After a year at the Idaho Athletic Club I recently received a call from Melissa, a personal trainer, informing me that I'm still eligible for a free physical consultation as part of my gym membership.
Of course I went. I stood on a scale, measured my body fat percentage, and did a squat with my arms raised above my heads while she walked around looking at my form. Which I felt like a total bafoon doing. The results: 15.5 % Body Fat. 185 lbs. My lower back has a very poor arch and I have very tight calves and hamstrings as well as lats. Since these muscles aren't relaxed, they're compensating and creating poor posture. Which means that my glutes are simply looking pretty instead of doing anything to really support my body like they should be.
Oh yeah, and I was offered four personal training sessions to help me achieve my physical goals for a very reasonable rate of $299. And I was told that it is extremely important to have a multi-vitamin. Those cost $20 for 50 vitamins that you take twice a day. "Uhm, yeah...I'll pass on those."
I think a guy like me kind of befuddles a personal trainer when I say I'm simply interested in going to the gym 3-5 times a week, and I just want to have a simple workout routine that will help me stay in shape. I don't want to record calories. Instead, I just want to know generally how much to eat. I don't want to record my weight. Instead, I just want to jump up and down naked in front of the mirror and make sure most of my body doesn't move.
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I did notice you were stetching more often in the office this morning. I thought it was only trying to wake up.
Kenny here is your workout routine - Mon. squats, bench; Wed. deadlifts, upright rows; Fri. squats, bench. You can add some additional arm exercises if you want to/have time. Just remember the tricep muscle has 3 heads while the bicep only has 2. Want big arms? Go for the triceps!
Ed, shouldn't I add some yoga for flexibility?
Keeny,
as long as you stick to yoga and not Yoga that would be fine. Yoga being a Hindu philosophy and yoga having come to mean basically a stretching routine. It should be noted that stretching is best performed after lifting weights. Stretching before has been shown to make the muscles weaker for lifting weights. A brief period of light cardiovascular warmup and then lighter weight warmup sets for the lifts is all that is required beforehand. Of course using a full range of motion while doing the lift is also important to keep your muscle suple and lithe.
Kenny, I have never heard of the type of physical assessment before... but I suppose it works. I always wondered why the guys took so long to change in the locker room...
btw- I started a blog. Now you have to add my link :)
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