Context: F/23/160cm, SW: 91kg CW: 84ish GW: ???? whatever looks good. I've always had extremely strong legs and extrem weak arms. I use a granny trolley to carry my shopping home. I was never able to do a push up.
This might be the most minuscule victory or progress on this sub, but I'm very proud of myself and wanted to share. I've been working out (again) for 6 months and 2 weeks. The workout I do (T25) is a HIIT program split into 3 cycles of 5, 5, and 4 weeks respectively. First cycle is very cardio focused, the second is mostly equal between cardio and weights, and the third is weights focused. Body weights are used throughout, but dumbbells starts in the second cycle.
A couple of months ago I did my first push up ever (on the knees, but still)!!! And I can now do up to 4 before I collapse sobbing.
I started out using tins of tomatoes of 400g. They felt heavy. My arms hurt. Then I went up to two of them duct taped together. Then I treated myself to two sets of dumbbells, first of 1.5kg and second of 2kg. Yesterday I was in a sports store for the first time in my life. I picked up the smallest weight plates they had (0.5kg) so I can use my boyfriend's dumbbells (which are adjustable) instead of buying new ones every 14 weeks. I'm now up to 3kg (0.5x2 + 2kg bar). They honestly look ridiculous, like they should be pink and covered in Hello Kitty or something, but I'm very proud of how far I've come!
Yesterday I took my best progress picture: one can, two cans, dumbbell, bigger dumbbell, new dumbbell. I look forward to gaining strong, sexy arms, who don't wave back when I wave!
This might be the most minuscule victory or progress on this sub, but I'm very proud of myself and wanted to share. I've been working out (again) for 6 months and 2 weeks. The workout I do (T25) is a HIIT program split into 3 cycles of 5, 5, and 4 weeks respectively. First cycle is very cardio focused, the second is mostly equal between cardio and weights, and the third is weights focused. Body weights are used throughout, but dumbbells starts in the second cycle.
A couple of months ago I did my first push up ever (on the knees, but still)!!! And I can now do up to 4 before I collapse sobbing.
I started out using tins of tomatoes of 400g. They felt heavy. My arms hurt. Then I went up to two of them duct taped together. Then I treated myself to two sets of dumbbells, first of 1.5kg and second of 2kg. Yesterday I was in a sports store for the first time in my life. I picked up the smallest weight plates they had (0.5kg) so I can use my boyfriend's dumbbells (which are adjustable) instead of buying new ones every 14 weeks. I'm now up to 3kg (0.5x2 + 2kg bar). They honestly look ridiculous, like they should be pink and covered in Hello Kitty or something, but I'm very proud of how far I've come!
Yesterday I took my best progress picture: one can, two cans, dumbbell, bigger dumbbell, new dumbbell. I look forward to gaining strong, sexy arms, who don't wave back when I wave!
(Or it does help with my overall fitness and leg strength, depending on how you look at it!)