I dunno, (stationary) bikes are my machine of choice, my coworkers all say the elliptical is way better, but I say they're a bunch of faggots.
Really though, I have no use for big arms, I sit around and program all day, but it is kind of nice to be able to flex in the mirror and not feel like a scrawny bitch and all, you know?
cardio does not define running. running does not define cardio. running is one form of cardiovascular exersize.
goddamn clarity of mother fucking terms.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
edited August 2007
oh god people are trying ot brag about weight lifting?
Ok, here was my workout today-keep in mind I have two discs in my spine that have no or almost no fluid in them
To start, a quick stretch, then I did 23 minutes(normally do 20 but the song I was listening to wasn't over yet) at 8mph on the treadmill. Too much longer than that and my back starts hurtings, so instead I run 7 days a week.
Then I did a quick ab workout with several different variations and sets of different types of crunches, with no break after the run
Grab some water, and head straight into the weights. Now, I don't go for max weight because I like to keep a runners build and not be too bulky, but I do like to have strength, and I limit my sets to 2x each because of time constraints due to my commute. So, two sets of each of the below--
200lb bench, can do more but don't want bulk
160lb overhead pulls
90lbs dumbbells
300lbs back press
140lbs weighted crunches
80lbs side-arm lifts
165lb overhead pulls
WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
edited August 2007
also I do so much back press & weighted crunches because I need a really strong core to compensate for my degenerative disc disease or I would be in constant pain from my back and unable to do anything
oh god people are trying ot brag about weight lifting?
Ok, here was my workout today-keep in mind I have two discs in my spine that have no or almost no fluid in them
To start, a quick stretch, then I did 23 minutes(normally do 20 but the song I was listening to wasn't over yet) at 8mph on the treadmill. Too much longer than that and my back starts hurtings, so instead I run 7 days a week.
Then I did a quick ab workout with several different variations and sets of different types of crunches, with no break after the run
Grab some water, and head straight into the weights. Now, I don't go for max weight because I like to keep a runners build and not be too bulky, but I do like to have strength, and I limit my sets to 2x each because of time constraints due to my commute. So, two sets of each of the below--
200lb bench, can do more but don't want bulk
160lb overhead pulls
90lbs dumbbells
300lbs back press
140lbs weighted crunches
80lbs side-arm lifts
165lb overhead pulls
I kinda skipped some of the post and read the list and was like HOLY SHIT because I assumed 4 sets of 10. I'm trying to reconcile the picture of the light-built guy I saw one time with "I take it easy, just 4 sets of 10 bench presses at 200 pounds."
I know this one guy, a bodybuilder, who says he "only lifts light" now, stays away from the really heavy stuff. So how much does he work out with for, say, bench press? 300 pounds. Four sets of ten. What the FUCK, man. That's more than I'll probably ever be able to bench, like, even for just one single rep. Shit, that's not even really a "repetition" because I'm only talking about doing it one time; ain't no "repeating" going on.
I feel like I should be running a longer distance, but right now I'm just exhausted after one lap around the neighborhood. Should I just keep doing one lap until it's easier and then move up, or move up and take it like a man?
I feel like I should be running a longer distance, but right now I'm just exhausted after one lap around the neighborhood. Should I just keep doing one lap until it's easier and then move up, or move up and take it like a man?
Get your lap around the neighborhood finished faster, then do 2 laps at your original speed, then get it faster, so on and so forth
I feel like I should be running a longer distance, but right now I'm just exhausted after one lap around the neighborhood. Should I just keep doing one lap until it's easier and then move up, or move up and take it like a man?
Get your lap around the neighborhood finished faster, then do 2 laps at your original speed, then get it faster, so on and so forth
I feel like I should be running a longer distance, but right now I'm just exhausted after one lap around the neighborhood. Should I just keep doing one lap until it's easier and then move up, or move up and take it like a man?
You run until you feel like you are going to die, then you keep running until you puke. Only then have you exerted max effort.
I was going to go to the gym today to run but now I have bad period pains and feel chilled
so I'll probably end up wrapped under covers after work with my DS on and having a comfort chocolate bar and then I'll save the guilt for tomorrow morning
Benching and military press is where I really fall flat. I can barely move any weight at all at either of those exercises. I enjoy doing them, but I get really impatient about how much longer it takes for me to improve at them than everything else.
I've got a little circuit going that's almost an extension of cardio, but with weights. I use a bench that can do both flat and incline, and I start with a very slight incline, not even 45 degrees, and do bench there. The circuit is 15 reps each.
Bench, 45's - then I drop the thing down to flat
Lat Pull, 35lbs.
Shoulder Press, 25/20 for the rest of the exercises
Bicep Curls
This back thingy
Tricep extension.
Repeat.
Back when I was in college I used to be able to bench 225, which I think is pretty good, becuase I used to weigh about 160 back then. (I weigh more and can bench much less now, although I'm not sure how much.)
ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
edited August 2007
One of these days I'll start working out again though I better start soon. The sound of a dozen joints cracking while swinging my golf club is starting to scare me.
Will cycling just help my legs and whatnot, or will it help my whole body.
Cycling is an amazing full body work out. Commuting by bike is the best way to get an awesome work out without realizing it. You just are trying to get where you want to go, but in the process, you work every muscle in your body extensively.
I dunno, (stationary) bikes are my machine of choice, my coworkers all say the elliptical is way better, but I say they're a bunch of faggots.
