I have been doing this:
http://www.simplefit.org
― -:¦:-•(¯'•omg•'¯)•-:¦:- (dan m), Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Lost 4 kg in three weeks! 81.2 to 77.0. That is just insane.
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 27 February 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
In 3 weeks, I'm gonna weigh more than you, Adam!
― feelgood hat of the summer (edwardo), Friday, 27 February 2009 08:48 (fifteen years ago) link
GAME ON MOLE
― punk is deady brewster (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 27 February 2009 09:22 (fifteen years ago) link
PECTORALS AT DAWN
― feelgood hat of the summer (edwardo), Friday, 27 February 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Five weeks ago body fat was 14.7 %. Today: 11.4 %.
― country house matters (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 08:08 (fifteen years ago) link
SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK.
how is that measured? do you have to pinch yourself all over with some sort of caliper device??
― resident advice whore (haitch), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.gadgets-weblog.com/imgname--tanita_bc558_an_advanced_scale---50226711--images--184549503_l.png.jpg
― country house matters (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Apparently those things aren't perfectly accurate so maybe your earlier reading was a little high and the new one is a little low. But you definitely have lost some fat, so.. yay. How tall are you, btw?
― feelgood hat of the summer (edwardo), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, they're not accurate at all, but a 4 % relative drop is still significant. I'm about 178 cm.
― country house matters (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh sorry, thought you wanted my cock size. I am 5'11" in height.
Okay, so you're a smidge shorter than me. Looked at some "before" photos of myself from Feb last year. Truly shocking! I look so rub.
― feelgood hat of the summer (edwardo), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:22 (fifteen years ago) link
PICS NOW
― country house matters (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Only if they are drunkenly animated in about 15 minutes.
― feelgood hat of the summer (edwardo), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:27 (fifteen years ago) link
ILX POSEDOWN
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
SHIT I CANT USE HYDROXYCUT ANYMORE?
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
― slow lorax (k3vin k.), Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
new bedroom has mad space for stretchin and shit so
― I'm not some HOOS for someone's lust to snack on! (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 3 May 2009 09:48 (fifteen years ago) link
s.rose, how is it going? I just read this entire thread and I want to know how the story ends!
― zinguist (cozwn), Monday, 11 May 2009 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
updates
― admrl, Monday, 15 June 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I HAVE A BIG POT BELLY AND CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE GYM LOOK LIKE
― Dan I., Monday, 15 June 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i have been doing cardio cardio cardio, because I can just hop on a machine and just go. have trouble motivating myself through multiple-exercise routines because the end of every set feels like an opportunity to quit. ugh.
― roman knockwell (elmo argonaut), Monday, 15 June 2009 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
basically using the pullup bar for everything now. throw a towel over it and its like i've got one of them $200 resistance training navy SEAL dealies.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 June 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i am live bloggin from the gym('s lobby area)!
gonna go swimming
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Monday, 15 June 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
it's summer so i'm pretty much done with the gym until fall, i'm just running and biking. i feel like i've lost all my arm muscle but who cares, it's nice out. too nice to go to the gym.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 15 June 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Joined a gym last week plus signed up for four trainer sessions/month - if I get down to 180 (from ~230 @ 6') or 10-12% BF (whichever comes first) I'm buying a motorcycle.
Heading up now for rowing/elliptical/swim/sauna. Meet with trainer for the first time tomorrow to figure out a weight plan, as I haven't worked with actual weights since I quit football.
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Monday, 15 June 2009 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
After doing much research (and getting sidetracked by the joy of reading about supplements - some people are funny. My 85-year old grandpa doesn't take as many pills in a month as some Internet strongmen do in a day), I ordered Starting Strength - technique and workouts based around simple barbell lifts (deadlift, squats, etc.).
Until I get that and finish reading it, I've decided to focus on assisted dips and pullups (can't do one on my own :( ), bodyweight exercises and interval cardio.
― My vagina has a dress code. (milo z), Monday, 29 June 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
1st hour - read2nd hour - talk on the phone and read internet3rd hour - do stuff for my other job
― elan, Monday, 29 June 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Prisoner Squats 30Pushups 30Hanging Leg Lifts 30Hanging Trunk Twist 10 each sidePullups to Failure (this week its 12)Jumps 10Close Grip Pushups 20
Repeat.
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 29 June 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Lots of milk and egg and a daily dose of protein powder and frozen raspberries & blueberries & chicken & the occassional fish etc
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 29 June 2009 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
hoos u crossfittin'?
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Looks like it? I'm getting on the crossfit train officially starting this week. Finals were not good for my fitness.
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Not on purpose? idk I just read a bunch of Men's Health articles and cobbled that together.
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i. get swoleii. repeat
― FUCKIN 'TALLICA BRO (cankles), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah Hoos that really does look like a crossfit routine, except you'd do that one day and then not again for like a year and a half. The whole concept is really appealing but the shit looks really, REALLY hard.
