Fitness thread anyone?

[Empty V]

Just out of curiosity, what will everyone be using to get fit?

Cross fit for now. Today's warmup was Row 500m, jumprope for 3min and then lots of stretches. The workout was 5 Rounds for time. 1 round = 10 deadlifts (lift a dumbbell with 95lbs from the ground to your waist with perfect form) and then 10 pushups. Getting the form right for the deadlifts is extremely difficult. I thought my time was really slow @ 8min. This was my first time so hopefully next time I'll be much faster. Lastly we stretched and then did hand stands.

[cellardoorv]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't think Michele was whining at all. She wants to look good, for herself, and for Ryan. There's nothing wrong with wanting to better yourself, as long as it's for a good reason. She wants to tone up (that's what she means by "fluffy"), as do I, as well as other people who have posted. It's about getting healthy and staying that way. I have a lot of things left to do in this life and I need to be healthy in order to enjoy them. As for beauty and attractiveness, well, that's just a bonus.

I was just saying... nobody wants to be the out of shape one next to the really in shape one. For example, say we're at the beach in the summer. I like fit-looking couples. The guy with the six pack, for example, standing next to and hugging the girl with a gut? Meh. NOT saying that I have one. I just don't want to get there.

Sorry if I whined.

I don't think I'm unattractive, nor do I think I'm fat. I'm a size 2 to 4 for crying out loud. It's just that if someone who is a size two puts on say... 5-10 extra pounds, it's really noticeable. I don't think I'm fat. I'm just not toned, nor strong. And I can readily admit that.

[cellardoorv]

Wee double post!

For those runners out there... any suggestions on some new kicks? My Nike Shox are BEAT.

[hitbychance]

Alright i'm looking to gain 30 lbs , in no specific time frame because i am a hard gainer.

I have a gym membership and i do biceps and back, on mondaychest and triceps on tuesday, shoulders and corps(abs) on thursday and sometimes i have a legs day.

For bicep growth i've been doing this new exercise called 21's with a barbell. You curl the bar 7 times from your legs to chest, then 7 times from your chest to you shoulders then 7 full curls and repeat this 3 times. pic added for explanation:

[n240sxfnatic]

Ill try and post pics tomorrow, im 6" 187, just benched 385x1 today, new personal best for me.


Modified by n240sxfnatic at 9:17 PM 2/8/2010

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Alright i'm looking to gain 30 lbs , in no specific time frame because i am a hard gainer.

I have a gym membership and i do biceps and back, on mondaychest and triceps on tuesday, shoulders and corps(abs) on thursday and sometimes i have a legs day.

For bicep growth i've been doing this new exercise called 21's with a barbell. You curl the bar 7 times from your legs to chest, then 7 times from your chest to you shoulders then 7 full curls and repeat this 3 times. pic added for explanation:

http://www.aasgaardco.com/stor...etail

Bodypart splits are great if you're on roids. Full body workouts lay a foundation, and your "some days I have a leg day" will give you that KFC syndrome: all upperbody and no lower. Plus squats get you big.

That book got me from 125 to 150 lbs, which is damn near your goal and I'm a serious hard gainer. I'm at 160 now, but because the guy I work out with is a fan of splits, I'm in worse shape.

[hitbychance]

That book got me from 125 to 150 lbs, which is damn near your goal and I'm a serious hard gainer. I'm at 160 now, but because the guy I work out with is a fan of splits, I'm in worse shape.

how long did it take you?

[Urabus GodofTraction]

About 5 months. Really if someone can claim to do it faster than that, they're adding a bunch of fat, too.

If you don't want to bother with the book (but it's really useful) the workout is basically:

Warm up before all sets aka like 5 of the bar, then 5 of 95 then 5 of 115 then 5 of 135 then your workout. It's important to ramp up, then lift.

A Days:3x5 Squat3x5 Bench1x5 Deadlift2x8 DipsCore to taste

B Days:3x5 Squat3x5 Standing military press3x5 Bent Rows2x8 ChinupsCore to taste.

A would be Monday, B Wednesday, A Friday, B Monday, A Wednesday, etc, etc.

It's very old-school power lifter, and very effective.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

How tall are you charlieo?

[Dire91]

For all the people out there looking to gain weight, get more tone, become stronger etc... rc1honda recommended this website to me for lifting and it has done wonders.http://www.ast-ss.com/maxot.phpSign up, it's free and you won't get any junk email from them. Follow this and I promise that you will be gaining muscle mass and becoming stronger in no time. This website is the exact reason I was able to catch up to my friend that has been lifting for a year in one month. It is all about showing up to the gym to get work done and not be social. Bust your a** and don't p**** foot around, even if you are lazy that day go to the gym, get that one last rep and it'll pay off.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

How tall are you charlieo?

5'10"

[nissangirl74]

Wee double post!

For those runners out there... any suggestions on some new kicks? My Nike Shox are BEAT.

I wouldn't advise the Shox for distance running / power walking. They KILLED my feet at SEMA.

