For a long time I played a ton of soccer, a few months ago (4-5 months ago) I decided to quit. Partially because of soccer I managed to get a rigid big toe (yes my big toe), basically what happened is that when I normally walk I put all the pressure on my big toe and the joint. Just imagine a normal foot walking where all the pressure is devided equally amongst all toe's. For me its instead of all toe's I put all the pressure on my big toe. So at one point I played a double match (two teams needed me :p) and at the end of the afternoon I couldn't walk normally anymore. This lasted for 3 freakin days. At that point I decided, I've had enough. No more of this crap and just outright quit soccer.
Now since then I've been on the look out for something different to do. Shovelglove caught my eye because its cheap, I can do it at my own place in my own time (versus for instance fitness) and it seemed fun.
So out I went to buy myself a sledgehammer and the adventure started.
The first 2 months or so I probably ended up doing it 3-4 times a week on average. I'm already a reasonably muscled guy and so I expected this to be easy lol. Well it turned out this was tougher then I imagined, sweet sweet burn every time.
Now because I didn't change my eating patterns I gained some fat% and lost some muscle (in my legs mostly).
I went from:
~10% fat
48% muscle mass
Towards
16% fat
44% muscle mass
(measured last Monday)
So I managed to lose gain fat and lose muscle mass. Not what I want at all.
Even the lovely Herbalife products couldn't avoid this considering I overeat compared to the amount of exercize I do. I was used to be able to eat pretty much anything whenever I felt like, I especially have a weakness for snacking in the evening.
Since I'm a Herbalife Distributor this isn't exactly the best advertisement, imagine this;
Hey guys, I had a ton of health benefits from these products (no more antibiotics, reduced allergies, dramatically reduced hayfever, reduced sickness, no more clogged up nose) and you can lose weight as well with them, they'r the greatest really !
Oh yeah I did gain 6% fat and lost some muscle after I started.
Dang takes the bang out of the story...
Anyway so I decided to change all this.
From this point I'm going to follow the Herbalife lifestyle strictly, no more bad stuff for me. We've got a program where I can track exactly how much I need of everything, I'm using this a lot right now.
On top of that I am also doing shovelglove 5x a week to account for exercize.
I'm also getting into the whole Urban Warrior thing to retain my muscle mass in my legs, I'm going to need it for rowing.
In about a month (thats when the season starts) I'm going to start rowing 2-3 times a week, really looking forward to this.
My goal is:
~6-8% fat
~48% muscle mass
And visible abbs. Yeah I'm vain.
Some additional stuff;
Recently figured out two new moves. They are extremely and I mean extremely tiring. 5 minutes of this gets me out of breath...
Move 1
The Whirlwind of Doom
You will need more room for this then your regular Shovelglove exercizes.
- Stand and swing the Shovelglove in the same way you do when Chopping Wood.
- Instead of stopping the Shovelglove mid orbit keep it swinging.
- Now make a swift circle.
- Continue swinging the Shovelglove, careful not to knock out your mom.
- Rinse repeat untill you reach the other end of the room.
- Switch hands while turning back again.
- etc.
This move requires some practice at first but once you get the hang of it you'll move back and forth the room incredibly fast and you'll be tired in no time.
Move 2
The Push of Destiny
Once again you will need more room then you usually do.
- Stand with your right foot in front and left foot behind. (triangle)
- Hold the Shovelglove with your left hand at the end of the shaft and your right hand at the metal piece (?? the top of the sledgehammer ??)
- Push the Shovelglove forward while moving both feet forward at the same time. You push with your left foot.
- Rinse repeat untill you reach the end of the room.
- Switch feet and hands.
- Repeat moves in opposite direction.
Once again you'll be tired in no time.
