I always wondered if it is possible to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time? If you are trying to lose body fat, I think the best way (in general) to do it is through a sustained caloric deficit over a period of time. However, if you do cardio for an hour a day at the optimal target heart rate for fat burning, aren't you burning off some fat doing that cardio?

I have lost another pound of FAT. woohoo!

Well I have been focusing more on the one bodypart per day regimen for strength training and it seems to be workout out pretty good. I think given my hectic work schedule and time crunches this is the best way to get through my anatomical adaptation phase and get back into decent training condition.

1. I am too tired.

I use this one a lot... since you know - I am always tired. But most of the time, it is just mental fatigue. Once I get off my arse and get outside and start doing some exercise, my mood and motivation picks right up. Other times, maybe I am really exhausted, so I just cram in a quick 15 mins, have a nap, then finish up later.

2. The weather sucks.

Well I *almost* feel like I am getting back on the saddle. I have lost 5lbs of bodyfat in the last month or so, and I think that is pretty much right on track. I don't know if I would want to lose much more than that, since it's not healthy (in my view) to lose more than 1-2 lbs a week, unless you are *very* overweight or are a pro bodybuilder (I don't fit into either scenario).

Grrr... I am getting really frustrated. I really need to be working out more, but finding the time is just impossible lately. I manage to get in some (about 1hr) cardio every day, but my strength training is totally in the toilet. I don't know why it's so hard to find the time, but I guess when you are starting a new company and have a new baby, it's pretty tough.

Well I can't even remember the last time I blogged, but I have been trying to keep up the working out even with the insane schedule. I wanted this blog to be more structured to follow my progress over the next 5 months as I lose 20 or so lbs of body fat, but I can see it's going to be tougher than it ever was before. I think the toughest part is going to be keeping a structured strength training regimen. The cardio seems pretty easy, just get out, walk/run/elliptical train or whatever.

So two days before yesterday (Saturday) I took "off" although it was an unplanned day off, so it wasn't earned or anything.

Well, I forgot to blog yesterday, but I DID do some exercising, even though it was just an hour of hiking/walking around the hills here. We do about a 5-6K jaunt in about an hour. It doesn't sound like much but the path entails about 160 meters in elevation change, so its basically like walking up and down about 50 flights of stairs as well.

Today was more of the same, except we did 1:20 mins. Still haven't done any strength training today OR YESTERDAY... my muscles are all going to atrophy and I'll be a homeostatic walking skeleton. I am going to try and squeeze in some strength training this evening. If I do I'll write down what I did later so I have something to track.

Well today was more hill climbing and a small amount of strength training. We have lots of humongous hills and mountains around here, so there is no shortage of challenging walks. Even with my relatively decent cardio conditioning, the climbs and descents are a bit strenuous.

For strength training, I've decided to just do one body part per day at about 30-40% 1RM until I have adapted my connective tissues and ligaments enough to perform heavy lifts again. A person should (in my view) normally go through an anatomical adaptation period before resuming a heavy training routine (i.e. before the hypertophy phase) so this will be my attempt at that. Because I am a bit time pressured lately, I'm going to have to restrict the weights to one body part per day since I am already spending up to an hour on cardio to encourage fat loss.

Well I thought I would start off my first blog with my workout log. I am trying to get back into a regular training regime but it has been difficult. We just had a baby six months ago, and while I have managed to workout regularly, I certainly wouldn't call it "training"

Maybe blogging will kick my ass into a regular routine!

Anyway, here is today:

15 minute hill climb/descent

3*12 dumbell shoulder press
5*12 barbell clean and press
4*12 bent over lateral raise (rear delts)
2*12 side lateral raises

15 minutes elliptical trainer

My objectives for the next month are to signi