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Post by sirmoshington on Aug 28, 2017 14:44:51 GMT -5
Thats what I do too and its helping a lot! I just started this year to go all crazy about fitness etc. My whole life I was kinda chubby and too lazy for sports. I always did something mostly hitting the gym but quite irregular. A little bit over 2 years ago I became a Vegetarian which resulted in quite a big weight loss which set a good foundation mentally for me but only this year I got really crazy with sports. My week usually contains 1 day of boxing, 1-3 days of running, 1 day of battle rope and then depending on how I feel etc 1-2 lifting weights and I always inculde a session of Yoga after my workouts. I still struggle with conquering my weaker self from time to time but I feel fucking great and set myself some goals for the future which imo is ver helpful to keep you focused. Holy shit that's legit. Thanks man! It really is cool, as I see a lot of progress in my physique and my overall fitness. Slowly but surely and that keeps me pushing.
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Post by sirmoshington on Aug 28, 2017 14:47:35 GMT -5
Me as well, I have just been listening to him since the very beginning of his podcast years ago so sometimes it is a little much. I don't think I've ever listened to a full podcast though :-| only ever ~1 hour highlights at most. Plus I give 0 fucks about MMA so I only care about all the other ones. I always listen to them on long rides etc. I really all of this random stuff he is talking about.
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Post by zelio on Jun 25, 2019 6:18:11 GMT -5
besides being vegan straight edge: 30 push ups, 30 squats, 30 crunches, 10 min of yoga per day. Takes 20 minutes. additionally running for 30 minutes 2 times per week. Riding a bike to work, 12km per day. No refined sugars - ok ok, almost that Vegan Magnum Almond ice cream is my weakness ... Kickboxing class 2 times per week for 1 hour. I feel better than ever before in my life.
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Post by windsofdismay on Jun 25, 2019 6:32:09 GMT -5
I (plus one workmate) move 30 hightables with 6 highchairs on top from storage to main room every shift just to be told 30 mins later it's a spontaneous club night tonight and they need to go back in storage to make room for the dance floor
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Post by Zeke on Jun 25, 2019 14:01:33 GMT -5
Personally for me it's the endorphines-thing too. Plus when you notice improvements you get super motivated to keep going. Maybe a bit overly motivated sometimes. idk. I had a colleague who would constantly count calories and calculate how much cardio she'd have to do to burn those calories again. Lunch was a real pleasure ;P Yeah being radical about workouts is also bad. I've met my fair share of people who are super nazi about their intake, and it's just not pleasant to be around them or go anywhere. I totally disagree with "just eating well and taking stairs" is a good approach though. When you are young it is easier to gain muscle, and muscle keeps you from injuries as well. The older you get, the more difficult it will be to build up muscle, so you just go into sustaining. I don't want to be a fragile fuck when I get old. You might walk to work every day, but what about the other muscle groups you have? I don't understand people who blow off exercising completely with "I don't like sports". There are literally so many different ones, and many you can do alone. But like staygold said, once you start seeing the progress, then there's no stopping because you want to keep pushing it. I love challenges, and for me it's good when I can do something I couldn't do before. Plus it's good for your physical health and mental health. People who claim "they don't have time" are also most of the time just liars. Don't tell me you don't have 1 hour twice a week for yourself. It's not that you don't have time, it's that you just would rather do something else. Looking back I sounded like an absolute cunt. Sorry about that! I still agree with most of the points I made though, but getting the message through was no bueno.
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Post by v9733xa on Jun 25, 2019 17:42:24 GMT -5
My weight gain and general malaise is such a downward spiral. I don't see ever being motivated enough to change.
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Post by Zeke on Jun 27, 2019 15:15:38 GMT -5
My weight gain and general malaise is such a downward spiral. I don't see ever being motivated enough to change. I would recommend looking into intermittent fasting and walking an hour a day. It can really do wonders and lose quite a lot without much effort.
