Workout

[JohnTRourke]

WTH, did you guys stop working out or something?????

[Great-Kazoo]

I have a recumbent exercise bike available, if someone's' looking .

[trlcavscout]

WTH, did you guys stop working out or something?????

Got up at 5am, did some AM arm work and some treadmill. Tonight I will finish up the upper body workout.

[def90]

I workout at 24 Hour Fitness.. plenty of locations around town and the country so that I can get a workout in just about anywhere. I started out with a trainer a couple years ago. I was looking to just shed 10-15 lbs and tone up. He put me on an interval style workout. Basically I go in and do a couple warmup exercises such as variations of pushups, crunches and balance exercises. My workout then consists of a fast walk on a treadmill or any other cardio machine for a period of 3-4 minutes. You should be moving at a pace that does not allow you to hold a conversation yet you do not need to be at a running pace. I try to get to a heartrate of around 130-135. I then jump on to a set of weights. Once again this isn't about bulking up and getting huge so you do not have to pile the weight on. I do a 3 sets of whatever weight exercise I am doing at that moment and when finished I then jump back on another cardio machine for 3-4 minutes. I repeat until I have done 6 different weight workouts. usually this is 3 upper chest, back and arms and 3 lower back, abdomen and leg sets. I do this 3 times a week and then the set of workouts I do changes from week to week. I pretty much have 4 months worth of workouts from him with a different set of workouts for each week.

What the trainer told me.. Vary your workouts, doing the same thing each week over a period of time and your results will start to quickly drop. Proper form when lifting is more important than throwing on a ton of weight. Eat smaller meals throughout the day, I was eating a good breakfast, a small sandwich at lunch (around 11:00), a snack in the afternoon which was usually the other half of my sandwich around 3:30-4:00 and a later dinner around 7 following portion guidelines that you can find anywhere on the net.

[JohnTRourke]

did you really just use the word "tone"???????

[def90]

did you really just use the word "tone"???????

Sorry, what word should I have used? It's a regularly used fitness term..

[blacklabel]

Sorry, what word should I have used? It's a regularly used fitness term..

I think he's more mocking the fact that a dude said "tone". As far as getting bulky goes, it's not something that accidentally happens and you can become ridiculously strong without the size that most people associate with that type of strength.

[JohnTRourke]

I dont' think I'm going to get my bicycle ride in this morning. (Wednesday is my do a big ride day usually)

I'll come home in the rain, but I"m not leaving in the rain.

Think I"ll take a deload day (i.e. perfect day for a nap)

[roberth]

i'm still doing my thing; i've increased my reps and weight on a couple of things - nothing noteworthy though

[DEAGLER]

Do you guys work out 2 muscle groups a day or focus on one muscle per week?