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Old 04-24-2010, 03:54 AM #51 (permalink)  
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So this fitness prop bet requires me to run five times a week. This is basically the first time I've ever really been running at this frequency.

Three weeks into the prop bet and my endurance has shown huge improvements. I am easily able to run over forty minutes at this point. I'm very happy with the way this prop bet is going for me. WOOT WOOT.

I'll be in Tampa for most of next week. It'll be fun to see how the hot sun will affect my jogaments.

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Old 04-24-2010, 05:46 AM #52 (permalink)  
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It'll sizzle the fat right off your midget ass imo.
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Old 04-24-2010, 07:02 AM #53 (permalink)  
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Old 05-01-2010, 04:22 AM #54 (permalink)  
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Tampa was great. The sun was amazing as usual. Instead of just wading around in the pool, I swam freestyle and breast-stroke laps. Swimming is so damn tiring! LOL.

Anyway, I just went out for a run. I just played some poker and botched a few hands. I could have won a lot more but I played rather poorly. I was a little upset at that. Additionally, I had pent up energy from sitting at home all day and writing. Lastly, I have work tomorrow. I really, really hate my job and Friday nights annoy me knowing I have to go to work in the morning. I chose to go out for a run and rid myself of this energy that was sure to turn into tilt if I didn't do much about it.

Holy shit, what a run. My pace was pretty fast (as compared to what I'm used to). All my energy and tilt/anger turned into me pwning the run. Rocky music just pumps the shit out of me. I just imagined the Summer being here already and everything I've been working towards. May needs to be a big month for me. I need to turn it on this month. This is MY MONTH.

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Old 05-06-2010, 01:47 AM #55 (permalink)  
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So I KINDA turned a new leaf today...I think.

For those that are in IRC, they know that I was bitching and moaning last night about plateauing. A few jokes were made, I PMS'd, bitched Dranger out, and then we made out...I mean made up. Dranger and I spoke a bit and he said "All you have to do is eat well, do cardio, and lift weights," or something of that nature. Well shit, he makes a good point. Sadly though, I was only doing two out of those three things. I wasn't really lifting weights and I know that lifting turns your body into a fat furnace. Therefore, today, I started with the weight lifting.

I went to my school gym and started with 15 minutes of jogging to warm-up. I then entered the weights section of my school gym where I felt a bit lost. I'm a small kid and you can see that I'm blatantly out of place. Whatever, I shrugged that aside, went for the free weights (dumbells), and did some chest exercises using the bench. I also did the pec fly machine as well as some dips. I finished up with some ab exercises. However, I do not feel very sore or in pain. I almost feel like I did it wrong or didn't go hard enough since I'm not aching.

Anyway, I will be working weights into my exercises a lot more. I'm thinking 3-4 times per week. Again, I'm pretty new to the whole lifting thing so any links or information would be greatly appreciated. I did chest & triceps today and am looking to do back & biceps tomorrow or Friday. Are those the muscle groups I want to do together? When should I do shoulders? Again, any help would be appreciated.

I am also looking to get one of them shaker cups to put some protein powder in and drink after I've done my workouts (I've read that I should be getting protein directly after lifting).

That's really all for now. I sincerely hope the weights will jumpstart my metabolism and push me to lose more weight. Later fuckers.

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Old 05-06-2010, 02:37 AM #56 (permalink)  
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Dranger and I spoke a bit and he said "All you have to do is eat well, do cardio, and lift weights," or something of that nature. Well shit, he makes a good point.
dude, all you need to do is eat well and do a DECENT amount of cardio - decent defined by duration AND intensity. Weights won't do any harm lfdo, but the lack of weights in your workouts aren't the cause of the plateau. Also, consider doing body resistance weights for a while - simple pressups, pull-ups, one leg squats, etc.
anys, when it comes to weights i should shut up, jyms or someone will probably provide a link or summary that provides all you need to know and more...
 
