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I was going to wait until I get into a real gym to start a log but I'd like to keep a track of my progress and get some tips on my improvised workouts and how to make them more efficient 
Training Split/Styles:
Because of my demanding work hours, it is nearly impossible for me to have set days or times for my training sessions. I am currently semi-cutting in the sense that I'd like to tighten up but because I'm carrying furniture for work I have to be extremely careful that my bodyweight doesn't drop too quickly. Also, because of the extreme physical labor involved in my job, doing more than a few exercises or sets per bodypart is out of the question. I plan on training every bodypart twice a week, except for abs, which will be trained three times a week. I will follow a very simple and repeatable split of:
-Chest and Arms
-Legs
-Back and Shoulders
-Off
Calves and Abs I will put into any training day (probably in seperate sessions) as I see fit from a time-constraint standpoint.
Equipment I Currently Have Access To:
Until I return to school at the beginning of September, I am cycling between my basement and a small gym at my local college. Because I only take classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and work full-time every other day I will only use the school gym on those days. Here is what I have to work with at each place so perhaps I can get suggestions on things I can add.
Basement:
Barbell and Weights - The barbell weighs 25 pounds and can only hold about 205 additional pounds. I also have a 10 pound EZ bar.
Dumbells - Gifts from people that didn't want them anymore. I have nothing over 20 pounds.
Bench - Both flat and incline bench
Preacher Curl Bench
Weider Home Gym Station - Pathetic I know. Has a pressing machine, pec-deck, high-cable pulley, leg press, leg extension station, hamstring curl station, low-cable pulley.
Note: The weights are different for each exercise on the Home Gym so I will simply state how much of the stack I am performing each exercise with instead of a set amount of pounds (the stack has nine settings).
Summer Classes Gym:
Barbell and Weights - Olympic Bars and 25 pound EZ bars. Weights are standard but plates are sometimes hard to come by.
Dumbells - In five pound incriments up to 100 pounds.
Bench - Seperate flat, incline, and decline benches. Also, free-moving, scarcely used adjustable benches. Comfortable.
Smith Machine
Preacher Curl Bench
Leg Press Machine
Hamstring Curl Machine - Two different stations
Cable Station - Standard gym towers with pull-down stations on each side and room for cable-crossovers in the middle. Also has a good pull-up bar.
What To Expect From My Log:
Besides my exercises and weights used I'll also report my weight at the beginning of each training cycle and also the time of day I trained and how many meals I've had prior to training.
Hope you guys enjoy it
Oh, and I'm only 5'8" and I'm done growing upwards
Training Split/Styles:
Because of my demanding work hours, it is nearly impossible for me to have set days or times for my training sessions. I am currently semi-cutting in the sense that I'd like to tighten up but because I'm carrying furniture for work I have to be extremely careful that my bodyweight doesn't drop too quickly. Also, because of the extreme physical labor involved in my job, doing more than a few exercises or sets per bodypart is out of the question. I plan on training every bodypart twice a week, except for abs, which will be trained three times a week. I will follow a very simple and repeatable split of:
-Chest and Arms
-Legs
-Back and Shoulders
-Off
Calves and Abs I will put into any training day (probably in seperate sessions) as I see fit from a time-constraint standpoint.
Equipment I Currently Have Access To:
Until I return to school at the beginning of September, I am cycling between my basement and a small gym at my local college. Because I only take classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and work full-time every other day I will only use the school gym on those days. Here is what I have to work with at each place so perhaps I can get suggestions on things I can add.
Basement:
Barbell and Weights - The barbell weighs 25 pounds and can only hold about 205 additional pounds. I also have a 10 pound EZ bar.
Dumbells - Gifts from people that didn't want them anymore. I have nothing over 20 pounds.
Bench - Both flat and incline bench
Preacher Curl Bench
Weider Home Gym Station - Pathetic I know. Has a pressing machine, pec-deck, high-cable pulley, leg press, leg extension station, hamstring curl station, low-cable pulley.
Note: The weights are different for each exercise on the Home Gym so I will simply state how much of the stack I am performing each exercise with instead of a set amount of pounds (the stack has nine settings).
Summer Classes Gym:
Barbell and Weights - Olympic Bars and 25 pound EZ bars. Weights are standard but plates are sometimes hard to come by.
Dumbells - In five pound incriments up to 100 pounds.
Bench - Seperate flat, incline, and decline benches. Also, free-moving, scarcely used adjustable benches. Comfortable.
Smith Machine
Preacher Curl Bench
Leg Press Machine
Hamstring Curl Machine - Two different stations
Cable Station - Standard gym towers with pull-down stations on each side and room for cable-crossovers in the middle. Also has a good pull-up bar.
What To Expect From My Log:
Besides my exercises and weights used I'll also report my weight at the beginning of each training cycle and also the time of day I trained and how many meals I've had prior to training.
Hope you guys enjoy it
Oh, and I'm only 5'8" and I'm done growing upwards
). Overall at that weight I had a hard time moving around so I started slowly coming down in weight and was at a pretty solid 205 but then took 2 weeks off from training and eating (right after my 21st birthday) and lost too much weight. 