For example, from Saturday:
Two rounds of:Right arm barbell push-press 12 repsLeft arm deadlift 12 repsRun 800 metersLeft arm barbell push-press 12 repsRight arm deadlift 12 repsRun 800 meter
all of this is for time btw
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm still doing simplefit as I linked above, just about to level up again. Shit's awesome! I am feeling better than I have in like 10 years.
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The posted workouts for crossfit are always intended for the hardcore. I think you're supposed to pare them to suit your fitness level.
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
gbx i might actually join this crossfit place in st louis park, its a husband and wife, total DIY gym but decent price and they said they can help you work up and do assist on some of the hardcore shit until you can handle it...
― i wasn't trolling, just being boombastic! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
lately though cobbled together something from crossfit type shit:
5 minutes fast rowing machine20 push-ups (regular until fail, then to 20 on knees)15 pullup (YWCA has one of those machines that offsets weight for you so i'm not doing my full weight)15 dips (on same machine)10 squats (w/45 lb bar)20 situps
^repeat 3X
― i wasn't trolling, just being boombastic! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
That would make sense. I know that the free weight stuff is supposed to be tailored to your ability, but some of the gymnastic craziness is terrifying.
I've always sort of thought that by the time I get to a higher level of what I'm doing right now, I'd start trying some of the simpler crossfit routines. There's no fucking way I could do even one hand-stand pushup at the moment!
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
btw - rowing machine was not something i was hip to...daaaaamn...crazy kicks my ass compared to treadmill, eliptical, or exercise bike
there's a lot of good info in the crossfit FAQ about how to modify moves for beginners and also in the forums under the routine of the day thread they give different reps for beginners
― i wasn't trolling, just being boombastic! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah rowing machines are super dope and I want a better way to approximate one than propping my feet on a chair while I hang from the pullup bar.
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
just checkin in to find i've never heard "crossfit" before.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
info here:
http://www.crossfit.com/
the site is kinda messy but there's lot of good info if you dig through it all
― i wasn't trolling, just being boombastic! (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Working like a mad bastard. Gaining weight like a mad bastard. Still on ~10% body fat afaik. Awes shape slowly developing in shoulders and chest.
― country house matters (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 7 July 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I started doing VibroGym a couple of weeks ago and my thighs are well smooth now. Also, it only takes 20 minutes, which is my kind of workout. And it feels vaguely pervy.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
And it *only* feels vaguely pervy, I mean.
thanks! still going strong. from the start: in the first 6 months i lost about 2.5 stone and looked much better, felt great too. since then i've dropped about another half a stone, and that's without being so strict on the eating front.
i've not reached my goal of 10st yet but i'm slowly working towards it - a big problem has been putting on muscle from the weights, and obv muscle weighs quite a bit. i took a break of a couple of weeks recently and just started again regularly and it's good to remind myself how good i feel physically and mentally after 3x gym a week. was also good to drop some of the muscle, esp from my chest - starting again has helped my posture though.
thing is, my main goal from the start has been to lose weight - not to get muscly or toned, so all these health and fitness benefits are a nice bonus. i think almanac says above that the key to losing weight is 90% about the diet, so i'm not gonna kill myself by doing an hours cardio and expecting miracles, i prefer to do weights & cardio i feel ok with and just eat better overall. main lifestyle change has been eating much healthier, which again has worked wonders for physical and mental well-being. still have the odd blowout once a month or so, for kicks but they don't do any real damage.
my basic routine at the moment is: cycle to gym35 mins on various weights, 3 sets of 15 reps on eachcross-trainer, varies from 35mins to 50mins depending on how keen i am / how engrossed i am in the magazine im readingcycle home
my goal now is to move from my current weight of 10st 6 to 10st by xmas (at which point i'll undoubtedly put on a few pounds then just have to work on them in the new year). if it happens, great, if not i'm not gonna beat myself up about it as i'm still getting the 'wow you've lost weight, you look great' comments even now, a year after the main hump. a lot of the credit for this has to go to people on this thread and the other diet one, esp almanac, for some top-notch advice, thanks guys!
― s.rose, Tuesday, 7 July 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
basically using the pullup bar for everything now. throw a towel over it and its like i've got one of them $200 resistance training navy SEAL dealies.― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, June 15, 2009 6:23 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, June 15, 2009 6:23 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
I spent http://kbatoday.com/homemade-equipment/trx-straps5 at Home Depot and made myself one of them one of them $200 resistance training Navy SEAL dealies.00 resistance training Navy SEAL dealies.
I felt like I was spinning my wheels with the routine I posted upthread so I started this today. Sore as all hell and totally looking forward to the variety this thing promises. Plus the rows give me an excuse to use my suspension thing. Shit is fun!
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link