time consumption. From doing barbell-rows, I replaced it using a rowing machine. Changing the exercise also helps reduce the stress applied on my lower back as I did some heavy sets on my squats and deadlifts.
Altough there wasn’t a major change on the time spent with the training, I begin to realize that I need to apply some changes with my current program.
Work-out Log: 10.21.09
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