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Post by stringypoo on Jun 28, 2019 3:21:35 GMT -5
I struggle with the decision, but I really want to start going to the gym at least 3 nights a week once I start working in the next school year in August. When I moved to China last year, I was about 135-138 pounds. After about three months living and working here, I dropped down to about 120. I’m light (Also not very tall, which helps make sense of this surely), but generally people feel I’m too small. I believe the only reasons I lost the weight so quickly were the fact that I hardly drink beer anymore since the craft beer scene isn’t that great here, and I also average more than 10,000 steps a day just from being at work and walking to the bus stops and stuff. The China life gets you on your feet more than my old Arizona life where I spent most of my time driving to places and sitting at work a lot. I really do want to gain some muscle mass and be generally more fit, as opposed to skinny.
The main reason I struggle with this decision though is because I don’t fair well with physical exertion, it seems. I remember the first time I went to the gym when I was in college, I got all excited, lifted a lot (granted, I didn’t really have a plan or anything...just a noob having fun on equipment), and was feeling a good burn or whatever. Then quite suddenly, I got really dizzy, everything felt fuzzy, I was super warm, and my head felt so light and heavy at the same time. Vision was fading out. Finally, I was trying to walk somewhere and I crashed and passed out on the floor face first. Woke up and the emergency crew were there to potentially lift me to the hospital. I didn’t really want them to because I knew how expensive that shit can be, so I played it off like I was fine, even though I wasn’t. That was a long time ago, probably 2008.
Two years ago, I was doing the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend trip in Arizona with my wife. The walk to Horseshoe Bend (Beautiful spot, Google that!) is very long, sandy, and hot. I made it there fine, but on the walk back, which was mostly uphill and very exhausting, I got the same dizzy spell, and I knew this feeling much better this time and what it basically meant would happen, so I found a place to lie down. Some people raced back to get me some cold water and small oranges. I consumed these things and was able to get up about 30 minutes later or so, but it was not easy.
I’ve also experienced this in other situations, mostly outside in the heat. But I never knew why I seemed so prone to experiencing it, and why it could even happen at the gym. My guess is that it is heat exhaustion after some further research, but I get a bit anxious thinking about facing the potential case again with going to the gym, because I still haven’t figured out how to prevent this from happening to me.
So yeah, I don’t know about the gym thing...lol. I just want to feel normal and go get started, because I believe it will help me to feel better day to day. I’d also just like to be stronger anyway. I’m just not sure if it’s the right choice at the moment. Thinking on it. It’s totally inspiring to read the posts in this thread, as many of you are really doing great work to keep in good shape and healthy. I admire you guys!
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Post by Zeke on Jun 28, 2019 11:36:12 GMT -5
I struggle with the decision, but I really want to start going to the gym at least 3 nights a week once I start working in the next school year in August. When I moved to China last year, I was about 135-138 pounds. After about three months living and working here, I dropped down to about 120. I’m light (Also not very tall, which helps make sense of this surely), but generally people feel I’m too small. I believe the only reasons I lost the weight so quickly were the fact that I hardly drink beer anymore since the craft beer scene isn’t that great here, and I also average more than 10,000 steps a day just from being at work and walking to the bus stops and stuff. The China life gets you on your feet more than my old Arizona life where I spent most of my time driving to places and sitting at work a lot. I really do want to gain some muscle mass and be generally more fit, as opposed to skinny. The main reason I struggle with this decision though is because I don’t fair well with physical exertion, it seems. I remember the first time I went to the gym when I was in college, I got all excited, lifted a lot (granted, I didn’t really have a plan or anything...just a noob having fun on equipment), and was feeling a good burn or whatever. Then quite suddenly, I got really dizzy, everything felt fuzzy, I was super warm, and my head felt so light and heavy at the same time. Vision was fading out. Finally, I was trying to walk somewhere and I crashed and passed out on the floor face first. Woke up and the emergency crew were there to potentially lift me to the hospital. I didn’t really want them to because I knew how expensive that shit can be, so I played it off like I was fine, even though I wasn’t. That was a long time ago, probably 2008. Two years ago, I was doing the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend trip in Arizona with my wife. The walk to Horseshoe Bend (Beautiful spot, Google that!) is very long, sandy, and hot. I made it there fine, but on the walk back, which was mostly uphill and very exhausting, I got the same dizzy spell, and I knew this feeling much better this time and what it basically meant would happen, so I found a place to lie down. Some people raced back to get me some cold water and small oranges. I consumed these things and was able to get up about 30 minutes later or so, but it was not easy. I’ve also experienced this in other situations, mostly outside in the heat. But I never knew why I seemed so prone to experiencing it, and why it could even happen at the gym. My guess is that it is heat exhaustion after some further research, but I get a bit anxious thinking about facing the potential case again with going to the gym, because I still haven’t figured out how to prevent this from happening to me. So yeah, I don’t know about the gym thing...lol. I just want to feel normal and go get started, because I believe it will help me to feel better day to day. I’d also just like to be stronger anyway. I’m just not sure if it’s the right choice at the moment. Thinking on it. It’s totally inspiring to read the posts in this thread, as many of you are really doing great work to keep in good shape and healthy. I admire you guys! Going to the gym is really not for everyone. Fortunately these days there are so many sports out there that surely you can find one that you can do with passion and you are looking forward to doing it instead of "ah fuck, I need to go do XYZ again".
