Day 1 Week 1: Journey to a new me!!

by Yuri in Client Journeys, Fitness Training, Treadmill Trainer Running, Weight Loss, Workouts, Yuri's Workouts

Hello to all out there and welcome to what will hopefully be the first of many posts as I embark upon the fitter u fitness trail.

Like a lot of people out there I’ve been led on by claims of getting the most fantastic body in the shortest possible time and most of the time what you end up with is a re-hashed exercise program you could have probably found on the internet for free anyway.

I first came across Yuri Elkaim whilst I was looking for a decent running program to help me improve on my normal plodding runs around the compound out here in Baghdad where I work and discovered his Treadmill Trainer programs. I’ve been doing these for just under 3 weeks now and his training methods have made a very noticeable improvement to my running.

However, my main aim from fitness training has always been to lose weight, gain strength and add definition. So I needed a decent strength program to work alongside my cardio training.

I looked closely at the 12 week fitter u program, which was very well laid out, but decided to go with the fitter u fitness option because of its longevity, it’s ongoing and gives you new workouts every month.
At the end of the day it took more than 12 weeks to put this weight on and will probably take more than 12 weeks to get it off! Plus the first month is free which is my favourite price!!!!

For the record my stats at the minute are:

Age            41
Height       5ft 10in
Weight      188lbs
Waist         98cm
Body fat    21%
BMI            26

I have just started on this journey on the 29^th April 2010 and I must admit the Total Body Conditioning circuit on Day 1 was actually a lot tougher than I thought it would be for a half hour workout!! and I also used a lot less weight than I imagined I would as well due, I think, to the compound moves involving virtually the whole body!

My primary goal at the minute is just completion of the first months training. I know a very small goal to begin with but very attainable. After that it’s getting a beach body by August when I’m off to Egypt on holiday, roughly about 12 weeks away so I’ll be hoping I’ve made quite a transformation by then.

I’ll be back regularly with a bit more detail on what I’ve been doing in training each week.

Hopefully if people want to leave any comments or are starting something similar at the same time as me and want to share training tips etc you’re more than welcome to get in touch.

Catch you all next week after Week 1 is out of the way.

All the best

Craig

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