the un official workout thread

[facemeltAAARGH]

I lost A LOT of weight even without HIIT, I just ate right and ran for 1 hour straight on the eliptical every other day. But only because I never knew what it was before, I wish I did though, I would've lost weight faster.

 

So, yeah... if you're fat, throw that value menu out and get into HIIT now.

[gasfacevictm]

Also, has anyone converted a gym friendly version of p90x? There has gotta be a way to get a similar and effective workout comparable to p90x in a gym setting...

 

Tnx in advance.

 

I did p90x at home and it helped me a lot, but if you're going to a gym and are in decent shape already, I'd just ditch it and do olympic type lifts with some other supplemental exercises of your choosing. P90x was cool and all, but there is a lot of isolation work and the cardio stuff seemed like a waste of time to me. I'd rather do intervals and lift heavy barbells and be done with it instead of spending 90 minutes doing 15 different kinds of curls and tricep extensions. That's just me though. The p90x plyo workout was hard though. 60 minutes of squatting and jumping is fucking hard.

[CALIgula]

take a tv and dvd player to the gym!

problem solved...lol..jk

[gasfacevictm]

People in the gym do weird shit.

I swear I could sit there all day and people watch.

One dude was doing reverse crunches while benching.

[Mr. Incognito]

you're right...i actually have to try to stop myself from staring at some of the fucked up stuff people do

[gasfacevictm]

Yeah, I mean...I'm all about people getting up and doing something aside from watching TV.

I also understand everybody wants something different out of their workout.

But some of the shit they do is just mind boggling and random.

[Duck Butter]

and probably very bad for them

[ShortFuse]

just got my rollers in last week for some extra work out time when its gets too cold around here. I dont have winter riding gear and the cost of that was more expensive than the rollers so I went with them. Im broke and in no rush to freeze my tail off.

 

[Mr. Incognito]

yeah or completely useless. like when people use weight machines with about 10lbs

[Mr. Incognito]

and probably very bad for them

 

or completely useless, like when people use about 10lbs of bar weight on a machine

[Mr. Incognito]

(sorry for the double post)

[vanfullofretards]

YOU FUCKING BETTER BE!!!

[facemeltAAARGH]

People in the gym do weird shit.

I swear I could sit there all day and people watch.

One dude was doing reverse crunches while benching.

 

Ive seen someone do that lol

 

 

Nothing beats fat guys with Tapout or UFC shirts shadowboxing in front of hot chicks. NOTHING.

 

:lol:

[gasfacevictm]

I like people who think sit ups and crunches will make their fat gut go away.

[Mr. Incognito]

yeah, and doing ten of each and calling it a day

[gasfacevictm]

Then rewarding themselves with a 6 pack.

[Mr. Incognito]

...of not even LIGHT beer

[hotsauceinthedickholewastaken]

anyone ever take this shit before you workout.

 

 

I've taken it a couple times now before the gym and yes I can lift more for longer, but it's a bitch to get to sleep at night. Anyone else have any experience with it?

[SystemFailure]

No supplement anything

 

I figure the amount of chemicals and other bad things I've put into my body would make not using supplements for the one healthy thing I do for myself a wise decision hahaha

[DIRTY D]

i use to have trouble sleeping at night when i was taking JACK3D

[Mr. Incognito]

if you really need a workout energy boost take a caffeine pill immediately before your workout

[Duck Butter]

wouldn't that just dehydrate you?

[KM4RT]

No.

Caffeine doesn't make you piss any more than water does.

Myth busted.

[Mr. Incognito]

true^

 

just keep drinking water, like you should during workouts anyway. Try it out sometime though, it's a good adrenaline booster and it helps you concentrate more. Not to say it should be taken every time though, and probably sparingly if at all

[gasfacevictm]

I just smoke crank and workout for one 24 hour session and I'm done for the week.

[morton]

Greetings,

 

After about 16 year of not working out I have decided to get in shape. I am 32, not overweight and generally strong but not like muscleman strong. I have worked physical jobs most of my life until loosing my job 2 years ago.

 

I am not interested in becoming like Arnold or anything but have decided to look into weights which I have never done before.

 

Here is the routine that I am working on now:

 

Swim 30 minutes every morning, 400 yard IM with 100 kick and 30 second rest between sets, I have been finishing 3 or 4 per workout.

 

Jog one mile on the high school track every night, been doing this with my kid to help him get his time to the "minimal national standard" of 10 minutes, so it is not super fast running.

 

I have been doing this workout routine from another thread on 12 ounce, the hundred push-up challenge. I am in week three of the push-ups, week two of the sit-up, and week one of the squats. http://hundredpushups.com/index.html

 

It is my intent to continue to do daily swimming and running and do some sort of weight bearing workout every other day.

 

Now, I have some experience working out from my youth, I swam for many years and was on the wrestling team briefly but I have never really worked out with weights. There is a little gym in my apartment complex that has the usual suspects for cardio which do not really interest me, bar bells and some "Life Fitness" brand plate loaded weight machines.

 

I have noticed from reading back in this thread a little that weight machines seem to be frowned upon, is this for all use or just for like maxing out? Should I just focus on push ups and other body weight stuff for now?

[lord_casek]

My opinion:

 

Either do Convict Conditioning or Starting Strength.

[lord_casek]

[Mr. Incognito]

Morton - sounds like you're doing pretty good with the non-weight training workouts so keep that up, it's more than i can say i do thats for sure. i get too into weight training and neglect other stuff like running.

 

if you're just starting out with weights, i'd recommend learning as many free weight exercises as possible. this link draws some of them out pretty well:

 

http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/dumbbellexercises.html

[vanfullofretards]

For a basic weight routine cover the 4 main exercises...

 

Bench Press

Squats

Deadlifts

Pullups

 

These 4 exercises, if done properly, will hit every major muscle in your body.

 

Then what I like to do is at least 2 isolation exercises for each of those 4 main exercises. So no less than 12 exercises all together. On bench press day I'll do the bench press (alternate between wide, medium and close grip), tricep pressdown (or skull crushers), incline bench, various shoulder exercises.

 

Squat day- squats, leg press, calf raise, weighted ab machine.

 

Deadlift day - DL's, stiff legged DL's, bent over barbell rows

 

Pull up day - pull ups, seated cable rows, shrugs and EZ bar curls.

 

 

So I perform isolation exercises that use the muscles that were used in my first compound exercise.

 

Stay in the 6-16 rep range, perform around 5 sets an exercise (no less than 3), always go to muscle failure, always use a weight you can handle, always have good form. Don't compare yourself to others at the gym.

 

 

 

^This post should probably be on top of every page.