Jul 31, 2008 6:08 PM GMT
I guess I'm just looking for encouragement, support, advice, suggestions from those who have been successful in their ordeals to get a six-pack. I made a New Years Rez this year to do it ... I want it _sooooo_ badly.
The biggest frustration has been my scale; it was just such a downer that my body fat has stayed at 13.5% (I hate that number so much!). I know these scales aren't accurate and whatnot so I was taking that into account.
If anyone has any feedback on what my regimen is, please respond.
Diet
I don't calorie count, but I did when I first started in May. Now I can roughly estimate how many calories I intake in a day. I usually have 6 meals, first four are ~270 cals and last two are ~200 cals, so that's around 1500 calories per day. It's roughly a 30fat40prot30carb diet (last two meals don't have carbs).
Cardio
I usually do about 1.5-2.5 hours a day 5-6x a week. I always do this first thing in the morning. This last week I been running up trails cuz I got a callous from rollerblading so much, which I had been doing the last month. My heart rate averages 140-155 which is ~72-80% of my max.
Weights
I do weights 3x a week, split into Chest/Tris/Shoulders, Legs, Back/Bis. The last two weeks I just switched to more free weights, mostly 2 warmups-12-10-8-6-super-burnout type sets; before that for a month I did 4 sets of 10-12 reps, which had somewhat mixed free weights and machines.
Sigh, I think a big part of it is just being headstrong, and today I had a despairing moment, which I'm sure will pass.
The biggest frustration has been my scale; it was just such a downer that my body fat has stayed at 13.5% (I hate that number so much!). I know these scales aren't accurate and whatnot so I was taking that into account.
If anyone has any feedback on what my regimen is, please respond.
Diet
I don't calorie count, but I did when I first started in May. Now I can roughly estimate how many calories I intake in a day. I usually have 6 meals, first four are ~270 cals and last two are ~200 cals, so that's around 1500 calories per day. It's roughly a 30fat40prot30carb diet (last two meals don't have carbs).
Cardio
I usually do about 1.5-2.5 hours a day 5-6x a week. I always do this first thing in the morning. This last week I been running up trails cuz I got a callous from rollerblading so much, which I had been doing the last month. My heart rate averages 140-155 which is ~72-80% of my max.
Weights
I do weights 3x a week, split into Chest/Tris/Shoulders, Legs, Back/Bis. The last two weeks I just switched to more free weights, mostly 2 warmups-12-10-8-6-super-burnout type sets; before that for a month I did 4 sets of 10-12 reps, which had somewhat mixed free weights and machines.
Sigh, I think a big part of it is just being headstrong, and today I had a despairing moment, which I'm sure will pass.