Name: Matt
Age: 26
Occupation: Community Organizer ;)
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 176 (a note on this, I weighed myself with a shirt, belt and pants on, but no shoes and was surprised to find that it added 3 lbs. to the weigh listed)
Goal Weight: 178
BMI: 22.6
Disclaimer: I've been on the injured reserve for the last 10 days and haven't been able to do anything of a physical nature. I tried to return to working out yesterday and re-aggravated my ailing back. I have constantly adjusted my goals for this and have had a hard time settling on goals, so these goals I am posting now will have to be subject to change. Currently I am not able to lift weights, run or play any sports. These goals are designed to help me in rehabilitation and still squeeze in cardio (stationary bike).
What I would like to gain: Healthy back. Maintain aerobic fitness. Steadily gain ground on Abby's push-up challenge*. An aversion from sweets (EVER) during the day and once a week for dessert. Ensure at least 3000 calories a day are consumed. (Again, this will likely be updated with some running/lifting goals once I am able to gauge the progress my back makes).
Strategy for success: I've seen a physical therapist 3 times now and have been prescribed exercises that I am to carry out every day. I believe that completing this regimen daily will allow me to be lifting light weights and running in 14 days. For the time being I will ride the stationary bike at high intensity for 30 minutes/5 days a week. I will also increase my daily push-ups by at least 1/day*
Challenges: Obviously, the back is a challenge. However it also presents an opportunity to concentrate on my core for the full two months of recovery that I expect it will take to be at, or close to 100%. I really wanted to attack this entire competition aggressively and fear that the position I am in, which will not allow for tremendous results will lead to a lack of motivation. My greatest challenge, however, may come in making progress on Abby's push-up challenge*, which I will explain below. I can do push-ups now, but am not able to supplement them with much else.
*Abby challenged me to do 100 technical push-ups on her birthday (18 June). While I don't think she'll care how I perform the push-ups, I wish to do them at a pace that is maintained throughout all 100.
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Good luck with the back. I know what it feels like to have almost constant back pain. Exercise is the best remedy.
ReplyDeleteSorry you're hurt. How did you injure yourself? I tweaked my back playing basketball a couple of months ago. I had to be very careful with it for about a month. Now it feels a lot better and is not bothering me. I think I was lucky--back injuries can be slow to recover. You don't realize how important your back is to EVERYTHING you do, until you injure it.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, this gives the rest of us a fair shot at keeping up with you!