been starting to use the erg when i go to the gym. awesome!
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 29 September 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
My new trainer is awesome.
― From North to Ibiza (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
My roommate gave me a 12-day pass to her gym that ended tonight.
This was my routine.
M: work late/no gymT: yoga classW: pilates classTh: yoga classF: restS: restSu: yoga class
If I arrive to class early I will ride the bike/do the elliptical/ or that thing that's sort of like a stairmaster. I played around with the weight machines at the beginning, but I didn't know what I was doing and got bored.
Does Pilates really work? I enjoy yoga much more, but the Wednesday pilates class fits in my schedule.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 11 December 2008 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
So what is a good thing to do for LOWER abs? I pretty much am okay with my upper/mid ones, and have sort of a "4-pack," but it's the stubborn lower ones that are hard to carve out. I basically just do the normal sit-ups/push-ups/crunches/leg lift type things at home. I'm not trying to get "big" but "cut" like the 4th post on this thread differetiated
I also don't really have an appetite and am 5'7" and weigh like under 130 pounds, and I'm a late 20s male. So yeah, maybe advice for me is individualized. I'm glad I don't really like food and eating just naturally!
― Vichitravirya_XI, Thursday, 11 December 2008 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
differeNtiated
― Vichitravirya_XI, Thursday, 11 December 2008 05:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Gawd, lower abs. I had one and I've forgotten it. There are a couple of great ones. I'll go through my notes in the next couple of weeks.
My new trainer is smashing me the fuck to pieces. We just started a cardio programme to lose the fat the other guy said I should put on in order to gain muscle mass. I still don't know if that worked because of all the fat (currently just below 15%).
― some duomas (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Before I got this FUCKING VIRUS that has me sleeping 17 hours a day I was doing so well on my abs :( they still looked rub but they felt a lot harder.
My body fat's at 11% and apparently that's "low" given that I'm trying to get a bit more muscular. Eh, who knows..
― how can you mend a broken hat? (edwardo), Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah. In order to bulk you have to develop a doughnut.
― some duomas (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 December 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
What are good ladies' gym shoes? I got Adidas Duramo on the advice of the saleslady, but I'm not sure I made the right decision.
She said they were cross-trainers, but I think they are actually running shoes. Does it make a difference? Maybe they'll get me on the treadmill.
http://www.onlineshoes.com/productpage.asp?gen=w&pcid=110842
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 5 January 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Running is adequate for gym. Cross-trainers are for some specific thing which I can't remember at the moment.
― if some1 could fills me in i would like it (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 January 2009 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Completely out the fucking window.
― open wide, come inside, it's apple butter (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 18 January 2009 07:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate the gym :(
― it's called a hat (edwardo), Sunday, 18 January 2009 07:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Why?
― open wide, come inside, it's apple butter (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 18 January 2009 07:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I have reached the point where I know I'm getting better but I'm not seeing any visible signs of it which is demotivating.
― it's called a hat (edwardo), Sunday, 18 January 2009 08:20 (fifteen years ago) link
What should I be doing if I weigh like 132 and want to get better at basketball? I do like, squats and stuff atm - it's not very directed. I sort of want to bulk up for general vanity reasons but weight really doesn't stay on - I went through a phase of drinking protein shakes and juggling with specially made weight-lifting balls, which 100% worked and was fun and gave me really bulgy biceps but they sort of melted away when I forgot for a month.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 18 January 2009 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"What should I be doing if I weigh like 132 and want to get better at basketball?"
You should probably play more basketball. Preferably with Junior High kids if you want a sense of accomplishment and a fair physical matchup.
― Alex in SF, Sunday, 18 January 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Assuming 132 lbs, what he said. Assuming 132 kg, lose some weight then do what he said.
edwardo, you will probably change in a few weeks. I meanwhile am disappearing.
― open wide, come inside, it's apple butter (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 18 January 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
-20 min interval cardio on whatever machine I haven't used that week
-Crunches-Oblique Lifts-Bridge-Push ups-Squats-Upright row-Triceps pushdown-Bicep curl-to-military press
Repeat circuit for second set
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Had a big plan to be low in body fat and moderately buffed this summer, and here it is late January and I'm still 14% fat. Soooooooo upset.
― torn between two borads, feelin' like a stan (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 09:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm gonna change my program. Gah,I am a LOT fitter than I was a year ago and I'm still very active, jogging in the morning, playing squash twice a week... is it SO WRONG to ask for a program that will work the... er.. vanity areas? Chest, shoulder, arms and maybe also thighs.
― baby I can make you feel hat hat hat (edwardo), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 09:42 (fifteen years ago) link
DOO EET
― torn between two borads, feelin' like a stan (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
My plan is summat like this:
1. lose all this bloody fat2. bulk like fuck
My current trainer is torturing me and I'm getting in with this nutritionist bloke soon, so it all should happen this year. Too late for summer though obv.
― torn between two borads, feelin' like a stan (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Nutritionist is unreal so far. I showed him photos of what I'm aiming for and he said 'oh right okay well you need to do this and this and this and this.' He's going to speak to my trainer, too. Unbelievably excited.
― Donate your display name to Farfisa, I mean Moog (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 6 February 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Fourth day of the new diet and I'm about to pass out. Prrrrrobably needs fine-tuning.
― Objective Deployment Component for Failure Mode Effect Analysis (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 12 February 2009 07:57 (fifteen years ago) link
the gym at my work is about to start a 'biggest loser' boot camp styles thing. I don't really need to lose weight (although maybe 1 or 2 kg would be nice) but i would love to ramp up my fitness. I'm vacillating between yay or nay. I don't want some hyped up trainer screaming at me and humiliating me in a group environment, i think that's my biggest fear.
