The Getting Back/In Shape Thread

[blazinkill504]

Shit I just realized I've already met the 20 mile goal I set for the 3rd week! That's awesome as fuck. So far it's 20.56 miles down this week, with 2 days left, I could literally do fuckin' 30 if I didn't rest tomorrow!! Crazy improvement in just 3 weeks! I'm not even that sore and I'm sure by tomorrow I'll be good to go again!

I'm just trying to keep a constant level of improvement, to make sure I steadily increase everything. 16 miles as a basis, 18 miles as improvement, 20 miles (easily surpassed on JUST the 3rd week!) to keep up the level of improvement. I'm keeping a log like this to show people how much is required to get to the level I'm at. I started out at 15-20 lbs overweight, I've probably lost 5-10 lbs since, and I've got a good schedule for another 8 weeks, the results should be interesting regardless. I hope I don't see a peak in performance, I just hope to keep steadily increasing all the numbers, progress!

I'm getting some tan lines too, but I wear sunblock because fuck sunburns!

i know if i didnt weight train and crossfit soo hard you'd have me runnin more too fuck haha id say last week i ran roughly 5 miles. i forgot to mention it, but i hope you do say somethin to that lady. the more physically fit you get the more confident an mentally fit. plus she's gonna see you out there doin work so im sure she was checkin you out. last time i ran at my friends house damn near every girl was head turnin when we was runnin. i was like bitch dont just look pull over! i might be runnin but im not the flash in this bitch im not chasin you down.

i go shirt on first half shirt off second half to take care of them tan lines. ima be in florida next weekend so i gotta be even with the tan! i dunno what ima do today tho i know im workin out biceps. i think thats all i might do today cause ive been thrashin my legs for the past week.

 

[Perfextionist420]

I'm 2 weeks into my new diet and exercise routine. I'm lifting every other day with push ups pull ups and crunches and running everyday for a minimum of 3 miles. Just yesterday and the day before I reached the point where I ran the whole 3-3.5 miles without stopping to walk so now I have to hold myself to that standard and slowly increase it.

Just two weeks after Ive noticed a massive boost in my sex drive confidence and overall ballsyness lol. Pada hopefully you run by her again so when you do make it apparent when you do it and give her a little up down look then flash a flirty smile and see her reaction. Maybe you get some real exercise in

If she was jogging and it was received well I'd turn right around and run her route all the way back to her bedroom

Giggity

 

[BA142]

Cycled 20 miles in the morning then played 18 holes. Shot a 1 under 71....solid round, my short game was on fire!

 

[blazinkill504]

i know ima kick it up a knotch from here on out time to push myself now that i gotta bowflex type machine thats gonna help soo much with my lifts and trainin. got my diet sorta on track i just have food with a decent amount of fat, but i doubt even if i was on a 2000 cal diet i wouldnt be gettin than 50-60% at the most some days i eat real clean and some days i just say fuck it and eat a tv dinner and some pop tarts. lol im sure im eatin more than 2000 cals in a day tho. i just hope workin out 5-6 days a week some days twice a day will make up for that.

 

[blazinkill504]

I'm 2 weeks into my new diet and exercise routine. I'm lifting every other day with push ups pull ups and crunches and running everyday for a minimum of 3 miles. Just yesterday and the day before I reached the point where I ran the whole 3-3.5 miles without stopping to walk so now I have to hold myself to that standard and slowly increase it.

Just two weeks after Ive noticed a massive boost in my sex drive confidence and overall ballsyness lol. Pada hopefully you run by her again so when you do make it apparent when you do it and give her a little up down look then flash a flirty smile and see her reaction. Maybe you get some real exercise in

If she was jogging and it was received well I'd turn right around and run her route all the way back to her bedroom

Giggity

if you're doin a lot of body lifts check out crossfit to kick that up a notch an you can incorporate your runnin into that too.

[video=youtube;ZAjV-LOW_uo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAjV-LOW_uo[/video]

those were the ones i could find off youtube that are just body weight workouts. go to their website and they have tons of body weight moves and you can just make your own just follow their little/no rest and rep/set an your good i been makin up my own an its been workin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN79ghQkRR8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAO7OG077Ac&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4kRtvKrRY&feature=related

 

[drive]

weather has been getting me down lately so I wnet out for a 5 mile run and then did squats and some ab work. I feel better now

 

[blazinkill504]

monday and today have been slow cause ive been helpin my friend put together his baby gym he just bought. tonight i did me a little workout tho

21/15/9 no rest/little as possible
cluse grip pullups
modified handstand pushups
crunches

then i went inside an did 5 sets of lat pulldowns just to get me somethin in for tonight. i know tomorrows gonna suck cause i got chest/legs and if i run tomorrow along with my 2nd workout which hits mainly chest/legs ima be thru for my friday run leg wise.

i been havin the same issue drive when it rains in a already humid an hot area its horrible to try and train outside.

