I think it is time to call it. My official weight for the end of the project is 153 pounds which means I gained five pounds in the last twelve weeks (really six weeks). The exercise and the weight gain wasn't even the hardest part of this project in my opinion. The hard part was making a video a slide presentation as well as keeping up with all of these blog posts. Gaining weight will definitely be easier when I don't have to worry about getting a grade for it.
I have to say, I'm not the best video editor in the world, but I think it is going to be good enough to provide proof that I actually worked out. Its basically going to be a two-three minute montage of some of the workouts I filmed and videos of what food I ate. For example, I have been eating six of those microwavable pancakes each morning for a while now. I also want to get like a sped up time-lapse of me chugging two of those protein shakes. I'm getting pretty good at doing that. My presentation is a bit lacking at the moment. That is really the only tough thing I need to complete besides the final editing of the video. I now some pictures of Torque that I can put into both the presentation and the video. I filmed a video of me eating my six pancakes this morning and I have one more thing of me working out in my room I need to film. Its safe to say I'm glad this is my last blog posts. I am not good at these.
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I have officially hit 153 pounds. This means that I have met my original minimum goal of five pounds. I hope to use the last week or two to do as much as possible to get that number up while I work on my final presentation and video. I think I'll just increase the number of protein shakes I drink after my workout. That will be easy since I can chug one of those things in a minute flat.
I think I only have a couple more things to film before I have all my footage to work with. The video will basically be a montage of me working out and eating as well as pictures of Torque that I'm going to put in. I think the app I'm using is going to work pretty well. I just need to figure out what song I'm going to put over everything. Gaining weight will be much easier when I don't have to worry about documenting everything. My diet is pretty much the same. I can't remember if I have talked about this yet, but I think my diet can be classified by a dirty bulk. A dirty bulk is a type of bulk where you eat a lot of fatty foods with carbs and protein and eating a lot of it. It is looked down upon because dirty bulks tend to lead to an increase of fat as well as muscle and pretty much make you feel like crap after a month if you hit it hard. However, it was a good choice for me since I have a hard time with my diet and I can just eat similar foods to what I was eating before, just more of it. I'm hoping that I can make a good presentation with the time I have left. I'm at the same weight as I was last week. Luckily, this week is short and I can put a little bit more time on the video side of things. I keep forgetting to get pictures or video of Torque. I go there almost every week day though, so I'll try to get something today. I have been practicing with my editing app a little bit with the footage I do have. My plan is to take small parts of each video and put them together with words explaining what weight I'm at and other stuff.
Working out at Torque has been really fun and I wish I started sooner. Most of the workouts are super sets which are basically a group of exercises that you do all in one set. For example, you might do ten push-ups, 10 sit-ups, and 10 squats. Every time you do 10 of all three, that is a set. You can do exercises that target the same muscle group or exercises that target a variety. I've gotten to the point where I can pretty much chug one of my protein shakes in no time. Since its not that much I might try drinking two after every workout. I'm really just trying to whatever I can to gain a little more weight before the project is over. Mr. Barker did say that it doesn't matter what the results are, just as long as you learned something. I think I'm making slow progress as far as my weight goes. At a certain point I think I was at 152 pounds, but it varies since my weight goes down when I'm hungry (Obviously). I think I finally have gotten to the point to where I'm not under 150 pounds. I'm still also drinking those protein shakes once a day after my workouts, but I might start drinking two a day since each one only has 30 grams of protein in it.
With the last few weeks that I have, I want to start focusing more on the video side of things rather than working out. This means I need more footage of not only me exercising, but of me making meals and showing what I am eating. I'm gonna try to get more video of that stuff soon. If I'm being honest, I'm struggling with the whole editing thing. I think I want to get all my raw footage together before I start trimming parts and putting it all together. I'm also trying to find the footage of me not staring into the camera. That stuff can get embarrassing. I think the coming off days from school are really going to give me the necessary time for me to get everything done. I'm pretty sure in order to put my video on my website using Weebly, I have to turn it into a YouTube video. All of this will probably be done in the last two weeks or so. I yet again forgot to weigh myself this morning, but I think I'm starting to make more progress. Its just a couple pounds difference but I still have four weeks to keep working. I have some footage from when I worked out at home one day and I'm trying to pick out what I want to use and what I don't. that basically means I have around two minutes of footage that just me working out for one day. I'd like to film at Torque, but I don't think I'll have time. I might just film myself walking in or out. That or just have a picture of the building.
