Workout Thread II

[Special K]

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

[MissU28]

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.

[PleaseBlitz]

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.



RIP.

[Special K]

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

[SkinsHokieFan]

Congrats! The mud race sounds pretty similar to what some of my CrossFit friends and I signed up for this summer: Tough Mudder. Looking forward to getting my ass kicked on the course, haha!

If you do crossfit, tough mudder will be easy.

Sadly way way too many people do tough mudder now and because of that the waiting takes the "tough" out of tough mudder

[Prosperity]

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.

[Dr. Do Itch Big]

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.

[tone_dubbz]

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.

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.

[PleaseBlitz]

What 200 calories looks like.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-20...-look-like.htm

What 2000 calories looks like.




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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If you do crossfit, tough mudder will be easy.

Sadly way way too many people do tough mudder now and because of that the waiting takes the "tough" out of tough mudder

Just signed up for the Spartan Race in Leesburg in August.

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.

[Park City Skins]

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. Big workout for the week done.

[Special K]

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. Big workout for the week done.

Good job on the weight loss, PCS!

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 Maybe when I get in Olympic caliber shape I'll be able to sprint 4 laps, ha.