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Old 05-06-2010, 03:21 AM #57 (permalink)  
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BooG isn't satisfied where he's at weight/body-wise and lifting weights really does amp up the metabolism and torches the fat off your body if you do it with any consistency and if you push yourself. Obviously, cardio does that too, but if he puts in a good 30-45 minutes of decent lifting, THEN goes for a jog, he's already burning fat from his weight lifting so its going to do that much more for him.

I'm not saying eating right and running won't make him (or anyone else) lose weight, but it definitely helps pick up the pace.
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Old 05-06-2010, 03:36 AM #58 (permalink)  
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However, I do not feel very sore or in pain. I almost feel like I did it wrong or didn't go hard enough since I'm not aching.
How soon after doing the exercise were you writing this? My fitness class last night at karate was certainly hard work, but I didn't really feel a whole lot of burn or anything. Today, however, I can't even roll over in bed for aching abs.
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All you have to do is eat well, do cardio, and lift weights...

AND SLEEP...rest if key to recovery.
 
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The pain, and all the benefits, come from the eccentric part of the movement. It's all in how you lower the weights. Your tempo probably needs to be adjusted as well. Count to 2 on the lift and count to 4 on the down. Feel the weights stretch the muscle as you lower the weight, and go till you can barelly do another rep. And yes, eat protein right after you work out.

You probably plateaued from being a little stagnant. One thing about exercise is you need to keep pushing yourself. Doing cardio means you need to constantly be pushing to go farther, or faster. What happens with cardio is you train your VO2 max to get better and your body becomes good at utilizing oxygen and then you become properly trained for the distances your doing for exercise. Push yourself, get out of the zone you have trained to get to. Run farther, or faster over the same distance. Record everything so you know that every session is more than the last in some way. Weights are good for this because you can always do more reps, more weight and different exercises. You keep the body guessing and having to grow to adapt. Train for what your trying to do. If you want to lose weight and gain muscle then you need to do weights. If you want to run a marathon then run and only run.
 
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Old 05-06-2010, 11:25 AM #61 (permalink)  
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The pain, and all the benefits, come from the eccentric part of the movement. It's all in how you lower the weights. Your tempo probably needs to be adjusted as well. Count to 2 on the lift and count to 4 on the down. Feel the weights stretch the muscle as you lower the weight, and go till you can barelly do another rep. And yes, eat protein right after you work out.

You probably plateaued from being a little stagnant. One thing about exercise is you need to keep pushing yourself. Doing cardio means you need to constantly be pushing to go farther, or faster. What happens with cardio is you train your VO2 max to get better and your body becomes good at utilizing oxygen and then you become properly trained for the distances your doing for exercise. Push yourself, get out of the zone you have trained to get to. Run farther, or faster over the same distance. Record everything so you know that every session is more than the last in some way. Weights are good for this because you can always do more reps, more weight and different exercises. You keep the body guessing and having to grow to adapt. Train for what your trying to do. If you want to lose weight and gain muscle then you need to do weights. If you want to run a marathon then run and only run.
Thank you for this good sir. Needless to say, I'm sore as hell today (I just woke up). However, my tempo yesterday was probably a little fast. I'll be sure to take your advice next time I lift.

As for the cardio portion, I feel as do I've been pushing myself to go farther and faster each time. The intensity of my cardio workouts has been growing. However, I'm probably going to ask a friend of mine (who is a minor-leaguer for the Phillies) for some of the HIIT workouts his organization supplies him with. Again, this may be a good way to surprise my body and keep it guessing.

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All you have to do is eat well, do cardio, and lift weights...

AND SLEEP...rest if key to recovery.
For some odd reason, I forgot to include this part. I've also decided to get to bed at a decent hour. I recently made a prop bet with Kiwi that would force me to give him $5 every time I go to sleep before 12:45am. This is a start, but not the ultimate goal. I plan on making that number somewhere between 11pm-12am real soon. I just have to get used to getting to bed at 12:45am first imo. Also, great strides have been made in I woke up early today (when it wasn't necessary). Hopefully I can use this time to be productive.

