DAY ONE, WEEK FIVE
I didn't think I had it in me. I went to bed last night feeling really unwell but overnight I recovered quite a bit. I did one hundred and forty press-ups, crunches and a thirty minute run set at speed eight.
DAY TWO, WEEK FIVE
My used Toyota gave me an illness, the air filter must be dirty. I turn the air conditioning on and inhale the germs I did. It really struck me down and I still haven't fully recovered. Usually after illnesses like this I have a different attitude to life but I think there is still a burning desire to want to keep this up.
To add insult to injury, I hurt my right arm. My arm still functions, but I hurt it doing press-ups and there is a nagging pain at the elbow. Nothing too serious though and it could just heal by this time tomorrow.
More of the same... I held speed nine for ten minutes on the treadmill and thirty minutes crunches.
DAY THREE, WEEK FIVE
Thirty minute run, fifteen minutes push-ups, fifteen minutes crunches, more of the same. I have decided to experiment with whey protein shakes to replace my meal replacement shakes for muscle build and weight management, I chose chocolate. I tried my first one this morning and taste was leaving much to be desired, but I know that this stuff is supposed to be good for me and overall I think it is something I can get used to. According to Wikipedia, whey protein also has anti-cancer properties but remain unfounded in human experiments. They experimented on mice.
Onward!
DAY FOUR, WEEK FIVE
My thirty minute run was a struggle today but I completed it. The press-ups were also a struggle, I did one hundred. I also did my crunches. I think my struggle was mainly because of my illness that I'm still getting over, that I caught from the air conditioning of my car, so no it does not help. I also had sex last night too. Either this or that or other factors such as inhaling cleaning chemicals after three hours cleaning my house late yesterday or consuming more whey protein (although this should actually give me energy instead of hinder my exercise routine in any way). I think I'm liking this whey protein. The taste is very dull, but I think I like the texture of the drink and also I think it fills me up well until it is time to eat again (I eat at certain times). I did hold speed nine on my treadmill for twenty five minutes mind you and I think that is a new record.
Advance!
DAY FIVE, WEEK FIVE
To round off week five... more of the same. One hundred and thirty press-ups being the only real difference. I look in the mirror every day but I have yet to see any evidence of a six-pack. Unless when I am outside I look in the ranch-slider window and can see a six-pack already there with the sun showing it up?! But they could just be stretch marks... dunno. I should be thin but looks in mirrors can be deceiving. I am very light, but I still have fat around my mid-section. According to my analog readings I am dangerously underweight and shouldn't lose any more, but I'm going to ignore that and continue to lose until I collapse on the floor one day.
I need to tone, just replacing meals with shakes and eating fruit, meat and and vegetables along with them is the easy part. I need to burn all this excess fat off of my mid-section, my arms, my legs... I have lost a lot of weight around my face. In my drivers license photo I was eighteen and I was blown up like a balloon. I should have been doing what I am doing now if not at eighteen, then say five years ago at twenty one. I will be turning twenty seven in three months just before Christmas. I wish I was twenty one or twenty two again, so much more younger, such a smaller number, so much more desirable.
Two days of rest then start on week six next Monday. Maybe I might do the pull-ups on a frame of monkey bars and sit-ups on a slide somewhere, somehow.
DAY ONE, WEEK SIX
I have been feeling incredibly tired this morning because of sex yesterday, I fucking hate it. Despite this, I continue with my exercises and I have been instructed to add an extra half hour to my routine, mainly crunches, to achieve this six-pack of abs that I'm not really sure I am so far away from becoming a reality.
More of the same... except fifteen minutes basketball (shooting hoops) and thirty minutes crunches. I also did forty minutes walking as well. My thirty minute run was a hell of a lot more easier when hydrated. This is something else, as well as stretching, that I highly suggest you do and the author of the Independent article from the United Kingdom failed to instruct the readers to do. Just fucking dumb and could get someone seriously injured or killed.
DAY TWO, WEEK SIX
Same ol' same ol'. I was incredibly busy today after my exercises pretty much all afternoon, I was so tired until I got more food into me. Onward!
DAY THREE, WEEK SIX
No training today, way too busy. I will be back into it tomorrow though and I could do an extra week of more of the same exercises along with pull ups on monkey bars and sit ups on a slide, somewhere.
DAY FOUR, WEEK SIX
More of the same.
DAY FIVE, WEEK SIX
More of what I did on day one of this week and the other three days, adding an extra half hour to my routine.
RESULT:
I didn't do any pull-ups on bars or situps on slides and I also didn't use this TRX exercise equipment I read about either, but I'm not entirely sure whether I have a six-pack of abdominal muscle. I certainly don't have one when I look at my stomach just now, all I see is excess fat. But on an empty stomach and when I look in my bathroom mirror with natural light coming down through my skylight, I can see something developing there... as in a six-pack. I can see my abdominals showing through as a pack... or is unit a better word? But not ripped. I can also see my obliques and ribs. So, not entirely sure. I bet if I continued on with this, doing my exercises on weekends and adding ANOTHER half hour (training for two hours a day), I will surely be ripped and as I said it could take another six weeks to achieve that. And, that's what I'm going to do. I will continue with my exercises and drink whey protein shakes to help me with muscle build. I sure as hell know I have a hell of a lot more energy and strength than I used to. Vegetables, fruit, meat and water... that is what your diet should consist of. Notice how most of that food is AS IS instead of made-up, invented, processed or manufactured food. I just love boiled steaming hot broccoli and cauliflower with dashes of salt and pepper on it, for example. Or steaming hot broccoli and cauliflower with tomato puree mixed in. Or well cooked spinach and sweet sprouted mung beans, a new meal I have been trying.
So I think the verdict is still out as to whether you really can achieve a six-pack in six weeks. The Independent were the messenger, as am I, and this has originally come from a mens health magazine... not sure which.
