20th May 2014 - Lose Fat or Die Trying Log

I've made it to Week 6 of Freeletics! Workouts are becoming bearable yet hard if you're pushing to beat your previous Personal Best (PB) time. I was dreading the night before thinking I had to face the dreaded IRIS routine twice for Week 6 workout. Just in case you did not know, I really suffered to finish IRIS in Week 2. Took me about 40+ minutes to slog through.

Surprisingly, completing IRIS today was not as difficult as I think it would be. It was challenging no doubt, but bearable. Took me about 33:49 mins to complete! A huge jump in comparison to the first time.

Also in my previous log, I mentioned about incorporating yoga in my routine to reduce muscle stiffness. Considering that for the past 12 days, I had no problems with stiffness, I decided to replace yoga with light body weight workout in the morning before work instead.

Before work routine (morning): 100 push ups + 200 squats

This will be done in 4-5 continuous sets consisting of 20 or25 pushups + 40 or 50 squats

Generally, when it comes to workout, I stick strictly to the Freeletics program. Apart from that, I tend to vary other workouts. In my next post, I intend to update my weight and body fat status. Stay tune!

Cheers and LFoDT!

8th May 2014 - LFoDT Log

Am making good progress in Freeletics achieving new PB times for Aphrodite on the 6th of May (28:54 mins). 

I'm also trying to lift weights every alternate days if possible, targeting two body parts per session. However I've got to admit that I haven't been diligently working on weights missing some sessions at times. 

I've been feeling rather stiff in my back as well as at the back of both my knees. Straightening my legs especially over the last weekend was painful yet bearable. I'm thinking that the lack of warming up and stretching before workout could be the cause of the problem.

Over the past 2 days, I've picked up yoga which I do it in the morning before going to work. All the stretching seems to have eliminated the soreness and stiffness from my back and legs. In addition the yoga stretches were pretty intense judging by the amount of sweat I tend to generate each session. 

In summary my currently weekly workout consist of the following:

1. 5 days a week of Freeletics
2. 5 days a week of Yoga
3. 3 days a week of Weights (alternating days)
4. 1 Free workout day (any exercise from running to weight lifting)
5. 1 Rest Day

What about you?

4 May 2014 - LFoDT Log

I've just completed Freeletics Cardio Week 3! Managed to beat my PB for Dione twice. 

The only failure for this Freeletics Week 3 was Venus. Had to use the modified version for push-ups just to complete Venus. Looks like my chest and upper body strength is still severely lacking!

Anywho...in my previous log (28th April 2014), I mentioned my weight shot up to 82.9kg from 81.7kg within a week. Well I used another scale (the one at home and not the one in office) to measure today and my weight currently stands at 79kg! 

Finally my weight has dropped below 80kg! Woots! How did I do it? Disciplined Freeletics Cardio, Weights, eating clean "whenever possible" and lastly having an extremely strong desire/goal to lose weight!