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Working Out
Topic Started: Oct 5 2009, 04:32 PM (306 Views)
Sedulius
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Describe your workout, if any.

I work out everyday possible with Fleischmann sometime between 4-7 PM. Each workout concentrates on a specific section of muscles. For now, we only do upper body. When Ranger Challenge is over, we may start doing lower body as well.

We alternate as follows: Arms day, Chest day, Back day, Shoulders day, Cardio/Rest day, repeat cycle.

I've made quite a bit of progress with this. I'm still not great, but 115 lbs is my regular bench press workout and 85 lbs is my regular incline press workout. Consider 400-500 lbs is my regular leg press workout and you understand where my past few years have gone. :P

Hopefully by next summer I'll be beasty. :lol:
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Ulgania
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I was doing martial arts, but as soon as I realized that my asthma had given me the breathing capacity of a 4 year old, I opted out of the meetings. However, I've been trying to change that. A couple times a week I'll go to the track and run two miles, do 60 pushups, and 50 situps. Somehow I can't do more sit ups than push ups.

I'm hoping to learn to breathe again so I can rejoin the team. It's a rather crappy feeling when your body says "YEAH, LET'S DO THIS! IT'S AWESOME!" and your lungs say "NO, YOU'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT."
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Basically I run between 4-7 miles three times a week and then lift if I'm bored.
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Tristan da Cunha
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I jog 2-3 miles every day, and do pushups and pullups to exhaustion a couple times a week.

I don't believe in rest days for cardio exercises, though that's probably bad for the joints.

Ulgania: Sit-ups are possibly harmful because they cause excessive force on the spine without any added benefit. In terms of an ab workout crunches are just as good as sit ups, but spare the spine. Another effective ab workout is simply holding your belly in for as long as possible. That works a different set of abdominal muscles than crunches do.

I used to have breathing issues too but pushups generally solved that by strengthening all the upper muscles including all the ones involved in breathing. You could try doing pushups in sets: i.e. pushups to exhaustion, then rest for a few minutes, another set of pushups to exhaustion, rest for a few minutes, final set of pushups to exhaustion.
Edited by Tristan da Cunha, Oct 5 2009, 04:49 PM.
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Ulgania
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Tristan da Cunha
Oct 5 2009, 04:44 PM
I jog 2-3 miles every day, and do pushups and pullups to exhaustion a couple times a week.

I don't believe in rest days for cardio exercises, though that's probably bad for the joints.

Ulgania: Sit-ups are possibly harmful because they cause excessive force on the spine without any added benefit. In terms of an ab workout crunches are just as good as sit ups, but spare the spine. Another effective ab workout is simply holding your belly in for as long as possible. That works a different set of abdominal muscles than crunches do.

I used to have breathing issues too but pushups generally solved that by strengthening all the upper muscles including all the ones involved in breathing. You could try doing pushups in sets: i.e. pushups to exhaustion, then rest for a few minutes, another set of pushups to exhaustion, rest for a few minutes, final set of pushups to exhaustion.
I was doing sets of 15 push ups every half mile. I'll keep all that in mind though
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120 50 yard laps per day in a swimming pool.
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flumes
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I run.

I'm out of shape like crazy for my standards. I'd like to think I go to the gym to run everyday. In reality that isn't happening. My current norm in exercise is going to the gym once a week... When I go I hop on the treadmill... At that point, one of two things happen.

A. Like 6:00ish minute mile pace (10 mph) for two-ish miles... Depends specifically how I feel on a given day.
B. I decide to just kill it. That meaning I run half miles on the treadmill at a 5:00 minute mile pace (12mph).

That isn't too fast for me on the track, on the treadmill though going that fast draws looks from everyone around the Ohio University gym.. I'm pretty sure this happens because I have yet to find a runner (someone who actually races track, not someone who is getting in shape) who likes running on treadmills like I do. Everyone says at the pace they would want to run, the treadmills hurt the knees. For me, treadmill not only doesn't hurt, but it helps me push myself because I actually have to think about physically slowing down (pushing the knob down) versus outside where I would just naturally slow down. I just love that. But back to the point, the people staring just don't realize I'm really not a freak of any kind.