I started drinking these Premier Protein shakes that are not powder. All you have to do is shake it up a little bit and drink. They have 30 grams of protein and 160 calories. I drink them after my workout because a lot of fitness enthusiasts recommend taking protein supplements 15-60 minutes after every workout. This is called the anabolic window and is said to be the perfect time to get all the nutrients out of the protein. I've started to learn a lot working out at Torque. I just recently learned how to do a dead lift and a power clean. Both of which I initially suck at. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are weight training while Tuesdays and Thursdays are speed training. I believe that I'm at the same weight I was last week. Time is starting to run out but I still think I can accomplish what I need. I went to Torque for the first time yesterday and I really like the setup they have. The good thing is there is no set scheduled as far as workout times during the day. They have classes at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30. I went to the 5:30 session, but I might start doing the 4:30 since that is for kids ages 13 and up. I don't know if I can get any footage in their, but I'll see what I can do. I officially have footage from one day that I worked out in my home gym. I'm going to get to work on trimming and editing those videos together soon.
Football season is officially done for me which means I'm going to have a lot more free time on my hands. Plus the month of November has a lot of teacher workdays and holidays for me to not have to worry about school. I'm also hoping that going to torque will help give me some guidance on my dieting habits. The editing app that I'm using on my phone has been working fairly well so far. I think I'm going to put text on the video that says what weight I'm lifting and what muscles are being activated. I hope to have made some progress on gaining weight by next week. I forgot to weigh myself from this morning, but I'm guessing I'm around the same weight I was last week. The last football game for me is today so after that I'll have nothing but time to work on my diet and filming. I think I talked about planning to go to Torque in my last blog post. I'm still going to do workouts at home and that will probably be all or most of my footage. I still want to do some type of cardio for Track, but I don't want that to stop me from gaining weight. If I can do it right then running shouldn't hinder my muscle growth.
My diet still needs improving and its probably going to be the toughest part of this project. In reality all I need to do is increase start eating more as well as laying off the junk food. I want to do an experiment by eating more than three meals a day and eating more during my main meals. I think this along with my workouts can at least give me a start in my progress. I don't have any video to edit yet so I can't give you that progress. I'm still using the app Cap cut to just edit the videos through my phone. I'm also thinking of just putting my video on you-tube and putting that video on my website. I'm hoping to have more progress by next week. Sorry for not posting a blog post for week four. I really didn't have anything new to share anyways. I weighed myself this morning and I'm around the same weight I was last time. My plans for the gym have changed a little bit. After football season ends next week, I plan to probably start going to Torque Athletics so I can get some strength training from a coach. I don't know if I can film in there, but I'll only be going three days a week in the afternoons. On my off days I'll work out at home using my home gym.
My diet really hasn't improved. I'm still trying to find alternative meals to replace what I'm eating now which is mostly processed food. Breakfast foods are easy since I love bacon and eggs. I just need to learn how to make scrambled eggs. I really just eat whatever my parents cook for me at supper so that is easy too. All I have to do there is increase my intake of food. Lunch is where I need to get creative. I need something I can pack in a lunch box and take to school since that is where I will be most of the week. I will try to remember to updating the blog every week as I move forward. My weight for this week is 149.4 pounds. I think this is mainly from the large lunch and supper I had today, but I'll take it. I did some research on whether workout machines were the best way to lift weights or were free weights the best. The answer is a bit more complicated then I realize. Free weights are better for strength training as they activate your stabilizing muscles. Machines activate only certain muscle groups at a time.
Since I'm working out alone, its safer to use a machine anyways. If I ever change my mind, I know several gyms I can go to. For now I'll stick with the free option. I didn't get any footage of my workouts this week either. Luckily, there is only four weeks left in the season for football. That is pretty much all I have. Hopefully I'll have more in the next coming weeks. I've spent the majority of this week researching different diets that were best for gaining muscle. This is the toughest part of the project for me because I'm such a picky eater. I don't think I'm going to try any supplements and stick to natural food stuff. Luckily, you can still make protein shakes out of smoothies using certain foods. For example, There is a protein whey shake recipe online that has 1 cup of milk, scoop of whey protein powder, a banana, one or two teaspoons of sweetener, half cup of ice, and other ingredients can be included.
My workout schedule at home has not been very good because I'm getting home so late. I can't film my workouts at the school so I haven't been able to work on my video. My weight is pretty much the same, but it fluctuates normally by a pound or two. |
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