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[serge]

rcgs59, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 8:22 AM, said:

So today at the gym he put's me on the stair climber, dfghjkll;'sdfghjkll;that is got to be the worse machine imagable. I swear he wants me dead. Upper weights now increased by 2.5 lbs and the lower legs by 5 lbs. fml I need a hot tub now. Also up to 3 miles on the tread weeeeeeeeeee. Getting weigh in this afternoon at my weight management doctor today , and I have to see my cardiologist as well. such a fun life.

congrats Rose..Its not easy but it will pay off..

[dolfan]

Yeah, Sal, I mean...if you're sitting on your coach, how can you expect them to provide you with proper training?

[Sal Paradise]

dolfan, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 11:34 AM, said:

Yeah, Sal, I mean...if you're sitting on your coach, how can you expect them to provide you with proper training?

I've never thought of it that way!yeah. but anyways, I actually did get my two workouts in yesterday and I definitely did go a little harder than normal given the extra time I had. in addition to my other regular stuff, I did two sets of maxed out bench presses, not high weight but as many reps as I could do, then two sets of maxed out push ups and an extra set of curls. woke up this morning at about 4:20 (ten minutes earlier than normal) and thought I was having a heart attack. it was actually just my chest being extra sore and in a weird position first thin in the morning coupled with my biceps being sore too, but I tell ya, it was a weird first few minutes being up. you KNOW you're pumping it to the MAX when you're so sore you think you're having a heart attack. FLEX.so far today I've done one set of cardio (like 12 or so miles on the bike in <30 minutes) and I think I'm gonna go do some ab stuff here in a little bit before I do my second set of cardio this evening.

[dapokerbum]

socalpoker_j, on Monday, May 4th, 2009, 6:07 PM, said:

Just got back from jiu jitsu, rolling for an hour. Felt pretty miserable before, don't know what I have (definitely not the swine flu). There's a really overzealous dude in the class that thinks he knows everything and tries to go full speed with every drill (when its common courtesy not too). He tried to sink a arm bar super deep like I stole something from him, so I made sure to pick him up and drop him on his head. I think he got the hint.

I guess it's just me but I try to follow a more zen like approach to those types. Whenever faced with that type I would just not resist anything that they did therefore making it look like he was overzealous to the rest of the class. Sometimes people followed suit and they eventually learn to go slower since he is not getting any type of feedback from his drills. Just something to think about as I am sure you are figuring out that any good martial arts person thinks more with his mind rather than force.

[dapokerbum]

Sal Paradise, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 9:41 AM, said:

I've never thought of it that way!yeah. but anyways, I actually did get my two workouts in yesterday and I definitely did go a little harder than normal given the extra time I had. in addition to my other regular stuff, I did two sets of maxed out bench presses, not high weight but as many reps as I could do, then two sets of maxed out push ups and an extra set of curls. woke up this morning at about 4:20 (ten minutes earlier than normal) and thought I was having a heart attack. it was actually just my chest being extra sore and in a weird position first thin in the morning coupled with my biceps being sore too, but I tell ya, it was a weird first few minutes being up. you KNOW you're pumping it to the MAX when you're so sore you think you're having a heart attack. FLEX.so far today I've done one set of cardio (like 12 or so miles on the bike in <30 minutes) and I think I'm gonna go do some ab stuff here in a little bit before I do my second set of cardio this evening.

NICE JOB SAL!

[socalpoker_j]

dapokerbum, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 12:19 PM, said:

I guess it's just me but I try to follow a more zen like approach to those types. Whenever faced with that type I would just not resist anything that they did therefore making it look like he was overzealous to the rest of the class. Sometimes people followed suit and they eventually learn to go slower since he is not getting any type of feedback from his drills. Just something to think about as I am sure you are figuring out that any good martial arts person thinks more with his mind rather than force.

I didn't do anything immediately. I'm pretty passive (kinda hard to imagine that) and it takes a lot to annoy me. The professor came over when he saw him trying to wrench that arm bar super-deep and told him to take it easy, but he continued to do it after he walked away. I just figured it was taking along time for that information to travel to his brain, so I just wanted to place his head on the ground so that he might get the message faster.

[Sal Paradise]

dapokerbum, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 3:19 PM, said:

NICE JOB SAL!

got the abs done too, but it's gonna be a bitch getting back on that bike. I DON'T WANNA.

socalpoker_j, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 3:25 PM, said:

I didn't do anything immediately. I'm pretty passive (kinda hard to imagine that) and it takes a lot to annoy me. The professor came over when he saw him trying to wrench that arm bar super-deep and told him to take it easy, but he continued to do it after he walked away. I just figured it was taking along time for that information to travel to his brain, so I just wanted to place his head on the ground so that he might get the message faster.

I agree with this.

[dapokerbum]

socalpoker_j, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 12:25 PM, said:

I didn't do anything immediately. I'm pretty passive (kinda hard to imagine that) and it takes a lot to annoy me. The professor came over when he saw him trying to wrench that arm bar super-deep and told him to take it easy, but he continued to do it after he walked away. I just figured it was taking along time for that information to travel to his brain, so I just wanted to place his head on the ground so that he might get the message faster.

