i've finally found the secret to getting off my ass and going to the gym. i go immediately after work. i've been on track since the start of this year. i keep my clothes in my car and trek there right after work. if alternate between running and lifting and my intent is to go 4 days a week.

i have to lose body fat. trying to go from 14 or 15% to between 8-10%.


any pointers let me know.

1/6/2006 12:35:56 PM

Keep all your shit in one thread

1/6/2006 12:54:31 PM

i like your threads about killing yourself

1/6/2006 1:00:39 PM

bump that. i'm ready for a cold beer and hand in pants after work, al bundy style.

1/6/2006 1:09:07 PM

While you have a good point about always being ready to go, I'd hardly call being on track for 6 days notable.

1/6/2006 1:10:42 PM

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"i'm ready for a cold beer and hand fiancee in pants after work"

I personally prefer mornings, cuz drinking coffee at 5am and drinking coffee at 6am makes no noticeable difference.

[Edited on January 6, 2006 at 2:37 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2006 2:34:50 PM

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"14 or 15% to between 8-10%."

Good luck. It will take at least 6 months.

1/6/2006 2:36:34 PM

She went to the doctor got lipo wit' ya money

1/6/2006 2:39:35 PM

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"I'd hardly call being on track for 6 days notable. "

thread

sounds like a typical new years resolution gym person. try lifting consistently for 11 years then well talk

[Edited on January 6, 2006 at 6:39 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2006 6:38:26 PM

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"i've been on track since the start of this year"

whooo 7 days!! YEAH

1/6/2006 6:49:42 PM

dont alternate working out diff sections of the body



i heard its better to do everything you plan to exercise/improve on in one day
[ie, if you wanna work on your arms, abs, and some cardio, work it all into one day's worth of exercising]


i'm not claiming to be fitness guru mcgee, thats what was suggested to me though

1/6/2006 7:30:49 PM

^no. your muscles don't have time to heal between workouts.

1/6/2006 8:48:25 PM

yeah

thats some of the worst info i've ever heard

if you're tiny and trying to get swoll
go heavy on weights
and don't lift more than 3 days a week

if you're fat and want to get smaller
use more reps and less rest to keep your heart rate up

and if you want to grow muscle and lose weight
do the lifting first, cardio second

of course
i don't really know shit
and this guy is an alias

[Edited on January 7, 2006 at 1:20 AM. Reason : but yes, going to the gym before going home is KEY]

1/7/2006 1:19:43 AM

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"and if you want to grow muscle and lose weight"

you cant do this (simultaneously) without steriods and GH

[Edited on January 7, 2006 at 2:11 AM. Reason : -]

1/7/2006 2:10:42 AM

don't know how you people can stand working out after waking up

it just takes several hours before I feel hydrated and energetic

[Edited on January 7, 2006 at 2:31 AM. Reason : k]

1/7/2006 2:30:47 AM

willpower

1/7/2006 3:13:43 AM

i've found that since i'm always on tww i might just try to take a break, i mean there are some days i just wake up and dont feel like doing anything cause i can never get motivation, but i'm gonna try to not be so down all the time and just be productive and exercise and do hw and school, its all about willpower

1/7/2006 3:54:15 AM

it's easier if your work has a gym


durka durka

[Edited on January 7, 2006 at 11:27 AM. Reason : sd]

1/7/2006 11:27:11 AM

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"and don't lift more than 3 days a week"

Thats what I just switched too

1/7/2006 12:14:56 PM

jimb0: that made me hot

1/7/2006 1:06:00 PM

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"yeah thats some of the worst info i've ever heard"

whew, almost started working out this way

thx alot

1/8/2006 10:03:48 PM

the secret to getting into the gym is finding a gym teeming with hot-ass women. That way, you look forward to it all damn day and you'll never skip.

1/9/2006 12:22:49 AM

drag along someone else with you with same goals. then you can pick on each other for being fatter/scraunier, then workout.

1/10/2006 7:56:12 AM

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"the secret to getting into the gym is finding a gym teeming with hot-ass women"

there's hot b!tches in there and they are all cut up and ripped. it's pretty intimidating.

i must get some results. i'm going to try to go for a straight month and see if I get any noticeable difference.

this one guy he showed before/after pics in a fitness mag swears by doing 45min of cardio after lifting each time that's how he got ripped. after lifting the last thing i want to do is cardio. his pics were 4 months apart. guy lost 15lbs and has muscles even in his face.

1/10/2006 9:47:16 AM

i go to the gym before work. but that requires you to be completely out of your fucking mind and waking up at 5:30 a.m. like i do.

after work is indeed beer and no pants time. not gym time.

1/10/2006 9:55:47 AM

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"i'm going to try to go for a straight month "

2 words: Active Rest

consistently overtraining IS FAR WORSE than consistently undertraining, b

1/10/2006 10:56:38 AM

i alternate between lifting days and cardio and I rest on the sabbath, B.

