Did about 30 minutes, just enough to break a small sweat and not overdo it.

Today I am going to jog to the gym, which is a little over a mile, then work out, jog back.

Starting back on the Men's Health program?

Yup

I went to the gym 3 times last week, then on Friday did a long bike ride with my friend. I hadn't been to the gym since, but I found out today that it's open 24/7 since they upgraded (expanded in the building they were in and got all new equipment), so I went at about 3 am today. There were 2 other guys in there, and it was just me by the time I finished. It was kind of nice having the whole place to myself and not having to worry about what people are thinking about me.

Keep it up, brah

MONSTER MILK update: it tastes strikingly like yoohoo. also, I've gained 12 pounds of muscle just this week from it.



(parts of the above sentence may not be entirely correct.)

Like, everything past "update"?

Better or worse than the EAS ones? I forget the name at the moment. I usually get those ones that I don't have to mix myself.

I really like those, they are just very expensive. Like 4 bucks a pop.

which eas ones? I'm assuming you mean myoplex, but there's like 3 or 4 different kinds. the regular is really good in my opinion, but it has a lot of sugar. they're one of the best I've ever tasted. not worth it to me for the sugar and calories though. there's another kind thats called like "carb sense" or something that has very little sugar and very few calories, but they have very little taste too. the monster milk really does taste like yoohoo somewhat, I think anyways. and at 350 calories for 50 grams of protein (or 175 calories for 25 gp, which is more what a serving should be), its a pretty healthy option.

I've been doing P90-x every morning for the past week-and-a-half. Of course, I'm already incredibly handsome and svelte, so this is all gravy...healthy gravy.

Are you bringing it?

Been a complete lazy arse the past couple of weeks and done nothin'

Did a small bike ride yesterday, didn't push hard but it's a start. Did a set of pressups and a few stomach bits, still really struggling for motivation tho - really fancy a shot at p90x but cant afford it

I strained my knee a couple months ago and completely fell off the wagon. When I tried to get back on the wagon last month, I almost broke my hand punching something, and used said swollen hand as an excuse to gain another 6 pounds.

I still belong to a gym, though. Back today or Monday. Probably Monday, because it feels better to start something at the beginning of the week.

I'd go today personally, gyms are always rammed on mondays and dead on fridays so easier to get on the stuff that you want.

Not been to a gym in months, itching to get back to a routine, but being in between freelance work and can't afford luxuries f'king sucks

There is something confusing to the brain while jogging (which pretty much I do not enjoy at all anymore) and listening to Poison; Ain't nuthin but a good time.

I ran and lifted again yesterday.

The crappy thing is that working out makes me famished.

At midnight last night I could not sleep because my stomach was growling. Any body have any tricks as to how to curb the late night hunger cravings when you work out?

nope. its been one of my biggest problems throughout. I can starve myself all day, or eat all day, and it doesn't matter. I still get super hungry in the evening and its hard to not eat then. I actually had a few times when I was really trying to cut weight that I couldn't sleep and either had to give in and eat something or take a sleeping pill. fuck if I know.

A housemate used to struggle with his weight a bit so would take caffeine pills whilst we were working out. I tried some just to see what they were like and jaysus, they weren't half an appetite suppressant. I'm usually the same, ravenous when I get into a good routine, but I didn't wanna eat.

Did a good pressup session 2days ago when mashed, still aching today - gonna try and do some weights later - still sucking at putting in cardio, I swear we're yet to have summer here....its rubbish

NO supplements for me, excepts some vitamins.

Years ago, I took adipo-kinetic which was basically legal crank. I took half the recomned dose, did not sleep for a week, my hair stood on end like I had perm-goosebumps and my whole body felt tingly. I hated every minute of it.

I'll stick to a cup of coffee in the morning for my caffeine intake.

you want a workout?

In football we called them hills, and they sucked then as much as they suck now.

we did stairs in wrestling. there were these two flights of stairs right next to where the wrestling room was and we'd have to do them just about every practice, if not for just a horrible workout, for punishment of some kind. do like 20 reps and you pretty much wanted to die, and felt like your wish was probably going to be granted.


the thing about doing it in groups like that though is that no matter how hard it sucks, you have all those other guys there that are doing it too, so you keep thinking "well if they can keep going then so can I" and they're thinking the same thing about you. sure is a hell of a lot more motivation than sitting on an exercise bike by yourself listening to remixes of avril lavigne.

Yeah we did stairs too in the stadium.

The worst thing ever was wall time in basketball, it was always for punishment and it was just minutes upon minute of back against the wall, legs at a 90 degree angle and hold yourself up, burning.


So you wanna workout together, I'll bring the hill, you bring the soft rock?

oh man yeah I remember those too. we didn't do them too often but they sure as hell were misleading. at first you were all like "ah, now a chance to catch my breath" and then after a little while you thought you might pass out from the pain. fun times.


and I have enough gay music to get down to 120 lbs. just sayin'.

