Workout Group Put up or shut up

[BrianAlt]

I haven't been participating here, but I figured that I could add that I've been off my butt since February.

I've only lost 11 lbs., but I'm down 2 notches on my belt and I have more definition than I've ever seen on my body before.

My goals were (in order):

1. Get in shape
2. Get my head on straight
3. Lose weight

It's working.

[deznice]

Originally Posted by DWarrior

Congrats!



I'm no expert, but I now regularly work out after fencing practice. I usually take at least an hour break though.

yeah... I will run at night... I need it, and I love running... cool thing about this bootcamp is I am using weights as well (8 lb dumbells, so I will learn how to use these as well. and work out properly for stregnth

[deznice]

Originally Posted by BrianAlt

I haven't been participating here, but I figured that I could add that I've been off my butt since February.

I've only lost 11 lbs., but I'm down 2 notches on my belt and I have more definition than I've ever seen on my body before.

My goals were (in order):

1. Get in shape
2. Get my head on straight
3. Lose weight

It's working.

sahweet... shave that beard and thats 2 lbs right there :-) Whats your routine (if any)

[BrianAlt]

Originally Posted by deznice

sahweet... shave that beard and thats 2 lbs right there :-) Whats your routine (if any)

Two days a week working with a trainer for an hour. 2-3 times a week on the elliptical for half an hour. Play softball every Sunday morning. Supplement or replace the cardio workouts with a bike ride or recumbent bike every now and then (mostly depending on the weather).

Changed my diet. I never ate breakfast, I don't like traditional breakfast foods, I ate a big lunch and usually a smallish dinner.

Now I eat a big handfull of almonds and a fruit first thing, granola bar mid-morning, sandwich or salad with turkey for lunch, protein bar mid-afternoon and reasonable dinner at night.

Was 218, now at 207. My lowest adult weight has been 186. (I'm 5' 11" if that matters.) Hurt my knee a few years back, stopped doing everything, which was mostly softball and bike riding. Now I'm doing "gym stuff". Never knew my way around a gym, but now I'm learning. And I'm glad I am.

[BrianAlt]

Any advice or thoughts?

[shantastic]

i was starting to get in a bit of a rut and hadn't been able to lose anything for the past few weeks (plus i've been busy finishing my master's thesis and haven't had a lot of time on my hands) but for the past week i've increased my cardio from about 30-40 minutes to 50-60 minutes and it's made a huge difference, apparently. i lost 3 lbs this week! hooray!

[listener]

Since summer is coming up, I want to get in shape, so I torrented P90X. Don't know if any of you guys (and girls) have done it, but I was wondering if not following the diet they tell you to follow will make a big difference? I just want to do the workout routines with the resistance bands and weights plus cardio, and dont have the money for the protein bars/powder etc. any thoughts? By the way, I'm 17, 5'9, 170 lbs, kinda chubby, have almost no muscle definition what so ever :P

[marina]

Originally Posted by listener

Since summer is coming up, I want to get in shape, so I torrented P90X. Don't know if any of you guys (and girls) have done it, but I was wondering if not following the diet they tell you to follow will make a big difference? I just want to do the workout routines with the resistance bands and weights plus cardio, and dont have the money for the protein bars/powder etc. any thoughts? By the way, I'm 17, 5'9, 170 lbs, kinda chubby, have almost no muscle definition what so ever :P

I haven't done P90X, but doing something is better than doing nothing. I think there's a lot of bullshit out there that you need money and fancy shit to get a proper work-out, and I say fuck 'em. Especially if you're 17, all you have to do is spend more calories than you get.

[DWarrior]

So did everyone get lazy over the summer and quit? I didn't!

I'm down to 161lbs as of Sunday, and I think I'm going to follow the conventional SS for the next 2 months, then add back the plyo a couple of weeks before fencing starts.

Been doing mostly sets of 10-15 prior to this and mostly platoed but got some definition. Hopefully with sets of 5 I can actually get some strength. Just did power cleans for 95x5x3, squats 225x5 once and then failed twice after x3 , deadlift 225x5.

[Incognito]

Still hitting the gym at minimum 4 days a week. Not putting on as much visible mass as I would like, but definitely increasing my reps and weight limits, so that's good.

I don't do much cardio as it would go against what my goal is, so I stick to free weights/machines. I haven't done any squats/deadlifts yet, so I have no idea where I stand at that. Been sticking mostly to a leg press at the moment where I'm about 550x10 so I'm inclined to start doing them.