The last year has been a bit of a journey for me health wise, joining a ‘real’ gym and (mostly) pushing myself in the gym.
My downfall has always been my food, although the majority of the time I am pretty good and the bodyfat results from June 2012 compared to June 2013 show the effort I have been putting in.
It’s a little scary putting the exact measurements out on a public forum but screw what people think! Clearly I have historically (and to a certain extent still do) held my weight around my middle, the belly and iliac measurements prove this. 
This does mean I have met my target of dropping my BF% by 3% this year, all within the first 6 months, excitement! New goal time!
While I’m still not 100% happy I don’t pull faces when I see myself in the mirror anymore (winning) and feel a lot more comfortable in my body.
In other exercise related news I tried the Kettlebell snatch today, possible new favorite exercise! I never get arm exercises as favorites (although it would be a full body one I guess), my last two were the leg press and hack squat. Try it out, it’s easier than it looks and gets the heart rate up pretty much as high as running! Anything that means less cardio in the gym is a win for me…
I love KB snatches. One of the best cardio and fat burning workouts I do are just straight kettlebell snatches.
I also saw your September workout schedule and it looks great. Kudoes on being consistent. I’m not sure what arms workouts you do but it may be more beneficial to do whole upper body instead of just arms, your arms still get a workout but since it’s compound movements, you burn more calories and train your body to move more synergystically.
Don’t get hung up on weight, we all reach weight plateaus. Once you do notice your energy levels and strenght stagnating, that may be a signal to try something new.
Great blog. looking forward to more.
Thanks for the comment 🙂
I really love kettle bells, there aren’t many sizes to choose from at my gym (my old gym had a huge selection) which is a bit frustrating but you make do with what you have. I’d love to get to a kettle bell class and learn some new moves actually.
My ‘arm days’ are upper body so include the chest and shoulders etc – very vague exercise recap I know, I’m planning on doing a post on what my ‘arm’ and ‘leg’ days consist of in the future.
Thanks for checking out my blog too.
If you live near the shore I highly recommend you check out kettlebelles, I train with them from time to time and they always kick ass, they’ve even been featured in the herald.
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