dude, there's no way you're gonna maximize your pump or totally shred your tri's like that.
I love those ads in weightlifting magazines.

I love that you buy weightlifting magazines. Is there anything in them but ads? I never understood why people bought them. There is one workout and 120 pages of adds for creatine, the new epherdrine thats not ephedrine, protein powder and recovery drinks.

Don't forget the real draw...pictures of oiled up men who look like this:

I love that you buy weightlifting magazines. Is there anything in them but ads? I never understood why people bought them. There is one workout and 120 pages of adds for creatine, the new epherdrine thats not ephedrine, protein powder and recovery drinks.

yeah you're pretty much right. they do have a whole lot of ads in them, but you can get a lot of info out of them. for real information, mens health is great. lots of good tips and programs and stuff. I also like it a lot for nutrition information. they have a lot of good recipes and such, and tend to have a lot of articles about good and bad things to eat. thats really helpful.
plus, you know, oily muscled men.

Oh yeah, I forgot it was good wanking material. Don't forget guys that look like this:

Mens health is where that workout I sent to Jeff and now steve and matt and some others is from.

Love Men's Health.

My subscription just expired a few months ago. Best magazine out there I think. In almost any genre.

I buy it every month but for some reason never buy the subscription. have no idea why.
the only thing I don't like about mens health is the fact that every other issue is the "lose your gut!" issue. a) come up with a new tagline, and b) shouldn't they ALL be lose your gut issues?

I buy it every month but for some reason never buy the subscription. have no idea why.
the only thing I don't like about mens health is the fact that every other issue is the "lose your gut!" issue. a) come up with a new tagline, and b) shouldn't they ALL be lose your gut issues?

Just finished my first week of P90X, busted my anus.

The only one that I did not complete the full regimen was the Yoga, good lord that was hard. Ab ripper I had to cut back on the reps, couldn't keep up.

most guys at newsstands are looking to lose their gut, i suppose.

I wish someone would take mine, it hurts pretty bad.

Just finished my first week of P90X, busted my anus.

Right now I am wearing a fatty fattersons 38 waist

Me too, and borderline 40. It sucks.

Sad thing is Kurt, we are considered normal size by fat ass americas standards now.

Tell that to the clothes stores. 38 is usually the max I can find in any nice place, and even then it's tough sometimes.

Not that I shop too often, but still.

So I joined a gym last Friday. Been six times in eight days. Things are going well.

My goal is to get into good enough shape to complete a beginner's triathlon (375-m swim; 10K bike; 2.5K run) in the summer.

I'm 42, 202 lbs (down about five or six from before xmas).

I live in a fairly small town and there's only one gym. It's reasonably well-equipped... half-a-dozen treadmills, three rowing machine, five or so stationary bikes, couple stair climbers, four elliptical machines. There's a decent amount of free weights and all the standard weight machines.

Right now I'm focussing on increasing my cardio, i've lived a very sedentary life for too many years.

For three of the last four nights, i've done 30 minutes on the elliptical machine, first at level 1, then at level 2, tonight at level 3 for 20 minutes and level 4 for 10 minutes. I then went and did some upper body work on the machines (bench, military, chest, bicep, tri) and I end every session with crunches on this machine

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One of my main questions is, should I do cardio first, then weights? or the other way around. Any other tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

If there's interest, this could be a place where we post our results and try to encourage each other.

thank you for listening.

bye

Just finished my first week of P90X, busted my anus.

The only one that I did not complete the full regimen was the Yoga, good lord that was hard. Ab ripper I had to cut back on the reps, couldn't keep up.

Are you paying for P90 or did you find it on the net for free? Just curious I looked at it a little I think the wifey wants to start it. Me I like going to the gym more dedication needed so it gets done if its at the house I will find a billion other things to do instead, for example posting in the forum.

I plead the FIF.



PM me

Did first day of second week, I did much better this time around, more weight/reps and was not as whooped.

AbripperX is still kicking my ass, I had to quit half way through. My core is getting such a workout with all of these excercises by the time I get to the ab workout, my abs are done.

I plan to join a gym in a month. I also plan to use this thread for motivation.

Go me go.

I missed a day yesterday for the first time in almost 2 weeks. We had friends over and they stayed until 8:30, by the time I ate and digested I was in bed. So I will have to make up for it today.

wait, do you work out every day?

I was doing really good for 3 weeks or so at one point, eating well, not drinking any pop or alcohol at all, and working out 3 times a week. When I ran out of food though, I ate bad for a few days and stopped working out (what's the point when you eat bad? was the excuse I came up with). Then that few days turned into a few weeks of eating nothing but shit and no exercise. I finally went out and got groceries today, and going to get back into the gym scene when I get back from Vegas early in April. I really really really need to stick with it for once!

Question for the workouters... am I going to be blessed with gross looking stretch marks forever, or will they go away if I get into shape?

Join the club, they are there to stay. :frownface:

Sigh, that could have been great motivation to work harder. I wish I got in shape after I noticed the first one.

they fade and turn white after a while. You get them for various reasons, but basically the skin tears.

I have them on my legs from when I was younger, i was still in shape but I had back problems and my hips were rotating and it caused my skin to tear.

Women usually get them while pregnant.

Cocoa butter: rub the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again

Join the club, they are there to stay. :frownface:

NO Explode

It sounds like a anti-diahrea medicine

I can run harder for longer now than I could in January. I'm chalking that up as progress. I hope this thread is still around in a few months, because even though I don't follow any of the diets/workouts/general advice that gets posted I'm using, "Hell, if Jeff can keep after it then so can I" as my motivation.

shutup whore.

Been a hectic week, haven't been to the gym since Saturday and I feel like crap because of it.

Gonna sneak out from work early today and finally get Week 2 Phase II under way. I expect to be sore tomorrow. My gym is closed Friday and Monday because of Easter and only open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat and Sun. So I'll get in the mid week workout probably Sunday morning. Oh well, back at it.

you should really think about getting some exercise equipment for your home. you don't need much, even if its just some dumbbells or something. at least that way when you have a hectic day, it will be that much harder to come up with an excuse not to work out. stopping like that is dangerous because that is the main way that people give up on working out and go right back to their old habits.

I think you may need to work on your form.