That's just an all around funny part of your post.

[Dratj]

socalpoker_j, on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009, 11:25 AM, said:

I didn't do anything immediately. I'm pretty passive (kinda hard to imagine that) and it takes a lot to annoy me. The professor came over when he saw him trying to wrench that arm bar super-deep and told him to take it easy, but he continued to do it after he walked away. I just figured it was taking along time for that information to travel to his brain, so I just wanted to place his head on the ground so that he might get the message faster.

lol

[troyomac]

Worked mainly on the back today, some really tough exercises in there, followed by 15 minutes on the mats where I did 50 crunches, then 25 things where I hold the trainers ankles and try to kick her then she throws my legs at the mat and I do it again without letting my feet hit, then 30 more crunches, then 20 more of the other things, then like 50 side crunch things on each side. Very brutal session, she kicked my ass today.

[rcgs59]

today being almost a month post surgery we worked a little more on my abds. I can really feel those muscles , wow. Arms, legs and most other groups are doing very well. Same goes with the cardio, tread mill I can handle hate that stair climber. wow, big changes in my measurements too awesome to see that. I am even laughing at my chest , and I am not going to explain why. Tomorrow is a 1 hour session in the pool. Looking forward to that.

[socalpoker_j]

Standard 5x5 Weds and added 1 set of 1 rep to maxSquat1x5x1851x5x2251x5x2451x5x2751x5x2951x3x315Bench1x5x1851x5x2051x5x2251x5x2451x5x2751x1x295Deadlift1x5x2051x5x2251x5x2751x5x3151x5x3451x1x365ChinsHanging Leg RaisesJiu-Jitsu for an hour later on this evening. Getting over a cold of some sort that was leaving me really weak after workouts, but feeling a little bit more back to normal.

[dolfan]

socalpoker_j, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 3:27 PM, said:

Standard 5x5 Weds and added 1 set of 1 rep to max

I have to admit that when I see people post their weight-lifting routines I just sort of stare at the entire post without reading any specific sets and go, "Jesus, that's a lot of numbers."

[Suited_Up]

4 days in a row at the gym for me.Was pretty bad yesterday w/ Cinco de mayo (food wise), but I did like an hour of cardio before dinner.Did another 50 minutes today. 20 treadmill and 30 elliptical.No lifting since I did sun/mon a bit. I still don't have a good set routine for lifting, but I'm still trying to just get my body into a place where I can do a decent routine and not die. Plus I have a weight loss bet with Cardcore, so cardio is pretty big at the moment.

[socalpoker_j]

Suited_Up, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 6:40 PM, said:

4 days in a row at the gym for me.Was pretty bad yesterday w/ Cinco de mayo (food wise), but I did like an hour of cardio before dinner.Did another 50 minutes today. 20 treadmill and 30 elliptical.No lifting since I did sun/mon a bit. I still don't have a good set routine for lifting, but I'm still trying to just get my body into a place where I can do a decent routine and not die. Plus I have a weight loss bet with Cardcore, so cardio is pretty big at the moment.

Heavy lifting aids in losing weight. Get on a 5x5 or SS program. Stronglifts.com is a pretty decent site to get you going.

[Suited_Up]

socalpoker_j, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 9:19 PM, said:

Heavy lifting aids in losing weight. Get on a 5x5 or SS program. Stronglifts.com is a pretty decent site to get you going.

Yeah, I do know it does, been trying not to go too hard early on. It's about a week and a half in. I'll go check that out though.

[dolfan]

Suited_Up, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 7:40 PM, said:

4 days in a row at the gym for me.

Nice. Good week so far, keep after it. Tonight was just one of those nights where I felt off during my run. Went 25 minutes, as I planned, but had to slow down quite a bit toward the end. Only got 3.4 miles. Tomorrow is strictly abs and then back for another run on Friday.

[Suited_Up]

dolfan, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 10:14 PM, said:

Nice. Good week so far, keep after it. Tonight was just one of those nights where I felt off during my run. Went 25 minutes, as I planned, but had to slow down quite a bit toward the end. Only got 3.4 miles. Tomorrow is strictly abs and then back for another run on Friday.

I really need to get started with some ab workouts, but god, even basic ones wipe me out after like 2 minutes.

[Dratj]

socalpoker_j, on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009, 7:19 PM, said:

Heavy lifting aids in losing weight. Get on a 5x5 or SS program. Stronglifts.com is a pretty decent site to get you going.

i've always wondered, why 5x5? Are the first 3 sets more of a warm up since they are significantly lighter weight than your max? if you can do 6 reps at the max weight, do you go for it? or do you just do five regardless?

[Piddle Duck]

Went to the gym yesterday. I was in a foul mood and the one thing I like about the gym is that is a good stress reliever.Did 30 minutes on the treadmill on Random Incline Setting at 3.3mphThen I wanted to see how far I could run at 5.2mph. I got .25 miles before I felt like I was going to cross a threshhold I didn't want to cross. I will try that each couple times a week and see how that goes. Can't hurt.Then did 15 min on the elliptical because all the machines I wanted were being used. Woke up to my lowest weight in years. 174.5