Soooo here's a little background for you. Back in October, I was quite bored with my life. I am taking the semester off from school and I was just working. I was happy.... just bored. Most of my friends are in school and I was spending a lot of time sitting at home. I was spending a little time at the gym, but not as much as I wanted to. I've always been passionate about fitness. I love working out. I love learning about nutrition and about how the body works. Buuuuut... I had been in a rut for a while. I was only going to the gym about... once every two weeks. yup. So I decided to start going more often. My mom works at the Sportsplex. It's a gym about 5 minutes from my house, which is super convenient! One day one of the trainers there (and one of our good friends), Keaton Hoskins, told my mom that I should compete. I remember when she called and told me that, I laughed. I had always wanted to do a competition, so I told her I would consider it. Wellll after a whole night of consideration.... I decided that I should go for it. It was the perfect time for me to do it. I wasn't going to school, I had lots of free time, and I would love to push myself and see what I can do. So the next day I told her to tell Keaton I would do it. As soon as I told her, I knew there was no backing out. Once I set my mind to something, I have to do it. I started training that next week.
October 1st, 2013. I met with Keaton and he did my evaluation. He tested my body fat and it was at 21.3%. (21-33% is pretty normal for my age and activity level). I am 5'4. and I weighed 114 pounds. Meaning.... I had 24 lbs of fat on me and 90 lbs of lean muscle tissue. He told me that I needed to gain 6 pounds of muscle to compete in the March show. He told me that I really needed to focus on my shoulders and on my butt. Then he lead me through my workout. He only had me do half of the reps. Afterward I couldn't breathe and I was wondering what I had gotten myself into. I felt soooo light headed. I didn't realize that I was so out of shape. I felt stupid... but I let it motivate me. The beginning is always the hardest. He put me on a strict, low-carb, diet. He told me I could have one cheat meal a week. The first 4 days were SOOOO hard for me. I thought about quitting so many times. It's difficult to cook and prepare healthy meals. It's also really difficult to not eat something when you go out with your friends. My friends liked to say I was.... HANGRY. Hungry + Angry. I was ornery all the time and I felt weak. I kept thinking... is this even worth it?? When I complained to Keaton about it, he told me something that has stuck with me, and probably always will. If it was easy, everyone would do it. He was right. I was doing this for myself. I knew that it would be difficult for me, and that's what would make the whole experience worth it.
After those first 4 days I felt AMAZING. The cravings weren't so constant and I was starting to learn that if I ate everything I was supposed to eat (6 small meals a day with lots of protein... details later), I wasn't hungry. In fact, It was hard for me to make myself eat as much as I was supposed to. My body felt great. I had so much energy and I could do my full workout instead of just half. It's amazing how the body learns and grows so quickly. I was already pushing myself to new limits and I felt so good. In the first two weeks I had dropped 3% body fat!! I will go through details about everything in future posts. I just wanted to give a bit of background.
I wish I would have started blogging at the very beginning of this journey. I have kept a written journal through the whole thing. I would highly recommend doing that if you are starting your own fitness journey. This has been the most amazing experience and I'm ready to make the next 4 weeks (and many after that) count. Thanks for reading! :)
Workout from October 1, 2013-February 4, 2014
This is my beginning workout. I have added lots more weight since then. Update later.
M/W/F:
squats-4x15 (I started out with only the bar)
deadlifts-4x15 (started with 40 lbs)
row machine-4x15 (started with 40 lbs)
military press-4x15 (20 lbs)
bicep curls-4x15 (10 lbs)
shoulder raises- 4x15 (5 lbs)
50 lunges
15 sprints (half track, rest 30 sec between)
I also did some on the treadmill. sprint 30 seconds, rest 30 seconds.
T/TR:
hammerstrength shoulder press-4x15 (10 lbs)
tricep extension-4x15 (50 lbs)
rear delt raises-4x15 (10 lbs each side)
hanging leg lifts-4x25
wind gates on bike (hard and fast for 30 sec, rest for 30 sec) 6 minutes.
The diet:
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