#4: Complete the
Recruit Workout
This. Felt. AWESOME.
In a sore and tired kind of way.
So we’ve been over the warm-up and the cool-down. The bread slices of the fitness sandwich. The meat is the workout itself. The initial workout is what NFA refers to as
the “recruit workout.” Ideally, it is
the following:
-10 push-ups
-15 bodyweight squats
-10 inverted rows
-20 bodyweight lunges
-15 second planking
Repeat three times (three sets in a row total).
I did the warm-up, attempted the workout, and then did
the cool-down. Sing it, cockatiel!
I did one set of these, and had to do knee push-ups since
I couldn’t do any regular push-ups. I
did the inverted rows with a 12 pound weight.
After one set, my body said “enough.”
Upper body felt okay, but the groin muscles and muscles around the
thighs were the kind of sore that made me concerned about muscle pulls.
This was a start.
Finished off with a full cool-down, including my goofy-ass attempts at “downward
dog.”
#5: Choose Your
Workout Path
There are three different workout paths:
-Bodyweight Brigade
-Dumbbell Division
-Barbell Battalion
To be honest, I thought dumbbells and barbells were the
same thing. I now learn that dumbbells
are the lone weights you lift, while barbells are weights that (duh) go on a
bar.
I want to do the Bodyweight Brigade path. NFA suggests this for newbies anyway, so all
good!
#6: Schedule
Workout Reminders
Eventually, three days per week is my goal, but won’t
worry about that at the moment. I want
to build good habits, starting small, and so will actually start with two days
per week. Wednesday and Saturday will be
my workout days.
I don’t have a wall calendar at the moment. Instead, I’m
trying out my iphone’s calendar.
Hopefully it’ll give me a little “DING” reminder or something like
that. I set out reminders for the next
four weeks.
My plan is actually to keep building up in the Recruit
Workout for this next month. After that
eighth workout, I’ll re-evaluate where I’m at, and whether I’ll start on the
Bodyweight Brigade, Level One.
