Thread for casual working out/weight loss.

Struggling at what? I thought this thread was "attempting to give actual advice"...why are you pressing on? Do you have "pretty pronounced psychological issues" or something? I hope it's just a persona. If you really want to keep whining to me, PM me. Don't derail this thread any more than it has been

So when someone attempts to actually press you on your hypocritical bullshit for once you try to play mod. Classic.

This thread is awesome. Also I didn't go to the gym today because I was too lazy to wake up at 7 am. Fuck.

I went to the gym today and did some squats and leg presses, then left because there were too many old ladies and they were intimidated by my swag.

Alright, time to get this back on track.

I have started branching out to other machines after reading the diagrams and watching other people do them. Slooooow gains, but I feel a lot better overall.

My newest questions:

- After using the elliptical for the first few weeks, I decided to get back into plain old running. I actually ran a 5K on the 4th of July in 34:20, not bad for my first ever race. Anyway, since running is higher impact, I find that I am much more tired after 1 or 2 miles of running than I ever was with 3 or 4 miles on the elliptical. Is "only" doing 20 minutes or so of running going to hurt my weight loss, or does the extra intensity vs. elliptical sort of cancel that out? In other words, is 20 minutes running = 40 minutes elliptical (rough numbers), or should I push for the same amount of sustained time no matter what the exercise?

- Similarly, have you guys found that it matters how much time you spend in the gym each visit, or should I just shoot for pushing as hard as I can? Lately it seems like I barely hit an hour of work, which makes me feel like an ass even though I'm exhausted. Should I be doing more than 3 sets of 10 on certain machines?

1) It's really just calories burned. It's highly likely you're burning more running than on an elliptical, so it could be "equaling out" as you suggest
2) I do not recommend being a slave to some rep scheme forever, but beyond that, the amount of time spent is good. 45-60 minutes of lifting is a good place to be

So, today was a "back and bi" day and I'm at a loss as to what else to do.

I did:

- 3 sets lat pulldown
- 3 sets rows
- 20 assisted pullups
- 4 sets bicep curls (machine, not free weights)
- 3 sets rear delt flys

Even though I was pretty wiped, this all took a total of about 20 minutes. With 20 minutes of running this had me out of the gym in 45 minutes. Am I going too fast or should I add more exercises? Or, is this okay for my beginner stage of all of this.

The fact that you're being able to pull off 14 sets in 20 minutes tells me that you're taking too little weight and too little rest between sets.

sup guys

So I started going to the gym about a month ago because I was sick of feeling tired and shitty all the time and noticed I've been gaining weight when I haven't changed my diet at all (also I would rather die than diet so changing what I eat is out of the question). So far it's going pretty good, I've been going regularly, I've lost fat around my abdomen, my legs are toning up and I don't rely on coffee to keep me awake as much anymore.

I still struggle with cardio though, since it tires me out pretty quickly and I find it hard to do more than 40 minutes at a time. Am I doing it wrong, or do I just need a better routine? I usually do 15 on the cross trainer, 15 on the bike and 10 on the treadmill (lol weakling).

You could always do interval training as well as/instead of steady state.

i lost 22 pounds in 5 months eating bacon, cream cheese, beef, and eggs.

and?

lol

That's like, 1lb per week which is nothing. Not the reason for the lol though. Congratulations anyway!

I joined a gym this morning LOL

I'm doing pretty great, I think. I've worked up to 120 lbs. on the lat pulldown, which is a personal favorite exercise for me. I've also started bench pressing, and hope to start squats too after watching some videos for form and advice.

I'm getting stomach pains and starting to feel full after eating less food than I normally can. Is this from cutting or should I seek medical attention?

that could be any number of things...i could try to help if you provide how long it's been going on, what foods you've been eating, etc, but if you're really worried just go to a doctor

I'll give it a few days. If the pain is still there I should have a breakdown of my carbs/fat/protein to post. I think I might just be ill but my flatmate says he gets it when he's cutting as well.

i know i usually harp more on macronutrients, but in this case i'd actually want to see the foods you're eating.

2 Wheatbix + milk
Tuna Sandwhich, packet of crisps, chocolate bar.
Some sort of meat based meal(currry or bolognese usually) along with pasta/potato/rice. I tend to get more calories from the protein than than the carbs.
Snacks are usually pears, oranges, apples, grapes,strawberries

Comes out at about 1400 calories. Some days I'll hit 2400 though because I've been out drinking.

i'd just wait it out. could be anything. if it continues, go see a doctor

Fuck. I couldn't down more than half a pint tonight without feeling full. Yeah wrong thread etc.... but this is annoying.

