Week One, Day 2

This week has been the start of my renewed fitness journey.  After slacking off of my work-outs and gaining between 10-15 pounds in the process, I have decided to do my best to get myself in decent shape again.  Since joining a health club isn't an option for me right now, I have resorted to using the large bonus room in our new home as my gym.  Got the boxing heavy bag installed, gathered up my dumbells and other gym stuff, and I'm ready to go.

I'm making up my routine as i go.  Every other day, I come up here and do either a workout video, or box a few rounds, or both.  Today was both.

To keep myself motivated, I open my Pandora app on my Chromebook, synced to my bluetooth speaker so i can crank the music as needed.  Water bottle, hand wraps, let's go!

                                                       

oh, one more thing:  I also use a boxing app, Precision Boxing, on my phone to call out my punches.  It's on a timer, and it times my 3-minute rounds and 1-minute rest breaks.  There's a lot of helpful apps out there, but this one's good for keeping me focused.  It's pretty basic, so I usually end up getting creative and mixing up the moves and adding some kicks for variety, just keeping it fresh and fun.

                                                                              
                                         So far, so good.  REady to fight?

Pow!!!

(or like my ol' Body Combat instruct would yell, "Boom, Boom, Pow!  How d'ya like me now?!!!"

After the boxing sequences, I unwind my sweaty handwraps, take it down to a yoga mat, and do some core conditioning with a short video.  Again, an app is here to save the day!  The app on my Chromebook is called "hoolio".   It basically manages a whole slew of workout videos, and it gives you points, or "moves", for how many videos you complete.  

Today's video was all about abs.  All kinds of crunches and planks.  Other days, I might focus on other body parts or use dumbells or ankle weights, all of which are kept nearby.

                                      

So that's it for today!  The thing is, I'm not in this to lose "x" amount of pounds or anything numerical or precise as that.  I don't consider myself morbidly obese (yet), and I'm not a professional, competitive athlete that needs to get down to a certain lean mean weight for an event.
 I just want to:
 1. lose the belly fat.  2. firm up all over.  3.  fit in my clothes comfortably again.  4.  feel good about the way i look.
Hopefully that will result in losing a bunch of pounds, but I'm not focusing on that.  It's all about being healthy, having more energy and mental alertness, and feeling better emotionally as well.  Establishing a fitness routine that is do-able over the long run.  Making lifestyle changes in both activity and diet that I can maintain for life.

Let's keep this going, shall we?  See you next time!!