Whichever route I choose there, I finish off by doing push ups and sit ups. Reps of 25 for each, rotating between the two for however many sets it takes to make me want to stop. :lol: I'm always to into the workout at this point to ever count how many I'm doing...
Edited by flumes, Oct 5 2009, 04:54 PM.
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Tristan da Cunha
Oct 5 2009, 04:44 PM
I don't believe in rest days for cardio exercises, though that's probably bad for the joints.
Interestingly, my knee problems went away when I started making sure to run EVERY day.

I'm not much of the medicine man, but my guess is that I'm not giving the joints time to swell.. Or something like that. Because if I take a day off, then I come back and my knees throb immediately, and the pain takes a few days of running constantly to back away again... But then again, I've never found anyone who can back me up on this, so maybe I'm just crazy! :unsure:
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Tristan da Cunha
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Ulgania
Oct 5 2009, 04:51 PM
Tristan da Cunha
Oct 5 2009, 04:44 PM
I jog 2-3 miles every day, and do pushups and pullups to exhaustion a couple times a week.

I don't believe in rest days for cardio exercises, though that's probably bad for the joints.

Ulgania: Sit-ups are possibly harmful because they cause excessive force on the spine without any added benefit. In terms of an ab workout crunches are just as good as sit ups, but spare the spine. Another effective ab workout is simply holding your belly in for as long as possible. That works a different set of abdominal muscles than crunches do.

I used to have breathing issues too but pushups generally solved that by strengthening all the upper muscles including all the ones involved in breathing. You could try doing pushups in sets: i.e. pushups to exhaustion, then rest for a few minutes, another set of pushups to exhaustion, rest for a few minutes, final set of pushups to exhaustion.
I was doing sets of 15 push ups every half mile. I'll keep all that in mind though
Do you feel muscle pain/exhaustion at the 14th or 15th pushup? The benefit to a weight workout (including pushups/pullups/etc) should theoretically come from the final few repetitions when your muscles can't stand it anymore, as that is the point where muscle fibers are strained beyond their capacity and are triggered to acquire additional growth for next time. The pain and exhaustion would mark that point.

You could also try to do the entire run without stopping, since the sustained activity could be more beneficial to breathing capacity/endurance than short spurts.
Edited by Tristan da Cunha, Oct 5 2009, 05:07 PM.
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I sit in a chair alot.
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Oct 5 2009, 06:35 PM
I sit in a chair alot.
This.
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Oct 5 2009, 06:58 PM
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Oct 5 2009, 06:35 PM
I sit in a chair alot.
This.
Indeed. Walking around campus a bit too, but that's it.
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Al Araam
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I swim laps for cardio. For strength, I've been doing sets of 35 push-ups recently, 150 push-ups, and occasionally some plank holds, to the point where my muscles give out and I am physically incapable of doing anymore. As of tomorrow, I'm going to start throwing in some squats and lunges to work on leg strength. That's about it. It's just simple stuff I can do over the course of the day in my dorm.
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Menhad
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Back in my football days, I could bench 215lbs, leg press 600+(Never did I once max out! We would run out of space on the machine for the weights), and I could sun a 5.2 second 40 yard dash, for some one 225lbs thats pretty damn good.

Now with the marines, every Tuesdays and Thursday we will run 2-4 miles, do a pull up work out and crunches.
Edited by Menhad, Oct 5 2009, 07:33 PM.
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Oct 5 2009, 07:09 PM
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Oct 5 2009, 06:58 PM
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I sit in a chair alot.
This.
Indeed. Walking around campus a bit too, but that's it.
Oh, bad. Get a scooter!
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flumes
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Oct 5 2009, 07:32 PM
Back in my football days, I could bench 215lbs, leg press 600+(Never did I once max out! We would run out of space on the machine for the weights), and I could sun a 5.2 second 40 yard dash, for some one 225lbs thats pretty damn good.

Now with the marines, every Tuesdays and Thursday we will run 2-4 miles, do a pull up work out and crunches.
What position did you play? You sound like a defensive linemen!

I've always been real curious what kind of 40 time I could've run at my peak. I didn't have blazing short speed, but I was pretty fast. I'd guess something like 4.9. Hard to say though. 5.2 at your size is definitely pretty good.
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Oct 6 2009, 10:44 AM
T.O.
Oct 5 2009, 07:32 PM
Back in my football days, I could bench 215lbs, leg press 600+(Never did I once max out! We would run out of space on the machine for the weights), and I could sun a 5.2 second 40 yard dash, for some one 225lbs thats pretty damn good.

