Pretty happy with how this year went. I started the year off at 92.5kg and very much overweight on the BMI scale and by October/November time had got down to 74.5kg. Now, after the festive period I've definitely put a few kg back on which I'm hoping will come off back off quickly this month (especially as I'm doing dry January) but I've definitely started the year in a much better place than last!
Here's me on holiday in 2022 (where I didn't even want to take my vest off due to my beer gut) v holiday in 2023:
So, now I'm keen to push on. In 2023 for the first 3 months I focused mainly on running with the odd weightlifting session but as the year went on and I shifted the fat, I got more and more into the weightlifting, doing 4x sessions a week with 1 cardio session (6aside once a week). And its weightlifting i want to continue to focus on. All the weightlifting has been at home where I've got adjustable dumbbells (up to 25kg) and a bench. That's worked for me so far but obviously has limitations in what exercises I can do. I'm thinking of joining a puregym that's next to my office with the idea that the 3 days a week I go, I can finish the day with an hour in the gym before heading home. And then I can do a fourth session at home with the dumbbells on the weekend.
I'm also thinking about mixing up my programming. I've split my 4 sessions at home into:
Chest/Biceps
Shoulders/Triceps
Back
Legs
With some ab workout thrown in at the end of 1 or 2 sessions each week.
What I'm thinking about doing instead is 3 sessions a week with 6 excercises-3 pull, 3 push, going from 1 to the other. And then a 4th session for legs. I haven't worked out the exercises yet but I'm going to the gym this Thursday to get a feel for it and will go from there. What are people's thoughts on this? It's basically driven from a desire to work some muscle groups more each week rather than once (chest
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