Logan Rossi Blog

 Two of the major types of weight training are for hypertrophy and for strength. Bodybuilders tend to do more hypertrophy training. They do this because hypertrophy focuses on building muscle. When doing hypertrophy, most exercises should be with the 8-12 rep ranges and should be going heavy enough to get 8 but failing before 12. Strength Training is more for athletes and especially powerlifters. This is focused on strength obviously and the rep ranges go anywhere between 3-5 reps and even 1-2. This technique is more for overall strength then form and going to failure like hypertrophy. It is beneficial to use both methods to get the best of both worlds but a lot of the time people really only stick to one method. I personally like to mix in both because I like to lift heavy weight and also look as best as I possibly can.

 Ever Since I started to get heavier into weight training the more and more I liked it. One dream that I started to think about was possibly owning my own gym one day. I think it would be a good idea to own a gym that tailors for any and all people from casual lifters, bodybuilder's, powerlifters, and even athletes. I obviously would need a lot of money to own a gym of that size to fit everything in so one thing I found was personal training. I have recently started a personal training job at a performance gym that I use to workout at when I played football and was hired after my internship because of my knowledge of their program and working well with clients. I hope to further this experience by getting a certification and possibly getting more 1 on 1 time with clients 

 The Beginning of Covid I was sitting around 330 pounds and was not very happy with myself. In May of 2020 I decided to finally do something and lose some weight. My goal was to be around 220 by the hopes of Christmas time. I started a Keto Diet and did cardio 4-5 times a week. My workouts would change between cardio and I got more into weight lifting as time went on. I was able to reach my goal of getting to 220 and I got there and the beginning of December in 2020. I was then obsessed with working out after seeing the results that I had made. I then got more and more into working out after seeing progress and to this day I am still trying to add muscle and lose body fat since I lost the weight so fast it didn't work the way I thought it would.

My name is Logan Rossi and this is my blog for my Tech Well class. This blog will be primarily about working out and fitness and everything involving those two topics. I have been involved with fitness for several years and have gone through a love/hate relationship with it. I worked out for football when I played which I did not enjoy that often. Since I stopped playing I found a new love for working out since I can choose what I do when I do it and however I want to do it. I recently lost over 100 pounds since I stopped playing.