Now with the marines, every Tuesdays and Thursday we will run 2-4 miles, do a pull up work out and crunches.
What position did you play? You sound like a defensive linemen!

I've always been real curious what kind of 40 time I could've run at my peak. I didn't have blazing short speed, but I was pretty fast. I'd guess something like 4.9. Hard to say though. 5.2 at your size is definitely pretty good.
I played Lineman on both sides of the ball, Offensive Tackle and Defensive Tackle.

Did a little bit as fullback, was too tall to play it often, and some as a Middle linebacker, but I lacked the stamina too start.
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Sedulius
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Oct 5 2009, 07:32 PM
Back in my football days, I could bench 215lbs, leg press 600+(Never did I once max out! We would run out of space on the machine for the weights), and I could sun a 5.2 second 40 yard dash, for some one 225lbs thats pretty damn good.

Now with the marines, every Tuesdays and Thursday we will run 2-4 miles, do a pull up work out and crunches.
You'd like the leg press we have here. It can go over 1000 lbs. I can't do it though. :lol: My max is somewhere between 600 and 700.
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Well, I'm currently in training for my gym membership... which I realise is very vain and probably doesn't make sense to most of you.

You know how some people use tanning beds before going on holiday? Same kind of principle.

I don't want to be the least fit person in the gym. I want to join the gym because they have a climbing wall. I can't afford to join the gym until I get paid next month.

So until then my day is going something like this:

Wake up. (Hit snooze. Feel guilty and get up before the snooze goes off.)
Touch my toes. Touch my elbows to my knees. Try to touch my palms to the floor.
Walk the 1.5 miles (uphill) to work.
Work. Seven and a half hours on my feet. Maybe do some incline press ups during lunch (only get half an hour).
Walk the 1.5 miles (uphill) home.
Play guitar. Eat. Play guitar hero. Revise. Stretch.
Incline press ups. Charles says I need to do 50.
Sit ups until I get feeling back in my arms and chest. (Think I'll swap to crunches.)
Free weights: 10 rep bicup curls then 10 chest presses or incline flys - repeat until tired.
Finger exercise (internet).
Sleep.

Hopefully by the end of the month I'll be jogging or cycling to work then hitting the Wall every other day.

Plus the uniform work ordered for me is a 40" chest. I'm a 39" chest on a good day. Come on Charley boy, don't let me down!
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Lansdallius
Oct 5 2009, 07:09 PM
Telosan
Oct 5 2009, 06:58 PM
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Oct 5 2009, 06:35 PM
I sit in a chair alot.
This.
Indeed. Walking around campus a bit too, but that's it.
This

Although from time to time I get on a health kick and start running and lifting. That usually doesn't last long though because my work for college picks up.
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Tristan da Cunha
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After reading this article I've decided to run barefoot.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/barefoot/

I'm not sure I want to start today though because it's already dark outside and I don't want to step on an AIDS-infested needle that I can't see in the dark.
Edited by Tristan da Cunha, Oct 6 2009, 07:27 PM.
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Shoulders and biceps one day, chest and back the other, working out every other day for about an hour.
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Tristan da Cunha
Oct 6 2009, 07:06 PM
After reading this article I've decided to run barefoot.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/barefoot/

I'm not sure I want to start today though because it's already dark outside and I don't want to step on an AIDS-infested needle that I can't see in the dark.
I saw those FiverFingers for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Very interesting... I'd like to see how they feel running. From what I could tell, they seemed thick enough to protect from glass... I've ran barefoot for short distances on grass and even cement outside. I would always race my neighbors and brother and sister barefoot during those wonderful summer vacations when we were looking for various games to play. Barefoot running is interesting... Definitely a different foot motion. It's nice, until you step on a pebble. If the FiveFingers could avoid those type of barefoot pains, I would consider trying them.
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Al Araam
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I like running barefoot. I just don't like running barefoot on pavement. I don't have enough flesh under my heel to cushion things. It feels like my heel bone is slamming into the ground every step. But some sort of additional padding would make running barefoot on pavement bearable. Maybe I should try a pair of those things on...
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It appears the painful heel strike can be avoided by taking shorter strides while running barefoot. I shall try this today running on a track.

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