@ indi,
I hear you about how work eats up too much time. I'm nocturnal in nature. Either vampire or werewolf...or even hybrid.
I work at Hitachi in manufacturing. I work on the nightshift, 12 hours per shift. The Hitachi House of the Dead.
so what I do at times and when my exercise time falls on my work night.....I do my alternate routine. Since obviously I'm not around conventional weights. Sometimes, I'll split up my alternate routine into 2 parts.
here is my alternate routine:
warm up and stretch out for a few minutes.
2 sets of side bends.
2 sets of trunk twists
2 sets of leg ups.
on these...I pretty much take a little breaks of 10 to 25 seconds for each exercise so far....
also in the split break down mode....I'm done with the first part too.
now for the rest of the whole workout or the second part of the split routine(maybe an hour to a few hours later...depending upon work schedule and breaks. You fit the routine into your normal work schedule. and since I have all night and morning for the next day too.)
3 sets of chest press with isometrics.
rest for up to a minute for each exercise.
3 sets of arm curls with isometrics.
rest for up to a minute for each exercise.
1 set of chest flexing....this is a combination of flexing your whole chest and upper body. And they keeping your body flexed with some simple arm and upper body movements.
after that, I cool down with some situps or standing stomach pull-ins. which is to exhale or breathe out and then bend your upper body down. then when bringing it back up...inhale or breathe in. repeat a number of times. true.
again, you can do the whole routine or split it down into 2 or more mini-routines. you fit the over-all workout to your job and workflow schedule.
on other days, I do some walking inside or outside around the plant. usually on one of my breaks.
@ megaton cat,
do you exercise and workout without weights? like any isometrics, martial arts, dancing, gymnastics or even with with sport-like or recreational activities??? like skating, skateboarding, surfing, or even rock or wall climbing?
I do a few martial art movements at times and as well as some dancing. Dancing is good to burn the fat and sugars, and to help you with timing and coordination. And its fun too. I dance and bop up n down to various music. From Nu Schooz and Ace of Base to Metallica and even AC/DC. Oh yeah and even Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, and the Scorpions too. true!.
hey, I like the Eagles and especially their song 'One of these Nights'. I developed a dance or dance-like pattern with this song that involves a combination of an Indian rain dance and a Laurel and Hardy schuffle tap dance. ahhhh!!!
@ phaelax,
thats a very good routine with the full pyramid. When I'm finished or done with this routine that I'm doing...I'll probably go onto this.
yet, with the myraid of routines, workouts and this and that already out there...I just wanted and even needed to try something different. This routine that I'm doing and as well as the alternate routine as well.......they both don't take a lot of time. Can be done in and around 25 to 30 minutes or so. You don't do a lot of different exercises but concentrate on a few compound exercises and one or a few near-isolated exercises. The weight poundage amounts are of moderate or moderate+ but with a good intensity. And finally, its something fresh and different.
The guy who showed me this...the brother of Chuck Norris
told me to try this out. And that if you like it and if it works good for you and your body and health...then do this routine for a few months. Then, afterwards, either modify it or change and go onto an entirely different routine.
@ drew,
haven't forgotten you bro. So, you question the workout Gods and Goddesses of Mount Weight Olympia!??
with such a pantheon of celebrity deities and legends such as Atlas, Hercules, Thor, Wonder Woman and of currently Bruce Lee, Hulk Hogan, Billy Graham Superstar, Jack LaLane, Chuck Norris, the Body Buddies, Mike Mentzer, Joe Weider, Franco Columbo and even Arnold himself.
what do you do for working out? .....weight and even non weight activities?
hey drew, why don't you try the pyramid workoput that phaelax was talking about. or even the workout that I was doing. but remember, on either or a weighted or non-weighted workout start out small and moderately. if you like either, then continue with it for a few months. if you don't...then, change your workout.
cheers,
power mousey
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