1/10/2006 1:28:53 PM

oh word

still though

active rest, b

1/10/2006 1:43:21 PM

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"i alternate between lifting days and cardio and I rest on the sabbath, B."

today's a cardio. I plan on doing 45min on the treadmill and some ab work.

how vital is the cardio. i'm not looking to bulk up, I just want to take a bit of the excess skin (flab) off. I'm in pretty good shape, but I want to cut my body fat percentage to the single digits from my current 14%.

1/11/2006 9:35:54 AM

aerobic base training is for your health. that's your call, how vital it is.

1/11/2006 10:02:23 AM

Hit up the elliptical machine instead of the treadmill to burn more calories and get more of a full body workout.

1/11/2006 10:13:32 AM

treadmill can easily burn more than the elliptical.

1/11/2006 8:01:15 PM

the incline function whips my ass

i ♥ it

1/11/2006 9:05:05 PM

if you really want to burn fat do high intensity interval training (also known as HIIT)

do a little research on it i dont feel like explaining everything

oh yeah and cut all the fried food, junk food, and alcohol

1/11/2006 9:17:11 PM

^actually, there are no studies which show medium-high intensity endurance (45-60m) training is not superior to HIIIT training.

there are studies which prove 20 mins of HIIT is better then 45-60mins of LOW intensity for fat loss, but there is nothing conclusive that says HIIT is what you should be doing if you can keep your heart rate over 70-80% for 40mins.


this is a common misconception.

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 10:18 PM. Reason : -]

1/11/2006 10:18:13 PM

well all i know is i have tried both and there is a definate difference while doing HIIT. Granted you dont have the same endurance but if you arent training for a sport or something that you need great endurance it doesnt really matter.

1/11/2006 11:39:01 PM

aerobic base training is invaluable.



[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 11:50 PM. Reason : it also prevents overtraining.]

1/11/2006 11:50:14 PM

theres no question HIIT is a an incredibly hard work out, but one person's anecdotal evidence^^ doesnt mean anything. i have seen no studies that have backed the idea that HIIT is better for fat loss then medium-high intensity endurance training (and thats not for lack of an abundance of expert research in this area).

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 11:55 PM. Reason : -]

1/11/2006 11:51:19 PM

I can't do anything after work. It's either 4AM and I want to go to bed, or it's 8PM and I want to eat. And go to bed.
If I do it before work it's a lot easier. Then I'm not dreading it all day long.

1/12/2006 4:49:44 AM

did 45min on the treadmill yesterday. i thought I was going to die. I had to talk myself into not quitting. I thought I'd have enough energy to lift afterwards, but I headed straight for the door when I was done.

1/12/2006 9:29:59 AM

dude

what have i said

do a light warmup
lift first
then do your cardio

quit getting it twisted

1/12/2006 9:34:49 AM

i can't stomach doing cardio after lifting it has to be one or the other. after lifting I head straight for the door. i was reading the story of how this guy got ripped up in 4 months. he lifted and did 45min of cardio 6 days a week. that is kind of extreme.

1/12/2006 9:40:53 AM

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"I thought I'd have enough energy to lift afterwards"

ok dude, if you planned on lifting after 45 mins of cardio you need to look up overtraining. your goal isnt to overtrain.

1/12/2006 5:42:50 PM

but what about felons. inmates lift constantly and most of them are pretty ripped.

1/12/2006 5:45:40 PM

^^ Overtrain? I'm not in great shape at all and I do an hour of cardio (two 30 minute sets) and lift two to three times a week.

How much lifting are we talking about here?

1/12/2006 5:51:31 PM

Overtraining is doing 60 mins of cardio then on the SAME day trying to lift.

Convicts get an hour or so in the yard every day...they do NO cardio, only lift. They sure as fuck dont overtrain.

You cant do effective cardio and lifting on the same day. I know of no experts in the fitness community who thinks otherwise.

[Edited on January 12, 2006 at 6:21 PM. Reason : -]

1/12/2006 6:18:30 PM

there is so much misinformation in this thread

go find a fitness forum and get some real information

1/12/2006 6:21:00 PM

fitness forum is no better

1/12/2006 6:22:09 PM

if you look through the bullshit it is

its pretty easy to find out who knows what they are talking about

1/12/2006 11:40:00 PM

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"You cant do effective cardio and lifting on the same day. I know of no experts in the fitness community who thinks otherwise. "

Please explain why. I've read time and time again that lifting is important in losing weight which, as Amsterdam stated, is his intended goal. It raises the metabolism for up to 24 hours after the workout and helps to prevent some of the muscle loss associated with weight loss.

What is the big deal about doing it the same day? I know it will stunt muscle growth significantly, but it's not going to stop it alltogether and he never said he wanted to bulk up. What negative consequences does a person face when they do them both on the same day?

I'm not asking to be a dick. I'm asking because I really want the answer.

1/12/2006 11:59:26 PM