Your first Workout

Greeting and welcome to my blog, my name is rob and im not fit, i haven't a six pack and i can't touch my toes, i eat what i eat, i drink what i drink and i also watch videos of these super fit people looking tanned and toned and promising that if i work hard and eat right i to can look like this, well bollocks, i tried and no, im 44 almost 45 those days have long gone but i can still stay fit, so what have i done about it i hear you ask

well i'll tell you, yes i will, for the next seven weeks i have set myself a challenge and thats to do 50 pullups

what !!! 50 !! yes 50, and im not going to take drugs, well err emmm ;) no im not, i'm still going to drink the same i have drunk and eat the same by writing this im hoping it will keep me motivated to continue until the seven weeks are up and im going to mash it up a little and actually enjoy my workout and have a laugh as well, also throw in some NLP techniques just to keep me going, and you can start to, Don't sit there and say to yourself I'm going to do this, or i want to try this, say to your self what's my goal, what do i want out of this and most of all when you finish a workout tell yourself you did great, you really nailed it

so tools for the trade, i've chosen a pullup bar DuH !!

well of course you have, and some kettle-bells

mine are two 12kg and one 16kgs and tonight this is my workout oh and not forgetting a mp3 player and tonight Pete Tongs's essential collection will be helping me though oh not forgetting two Wristbands to protect my arms from those kettle-bells as i swing them

so without further achoo

Day 1

Now with each exercise because if your like me were old we haven't got the beech body, however we still can look good, say to yourself, i want to be healthy, i want to look toned, i want to look good, for god sake don't say to yourself i want to try this because Try isn't a word were going to use and when you complete this exercise say to yourself Well done, congratulate yourself

5 Pull-ups  1 minute rest
4 chin ups 1 minute rest
5 neutral/narrow 1 minute rest
4 chin ups 1 minute rest
3 pull-ups and again one minute rest

Oh during the 1 minute rest you can either rest or dance like no body is watching stomp those feet and swing your arms who care's who watching, this is for you and you alone

Now to the kettle-bells hold your two 12 kgs one in each hand or whatever weight you have chosen

5 Double Shoulder Press  1 minute rest
5 renegade rows 1 minute rest
5 Front Squats 1 minute rest
Now grab that 16kg and its time for
25 swings 1 minute rest
 finally grab one 12kg and do 5 kettle-bell snatch 5 for each arm

Now were not finishing there, so with the kettle-bells your to do that routine a further two times

once you have completed if you didn't dance like a loon then i would suggest some cool down stretches

Well Done, congratulate yourself, Say it GO ON SAY IT !!!! good

Tomorrow is a rest day