My Adidas are very comfortable. I have really high arches so I have to have a good shoe.

[Empty V]

Alright i'm looking to gain 30 lbs , in no specific time frame because i am a hard gainer.

I have a gym membership and i do biceps and back, on mondaychest and triceps on tuesday, shoulders and corps(abs) on thursday and sometimes i have a legs day.

For bicep growth i've been doing this new exercise called 21's with a barbell. You curl the bar 7 times from your legs to chest, then 7 times from your chest to you shoulders then 7 full curls and repeat this 3 times. pic added for explanation:

I don't want to sound like a zealot but check out CrossFit. They post a different workout daily and a lot of them are based on or exactly the same as olympic lifting. Almost every workout is a complete body deal and focuses a lot on core. Their philosophy is to make every cross-fitter a well rounded athlete opposed to a meatheat body builder. A lot of military, fire, police and MMA fighters use it for training. If you've ever heard of BJ Penn he train with one of my buddies on Oahu and they dubbed the workout they did "A Fight Gone Bad." That's what he said he felt like after the workout. BTW they name their workouts, male named workouts are after cross-fitters that have fallen in military battle and female ones are named after tropical storms/hurricanes.

[xX RB Xx]

Wee double post!

For those runners out there... any suggestions on some new kicks? My Nike Shox are BEAT.

Nike Pre-Runners. I love mine. I have ran with Shox, Addias A3, Many more... And I like the Pre Runners the most.

[xX RB Xx]

^ they don't have pre-runners listed( I'm thinking I have the name wrong or they don't make them anymore) but here are the shoes closest to pre- runners, Nike Free 5.0 V4http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7525594.html

I don't have these shoes but they are almost exactly the same ones I have. I'm going to be picking up a pair soon. I'll let you guys know how they are., if you interested in running like I am.

[Ghostdrifter88]

i wonder if the discount is as good as mine???

$49 a year.......

so yes.... i use the gym to gym fit

$31 a year after you've been with them for 2 years under a starbucks discount account.

[xX RB Xx]

Oh yeah I forgot, I'm 5'10 210. I would like to get down to 180.

[PEZi]

$31 a year after you've been with them for 2 years under a starbucks discount account.

damn! not bad

most people pay over $30 a month!

[krimsonviper]

We're suppose to update our progress weekly right? Not daily?

[nissangirl74]

We're suppose to update our progress weekly right? Not daily?

Not sure. I missed that part. I posted mine for today. I may just keep going back and editing that post for this week. It helps me to have to "say it out loud" on the internet.

~*Aaron*~ - you can put my goal down as to lose 10 pounds. If I can't put it where I want it, I might as well get rid of it.

[PEZi]

i'm posting this in hopes BEX posts up some

start.... 5' 8" 170.... want a little more size @180ish with more muscle definition

[krimsonviper]

I see nipples on NICO! >.<

[Ghostdrifter88]

damn! not bad

most people pay over $30 a month!

the monthly fee for a regular joe is $36 a month plus initiation fees, beginning and end fees, plus another fee.

[PEZi]

I see nipples on NICO! >.<

onoes

[PapaSmurf2k3]

yeah I'll kick off week 1 with day 1.

Meal #1- 1 Bowl of Special K Red Berries (kicks a** btw) -350 calories?

Meal #2- Campbell's thick and chunky steak & potato soup - 260 calories

Then I worked out around midnight. Hit up the elliptical for 360 calories. I was gonna do the situp stuff too, but went into the kitchen to get more water and just started making dinner, and forgot til I was already eating. I might do them in a little bit.

Meal #3- protein wrap. I wanted something cold, and I had to use up some stuff I had laying around. Sun dried tomato tortilla wrap, tunafish, turkey, some cheese, and lettuce. For desert I had few spoon fulls of Light & Fit yogurt. - 550-600 calories

Also weighed myself. 175 lbs... I knew that superbowl party would kick my a** haha. So week 1- 5'10", 175 lbs.

[krimsonviper]

the monthly fee for a regular joe is $36 a month plus initiation fees, beginning and end fees, plus another fee.

Lucky bastards. I had to pay $39 a month. I didn't have an initiation fee, or any other fees.

[nissangirl74]

i'm posting this in hopes BEX posts up some

Nice try, no dice.

[PEZi]

Nice try, no dice.

[krimsonviper]

I gotta remember to bring in a big bottle of water to school so I can lay off the sugar drinks. Buying water is expensive: $1.25 a pop!

[Ghostdrifter88]

Lucky bastards. I had to pay $39 a month. I didn't have an initiation fee, or any other fees.

we also didnt have to pay any fees. we got the membership for $40 a month for both of us, a 3 month personnal trainer ( twice a week ) like 40 towels, meetings with diet and weight experts, i think it was also twice a week for 3 months, couple big a$$ bottles of that muslce milk or fat burner stuff and 10 guest passes each.Starbucks and 24 hour used to get along so well.now you just get the membership for cheap and maybe a towel.