Workout

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Originally Posted by trlcavscout

Did a nice chest/shoulder/tricep workout tonight. I have been slacking the last few weeks sitting in hospice for a week with my mom and then loseing her has taken its toll on me! I started drinking soda again and eating bad, gained about 15# and have been working out about once a week. I need to regain my motivation and try something different. Anybody do cross fit? Have thought about it lately to maybe motivate me. I bench all the weight I have now so its either buy more weights or join a gym of some kind, in Vegas I went to the gym religiously to watch the hotties but all I see is fatties at the gyms in Greeley.

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Sorry to hear about your mom!

I've always wanted to get into cross fit, but it's just out of my price range.

I was in a rut as far as gym motivation is concerned. I just had my son a few months ago, and had put on a few pounds. It was hell trying to find the time to get to the gym. I finally found a gym on my way home from work, and have really gotten motivated over the last month, six days a week religiously.

I found a routine I could get into, and have only been progressing. Find something you can track, and witness progress, change it up, join a gym you haven't been to before. Last but not least, get a good routine going before the New Years crowd starts taking over.

Good luck!

Dupe....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcNj...WPizJ7I2E6n1kA

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Originally Posted by JohnTRourke

Would someone please explain to me what the hell is with all this partial rep $hit????????
i'm not even talking about the 1/4 squat thing which has been around forever (and not with big strong people doing board presses or partial reps on purpose)

I'm talking about regular (weak) people doing bench and shoulder presses where people go down to a 90 degree bend in the elbow and then stop
WTF??????
bench press TOUCH THE FREAKING CHEST, TOUCH THE FREAKING SHOULDERS
full range of motion

seriously, where did this stupid idea come from? (it's never on big strong people either, I wonder why)

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Do you always get so wound up about how other people exercise?

I've been forced to limit my range of motion on a number of exercises due to joint degradation. Now that my body is breaking down, I wish I'd had the sense to limit the range of motion in my younger days when all the damage was actually being done.

I've made an interesting observation about fitness. At least, it's interesting to me.

I trained for a year for a adventure type race. Part of the training program I used was a once-a-week crossfit type workout specifically designed to make you quit. I've posted it here before and called it "man up Monday". It's a real bitch, especially for an old guy.

The training program was 6 days a week of misery with Monday as the "high" point. At the end of the training, I was in superb condition, again for an old guy. That ended back in July.

Since I'm no longer training for an event, I've backed way off on the exercise. I now do the Monday workout, then just an hour of weights two days a week and a 3 mile run every day. No high intensity stuff except Monday.

Here's the interesting part. My times on the Monday workout continue to go down. Even though I'm only training at high intensity once a week, I'm still improving. A lot. My best time at the peak of my training for the race was 88 minutes. I did it yesterday in 76.

I don't know what it means, but I find is counter-intuitive that I can train so little and still see such good improvement.

Anybody else experienced something similar? I'm starting to wonder if I'm on to something. It may just be that 47 year old men need that much time to recover. Maybe the younger guys can train 3X as often and make progress that much faster.

Everybody must have stopped post because of the holidays- get up and get un-fat, fatties :)

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Originally Posted by 02ducky

Everybody must have stopped post because of the holidays- get up and get un-fat, fatties :)

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Nope not at all, still hard at it!

Crazy but I haven't lost a single pound after a good solid 6 weeks @ 6 days a week, but the important part is clothes are getting looser. Picked up a new pair of 34's the other day, and they are very comfy with IWB carry.

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Originally Posted by 02ducky

Everybody must have stopped post because of the holidays- get up and get un-fat, fatties :)

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Im the fatty for the last couple weeks. I'll just say it: I'm using my eyes as an excuse to not exercise at all.

ive gained about 5~ish pounds of flab and gristle around my middle. It bothers me, but I'm having a hard time with the motivation.

ill get back into it.

I'm hard at it 6 days a week. Just increased my daily mileage from 3 to 4 miles. Crossfit on Sundays, weights Wednesday and Friday, running everyday.

I'm up 6-8 pounds, and it's not muscle. Gotta get control of my diet.

Tomorrow is the first day back into the fitness routine.

Remember, skinny happens in the kitchen. Strong happens in the gym.