r00t Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! I'm like 6'0, 230 pounds..not too fat but definately not small either. I've always been happy just bein able to knock people out, but now I'm startin to feel like I should get in some better shape Gliks, wanna recommend a workout for me? I just wanna lose the gut and bulk up the arms im pretty much in the same boat as you i dont own any weights or anything, but i do have a bowflex. im gonna pick some stuff up later today so i can be like glik0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavicon Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Excercising regularly is the one new years resolution i havn't lived up to. (i take them very seriously) I just took a 'before' shot. In about 4-5 months i'll post a before and after. I've always been pretty scrawny, but now that i quit smoking i've become a fatty. Only option now is to become a hulk like killa brute. I'm completley ignorant on the subject, but what's up with Creatine?? My homey gave me a can of it, but i've heard from some that it's dangerous, and from others that it's useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 It is, Protein is what you need to get big! But you have to work out pretty regular, if you dont instant fat ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavicon Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Word. yeah i did a little googling and the creatin sounds like a no go. I'll just toss it. But i think i'll buy a big thing of that protein stuff, and take some so i'm kinda forced to work out. I've got a bunch ot thrash metal lined up too, cuz that seems like the best music to listen too for that. enough chatter.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Brock Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! whats wrong with machines? Like he said, they don't work your stabilizers. You won't have results NEARLY as fast if you use machines. They are only effective in working one muscle at a time. For example, if you want a higher vertical leap/run faster then you want to do squats and dead lifts and shit like that. If you get on a machine you're going to work like one or two muscles, whereas if you do actual squats and deadlifts with freeweights, you work every muscle in your ankle/knee/hip areas to make your legs a LOT stronger. Ever notice how its harder to do an exercise with weights than on a machine that guides you on a track? There's a reason for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilla54 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 im about to go work out. 30 min cardio on bike 5 flat bench 5 incline bench 5 decline 3 flat free weight 3 incline free weight sum number of flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I wish that there were more than like 11 people in here who were serious about working out. But at the same time Im not about to go to some workout homo forum where dudes only answers to getting bigger and stronger are take Sustanon or Winistrol! Anyway, I started a new power routine because Ive gone into heavy cardio and conditioning, and I absofuckinglutely love it. Easy 5 day split. My power days are basically finding a weight were you can only do 3-5 good assistance free reps, and staying in that zone. Flat Bench: Warm up set with moderate weight (225 for me) 8 reps to get blood into the muscle. Stretch 1 minute rest Set 1: 275 5 reps 1-2 minute rest Set 2: 275 4-5 reps Stretch 1-2 minute rest Set 3: 255 5 reps 1-2 minute rest Set 4: 255 4-5 reps Stretch 1-2 minute rest Set 5: 245 5-6 reps Stretch 2-3 minute rest Clap push-ups 5-10. Rest Deadlift: Warm up: 225 8 reps Stretch 1 minute rest Set 1: 275 5 reps Stretch 1 minute rest Set 2: 315 5 reps Stretch 1 minute rest Set 3: 365 5 reps Stretch 1-2 minute rest Set 4: 405 5 reps Stretch 1-3 minute rest Set 5: 455 3ish reps Rest Squats: Warm up: 185 10 times Set 1: 225 5 reps Stretch 30seconds - 1 minute rest Set 2: 315 5 reps Stretch 1 minute rest Set 3: 335 5 reps Rest 1 - 3 minutes Set 4: 275 5 reps Rest 1-3 minutes Set 5: 275 5 reps Pass out. I do this every 4-5 days, so basically Monday and Friday of one week and Wednesday the following week. So Basically its: Cycle 1: Day 1: Power Routine Day 2: Supplemental chest, back, and legs Day 3: Biceps Triceps Abs Day 4: Shoulders + Calves Day 5: Power routine Cycle 2: Day 1: Triceps Abs Day 2: Shoulders + Calves Day 3: Power Routine Day 4: Supplemental chest, back, and legs. Day 5: Biceps Abs The second cycle lets me focus on really burning the biceps and triceps by letting them have their individual days. Cardio is a 4 day split. 20mins to an hour of various cardio including plyometrics. BJJ Training 3 times a week. Striking 2 times a week. This has been the best routine I've ever done based on results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashassian Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Shit man thats crazy....It's all like another language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Damn, I just run. But I should start training, thinking of doing the BATTAN Death March next year. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I looked that up on google, its like a 26 mile march or some shit? Just start training your cardio man. start with 20 minutes until you can work up to 5 hours. Make sure you start upping your clean carbohydrate intake too. http://www.bataanmarch.com/surviving.htm they also have a pretty extensive and good way to survive, ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogie hands Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 jesus christ....i dont think i will ever be able to do anything with 455 pounds. period. i jog 2 to 3 miles a day. thats about the extent of it. id like to get some resistance training going but it seems a little daunting and im not really trying to shell out money for a personal trainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 dude the easiest resistance training for running is loading a backpack with a 25lb plate and running some hills. My goals by the end of August are 550lb Deadlift and 425lb Bench Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Yep, 26 miles in the desert. Most of the terrain is sand and more sand. I run 30 minutes a day usually average about 6 miles a day. I havent ruck marched in a hot minute since my days in the service. I guess I should start doing that to get used to the weight on my back again. I think you have to have at least a full battle load and a ruck of 60lbs. Friend of mine did it last year and said it was pretty rough (Hes got 6 years of Infantry time in him) Good tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Thats crazy I tried hiking with 50lbs added weight, that shit was murder... and it was only 2.4 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 6 years in the school of hard knocks call the Army Infantry. My feet are tough as nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2501 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! Anyone else here train Capoeira? Been playing twice a week for about 8 months now and practacing on off days, started half assed a couple years back. It's an awesome workout if you want to improve strength, stamina, flexibility, balance etc. More fun to me than Karate or Tae Kwon Do etc, dope music and philosophy and cultural history, and lots of awesome south american women play too :) Helps you get loose too, easy transition if you b-boy. Other than