Please keep the help coming for I am a tardass when it comes to weights.

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Old 05-13-2010, 05:01 PM #62 (permalink)  
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I've been frequenting my school gym for some time now. As some know, I recently started doing weights. There was some dude from my Computer Science class that was always there when I was. I saw him down in the locker room two days ago and we agreed to workout together. This dude bigger than me (muscle) so I figured it'd be great as I would probably learn something.

Yesterday was the first day we worked out together. We agreed to do abdominals followed by some cardio. For his cardio, he does stairs (I usually do treadmill) so I figured I'd try that out. We started with two abdominal exercises using weights. These were only "warm-up" (I thought they were pretty damn tough!). Then we went to work our abdominals like crazy with this Ab Ripper X he put me onto:

How to get a six pack through the Ab Ripper X workout (P90X) | eHow.com
YouTube - P90X Ab Ripper X pt 1
YouTube - p90x ab ripper part 2

For those of you not familiar with this, please watch and give it a shot. This is pretty amazing. It was rather difficult for me and I was nowhere close to completing all 25 reps for all exercises. These exercises kicked my ass and I really recommend it to anybody exercising frequently.

Afterwards, we did the stair climber. Holy shit, possibly the most I've ever sweat. That machine is a Godsend. The dude I workout with does thirty minutes of the stair climber. This is most likely what I will be doing when I workout with him. I've never been more tired in my life than after this workout.

A few months working out with this dude will be really good.

Quick question for all Davens and Jyms: What are good pre-workout meals/drinks/supplements/etc.? What does my body need? And post-workout? Thanks guys.

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Old 05-13-2010, 05:17 PM #63 (permalink)  
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Quick question for all Davens and Jyms: What are good pre-workout meals/drinks/supplements/etc.? What does my body need? And post-workout? Thanks guys.
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If you need fuel and protein and fat loss is not your only goal, first eat a regular meal about 2-3 hours before your workout then if your trying to gain significant muscle they recommend about 15-20 gms of protein mixed 4:1 with simple carbs (glucose) to be drank just before (1/2) and during the workout (sipping 2nd 1/2) but most of the results are found in trained and leaner people with higher metabolisms. If your still trying to lose fat, I would not eat or drink anything a couple hours before and just have the std 4:1 drink immediately after.
 
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Bodybuilding.com Forums - View Single Post - Pre, During, & Postworkout Nutrition.

I find Alan Aragon to be the best for questions on nutrition. He's got a Bachelor and Master of Science in Nutrition with top honors and he's constantly referred to by universities, scientific community, major corps, Men's Health (only guy in that magazine that I listen to), etc. He also educates a bunch of national American boards of sports, exercise, nutrition and works with NHL and NBA players too.

But yeah, like jyms said, it depends on your goals (muscling up, losing fat, both). If you wanna do both, I suggest concentrating on muscling up and not worrying about losing fat at first. It's easier to lose fat when you're more muscular due to the higher metabolism rate.

Thanks for the session yesterday. Further helped my mindset to get to where it needs to be.
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Old 07-23-2010, 04:55 AM #68 (permalink)  
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Oh yeah, I have this blog as well.

I started this Summer off by joining a local gym and going quite often. I slowly became disinterested in running (as I do with all hobbies I pick up). Running, stairs, and the sort just aren't my thing. I still enjoy lifting weights and do so every so often.

However, this does not mean I've stopped pushing myself. I joined a Muay-Thai spot by me and absolutely love it. I've always been good at fighting and I've taken Tae Kwon Do and boxing in the past; this seems to be a high-octane combination of the two. It's addicting and an amazing workout. As I leave one class, I am excited about the next. There has never been a gym session where I was genuinely excited to return the next day. I go into the classes tired from the last but I push through. I've never been happier about a decision I've made for myself.

