Day Three: Another 300 workout
This is my third consecutive day exercising and I can feel it and see it. Even though it’s only been mere days, I’ve noticed slight changes in my body. Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come for the next 3 months.
I’ve decided again to continue with the 300 repititions without rest as I believe there are several key elements in this theory that I want to be included in the Robin Reliant workout. Those are: it’s quick, strength building and gets your heart pumping. I’m trying to pick out exercises that really test my body and doing at least 2 or 3 of each area with a compound exercise. For back and biceps, I’m doing pull ups and bent over row. For triceps and chest, I’m doing 2 different types of press ups. For legs, which is a large muscle group, I’ve got prisoner squats, jumping squats and alternate squats. For abs, I’ve got the double crunches and mountain climb included. The good thing is that each of those exercises does a range of muscles and that’s exactly what I’m after.
The list below of different workouts is the exact order I did them in. I started out with pull ups as I think they are one of the toughest to complete and I had to stop to compose myself for 5 or 10 seconds on 2 occasions before completing all 30 reps. Hindu pressups are another that, as of right now, I cannot complete in succession - I needed to rest 3 times for those. I did 60 reps of mountain climbs as I found 30 of those comfortable yesterday and I bashed them out very quickly which gave me a total exercise time of only 11 minutes. If I can put together a plan that is 11 minutes a day for people to follow, I’ll be extremely happy.
You’ll also notice that with my food intake – I’m absolutely addicted to peanut butter and jam on toast/crumpets/wraps. It could be worse – peanut butter is actually quite a good source of protein.
I took some measurements on day one, I’ll post them up tomorrow. Those measurements include my chest, waist and arm sizes. I’ll be looking for some to decrease and others increase.
A suggestion was sent in by a reader that my next photograph is taken with a newspaper – in case the workout proves to be a big hit, it could silence some doubters that I actually changed my body without using a gym at all. I’ll be taking more photographs at the weekend so come back and check those out. I’ll be doing that on a regular basis as I have more time free on weekends, plus it will give me a good comparison to look at from week to week.
Exercise
Time: 3.00pm
30 reps – pull ups
30 reps – jumping squats
30 reps – press ups using the Iron Gym
30 reps – bent over row using dumbbells (6kg each)
30 reps – prisoner squats
30 reps – Hindu pressups
30 reps – double crunches
30 reps – alternate squats
60 reps – mountain climbs
Time taken: 11 minutes
Eat/Drink
8.30am: Coffee with semi-skimmed milk
9.00am: Bowl of porridge
11.00am: 2x white toast with peanut butter and jam
11.00am: Tea with semi-skimmed milk
12.30pm: Large glass of orange cordial
12.30pm: Ham, tomato and salad cream sandwich with white bread (x2)
2.30pm: Protein shake
3.30pm: Chicken tikka stick (Golden Matthews snack)
7.00pm: Large glass of orange cordial
7.00pm: Roast vegetables (onions, carrots, parsnips), garden peas, 2x chicken thighs, stuffing and gravy
8.30pm: Orange juice
11.00pm: 3x crumpets with peanut butter and jam
11.00pm: Large glass of peach cordial
This is my third consecutive day exercising and I can feel it and see it. Even though it’s only been mere days, I’ve noticed slight changes in my body. Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come for the next 3 months.
I’ve decided again to continue with the 300 repititions without rest as I believe there are several key elements in this theory that I want to be included in the Robin Reliant workout. Those are: it’s quick, strength building and gets your heart pumping. I’m trying to pick out exercises that really test my body and doing at least 2 or 3 of each area with a compound exercise. For back and biceps, I’m doing pull ups and bent over row. For triceps and chest, I’m doing 2 different types of press ups. For legs, which is a large muscle group, I’ve got prisoner squats, jumping squats and alternate squats. For abs, I’ve got the double crunches and mountain climb included. The good thing is that each of those exercises does a range of muscles and that’s exactly what I’m after.
The list below of different workouts is the exact order I did them in. I started out with pull ups as I think they are one of the toughest to complete and I had to stop to compose myself for 5 or 10 seconds on 2 occasions before completing all 30 reps. Hindu pressups are another that, as of right now, I cannot complete in succession - I needed to rest 3 times for those. I did 60 reps of mountain climbs as I found 30 of those comfortable yesterday and I bashed them out very quickly which gave me a total exercise time of only 11 minutes. If I can put together a plan that is 11 minutes a day for people to follow, I’ll be extremely happy.
You’ll also notice that with my food intake – I’m absolutely addicted to peanut butter and jam on toast/crumpets/wraps. It could be worse – peanut butter is actually quite a good source of protein.
I took some measurements on day one, I’ll post them up tomorrow. Those measurements include my chest, waist and arm sizes. I’ll be looking for some to decrease and others increase.
A suggestion was sent in by a reader that my next photograph is taken with a newspaper – in case the workout proves to be a big hit, it could silence some doubters that I actually changed my body without using a gym at all. I’ll be taking more photographs at the weekend so come back and check those out. I’ll be doing that on a regular basis as I have more time free on weekends, plus it will give me a good comparison to look at from week to week.
Exercise
Time: 3.00pm
30 reps – pull ups
30 reps – jumping squats
30 reps – press ups using the Iron Gym
30 reps – bent over row using dumbbells (6kg each)
30 reps – prisoner squats
30 reps – Hindu pressups
30 reps – double crunches
30 reps – alternate squats
60 reps – mountain climbs
Time taken: 11 minutes
Eat/Drink
8.30am: Coffee with semi-skimmed milk
9.00am: Bowl of porridge
11.00am: 2x white toast with peanut butter and jam
11.00am: Tea with semi-skimmed milk
12.30pm: Large glass of orange cordial
12.30pm: Ham, tomato and salad cream sandwich with white bread (x2)
2.30pm: Protein shake
3.30pm: Chicken tikka stick (Golden Matthews snack)
7.00pm: Large glass of orange cordial
7.00pm: Roast vegetables (onions, carrots, parsnips), garden peas, 2x chicken thighs, stuffing and gravy
8.30pm: Orange juice
11.00pm: 3x crumpets with peanut butter and jam
11.00pm: Large glass of peach cordial
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