Pezzle
03-15-08, 11:14 PM
Didn't want to dig up the old thread since I'm just a little different in these few months but..
I've been working out! Tai chi 3 times a week, lifting weights every day but 2 weekend days (want to cut it to one after I work out more) and just generally feeling better.
Tai Chi is so much harder and physically exhausting than it looks!
40 lb bench row, 30 lb military press and bench press, 30 lb dorsi pulldown and bicep curl and a 10 lb neck press.. a good start I guess! 3 sets of 8 reps each, I always seem to push to failure during the military press at the end of the workout during the end of the 2nd set.
I haven't been walking so much because Tai Chi has been taking care of the legs pretty well! A lot of the Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong stances are low to the ground (same with many southern styles of kung fu such as Hung Gar which I will start in a few months) I am also off the antidepressants and down to 1400 calories or so per day comfortably. However I still weigh a lot -_- but we'll see how this changes in the coming months.
But Just thought I'd let you all know I'm doing better and working on my goal of joining the Marines :)
-Brittany
I've been working out! Tai chi 3 times a week, lifting weights every day but 2 weekend days (want to cut it to one after I work out more) and just generally feeling better.
Tai Chi is so much harder and physically exhausting than it looks!
40 lb bench row, 30 lb military press and bench press, 30 lb dorsi pulldown and bicep curl and a 10 lb neck press.. a good start I guess! 3 sets of 8 reps each, I always seem to push to failure during the military press at the end of the workout during the end of the 2nd set.
I haven't been walking so much because Tai Chi has been taking care of the legs pretty well! A lot of the Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong stances are low to the ground (same with many southern styles of kung fu such as Hung Gar which I will start in a few months) I am also off the antidepressants and down to 1400 calories or so per day comfortably. However I still weigh a lot -_- but we'll see how this changes in the coming months.
But Just thought I'd let you all know I'm doing better and working on my goal of joining the Marines :)
-Brittany