I wouldn't get one because of the price. If it did accurately measure how many calories I burned a day I would buy it. I don't need motivation to work out. That being said I wish I had one cause they look cool to me.
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I wouldn't get one because of the price. If it did accurately measure how many calories I burned a day I would buy it. I don't need motivation to work out. That being said I wish I had one cause they look cool to me.
I don't think those of us in this thread who have said they have a fuelband don't need motivation to workout either ;) The band helps motivate me outside the gym, to be more aware of my activity level during the "real" day...plus it's fun :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Do Itch Big
I have a fuelband, it's awesome. Definitely doesn't accurately count calories, but I use a heart rate monitor for that. I like comparing my steps I take daily and love it when my band lights up with "Goal"... I think I have it set for 5,000 fuel and 10,000 steps per day
edit: it does give me an idea of my calorie burning per day. On days where it says 1000+ I know I'm on track, when I'm under 1000, I know I need to get moving.
Joe Weider died. :(
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...abs_sports_pop
I remember when I was in HS, I had his "Ultimate Bodybuilding" book. It was the size of a phonebook and had hundreds, maybe thousands of exercises in it, training routines, everything. It ****ing told you how to tan for Mr. Olympus competitions. :ols:
http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/09/78...15_300X300.jpg
RIP.
3 Set RFT @ 1min. with 1 min. rest between sets:
- Burpee to box jump
- Knee to elbow
- Med ball thrust
- Sumo deadlift high pull
- Pushups
- Row machine
- Push press
Haven't felt this weak after finishing in a while. Tomorrow's going to suck :ols:
If you do crossfit, tough mudder will be easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Special K
Sadly way way too many people do tough mudder now and because of that the waiting takes the "tough" out of tough mudder
I started regularly lifting weights about 3 months ago. i've been doing 5x5 compound lifts for the past month or so. 5x5 has been awesome. My max bench press a couple months ago was 185, and now I can do 5x5 185. I've had basically linear progress on squat as well.
Good stuff man, I did same program and made amazing gains. Gained a lot of good mass too. For some reason though my chest grew a lot faster then my legs. Keep it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prosperity
KDawg put me on to that routine. Great program for a novice. Produced awesome results for me. Bench, squat, and dead lift maxes jumped up 30-40% in a couple of months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prosperity
What 200 calories looks like.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-20...-look-like.htm
What 2000 calories looks like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rgaqwFPU7cc
Obviously focuses on calorie density and not nutrition density, but interesting nonetheless.
I guess I should mention that carrots and bacon appear to be the winners, and these days the mere mention of the word bacon seems to get people hard.
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Just signed up for the Spartan Race in Leesburg in August.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinsHokieFan
http://www.spartanrace.com/midatlant...inia-2013.html
This is a "Super Spartan" which means its 9 miles, rather than the other one i did which was 3 miles.
30 pound mark should be reached soon. Unlike the weight loss program 3 years ago,(dropped near 25 in a similar amount of time using tabata and complexes),this program is a bit more unique. Okay. So. It's work. Unloading trucks,(hey it's a job),by hand then pulling all that freight by hand for about 3-4 hours a day 5 times a week will do it. Last night the boss,(me),decided it was a good day to "throw" the truck. 2,200 pieces in 1 hour and 50 minutes is pretty good. Lifting boxes weighing anywhere from a few ounces to 50+ pounds represents a lot of reps. :D Big workout for the week done. :whew:
Good job on the weight loss, PCS!Quote:
Originally Posted by Park City Skins
I hear ya on the work workout. I just took over the Y's gymnastics program and spotting, lifting, supporting and catching all the kids in my classes is a great upper body workout and calorie burner, good grief. I still do the CrossFit classes but I'm not too disappointed if I don't hit my upper body each weight session.
I had yesterday off, but the day before our instructor decided we needed pure cardio and had us run 8 400m sprints...uphill with only 90 second rests. Thought I was going to die, definitely need to incorporate more running into my workouts. Needless to say, the sprinting turned to jogging after the 2nd of the 8 for most of us :ols: Maybe when I get in Olympic caliber shape I'll be able to sprint 4 laps, ha.