Iroquois on 21/7/2009 at 18:35
A healthy lifestyle doesn't particularly interest me, but big arms and chest do, purely for reasons of vanity. So I do work out a bit, mostly pull-ups, about 35-40 a day... though I had sort of fallen out of the loop lately, so I'm trying to pick up the slack.
BEAR on 21/7/2009 at 22:48
Thats kind of the opposite of me. I'd like to be a little bulkier, but I more care about being strong and fit. I love the fact that every time I go down since I started the new routines I can lift more, run harder and swim longer.
We changed our diet up massively too, pretty much cut out a lot of calories and fat and mostly cook at home (salmon, beans, rice soups salad lots of fruit etc). Its not even hard to stick to, the food is better, cheaper, and I feel better. Whats to miss? I still splurge occasionally, but when I do too much I feel like shit so where is the desire to do it.
I'm sure I'll wash back and forth, but the way we're doing it kind of allows for it.
@grip, mostly sprints (college gym has nice indoor track), usually try to do 5 minute jog warmup with 5 minutes of sprints, half the track sprint 100% half decent jog. If I'm not feeling like running or old injuries are aching, I'll do recumbent bike which gives me a good workout if I do intervals (kind of like the article I linked was talking about. I'm not a practiced swimmer, until a few months ago I was terrible and I've improved a lot, so I do intervals there as well. Usually set a goal, like leave the wall every 30-45 seconds (so it doesn't matter how long it takes me to get there, if I get there early I get a quick breather if not I dont) and do 4x25 and take a break. The school has a great Olympic pool that always has empty lanes so I'm loving that. I've probably swam more in the last 1-2 months than in the last 20 years.
Thief13x on 22/7/2009 at 00:44
Interval training anyone? This is what I have been hitting up recently...15 minutes on the treadmill of 30 second sprints (10mph) and 1.5 minutes of jogging (6mph) makes you feel great all day! Granted I'm struggling to lose all the damn weight that beer as helped put on since turning 21 (30 lbs)
AR Master on 22/7/2009 at 03:36
Quote Posted by Iroquois
A healthy lifestyle doesn't particularly interest me, but big arms and chest do, purely for reasons of vanity. So I do work out a bit, mostly pull-ups, about 35-40 a day... though I had sort of fallen out of the loop lately, so I'm trying to pick up the slack.
lookit dis lil nub
Starrfall on 22/7/2009 at 04:11
that reminds me what is with college boys standing around in groups doing a million curls and gabbing like a bunch of girls jesus christ
BEAR on 22/7/2009 at 04:19
Quote Posted by Iroquois
A healthy lifestyle doesn't particularly interest me, but big arms and chest do, purely for reasons of vanity. So I do work out a bit, mostly pull-ups, about 35-40 a day... though I had sort of fallen out of the loop lately, so I'm trying to pick up the slack.
Also, its worth pointing out that pullups aren't necessarily a good choice for bulking up. Especially if you just continue to do them with your own body weight. You should keep pushing it and find the point where you can barely get 3/4/5 reps on your last set if you want to keep your body from falling in a rut. The body LOVES to realize "hey, he's not going to do anything harder or longer than this, so I'll get good enough to just do what he does and no more". Also its important to switch up your workout every 6 weeks or less, after that you'll stop noticing gains or they slow down.
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Interval training anyone? This is what I have been hitting up recently...15 minutes on the treadmill of 30 second sprints (10mph) and 1.5 minutes of jogging (6mph) makes you feel great all day! Granted I'm struggling to lose all the damn weight that beer as helped put on since turning 21 (30 lbs)
Im not a fan of the treadmill. It just doesn't feel the same, and the speeds required to reach the oxygen deprivation levels for which interval training is effective can be hard on joints and knees and what not. Since the ground is moving under you, your legs are really just making the motions of running, so you get the impact (I swear its more impact), without the actual effort.
Its good to get the muscles stretched out, and possibly as a controlled warmup, but if you want to do serious intervals I'd say try stationary bike (if you are doing it on cardio machines) or a track if you have access to one. I'll bet you'll notice a big difference. If you aren't gasping for air after a few minutes, you aren't getting the full benefit. The point is that you are depriving your muscles of oxygen, not that you are wearing the muscles out. Im sure what you are doing is good, but I've found small changes can make big differences (and I continue to realize how much I have been and probably am currently doing things wrong). Check out NYT story in my previous post if you want to read some more on interval training.
Iroquois on 22/7/2009 at 04:59
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Also, its worth pointing out that pullups aren't necessarily a good choice for bulking up. Especially if you just continue to do them with your own body weight. You should keep pushing it and find the point where you can barely get 3/4/5 reps on your last set if you want to keep your body from falling in a rut.
I usually do. I start from five repeats per set. Last time was about three months ago; I got up to five sets of ten, but I pulled a muscle pretty badly and had to rest it for over three weeks, so I kind of fell out of the loop. But, yeah, I know what you mean.
AR Master on 22/7/2009 at 05:15
Quote Posted by Starrfall
that reminds me what is with college boys standing around in groups doing a million curls and gabbing like a bunch of girls jesus christ
gabbing like girls and working out like girls. Once that collar unpops in some insurance office in their late 20s- mid 30s they're in for quite the shock
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I usually do. I start from five repeats per set. Last time was about three months ago; I got up to five sets of ten, but I pulled a muscle pretty badly and had to rest it for over three weeks, so I kind of fell out of the loop. But, yeah, I know what you mean.
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the_grip on 22/7/2009 at 14:46
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We changed our diet up massively too, pretty much cut out a lot of calories and fat and mostly cook at home (salmon, beans, rice soups salad lots of fruit etc). Its not even hard to stick to, the food is better, cheaper, and I feel better. Whats to miss? I still splurge occasionally, but when I do too much I feel like shit so where is the desire to do it.
100% agree. We cook most of our own food and only eat vegetarian + seafood. I refuse to eat most seafood out anymore because I make it better at home. I can't tell you how many yellowfin tunas have sucked at restaurants, and, once you dry roast salmon over sliced oranges and lemons with some teriyaki glaze at home, you won't want it at restaurants anymore.
Tried my first HIIT last night. I ran on a treadmill because the track next to my gym had some athletics thingy or other on it. I ran for 7 minutes on a decent jog, then alternated 5 sets of 30 sec. sprints/30 sec. slow jogs, gave two minutes of rest, then repeated and ended with 3 minutes of jogging. Nice to condense cardio routines down from hour plus runs to this. I also tried a four minute routine of burpees that wore my shit out.
Thanks for the feedback on HIIT... it's new ground for me.