 

[blazinkill504]

well got me a workout in today, but i hurt somethin in my back doin squats.

4 sets of flyes 10-15 reps
2 sets of leg lifts 21 reps
4 sets of bench press10-12 reps
4 sets of cable flyes 8-10 reps heavier weight
4 sets of tricep pulldowns 10-15 reps
4 sets of incline bench 8-12 reps
4 sets of one arm tricep extensions 8-10 rep

every 4 sets done equals a set of squats
same with calf raises.

wore me the fuck out and i tried to squat too much and did somethin to my back an it hurts like hell right now. i was gonna do another workout tonight but not no more

 

[drive]

road with group last night one of my peeps is doing RAAM in a couple of weeks. got soaked skies opened up on us

 

[Padawanbater2]

Day 20 - June 4, 2012

Skipped

Day 21 - June 5, 2012

Skipped

Day 22 - June 6, 2012 (WEEK 4 - Day 1)

Distance: 1.64 mi
Duration: 19:37
Calories burned: 221
Average speed: 5 mi/h
Pace: 11:57 min/mi

Drank a lot of vodka the on the 5th and woke up hungover as fuck yesterday. I ended up waiting till around 5 because I was still kind of disoriented. Couldn't run for shit and started getting a pounding headache halfway through.. Cut it short..

Anyway, this is the 2nd day of the 4th week.

Total distance for week 3 (skipped 2 days) - 20.56 miles
Total accumulated duration: 4 hours 35 minutes *
Total calories burned: 2,115

Difference in total distance: +1.93 mi
Difference in total accumulated duration: -1 hour 5 minutes
Difference in total calories burned: +172

Awesome, all goals met and a substantial increase in the total duration.

I've also increased the strength in my arms in 3 weeks at least double, I started out doing 10 reps for push ups, now it's increased to 20. Next week 30, etc.

Goal for next week is to do another 22 miles

I'm going to go out in about an hour, try to cover at least 5 miles. I had a pretty light breakfast, an apple and 3 eggs, scrambled with spinach, so we'll see how that fuel works, will report back

 

[kizphilly]

u still going hard thats whats up

 

[blazinkill504]

so my back is offically fucked it hurts to move an bend but i still did back/biceps today just with with some lighter weight. this really sucks cause i wanna be workin out intense an i cant do that not for id say a week or two hopefully. runnins out the question too this is gonna suck!

 

[Padawanbater2]

so my back is offically fucked it hurts to move an bend but i still did back/biceps today just with with some lighter weight. this really sucks cause i wanna be workin out intense an i cant do that not for id say a week or two hopefully. runnins out the question too this is gonna suck!

Damn dude that sucks, best thing for a quick recovery is to stay off it till it heals

I've been experiencing something similar with my left knee, the impact from running feels like it's wearing on the joint, it's maybe a 2-3 on the pain scale whenever I run

Day 23 - June 7, 2012 (WEEK 4 - Day 2)

Distance: 4.05 mi
Duration: 56:03
Calories burned: 395
Average speed: 4 mi/h
Pace: 13:50 min/mi

Goddamn bee followed me for a good 1/2 a mile yesterday near the middle of the run! FUCK BEE'S! I think it stung my back too, the bastard!

 

[Kodank Moment]

Getting my gym membership, probably tomorrow, about to take this shit way to seriously.

Gonna have my buddy help me with my before pictures, gonna have a body fat test done, then I'm gonna fuck shit up and go hard as fuck.

Way to stick with it Pad, if running hurts, try riding a bike about 3 times the distance you run. Also swimming is probably the best cardio there is. No impact and you work almost your entire body, plus the resistance of the water.

 

[Padawanbater2]

Getting my gym membership, probably tomorrow, about to take this shit way to seriously.

Gonna have my buddy help me with my before pictures, gonna have a body fat test done, then I'm gonna fuck shit up and go hard as fuck.

Way to stick with it Pad, if running hurts, try riding a bike about 3 times the distance you run. Also swimming is probably the best cardio there is. No impact and you work almost your entire body, plus the resistance of the water.

Hey what's up Kodank, haven't seen you on in a while. How's the Guard plan going?

How tall are you and what's your weight at right now?

I'm a poor kid, I don't own a bike, but you're right, they're awesome for a low impact cardio workout, same with swimming, but the public pool in my city, the one the taxpayers just spent 6 million bucks to put in, only has swim times at goddamn ridiculous hours, something like 6am-8am, then they go all day with nothing, then open it back up again from 5pm-6:30pm, how's that make any sense?! Been thinking about just jumping the fence and saying fuck it.. lol, what are they going to do? "heey... you're not supposed to be in there..." "oh... OK, sorry.." lmao..

