Phil's Workout - Day 1

Wake-up: 4:45 am. I changed to workout and got to the gym by 5:05 am.

Here's the gym.

I ran on the thread mill for about 20+ minutes to burn off 150+ calories...

After 5 minutes of stretching, I ran through AchieveFit's (http://www.achievefit.com) Super Set workout.

Today's tasks involved Chest/Back:

Circuit 1: 2 Rounds

Bench Press - 20 reps of 95 lbs.

Push-ups (slow) - 8 reps (I suck... I tried but my arms were fatigued from the weight of the bench press)

Pull-downs - 20 reps of 70 lbs.

Standing cable rows (slow) - 20 reps of 40 lbs.

Circuit 2: 2 Rounds

Incline Press - 12 reps of 95 lbs.

Cable/Dumb Flys (slow) -12 reps of 30 lbs.

Cable rows seated - 12 reps of 70 lbs.

Reverse Cable flys (slow) - 12 reps of 15 - 20 lbs.

All circuit routines were performed with minimal rest (no more than 1 minute) in between exercises and rounds.

Additionally, I did 2 Rounds of ball crunches at 20 reps a round. I'd like to lose my spare tire during this whole endeavor.

Followed by 35 minutes on the Precor Elliptical, burning off 298+ calories..

With the morning work-out, I could say that I've burned off a minimum 500 calories for the day.

Onto the diet:

BREAKFAST:

2 slices of 100% Wheat toast and a banana (roughly 350 calories)

SNACK:

8 pieces of almonds through-out the day, along with several glasses of water. (roughly 180 calories for all 8 pieces)

LUNCH:

Chicken Fajita Burrito from Chipotle with tomatos and corn - I asked to have the rice, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream removed. (roughly 700 calories)

DINNER:

bowl of Penne Vodka with a dinner roll, along with another 2 glasses of water. (roughly 700 calories)

All of these activities before 8:00 pm.

My GOAL for the week is to used up 500+ calories a day, and keep my caloric intake under 2200 calories. Wish me luck..

So, that's the start of my March. I'll post my work-out routine and diet again tomorrow.

Good luck, everybody. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the videos...