Really though, I have no use for big arms, I sit around and program all day, but it is kind of nice to be able to flex in the mirror and not feel like a scrawny bitch and all, you know?
yeah i hate having small arms but my current routine devotes no time to specific arm movements
i think in a few weeks i'm going to switch up my routine to address that
I run a wee bit during the warm seasons, so my heart doesn't explode when winter comes along and Nordic skiing becomes available. I hated it as a kid, but started up again a while ago and it is fun stuff. All *pant* *heave* then *whoosh!*
walking my dog every morning for about half an hour is the extent of my cardio
i hate cardio
just hate it
but when i do have to do it, i follow more of a crossfit type thing because at least it doesn't have me running to nowhere forever
jumping jacks x 20
squats x 20
pushups x 20
burpee x 15
lunges x 15
divebomber pushups x 15
sit ups x 20
do that in as many as cycles as it takes in 20 minutes
usuallt like 3, because fuck that's hard
or, i break out my sandbag and carry it around the block, deadlift it, front squat it, press it, whatever, i pretty much wrestle with my sandbag for about half an hour and it show it who's boss
there's a guy at my gym that i lift with sometimes and he's always pushing me to do more cardio, like running or something, but god damn
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jackfaces
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
or hey
if i'm in the mood, like on a saturday or something, i'll do tabata squats, because it only takes 4 minutes and i always think, ha 4minutes is nothing, then i do them and i'm like wtf was i thinking
Starfuck on
jackfaces
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
I have pretty large arms anyway (I guess I store fat there) and I started doing lifting because hey 'girls can't get big' and I'm weak and need to be stronger.
My lifting is pathetic but my biceps have already doubled in size and my arms look quite scary.
Okay some of this might be hyperbole but it's how I feel. I hate, hate, hate my arms.
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"also who even rides a bike excepts poors and hipsters"
so that dweebs like me can ride the train to the medical center and then longboard all the way down to the stadium
also, my butt muscles hurt from lunges
and tomorrow my shoulders will hurt from military presses and other such workouts
Really though, I have no use for big arms, I sit around and program all day, but it is kind of nice to be able to flex in the mirror and not feel like a scrawny bitch and all, you know?
what he said
goddamn clarity of mother fucking terms.
Ok, here was my workout today-keep in mind I have two discs in my spine that have no or almost no fluid in them
To start, a quick stretch, then I did 23 minutes(normally do 20 but the song I was listening to wasn't over yet) at 8mph on the treadmill. Too much longer than that and my back starts hurtings, so instead I run 7 days a week.
Then I did a quick ab workout with several different variations and sets of different types of crunches, with no break after the run
Grab some water, and head straight into the weights. Now, I don't go for max weight because I like to keep a runners build and not be too bulky, but I do like to have strength, and I limit my sets to 2x each because of time constraints due to my commute. So, two sets of each of the below--
200lb bench, can do more but don't want bulk
160lb overhead pulls
90lbs dumbbells
300lbs back press
140lbs weighted crunches
80lbs side-arm lifts
165lb overhead pulls
Cerebral palsy?
Easier than you think
not everything comes naturally, sometimes you have to make a conscious effort ot exert force from the right muscles
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I kinda skipped some of the post and read the list and was like HOLY SHIT because I assumed 4 sets of 10. I'm trying to reconcile the picture of the light-built guy I saw one time with "I take it easy, just 4 sets of 10 bench presses at 200 pounds."
I know this one guy, a bodybuilder, who says he "only lifts light" now, stays away from the really heavy stuff. So how much does he work out with for, say, bench press? 300 pounds. Four sets of ten. What the FUCK, man. That's more than I'll probably ever be able to bench, like, even for just one single rep. Shit, that's not even really a "repetition" because I'm only talking about doing it one time; ain't no "repeating" going on.
Boxing is the second most efficient form of Cardio exercise known to man
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Get your lap around the neighborhood finished faster, then do 2 laps at your original speed, then get it faster, so on and so forth
Alright sweet, I will start doing this.
You run until you feel like you are going to die, then you keep running until you puke. Only then have you exerted max effort.
That's how the Marines do it, anyways.
so I'll probably end up wrapped under covers after work with my DS on and having a comfort chocolate bar and then I'll save the guilt for tomorrow morning
that's not like
real spectacular dude
Bench, 45's - then I drop the thing down to flat
Lat Pull, 35lbs.
Shoulder Press, 25/20 for the rest of the exercises
Bicep Curls
This back thingy
Tricep extension.
Repeat.
Back when I was in college I used to be able to bench 225, which I think is pretty good, becuase I used to weigh about 160 back then. (I weigh more and can bench much less now, although I'm not sure how much.)
but that was kind of pointless
Cycling is an amazing full body work out. Commuting by bike is the best way to get an awesome work out without realizing it. You just are trying to get where you want to go, but in the process, you work every muscle in your body extensively.
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yeah i hate having small arms but my current routine devotes no time to specific arm movements
i think in a few weeks i'm going to switch up my routine to address that
i hate cardio
just hate it
but when i do have to do it, i follow more of a crossfit type thing because at least it doesn't have me running to nowhere forever
jumping jacks x 20
squats x 20
pushups x 20
burpee x 15
lunges x 15
divebomber pushups x 15
sit ups x 20
do that in as many as cycles as it takes in 20 minutes
usuallt like 3, because fuck that's hard
or, i break out my sandbag and carry it around the block, deadlift it, front squat it, press it, whatever, i pretty much wrestle with my sandbag for about half an hour and it show it who's boss
there's a guy at my gym that i lift with sometimes and he's always pushing me to do more cardio, like running or something, but god damn
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
if i'm in the mood, like on a saturday or something, i'll do tabata squats, because it only takes 4 minutes and i always think, ha 4minutes is nothing, then i do them and i'm like wtf was i thinking
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
My lifting is pathetic but my biceps have already doubled in size and my arms look quite scary.
Okay some of this might be hyperbole but it's how I feel. I hate, hate, hate my arms.