For volleyball we did the elliptical a lot

For hockey all we did was take steroids and do squats and bench. CHEST

steroids? I eat that shit for breakfast lunch and dinner!

Man this was on page 3 or 4...wtf!


Well as always I come in here talk a big game then fall off the workout routine. Maybe posting in here is a bad thing.


Sunday: treadmill 3.2mph Hill Level 5 45 minutes, 2.37miles light upper body workout
Monday: treadmill 3.2 mph Hill level 5 45 minutes 2.39 miles
Wednesday: Treadmill 3.5mph Hill Level 6 45 minutes 2.54miles, upper body workout

those mph's, how fast is it? walk, light jog, run? I ask because I've been running fairly steadily since may or so, and I still can't go for very long periods at all, and I may be going to fast.

according to the machine I am on 4.0 mph is jog. 3.5 is a pretty fast walk. I want to be able to jog for long periods of time in a few weeks and hoping this gets me there but right now I can do about 4.2 mph on the machine for 3 minutes before I feel the need to puke.

How fast are you running? For how long?

I'd say I'm an average runner and when I was running regularly, I would average around 30 minutes between about 7.5 and 8 mph. I'd call it a steady "run".


Good to see this thread bumped, I was going to go looking for it. I'm getting back into the running this week, but starting light since I didn't go much over the summer. Hooray golf.

I run outside so I don't know the mph, but when I first started I timed myself, and I was running a mile between 7:15 and 7:30 or so, and I think I may have sped up just a tad since then. I just don't like "jogging"; if I'm going to run I want to feel it.


but my main problem isn't my lung capacity, its my legs. usually my first run of the week is fine, then the second is a little bit trying, and anything after that is extremely painful if possible at all. my calf muscles used to hurt a lot, but that went away, but the shin splints still get me every time. not sure what to do about it other than hope they go away eventually too.

Shin splints suck.


Good shoes, soft surfaces, run slower, don't run everyday, stretch, do lunges and stuff as well, and it could be you your running form is similar to a person who has downs syndrome.

7:30 miles are a good clip...8mph. I agree on jogging vs. running. Sometimes I tell myself, "I'll just take it easy tonight and go slow." Then I get bored and feel lazy because I know I can go harder.


Shin splints, from what I understand, are awful. I've never had an issue with them. However, I have horrible running form so I'm assuming if I keep it up for a number of years, I won't be running past the age of 35 or so. My knee and calves bother me a bit.

that caught me off guard and I laughed pretty audibly at work. I'm supposed to be working.



but yeah, I guess I just have to keep moving up slowly or something. I want to be able to run a pretty brisk 2 or 3 miles a day by like march or something, and I have to do it on asphalt cause now that schools back in, there's no track to do it on. I had also laid off the squats, dead lifts, and calf raises since I was figuring I was working my legs anyways, but I just started again cause I figured they would actually help minimize injuries.


I think I'll be ok though. I have all winter, and I ordered some sweatshirts and sweatpants from eastbay, so I'm ready for the cold. maybe after 4 years of working out I can finally stop being a fat ass this spring. that would be nice.

see this is what gets me, I mean a LOT of people run a LOT so why the hell am I having so much of a problem with them? hell I know fat people that can run 5 miles without a problem. what the hell. and yeah my knees used to bother me quite a bit, but they've gotten better too.

I have an MRI on Sunday for the torn cartilege in my knee.


as for shin splints, i actually had a chiropractor cure them back when i was a teenager. It's the only thing I'd recommend a chiro for.

what'd he do?

realigned my hips.

You can do either cardio first or last like stated before its a preference.

I like to do alot of workouts with free weights thats just my preference. If I use a machine its usually for legs, or butterfly's

A good cardio workout is def boxing my gym has it, but since yours is a small town gym I bet they don't have it.

Another way to put in some cardio and weights at the same time is do circuits, those are pretty brutal at times

he wasn't a chiropractor.

but he gave me a bag of chips and told me he was.

is this post completely random or is it just me?

walgreens is completely out of yellow construction paper.

I completely fell out of my workout routine yet again. No surprise there I guess. It was going good for 3 or 4 weeks, and then I started eating take out again and drinking every night, which left me no desire to work out. I fail at life.

HMMM..... I don't know brah, just kinda read the OP then hit that little reply button...... you know how it goes?....... do you?......

Normally, sista, people tend not reply to the OP 590 posts later as there has been a long discussion that has changed course. No biggie but your random post will get lost in the current conversation.

but since he did bring up the op again, how'd that triathlon go there jeff?

shutup

I'm with ya there.



But, I got back to the gym last night. Felt good. My Special Lady Friend, room mate (AKA my brother's gf), and her friend also joined. That should keep me going more.