Lets all Diet & get in shape - Page 110

Accumulator · 12-06-07, 09:53

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Originally Posted by Petey

Since Sept I too have changed my lifestyle to get into better shape ... I've made exercise a part of my lifestyle rather than something I had to do to get fit and healthy...

Glad to hear you've made so much progress

Yeah, I'm a real broken record about coming up with a routine that you can stick with day-in, day-out (or more like *year-in*, year-out). It's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to *get* in shape

hondaguy2582 · 01-04-08, 10:15

I dont post too much during this time of year(hard enough to keep the car clean all the time with the salt and cold weather), but still working out heavily lifting 3x per week and conditioning 2-3x per week.

Currently, my best lifts so far are back squat 265x3, front squat im going to try to max on sunday at 245, and my military press overhead is 165 max. Other lifts Ill list later, but these are the ones I currently focus on along with power cleans.

Off days I do either of the following: kettlebells, jump rope with boxing, hiit, or swimming.

Keys to me staying injury free this time around are: dynamic stretching before workouts, foam rolling, and a stretching program at least after exercise and an additional two sessions of stretching per week to maintain/gain flexilibility. I also get much more sleep now then before, so Im gaining strength but not size still(calorie thing of course, but im not really feeling it for endulging 5000 cals a day right now).

Ill try and update my status when i come on here again.

Good luck to everyone else.

Aaron

Accumulator · 01-05-08, 09:08

Hondaguy2582- Happy New Year! I'd been wondering how you were doing. Glad to hear your'e getting your squats back up there without aggravating those old injuries.

Gee...this thread stays dead for months at a time. Wonder how everyone else's workouts are going

(Oh Danase....where are you Bob?

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I've added a little more grip work and got a Gerard Trap Bar that I'm using for stuff like Romanian deads. I'd working the front of my calves with the DARD (Dynamic Axial Resistance Device) more often in an attempt to prevent shin splints. The additional dogs have me doing a *LOT* of walking, but I dunno if it matters one way or the other

All the dog-time has prompted me to make my (weight) workouts a little shorter/more efficient. I'm doing fewer overall sets but keeping the intensity up there on the ones I *do* do. Doesn't seem to be having any negative effects, but like most routines I know I'll have to change it up after a while.

I noticed that the StairMaster had sunk down into its pad to where the pivots where rubbing a little on the pad. I repositioned it, figuring that the binding was probably making it harder than normal. SURPRISE

Moving it freed up the pivots all right, but it made the workouts *harder* as the greater number of steps-per-minute greatly overwhelmed the difference in resistance. Took about two months for me to get used to the difference and the added intensity was quite welcome (on the PT4000 we have, at level 9 I can't get it to go any faster- level 10 just increases the amount of time spent at the fastest pace and increasing the time isn't the same as going faster).

I was gonna get a Precor Elliptical but the aerobics room ceiling height isn't sufficient

baseballlover1 · 01-10-08, 09:02

I weigh 145 and im 5"10' ... i need to gain muscle mass and lose fat. I am told i need to eat more for lacrosse but i really wanna lose weight to get back those abs... lol Im ALMOST there. I just need to start eating less crap food and more protein and such.

Accumulator · 01-11-08, 09:27

baseballlover1- Heh heh, yeah, most *everybody* wants to gain muscle and lose fat

Quit eating [junk], exercise, and the rest of it'll take care of itself. I wouldn't worry about how much you weigh, just about how much of it is fat.

At your age, getting older will do a lot. You'll gain muscle as you get more physically "mature" as long as you do the diet/exercise thing properly.

FWIW, I'm 5' 10" too.

hondaguy2582 · 01-11-08, 07:33

did a top set of 315x5 on the deadlift(totally raw lift) that felt decently easy for not doing it in months. My incline bench for sets of 5 reps is 185 so far without reaching failure. Hopefully ill be able to reach 200 and keep going. Military presses still suck, have to find a way to get around my weakness(1rm=165).

Accumulator · 01-12-08, 11:14

hondaguy2582- As long as you're getting a good workout I wouldn't worry about the amount of weight. IMO that only really matters if you're gonna be competing in Olympic lifts, twenty years from now all that'll matter is whether you kept in shape or not.

Just avoid revisiting that injury...I'd hate for you to end up with something permanent. When I had that lower back (spinal erector) problem I couldn't do normal squats for months on end; I was starting to wonder if I'd be doing the hip-belt squats for the rest of my life! These days I just keep the weight reasonable and do more reps...higher-rep squats are beneficial in a whole lotta ways anyhow.

hondaguy2582 · 01-21-08, 08:53

Higher reps dont really work for me anymore. Besides, I really reevaluated what I was doing and just focused on my form for squatting(front and back) and improved my deadlifting technique. Along with some crosstraining and a bit of flexiblity work(a couple days a week, dynamic stuff everyday), I feel much more confident and am prepared physically and mentality for the heavier weights.

Accumulator · 01-21-08, 09:23

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Originally Posted by hondaguy2582

Higher reps dont really work for me anymore. Besides, I really reevaluated what I was doing and just focused on my form for squatting(front and back) and improved my deadlifting technique..

OK, higher reps didn't work for me either until my mid-40s. I will say that I get a big cardio effect from higher reps of heavy movements though, nothing else seems quite the same. But yeah, form is the most important thing IMO, especially for movements like the squat. And yeah, flexibility work gets overlooked by too many people.

hondaguy2582 · 01-26-08, 09:35

325x5 deadlift two days ago, 245 5x5 back squat today. 2 days off and Im looking at some active recovery methods plus foam rolling and stretching!!!!!!

Accumulator · 01-27-08, 11:46

There you go

baseballlover1 · 01-27-08, 07:59

For the past 3 weeks ive gone to the GYM every day after school and did:

Monday,wednesday, friday:3 reps of 10 squats at i think 30 pounds. (i know... not much but the varsity soccer team i work out with dont want to have to change the weight and im too lazy)

3 reps of 10 benching. 1 rep-100 2nd-110 3rd-120

50 curls with 20 lbs strapped to me

tuesday and thursday:

3 miles with 2 hoodies on, 2 pairs of sweatpants and mittens on

Im working hard to get in shape for the 1st lax practise... coach says hes going to make us run until i throw up... like me personally... no1 else just me. HE HATES ME! And its just cus i beat him in raquetball. I mean he despises me!