Alright, let me brief, and then I'll jump into more detail about it later.
This isn't going to work.
Now I'm not being mean. It sounded mean, but reading text over the internet can obviously lose a lot of emphasis or easily be interpreted the wrong way. So just listen to what I gotta say first.
First off, I'm somewhat of a workout whore. I lift weights 5 times a week, and I do cardio 4-5 times a week. Generally speaking, my weight routine is a rough, 1 to 1.5 hour workout. Now, keep in mind, its way more fierce than most people's routine. 99% of the peopel out there will do a set, of say, flys, wait 3 minutes, then do the next set. Not me. I do a set, immediately move into a different set of something else, and then come back later. The most time I have of not using a muscle group in an exercise might be 45 seconds, simply for the setting up of weights.
My cardio routine varies dramatically (mainly because I nealy broke my ankle earlier this summer, which has changed a lot, obviously). However, in general, I run b/w a 5-8k, or 45 - 1 hour (depending on mood) on the eliptical.
And eating I'm pretty much the same. During the day I drink nothing but water, maybe some powerade. I don't drink alchohol, period. No ifs and or buts. My news years resolution was to not drink any soda, and surprisingly, I haven't had a single drop of Soda for the year of 2005, and its worked wonders. Actual solid foods I'm great on. A can of tuna every other day (too much tuna can get you some net mercury, not good), low-fat turkey snadwhiches (no mayo) TONS and TONs of vegetables, mainly in the form of peppers and cucumbers. Unfortunatly, when I go out with friends at night, I tend to pig out on junk, but I'm getting better.
Now, why am I saying your proposed routine isn't going to work? It seems to me like as of right now, you don't really have any form of working out at all. And that is why this will not work (for the time being). You can NOT expect to just jump (literally and figuratively) into this program. It's too much for your body, somewhat physically, but MOSTLY mentally. Trust me on this, working out is 95% mental. You can be sore as hell, but be in a certain mood and still have a great workout. On the other hand, I might not have worked out for 4 days, and not have an ache in my body, and think I need a workout. But then you end up getting tot he gym, and for whatever reason, you can't get yourself to do a set of anything. Believe me, working out is mostly mental. Jumping right into a routine like you said will be too much for you to handle.
Now, what would I suggest? First off, like you said, cut soda completly off. I can't tell you how much it does for you. Soda is bad for you, whether its diet, colda, whatever. It eats at the lining fo your stomach, among many other things. So, cut it out, completly. You'll feel great, less weighed down, and have a more defined 6-pack just from NOT drinking it. It's done me wonders this year.
Second, start biking places. You can bike a lot farther than you think, trust me. It'll whip ya in shape real fast. Bike a couple miles to your friends place instead of driving there.
Third, drink water. It does a body good. (Moreso than milk).
Fourth, ease into a routine at the gym. Ignore the 50,000 excercises the chart tells you to do. Do whatever you feel right about. Try starting with one routine per major muscle group. Ease yourself in. Try to focus mainyl on freeweights, rather than the uh... I'm blanking on the name, whatever the machines are. The machines not only make your load easier to lift, but focus completly on power. Free weights make the lift more difficult, plus build hand-eye coordination, and balancing skills. Machines lack this.
So, there ya have it. Hope that helps. Feel free to asks any questions, I'll be glad to answer more in detail than I have in this post, I love working out. I like to think that Zeality :: Tessarect and DBT as Dewey :: Working Out and Eating.
Just to give a quick thingy:
I'm 20 years old, 5'6, 141. Max bench is currently somewhere b/w 245-250 (EDIT: pounds, I forgot we had an international board here), and I can run a 5k in about 18 minutes. (I'm a better sprinter and biker
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