Soldato
Ok, this is a slightly different log.
No idea where to start, so let us start with aims and things, all hopefully achievable in the next few months
Aims
The current aims are to increase strength, for both, increasing strength for strength's sake, increasing speed in the swimming pool, and aesthetics!
Training will generally include swimming, weightlifting, and eating Yeah, I'm definitely counting the eating as part of training. Oh and sleep. They seem like important components 
Let me explain some of those I guess.
Strength. Well, I still feel woefully weak. Mind you, the strength aspect for strength's sake isn't a massive goal really. I have no ambitions as yet to lift huge amounts of weights. I have certain goals, but mostly so that the average weight etc... causes me no issues.
Strength for swimming. Ok, so, I'll be swimming a reasonable amount as part of the training, but this isn't a weight loss thing. It's a, I like swimming thing. So unfortunately for you guys, this bit is going to stick The strength for swimming part of it is really to improve my swimming times. I'll obviously be working hard to swim, but a bit of weight training should help speed that up
Aesthetics. You're going to be 'mirin.
Goals (values)
Goals changed as of 1/1/2013 to be:
5x5 50 OHP
5x5 75 Bench
5x5 100 Squat
5x5 125 DL
3x8 Dragon Flags (currently 0)
3x8 Pull Ups
3x8 Dips - Achieved 12/1/2013
From a swimming perspective:
Short term goal is to get back under 30 seconds for 50m FC, part of it is also getting up to a pace where my training is at a similar point to what it used to be, (30x100m's off of 1:30)
Diet, Training regime, and the such like
Ok, so let us start with the one most of you will be interested in:
Gym work:
I'll be doing Stronglifts 5x5. It seems like a reasonably good beginning plan, and will get most of the core lifts/muscles up to a reasonable level, so that hopefully, after the twelve week program, I can either do something a bit more specialised for my goals, or continue with 5x5.
Diet:
Got this one checked and Steedie approved (Thanks Stoodles)
Obviously there's some nutritional information missing at the moment, that's just how the spreadsheet works, and me not quite having moved over to the new diet yet. I'll move over to this diet full time in the next couple of weeks.
Swimming:
Ok, so I've put together my own 8 week plan to get my swimming down from it's current point (16x100 off of 1:45), down to (30x100 off of 1:30). It sounds like quite a challenge, but hopefully, it should work out. To be honest, if I get to the end and can do 16x100 off of 1:30 I'll be happy really. The real aim is to finish it in the 12 weeks (in line with the Stronglifts time frame). My schedule is 8 weeks, so hopefully I'll definitely have it done in 12
Time frame wise, I'm currently thinking:
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday - Gym
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Swim
Sunday - Rest
The current schedule is optimistic. But hey-ho. Let's hope I can achieve it
Part of this log is to encourage me too.
I know it's not quite your standard log. But it should hopefully allow me to meet my own goals, which ultimately is what it's all about. Our own individual goals
kd
No idea where to start, so let us start with aims and things, all hopefully achievable in the next few months
Aims
The current aims are to increase strength, for both, increasing strength for strength's sake, increasing speed in the swimming pool, and aesthetics!
Training will generally include swimming, weightlifting, and eating
Yeah, I'm definitely counting the eating as part of training. Oh and sleep. They seem like important components Let me explain some of those I guess.
Strength. Well, I still feel woefully weak. Mind you, the strength aspect for strength's sake isn't a massive goal really. I have no ambitions as yet to lift huge amounts of weights. I have certain goals, but mostly so that the average weight etc... causes me no issues.
Strength for swimming. Ok, so, I'll be swimming a reasonable amount as part of the training, but this isn't a weight loss thing. It's a, I like swimming thing. So unfortunately for you guys, this bit is going to stick
The strength for swimming part of it is really to improve my swimming times. I'll obviously be working hard to swim, but a bit of weight training should help speed that up Aesthetics. You're going to be 'mirin.
Goals (values)
As of 22/11/12 said:
Goals changed as of 1/1/2013 to be:
5x5 50 OHP
5x5 75 Bench
5x5 100 Squat
5x5 125 DL
3x8 Dragon Flags (currently 0)
3x8 Pull Ups
3x8 Dips - Achieved 12/1/2013
From a swimming perspective:
Short term goal is to get back under 30 seconds for 50m FC, part of it is also getting up to a pace where my training is at a similar point to what it used to be, (30x100m's off of 1:30)
Diet, Training regime, and the such like
Ok, so let us start with the one most of you will be interested in:
Gym work:
I'll be doing Stronglifts 5x5. It seems like a reasonably good beginning plan, and will get most of the core lifts/muscles up to a reasonable level, so that hopefully, after the twelve week program, I can either do something a bit more specialised for my goals, or continue with 5x5.
Diet:
Got this one checked and Steedie approved
(Thanks Stoodles)
Obviously there's some nutritional information missing at the moment, that's just how the spreadsheet works, and me not quite having moved over to the new diet yet. I'll move over to this diet full time in the next couple of weeks.
Swimming:
Ok, so I've put together my own 8 week plan to get my swimming down from it's current point (16x100 off of 1:45), down to (30x100 off of 1:30). It sounds like quite a challenge, but hopefully, it should work out. To be honest, if I get to the end and can do 16x100 off of 1:30 I'll be happy really. The real aim is to finish it in the 12 weeks (in line with the Stronglifts time frame). My schedule is 8 weeks, so hopefully I'll definitely have it done in 12
Time frame wise, I'm currently thinking:
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday - Gym
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Swim
Sunday - Rest
The current schedule is optimistic. But hey-ho. Let's hope I can achieve it
Part of this log is to encourage me too.
I know it's not quite your standard log. But it should hopefully allow me to meet my own goals, which ultimately is what it's all about. Our own individual goals
kd
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