How to get back in shape
I got REALLY out of shape the last few years trading the trenches. 2 kids and a full time job are tough on the body but the last 12 months I decided to lock back in and wanted to give a quick rundown for those who are in a similar spot.
At 35 if I can do it you can too.
20%-> 9% body fat.
Full routine
Meals
Breakfast: Venti cold brew. Protein bar. Animal pak vitamins and fish oil. (200 cals). Turkey egg white and cheese on the weekends with English muffin (500 cals)
Lunch: Caesar salad (light dressing) with extra grilled chx, turkey sandwich, or just breaded chicken from the freezer (700 cals)
Snack: protein shake w/ 2.5g creatine and some goldfish or whatever the kids didn't eat (300 cals)
Dinner: Chicken or turkey based meal with veggies (burger or meatballs) (700-1200). Fish if you like it but I personally hate fish.
Desert: fruit ice pop (200 cals)
Alcohol: personally cut out during this period but can do a few diet and vodka drinks if you stay at a reasonable calorie level. Beer = gut.
All in 2100-2600 calories. 130-150g protein. Currently at 160 pounds. Ideally you could do more protein to hit 1g per pound of body weight but imo it's pretty tough.
With the workout routine below you are easily burning 3k cals so always cutting.
Workout
45 mins of cardio everyday. Target 120-130 bps heart rate. I like the elliptical so I can read or answer messages. 60 mins when not doing other muscles. No excuses. 7 days a week. If you can't do this, get a walking treadmill. $200 bucks on Amazon.
One body part per day. 30-45 mins. Chest, back, arms, shoulders and legs. Abs every other day. 12-15 sets.
Chest
-flatbench 1x warm up. 5x for 5 sets. Increase by 2.5 pounds weekly for your last 2 sets
-3x incline
-3x decline
-2x pullovers (secret sauce here)
-3x flies
Back
-3x weight pull ups
-3x wide grip rows
-3x close grip rows
-3x dead lifts
Arms
-4x peacher curls (best)
-4x dips or close grip bench
-3x hammer curls
-3x rope pull downs
-3x straight curls
-3x reverse push downs
Superset to keep heart rate up
Shoulders
-4x press
-3x side row
-3 front row
-3x back row
-3x Arnold's (secret sauce)
Legs
-3x squats (I'm terrible tbh)
-3x kick outs
-3x hamstring curls
-3x calve lifts
-Max bench 255 @ 160 body weight up from 170.
-150 curls up from 90
-35 pull ups. Up from 10.
Hesitant to post this given the pics but hopefully want to get some others on the fitness journey
We have a huge advantage in our industry that we can do most of our work from our phones, take advantage of it and spend 1-1.5 hours a day to get healthy!๐