However, yesterday I missed the bus and was unable to attend class. I found it pretty unacceptable to miss class because I depended on a bus. At that point, I made the decision to buy a bicycle to ride to and from class. I bought a very nice Marin mountain bike off of Craigslist (Dranger thinks it's ghetto, but what do country folk know about ghetto, NA'MEAN?). I rode it around both yesterday and today. Today, I recorded a total of approximately 8.5 miles on the bike (which I rode to my Muay-Thai class). This gives me an exercise schedule of riding 3.7 miles to Muay-Thai, Muay-Thai, and riding 3.7 miles back home. There is NO reason I should not be losing weight with a schedule like this.

With the introduction of Muay-Thai, I feel my metabolism has gone up. With this, my hunger has increased (as if I weren't hungry often enough). I'm doing well at controlling myself and moderating my eating. I've devised a system of eating something light and re-evaluating my hunger. I constantly do this until my evaluation leaves me satisfied.

This Summer, I've been eating out more than usual. However, the places I've been going to are not necessarily horrible healthwise. They've been ethnic restaurants more than anything. I promised myself to re-discover New York City and part of this is its restaurants. But again, I do not pig out and I still eat as smart as possible.

Since the beginning of this blog, I've lost seven pounds. My waist size has decreased an inch or two. However, I am still not satisfied. To be honest, I hope to never be satisfied. I get rather lazy whenever I become satisfied with anything. I will keep aiming for something higher, even if I get to a good weight.

I hope to update this blog more often. A monthly update sounds about right. I am hoping to look rather different by the end of the Summer just in time for school. Sadly, there are not many females in the Computer Science field. *grumbles*

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Christ. I haven't updated this in forever.

I probably wouldn't have updated this today, but I promised myself to write at least two blog posts per week. The other will come later in the form of my poker blog.

Anywho, I'm still chubby. Yeah, it sucks, BUT, I have finally gotten a REGULAR running schedule down. I run three (sometimes four) times a week for more than 2.5 miles each time. I can run further without stopping and faster than I was ever able to. I'm looking to be able to complete a 5K without stopping by December 12th. I'm actually due for my first attempt to do so next week (I've been training to do so since mid-October). I'm now setting goals like that for myself to keep me interested in whatever I'm doing, in this case running. For instance, if I DO run a single mile, I'm looking to run it as fast or faster than I ran the last time. I found that challenging myself and/or setting goals is key for keeping my interest on something.

As for weight training, I'm doing mostly calisthenics with three weight exercises each session. I try to do weight training three times per week. I believe having this regular schedule set and me following it (and I've been doing rather well with following it for the past month and a half) is going to work wonders.

As for diet, my brother is finally on board with losing weight. He's not fat, but has suffered a back injury which makes it difficult for him to exercise. Therefore, he's going to stop eating shitty food and start eating healthier food. This is obviously great news for me since it was usually him that brought all the snacks home and such. YES.

As for the other aspects of my health, I'm looking to improve them this month. I have activities that I will look to accomplish each and every day of the month in hopes of them becoming a habit. For instance, I will be going to bed no later than 12am every weekday and will get more than seven hours of sleep every day. No fried foods will be consumed on any day of the month and pasta is only allowed once a week. I will be keeping track of these activities every day.

One last life update: I will be going to Costa Rica in January to get my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate. It's always been a dream of mine to travel the world and getting this TEFL will be my key to doing so. I will be in Costa Rica for a month putting in 40 hours of week of both theory & practice (I get to try and teach Costa Ricans how to speak English. I will be staying in Samara, Costa Rica. Click the link and I'm sure you'll be crazy jealous.

That's really it. It's not much of an update as things haven't changed too much. Yes, I've lost a couple of pounds, but I'm still nowhere close to where I want to be. The most exciting thing is that I have a lot of traction right now and am on the right track.