Hardest part so far in the past 3 weeks is still the late night snacking! It's not too bad, and generally relatively healthy shit, but still, no good... My dumbass needs to get a handle on that.

 

[blazinkill504]

Damn dude that sucks, best thing for a quick recovery is to stay off it till it heals

I've been experiencing something similar with my left knee, the impact from running feels like it's wearing on the joint, it's maybe a 2-3 on the pain scale whenever I run

Day 23 - June 7, 2012 (WEEK 4 - Day 2)

Distance: 4.05 mi
Duration: 56:03
Calories burned: 395
Average speed: 4 mi/h
Pace: 13:50 min/mi

Goddamn bee followed me for a good 1/2 a mile yesterday near the middle of the run! FUCK BEE'S! I think it stung my back too, the bastard!

yea i been tryin to stay off it. fuckin somethin bad happens everytime i do squats im tellin ya! for you tho do you take any fish oils? those help with your joints a lot. the bee was just tryin to motivate you to kick it up thats all! lol

 

[bombasticson]

Yo man this will shead pounds but you need a real good blender

250 ml of orange juice
4 stalks of celery
parsley
spinach
1 cucumber
small piece of ginger
2 apples
one banana

 

[Kush2180]

At first I thought this would be better suited for a journal type thing, but I figured there are probably more people in the same shoes as me who'd like to get back in shape too. I think it would be a cool idea to keep each other motivated and comment on each other's progress. I'll probably be updating it similar to this post a few times a week, I find the more you keep track of your statistics the easier it is to keep consistent.

Anyway, I have a really useful app on my phone I use when I run, it keeps track of distance, speed, calories burned, all kinds of useful shit! It might be free, but I think I paid $.99 for it, it's called MapMyRUN

Pictures are always a plus to help see the progress. I'm chubby right now but fuck it, I won't be by July, so I'll get some pics of my fat ass self up here as the thread progresses.

Share helpful tips on healthy foods too, maybe something you came across that gives you a lot of energy, a good recipe for some healthy chicken dinner, whatever.


My pro tips for becoming healthy are as follows, this is stuff I've personally observed to work well;

1. Water! Drink NOTHING but water.

2. Chicken and fish are the best sources of protein with the least amount of fat, great pre-workout foods

3. Always eat breakfast

4. Don't excessively snack throughout the day

5. Leafy greens are excellent for your body, the darker the better

6. Fresh > Frozen > Canned

7. KEEP CONSISTENT, if you have a regular workout schedule and you miss ONE day, you're statistically 75% more likely to skip the next one!

8. Don't exercise everyday, give your body time to recover

9. Don't feel guilty for indulging in something every once in a while, like a piece of cake for someones birthday

10. Wear sunblock! One bad sunburn increases your risk of getting skin cancer by 50%

11. Change up your workouts to keep yourself interested, one day jog a couple miles, the next day go cycle, swim, etc.

12. MUSIC is a huge motivator, get an MP3 player and listen to it while you workout!


So for me, today is day one. I just got back from a really short, moderately intense (because of the fat) workout, here are the results of that and my current status;


Day 1 - May 17, 2012

Distance: 1.56 miles
Duration: 24:52
Calories burned: 98
Average speed: 3 mi/h
Pace: 15:44 min/mile
Current weight: *190lbs (6'2")
*estimate

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Day 2 - May 18, 2012

Distance: 3.95 miles
Duration: 101:44
Calories burned: 260
Average speed: 3 mi/h
Pace: 15:34 min/mile

After today I feel sore as hell!

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The distance helps out a LOT. The beginning is always the toughest part, but I know once the current distance reaches somewhere around 15-20 miles, my body will have much more stamina, it's kind of like a snowball effect. The more you do it, the more you can do.



So hopefully more people join in on this, perfect time to get your summer beach body and get rid of those love handles!

Just to let you know you should eat Carbs before a workout and Protein (chicken, fish) after a workout

 

[bombasticson]

yea i been tryin to stay off it. fuckin somethin bad happens everytime i do squats im tellin ya! for you tho do you take any fish oils? those help with your joints a lot. the bee was just tryin to motivate you to kick it up thats all! lol

You not supposed to jog on concrete man its real bad for your joints go to a track or ride a bike.. Many people dont know it is like suicide for you joints

 

[ganjames]

i wish i could get ripped, i just don't have that kind of body though.. i'm pretty much a twig and i eat a shitload of protein.

but i can still bust out like 30-45 pull ups/chin ups and do like 50-75 push ups with ease... i think i'll forever be skinny though.