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sup guys

my heaviest was 350 in 2008, when i was on antipsychotics and drinking heavily. lightest in my adult life was 230 in 2011 but i was not in any way healthy then

gained about 30 pounds from august to november 2012 while i was getting clean and quitting tobacco. that was on top of about 30 pounds i had already gained before getting clean, because i had switched drugs.

still clean but lost about 10 pounds in the last month running every day, sleeping right and not eating so much. currently at 285.

I'm 156 lbs at 6'1" as of like 2 minutes ago, so that's a healthy weight in the 36th percentile. Feels good man, now I just need to get cut as fuck.

might as well post it again for some more free likes but yes, i've lost 25kg (55lbs) since july from counting calories and doing cardio for an hour a day five times a week

feels fucking good man, haven't felt this healthy my entire adult life. got about the same to lose again (wanna get down to ~95kg/210lbs - currently 119kg/262lbs, started at 144kg/315lbs) which is obviously going to take longer but i don't see it as being more "difficult" as such

still running, still hovering between 280 and 290, but as long as i don't put on more weight, this is not that bad. still i'd like to lose some more.

lol

I may try this keto thing to speed the process up over winter break

Lost 115lbs in just over a year. October 2011 I was about 360lbs. As of now I'm at 245lbs. Still got a ways to go for my target, but it feels great to be able to buy clothes at normal stores again. Plus I feel way better anyway.

Eating better and doing some form of cardio 5-6 days a week. I was doing a lot of weight lifting for a while there too, but I found focusing on weight loss and muscle gain at the same time was counterintuitive. I still lift now but not like I was. When I get closer to my target I'll get back into it.

The only thing I still keep in my life that would be holding me back is that I drink way too much, but fuck giving that up.

Lol

I haven't exercised in 3 weeks. feelsgutman

Wow, your an asshole. You want to scare me? OOH, big bad navy seal. 300 kills. Your such a bad ass! OH, I am SO sorry to have provoked your wrath! You should ask yourself, did I DIRECTLY challenge you? Did I TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY that I WANTED to beat your ass? No I did NOT! I said I was a pacifist. I even said I DON"T want to fight you. You should read the posts more carefully before you decide to lash out hatefully and threaten me. This was simply about how I don't (lift? No, I do not lift things, if your talking about weights or something) or exercise, I don't care to, and I don't like bacon. You took this to a WHOLE other level. I was just defending myself from YOUR spiteful comment where you made fun of me for simply not liking bacon and that I don't lift weights. You, and that other buddy of yours, should calm down. And you do not scare me. I've come close to death a few times, and I'm not scared of it. I accept it. I've been robbed before, and have felt the blade against my neck. And I've been fucked with and threatened my WHOLE life from ALOT of other people, even from my own dad! He is tough and unforgiving. I grew up in a military family. My dad graduated from West Point (Lt. Col) and fought in Vietnam, for your freedoms and mine, like that of freedom of speech (be it threatening, hateful, and mocking like yours) and mine (where I was simply standing up for myself when you made fun of me). And I am not a kiddo, I'm 30. And it's funny how you click "like" on your own comments. How egotistical. I'm done now.

hey guys

I run and don't lift legs because I figure that's what the running is for
upper body all the way guys right

hey guys

(not sarcastic at all this describes my actual workout routine)

serous poster

4 weeks

So you don't lift legs...

Run 10 miles one day,
Tell me how you feel afterwards, then in the morning

Do 5 sets of squats with a heavy weight another day,
Tell me you feel afterwards, then in the morning.

You will discover teh troof.

5 weeks

I'm joining Planet Fitness today so I can get ripped.

I finally got myself a new pair of running shoes few days ago, I had to throw my old crappy ones away last year. I've never really liked running only, but, after 15 years I finally had to quit playing soccer 1½ years ago due to a long back injury, I haven't been doing anything to keep my shape up. I've been mad at myself for being so goddamn lazy, I haven't even been to the gym for a year, eventhough I really like it. But I'm going to renew my gym card during the next few days.

I also put those running shoes to use and ran 2-3km lightly just to get started. It's -4C outside and roads were icy here and there so I had to watch my step, but it felt really good. And bad. Next few weeks will probably be challenging, but I'm just going to go easy at the gym and with my runs so I won't kill my motivation.

you're most likely doing more harm than good with whatever running shoes you done got,

also great to read the stuff from CatsMilk, and Zorbo, and ogr.

feelin' gooooooood

do you mean harm to my back? or feet?

i mean, technically your entire musculature, but mainly feet and legs

well, damn

I've read before that running shoes aren't doing any good for your feet, but I didn't think about it. If I get really into this running thing I might have to get me a pair of vibrams later or something.

lol