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Awesome man keep moving forward with your goals.

Costa Rica looks pretty sick I bet you're gonna have a blast while opening up some doors for the future with the TEFL. Good luck!
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Yup, this blog is back. I've started a blog on BB.com and figured I'd cross-post it here. I will basically be copy & pasting what I wrote in my BB.com blog here. I will have some footnotes in this blog since some FTRers may not know WTF I'm talking about with some of the stuff I post. Anywho, here goes:

Last night, I was browsing BB.com and came across this thread. I became curious about IF and spent the next 1.5-2.5 hours reading up on it. I decided to give it a shot. Today, I will be quasi-starting my IF attempt. I say quasi because I don't have BCAA's just yet (ordered them online last night) and had to drink a protein shake (one full scoop in water) before my workout instead of BCAAs. Also, I will be having two scoops of NO-Xplode. I plan to fast for 16 hours and have an 8-hour eating window. I will be counting calories during this 8-hour eating window.

Today, I'm looking at a back/biceps workout. This usually consists of assisted pull-ups, dumbell rows, zottman curls, v-bar lat pulldowns, and back raises. It would be cool if some of you guys can recommend some of your fave workouts. I usually log all my workouts using iFitness. Yup, I'm pretty damn dependent on my phone, even during workouts.

After the gym, I am looking forward to a meal of fish, grilled vegetables, and perhaps some corn. Anywho, I'm out. Wish me luck.

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You are going to learn to love protein fluff when your trying to cut. I am mixing IF with PSMF and have got down to 249 now but getting stronger not just losing weight. It's good to have a plan, just ride it out for 3 months straight as the plan says and then make decisions whether to continue. Some have tried and quit two weeks in saying it's not for them. Personally I like it.
 
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Old 07-17-2011, 09:45 PM #75 (permalink)  
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Thanks Jyms. I was hoping to see you post here.

I've chatted with you on MSN before...but I rarely use that messenger. Do you have Skype? If so, mind shooting me a PM with your handle? Thanks. I'm curious to how your diet is going, what your workouts look like, and this protein fluff. I've seen a recipe for it but I am without a mixer so I X'd out and lost interest. LOL.

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Old 07-19-2011, 01:33 AM #76 (permalink)  
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Old 07-19-2011, 11:50 PM #77 (permalink)  
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Not exactly sure what link you speak of.

My handle there, however, is BooG690. Don't know if that answers your question.

Anywho, had an awesome shoulder workout last night and will be going to the gym now for an hour of cardio.

I've also downloaded a book recommended by Leangains regarding IF. I'm offering it to FTRers I actually speak to (mostly IRC guys). PM me if interested.

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Old 07-20-2011, 02:58 AM #78 (permalink)  
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Is it the Eat, stop, eat book? I think Cbat wanted the link to your BB.com thread.

I don't have skype ATM since I'm staying at my sisters. I'll try to hit you up on FB chat if I see you logged in. For now the diet is on course. I'm about 2 lbs from breaking 250 which has been quite some time for me. I am not working out as much as I'd like, for now I'm supposed to be doing a heavy 3 days of full body heavy training and no cardio because I am keeping the calories so low, I don't want to shut down my metabolism and only work out to preserve what muscle I have now. With the way I am eating I feel and look flat, but my strength is pretty good, so I expect my size to come back when I start eating a more regular diet.
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 05:09 AM #79 (permalink)  
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Yes, it is the Eat, Stop, Eat book. At only 78 pages, it was short and sweet (and read really well on my nifty iPad). Im actually up for the challenge to take 24-hours off of eating (with tomorrow being my rest day and all).

Since I'm writing this on the iPad, I'll get the link to my BB Blog tomorrow. It's mostly the same thing with a few added stats (though I'll be posting pictures of my fat ass on there soon).

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Have you tried P90X? That set of exercises will kill the shit out of you.
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