that I stretch about 1/2 hour every morning (flexibility is real important for me, and I lift shit at work so I like to be limber) 40-100 push ups a day (not disciplined enough there) and biking to and from work and wherever else I go. I'll go running in the park once or twice a week with my wife, she's a slacker but we get at least 2 miles in and I'm hoping to get her up to 5 or so by the end of the summer. Hiking is the shit too, been finding the spots in the city (Rockaways got nice parks) or mountains if I can get to them, nothing like walking for 12 hours and only seeing 10 other people the whole day. Dancing (yeah yeah I know, raver, fag, wtfever) is a good workout too, shit I'm no fan of rave or club culture but I've had some awesome times just cold getting dumb and moving all night, dope music helps and drugs and alcohol can assist in losing inhibitions. I'm not into weights at present, I'll go work on shoulders once every other week, but I find it hard to get into a routine without a partner (and I'm not interested in bulking up now). About 10 years ago I was into the weight routine, 5 days a week, but I had a friend who was into it too then, and it fit my mind state better then too. Now Capoeira makes me happy... got to go with what you're feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Im sorry dude, but I think capoeira (as a fighting discipline) is complete bullshit. Its dance and if its fun, then im all for people doing it. But Ill put out a challange to any Capoeira "master" and Ill bet my right leg Ill win in a fight. Again though, if youre having fun doing it and its a good cardio work out, im all for people doing it. I used to hate stretching, but since starting BJJ I love stretching, thats like the 30 minutes after I wake up and before I go to sleep thats relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2501 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! Yeah, I don't train Capoeira as a fighting discipline at all. I do view it as a competitive sport and great exercise, as fun and as an very interesting cultural form (when you take the musical aspect of it with the dance/martial art aspect). Viva Capoeira! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRESHJEANJIVE Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Does anyone here know there VO2 level?? Im a 61.. i have been doing cardio workouts every day.. i ride my bike 20+ miles a day, and run 6+ miles a day, and 2 times a week I weight train.. Advice to runners: -For every pound on your body you should have 3 carbs. (so if you way 200 pds, you should be eating 600 grams of carbs a day.) -Be eating 60-80 grams of protein a day. -Keep a log of your miles. -Dont try to be a some rocky and go crazy with running your first few weeks, and then end up burning out. Spend about 7 weeks just building a base. Then step it up with speedworkouts, weight training,etc. -The bigger a base you have, the less of a chance you have of burning out. -Cross train in the off season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNBUNBIGGY Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Yo Glik, Where do you go for bjj and striking? PM me. Im finally ready to work out again. I got frucked up from a car accident and haven't done shit for a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolentByDesign Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I really want to get in shape. As of now I'm 18, 6'2, 220 lbs and don't really have much muscle at all. I'm not really all that fat, just in my stomach and chest. I never got into exercising so I never really built up anything. Put it this way: I can't do one single push up. So I'm basically looking for a nice plan to follow so I can drop the fat on my stomach and chest and generally become stronger. I have a weight bench and some free weights. I also have a step-machine. Right now I could probly put up like 100 max on the bench, and 5 minutes on the step machine set on maximum resistance has me done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARRERO BEAST Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! to lens... eating nothing during the day and stuffing your face before bed will make you gain weight. I know this because its what the sumo wrestlers do. That noxplode stuff will give you serious amounts of energy during workouts thus resulting in a much more effective workout and at the same time will store water in your muscles to make you bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARRERO BEAST Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 and at the same time while takin no explode be sure to drink shit loads of water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Niser Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 vitamins help out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! Yo Glik, Where do you go for bjj and striking? PM me. Im finally ready to work out again. I got frucked up from a car accident and haven't done shit for a year and a half. I privately train with a 65 professional fight experienced cage fighter, I dont go to an actual class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysoprano Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 pulls ups, push ups, sit ups and umm im going to have to say run ups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 i hear that the deadlift is pretty much a shitty exercise too much strain on ur back and hamstrings without much to gain apperently (from what a physio said) once u get older and try to do it, you can really fuck up your back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 " latissimus dorsi, trapezius, erector spinae, gluteals, hamstrings, quadriceps, and psoas (hip flexors). Your forearm muscles, which are involved in gripping the bar, are strongly involved, as are muscles involved in trunk stabilization such as your obliques and abdominals. In all, nearly three quarters of your total muscle mass is involved in performing this compound movement." Deadlift is pretty much the best overall strength gaining exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Re: Exercise!!! i pulled my hamstring pretty bad doing it....my whole leg is pretty hurting....i do other things in its place anyways, since u know a lot about exercises, what do you suggest as a good obliques exercise....i need something that i can do using barbell or dumbbells that 'stimulates' the obliques and has like a twisting motion in the exercise...like twisting the upper body....:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLIK$ Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 The strained hamstring could have been from improper form. I do deadlift sets in excess of 400lbs and have never had an injury from it. Any oblique exercise that youre going to do with weights is going to increase waist size. But if thats what you're looking for take a heavy dumbell and place it in your hand and with your arms at your sides, do side bends. Feet shoulder width apart and bend at the waist, focus on using your obliques to stabalize you going down and pulling you up as you come up. You can also do unweighted twists, standing or sitting. Keeping your head and hips as stationary as possible twist your body as far as it will go toward the center. Same thing seated, but obviously seated. Also helps if you use a light broomstick or bar across your shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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