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Post by Zeke on Jul 15, 2019 0:45:24 GMT -5
Is there anyone here who's done Z2 heart rate training in any sport? I started it in running a few weeks back and it's been going well. I am still in the initial phase where you see improvement really fast. Maybe Ghosty as you used to run quite a lot.
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Post by zelio on Jul 16, 2019 2:26:37 GMT -5
I struggle with the decision, but I really want to start going to the gym at least 3 nights a week once I start working in the next school year in August. When I moved to China last year, I was about 135-138 pounds. After about three months living and working here, I dropped down to about 120. I’m light (Also not very tall, which helps make sense of this surely), but generally people feel I’m too small. I believe the only reasons I lost the weight so quickly were the fact that I hardly drink beer anymore since the craft beer scene isn’t that great here, and I also average more than 10,000 steps a day just from being at work and walking to the bus stops and stuff. The China life gets you on your feet more than my old Arizona life where I spent most of my time driving to places and sitting at work a lot. I really do want to gain some muscle mass and be generally more fit, as opposed to skinny. The main reason I struggle with this decision though is because I don’t fair well with physical exertion, it seems. I remember the first time I went to the gym when I was in college, I got all excited, lifted a lot (granted, I didn’t really have a plan or anything...just a noob having fun on equipment), and was feeling a good burn or whatever. Then quite suddenly, I got really dizzy, everything felt fuzzy, I was super warm, and my head felt so light and heavy at the same time. Vision was fading out. Finally, I was trying to walk somewhere and I crashed and passed out on the floor face first. Woke up and the emergency crew were there to potentially lift me to the hospital. I didn’t really want them to because I knew how expensive that shit can be, so I played it off like I was fine, even though I wasn’t. That was a long time ago, probably 2008. Two years ago, I was doing the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, and Horseshoe Bend trip in Arizona with my wife. The walk to Horseshoe Bend (Beautiful spot, Google that!) is very long, sandy, and hot. I made it there fine, but on the walk back, which was mostly uphill and very exhausting, I got the same dizzy spell, and I knew this feeling much better this time and what it basically meant would happen, so I found a place to lie down. Some people raced back to get me some cold water and small oranges. I consumed these things and was able to get up about 30 minutes later or so, but it was not easy. I’ve also experienced this in other situations, mostly outside in the heat. But I never knew why I seemed so prone to experiencing it, and why it could even happen at the gym. My guess is that it is heat exhaustion after some further research, but I get a bit anxious thinking about facing the potential case again with going to the gym, because I still haven’t figured out how to prevent this from happening to me. So yeah, I don’t know about the gym thing...lol. I just want to feel normal and go get started, because I believe it will help me to feel better day to day. I’d also just like to be stronger anyway. I’m just not sure if it’s the right choice at the moment. Thinking on it. It’s totally inspiring to read the posts in this thread, as many of you are really doing great work to keep in good shape and healthy. I admire you guys! Going to the gym is really not for everyone. Fortunately these days there are so many sports out there that surely you can find one that you can do with passion and you are looking forward to doing it instead of "ah fuck, I need to go do XYZ again". How could you loose weight with the wonderful Chinese Food ;-) ?
