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So I’ll forego the laundry list of excuses, but I haven’t been keeping up with the Stronglifts routine like I should have. In 3 weeks, I should have performed 9 workouts, but in actuality I’ve performed 4. I still love this routine though, and I’m going to set my daily life routine to accommodate the simple 3x/week program.
Caffeine is the modern drug of choice in the work world, easily accessible, socially acceptable, readily affordable, and of course perfectly legal. As for the health effects, I’ve read evidence both for good and ill, so right now I don’t fall strongly on either side. One thing is clear though — caffeine is addictive. And this addictive nature is what leans me towards the negative side.
You can read the rest of this article on Steve Pavlina’s website. I’m a huge fan of the content on his site, and I sometimes spend hours reading his words.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-give-up-coffee/
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed that I no longer have that vibrant feeling I had as a child. I could wake up on the weekends as a child and be ready to just tear up the world all day, non stop. As life has progressed with school, work, friends, and family, energy levels have continued to drop constantly.
I’ve been a firm believer in exercise, fitness, and nutrition for the past 11-12 years. Over those years I’ve gone through countless workout routines. Most have been a bodybuilding based routine where you focus on one or two body parts per workout, and you don’t work that group for at least 5-7 days for recovery. While I did make gains with those routines, I don’t think I’ve ever really achieved my goals until I began a strength training program. I gained an enormous amount of strength and a good 10-12 pounds of muscle.
The strength program introduced me to Olympic style lifts such as the squat and deadlift. I consumed myself with squatting and deadlifting to the point where none of my pants fit me b/c of the massive lower body muscle gains. After suffering a knee injury, I just never got back into the strength program for fear of re-injury. Continuing to exercise lightly a few times a week, I focused again on the traditional bodybuilding routines. I also tried out some home exercise programs such as P90X. P90X worked and worked well while I was on it. But again something happened which prompted me to stop….until last week.
I stumbled upon Stronglifts 5×5 program online, and I decided to give the strength program another shot. It only made sense, since I made the best gains while on this type of program. It is also very simple to follow. The routine is done three times a week and takes about 45 minutes to complete per session.