― behind the times (gem), Thursday, 12 February 2009 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
just got this in the mail
http://www.velogear.com/images/vp_tri3.jpg
now we'll see about actually using it :-/
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 12 February 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh dunno if you can you fit a triathalon in with all the farting and being crazy
― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
respect tho: that dude looks pretty crazy, and i am having mad lolz imagining him farting in that getup
― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
"I don't want some hyped up trainer screaming at me and humiliating me in a group environment, i think that's my biggest fear."
I doubt there'll be much screaming and humiliating. They don't want to stop you from coming after all.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
muscleman dude at work gave me his program:
(3 sets of 10 reps for everything, much weight as i can lift)
day one:
bench pressincline pressdecline pressflyscable pulldownsitting rowbench rowdead liftsreverse flys
day 2:
preacher curlincline curlshammer curls"21s" (basically a bar, doing 7 full curls, 7 from the bottom to halfway, and 7 from halfway to the top)
cable pushdown"skullcrushers" (lol name, but laying on the bench with a bar held above your head and lower it to your forhead by bending elbows)dips on bench (can't do full dips yet)underhand pulldown (one arm)overhand pull down (one arm)
day three:
lungessquat machineleg curlscalf raises
sitting shoulder pressfront raisesside raisesshrugs with dumbells
in between days:fast walking/alternating running on treadmill
rest days:
qui gong
― Yah Trick Ya Kid K (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
there's also these guys: crossfit.com
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I read about them in Men's Fitness. Crazy ass stuff.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
ow btw
― its gotta be HOOSy para steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
gem: I've never had a trainer yell at me, ever. If you're unsure, ask the trainer beforehand to not yell at you.
― Objective Deployment Component for Failure Mode Effect Analysis (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 12 February 2009 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
They are working for you after all so
Okay, so it turns out that training so hard that I lose my eyesight makes me faint the next day. I have to mitigate this by adding glucose to my special training formula.
― Objective Deployment Component for Failure Mode Effect Analysis (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 12 February 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
my new vanity program!
Day 1:Cross-trainer to warm up90' leg pressBarbell squatProne leg curlPin calf raiseDumbbell overhead presDumbbell lateral raiseBosu ball curl
Day 2:Rowing machine to warm upSmith benchPec deckAssisted chinsSupported rowAssisted dipDumbbell biceps curlBosu Push up
The names are kinda hard to follow.
Anyway, I've done both days and I LOVE IT.
― what you know about hat? I know all about hat. (edwardo), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice mix there.
My new one comes tonight! Sooo excited.
― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
question about cardio. after doing weights i do 50 mins of cross trainer 3x a week. the machine says it burns off about 700 cals but after a cpl of months of this i noticed that after 30-40 mins im not really sweating all that much. so taking into account what AA said about switching up routines every this week i switched to do my 50 mins on the exercise bikes and im drenched in sweat after like 10 minutes, but after the full 50 mins the counter says ive only burnt off around 400 calories.
what is more accurate here? is the machine right and ive not burnt off many calories and the sweat thing is irrelevant? or is sweating a surefire sign that calories are being burnt off?
― s.rose, Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Machines are a dodgy guide to calories burned. 80% of fat loss is down to food anyway.
How are you going btw? Where are you now in terms of your goals?
― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 19 February 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
autumn - does that routine i'm doing sound good to you? you seem like yr all pumped up and stuff so any advice would be welcome.
― Yo, I just copped dat brand new Manity Kane cd. (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 19 February 2009 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ 'pumped up', if only you could see me now ;_;
Looks like a magic routine to me. Just be sure to get a new one after 4-5 weeks.
― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 19 February 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Just be sure to get a new one after 4-5 weeks.
?? why?
also how would you recommending changing it up?
really a newbie to working out seriously.
― Yo, I just copped dat brand new Manity Kane cd. (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 19 February 2009 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Our bodies acclimatise really really quickly, so we need to change food, exercise, etc. every few weeks.
Does your gym offer personalised programmes? Get a new one every month. Be clear on what you're aiming for, too: only this month I realised there are specific ways to train in order to get specific results (I don't know any more about this yet, though).
― "chinese coke prank" (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 20 February 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 20 February 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
― torn between two borads, feelin' like a stan (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:46 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Hoooooly fuck, the body fat is FALLING off me atm. I've not been on the new eating programme two weeks yet,
― we r from twitteronia, we connect (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 21 February 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
As in, I'm noticing a significant difference EVERY DAY. Today I found my ribs.
― we r from twitteronia, we connect (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 21 February 2009 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
what r u eatin
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Saturday, 21 February 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Ribs!
― what you know about hat? I know all about hat. (edwardo), Saturday, 21 February 2009 03:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Breakfast: alternating between omelette (four egg whites + one yolk, red + green capsicum, zucchini, mushroom, tomato) and smoothie (yoghurt + protein powder + frozen berries)Morning snack: 30g nuts (almonds + cashews + walnuts) + low GI fruitLunch: sour dough sandwich (150g chicken/tuna/salmon/steak + avocado spread + cucumber + tomato + carrot + etc etc)Afternoon snack: Norganic Crunchola bar + low GI fruitDinner: Low-carb selections (150-200g chicken/steak/etc/etc) + dish of veg-rich salad/vegetables (around 7-8 varieties of veg in total)Supper: Yoghurt + protein powder + lol flaxseed oil
Supps:Nature's Own multivit - 1 x dayChromium picolinate - 3 x day
This lasts for three weeks and is designed to (a) reset my metabolism and (b) iron out my blood/sugar levels. Will change significantly in a few days.
― we r from twitteronia, we connect (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 22 February 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link