I recommend 30 minutes of workout per day to anyone, anyone can do that, even be it just running around the block and doing some push ups. Or fun stuff, riding a bike or something. 30 minutes per day is enough to keep you healthy.
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Post by stringypoo on Jul 16, 2019 7:50:15 GMT -5
Going to the gym is really not for everyone. Fortunately these days there are so many sports out there that surely you can find one that you can do with passion and you are looking forward to doing it instead of "ah fuck, I need to go do XYZ again". How could you loose weight with the wonderful Chinese Food ;-) ?
I recommend 30 minutes of workout per day to anyone, anyone can do that, even be it just running around the block and doing some push ups. Or fun stuff, riding a bike or something. 30 minutes per day is enough to keep you healthy.
Hahaha, the food in China is so good! It’s probablt the main reason I’m severely missing China right now with my being home in Arkansas right now for a visit. But somehow, I just lost a lot of weight there, despite eating a lot. My wife’s mother cooked most of the lunches and dinners I had in Shanghai on weekends and she always wondered how come I would eat so much but stay skinny. She joked that my stomach is connected to the ocean. I think 30 minutes of exercise a day is easy in China. I’m a very fast walker, and sometimes I’m in a hurry to get to the train station, a bus stop, or the subway, all of which put me in a hurry. Sometimes for long durations. It gets my legs feeling the burn and gives them a good workout quite regularly. This may be one of the reasons I stayed so slim here. But also, since being home, I’ve been walking and jogging on the track at this recreational center next to my mom’s house each night for an hour and sometimes playing basketball for up to an hour as well. So while I normally gain a lot of weight visiting home and eating out a lot, I’m finding that not to happen this time.
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Post by julianlozano on Aug 2, 2019 12:01:52 GMT -5
I have moved from regular gym and been regularly going to a CrossFit/Olympic Weightlifting/Muay Thai gym. I am definitely feel I am at my best athleticism to date.
Crossfit/Olympic weightlifting can be intense: Lots of squats, burpees, deadlifts, snatches, cleans, pullups etc.
Muay Thai has been life changing, I highly recommend kickboxing for those people who have a hard time enjoying working out.
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Post by stringypoo on Aug 29, 2019 7:53:29 GMT -5
Alright, here's a question for you guys who do weights. Firstly, I just joined the gym last week, and I didn't get in much weight training until middle of this week. Today, one of the guys at work, the most likely to be featured in a Musclemag article (no, seriously. The dude is nuts.), also super nice guy, let me and the other music teacher who also just signed up jump in and join his set rotations. He was mostly working back, lats, and chest.
If you are not particularly arm-strong and never worked arms before, does it sound right that you could have correct form for these back, chest, and lateral exercises and instead of feeling anything in those areas, you mostly just feel your arms are tired? That's the only logic that came to my mind. Because neither the other music teacher nor I felt much in those areas, especially after the workout.
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Post by Joost on Aug 29, 2019 9:03:14 GMT -5
Alright, here's a question for you guys who do weights. Firstly, I just joined the gym last week, and I didn't get in much weight training until middle of this week. Today, one of the guys at work, the most likely to be featured in a Musclemag article (no, seriously. The dude is nuts.), also super nice guy, let me and the other music teacher who also just signed up jump in and join his set rotations. He was mostly working back, lats, and chest. If you are not particularly arm-strong and never worked arms before, does it sound right that you could have correct form for these back, chest, and lateral exercises and instead of feeling anything in those areas, you mostly just feel your arms are tired? That's the only logic that came to my mind. Because neither the other music teacher nor I felt much in those areas, especially after the workout. that is completly normal. Everybody will 'lose' the lattpulldown because of the fatigue in the underarms for example. It not that because you do a chestpress you only use your chest, you use every single muscle in your body. Other point is that if your chest or shoulders are to weak to do the lifting the arms will take over. Try to lift with ligther weights and I think you should be able to feel the muscle more that you want to train.
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