Welcome!

Welcome to my training (b)log. I want to keep track of what I do each day in my quest for fitness. I will post again after tonight's workout.

Here are my stats:
Sex: Male
Age: 30
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 233 lbs (I know!)

Let's see how these stats change. I'm giving myself a month to loose between 10-15 lbs. I am a former weightlifter so I know that I have the discipline to get in shape. Changing jobs (I'm now a consultant for IBM) really changed my workout and eating habits leading to my weight gain. I basically stopped working out and began to eat out almost every day.

But after a few years of this, I've decided to get in shape. This training log will serve as a motivational tool since I'll be able to read it no matter where I am and track my progress. I know there are more sophisticated tools out there (I've even written one in PHP+MySQL), but the public and informal nature of blogs is what appeals to me. I don't want to crunch numbers; I want to simply count crunches.

I used to be able to bench 300+ lbs and squat over 320 while only weighing 165 lbs. I don't intend to get into that type of shape anymore. It's too hard to maintain and frankly, I'm not up for injuries. My aim is to simply loose weight and get some aerobic fitness. For this reason, cycling will be my main form of exercise. I used to be an avid cyclist but unfortunately, my beautiful Specialized road bike now sits with 2 flat tires and some rust on the chain. I just purchased a new spinning bike, a heart rate monitor, and some weights. Weightlifting will be a part of my training, but it will not be the main focus as when I was younger. I intend to resurrect my Specialized and start riding again once I drop about 30 lbs.

Feel free to leave tips, advice, comments, and also to share your training activities. What motivates you? Share it with me!

Let's see what happens!