carried a 24 pack of coke around walmart.

5/6/2010 10:43:53 PM

24 pack of 2 liter bottles?

5/6/2010 10:45:05 PM

i wish

5/6/2010 10:46:31 PM

3 liter bottles?

5/6/2010 10:48:05 PM

Quote :

"yea damn dude, those are pretty good numbers for a guy 123lbs...at 5'7 too...that's lean, even for a chick. You are probably naturally strong as you were big at one point and now have shrunk. I hear ya on fear of reverting back, I love to fucking eat."

Thanks for the compliment. I plan on continuing this exercise regimen for the rest of my life, so such comments are helpful. I couldn't imagine what would happen if I ever got off my fitness plan after being on it so long (1.5 years is a long time for me, given that I've never exercised before in my life).

5/6/2010 10:59:13 PM

last few times I had my blood pressure taken at the free thingy at walmart it's been high like 138/81. I decided to buy a little portable one for home and keep an eye on things


this morning I was 109/77. This was shortly after I woke up and before breakfast.

if i'm gonna start taking measurements regularly, say 1-2x/week should i be consistent with the time of day and manner in which i take my blood pressure, similar to weighing myself?

i have a feeling my numbers at walmart are high because it's after lunch, in the afternoon, and I think the cuff is a little small for my arm

5/7/2010 9:06:06 AM

i wasn't even 123 in high school

maybe freshman year

[Edited on May 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM. Reason : m a fatty ]

^yes you should be consistent. make sure youre sitting down and try to keep your arm level w/ your heart. p
meals can make your bp go up but im not sure by how much, nor am i sure of the time you should wait after....

[Edited on May 7, 2010 at 9:15 AM. Reason : tfreew]

5/7/2010 9:09:53 AM

Oh my, eleventy is super cute!

5/7/2010 9:16:11 AM

I rode my bike to work today.

5/7/2010 9:41:49 AM

i ran half of lake johnson yesterday but the air quality was so bad that i had to walk the second half of it.

5/7/2010 9:43:28 AM

eleventy what were you weighing before you started exercising? It sounds like you've dropped a lot of weight

5/7/2010 10:17:26 AM

yesterday swimming: (shorter practice)
usual warm up
6x25 stroke sprint / easy free on :30
6x50 drill/swim free :50
7x100 on a 1:20 base (+:15,+:10,+:05,base,-:05,-:10-,-:15) free i felt like crap on this one in general
6x100 IM/free (alternate) 1:40
cool down.

5/7/2010 10:32:51 AM

Per Eleventy:

Quote :

"When I started exercising 1.5 years ago I was 185 lbs and 24% body fat -- not pretty for someone 5' 7"."

5/7/2010 10:35:46 AM

that's a huge amount of weight to drop in 1.5 years. That's like 1lb/week Crazy good job to keep it up for so long!

5/7/2010 11:00:06 AM

Chest w/ Quinn

5/3/1 x 225/255/280 Incline Bench
5x5x45 Incline Flies
5/3/1 x 255/275/315 Flat Bench
5x5x220 Machine Flies
5/3/1 x 270/300/335 Decline Bench
5x5x30 Decline Cable Flies

Shot hoops after

5/7/2010 11:29:04 AM

HAWT!

5/7/2010 11:56:11 AM

^agreed

NICE!!!

5/7/2010 12:05:04 PM

^x8
Haha, thanks
^^
Thanks!


Wow, I had forgotten that I haven't updated my gallery in a while. Those are some pretty old pictures of me.

I went ahead and made some much-needed updates, as well as a before and after picture.

5/7/2010 12:06:40 PM

Quote :

"Chest w/ Quinn 5/3/1 x 225/255/280 Incline Bench 5x5x45 Incline Flies 5/3/1 x 255/275/315 Flat Bench 5x5x220 Machine Flies 5/3/1 x 270/300/335 Decline Bench 5x5x30 Decline Cable Flies Shot hoops after shampoo up my nose after"

5/7/2010 12:08:03 PM

oh snap

5/7/2010 12:08:39 PM

^^^^ Thanks!

That last post was meant to be two posts ago.

[Edited on May 7, 2010 at 12:10 PM. Reason : I'm a slow poster]

5/7/2010 12:08:59 PM

lol.

i was about to tell you you can edit posts

5/7/2010 12:10:47 PM

4x12 bench - at this point i realized that my triceps were fried from yesterday so i tried to avoid anything that stressed them too much
4x12 incline flies
4x12 machine flies
4x12 low cable crossovers
3x6 hang clean & press
3x12 alternating one hand overhead dumbell press
3x12 upright cable rows

5/7/2010 12:38:01 PM

30 min run treadmill
3x20 Med ball crunches xball

5/8/2010 10:10:44 AM

I'm about to go to the lake in a bit. Quinn/stein, you're welcome to join.

5/8/2010 10:14:33 AM

I may see you out there. Trying to get my motivation up to go for a run. Don't know how much motivation I'll be able to muster up, though!

5/8/2010 10:20:58 AM

5-mile run yesterday
7-mile run today

5/8/2010 10:38:45 AM

biked to Gold's Gym off of Glenwood to redeem my 1 week free trial

the place is really nice but really out of my budget

Back
10min Bike ride there
10min Dynamic Stretching

5x5xBW Widest Grip Pull Ups
5x5x160 CG Pull Downs
5x5x80 Straight Arm Pull Downs

5x5x140 Widest Cable Rows
5x5x160 Narrow Cable Rows
5x5x180 Hammer Rows

5x5x75 Rope Face Pulls
5x5x405 Shrugs

10min Static Stretching
4min Tabata
10min Bike ride home

imma beast

5/8/2010 11:17:02 AM

how much are they trying to charge you? it's usually a $30 a month membership.

5/8/2010 11:18:36 AM

golds was 150 + 30/month or 50/month per person

fitness 19 was 200/year or 30 down and 15/month

but its a much smaller facility, this golds was huge

where do you work & how much do you charge?

5/8/2010 11:50:45 AM

39.24 mile bike ride average pace 16mph. Not fast but far enough

5/8/2010 11:52:00 AM

I go to the Gold's in Cary. you should be able to get them to waive the $150 membership fee.

don't try to save $10 a month to go to an overcrowded gym. There's nothing more annoying than a line at the one squat rack for people doing curls, shrugs, and all sorts of exercises other than squats.

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 2:07 PM. Reason : if you enjoy working out consistently, why are you going to skimp out on what you pay for a gym?]

5/8/2010 2:03:10 PM

I talked golds down to 30 a month w no signup fee, u can keep bargaining w them

5/8/2010 3:04:39 PM

played about 3 hours worth of basketball and i think im about to die

5/8/2010 3:08:57 PM

anyone else go to rapid fitness? i need to find my contract but i dont live anywhere near the gym anymore and i didnt know if anyone else belonged there and knew anything about breaking contracts.

5/9/2010 5:56:50 PM

9 mile run

5/9/2010 6:46:00 PM

I spent about 30 minutes on a stationary bike averaging about 90-95 RPMs between level 10 and level 8 (I know the level does mean much to you guys).

5/9/2010 7:48:23 PM

750m swim

followed by

18 mile bike

followed by

5k run

5/9/2010 7:49:37 PM

8 protein shakes so far. I am going to try ~12 a day for a week.

Will this kill me? I'm going to subject my body to large amounts of protein to see what happens. Retarded calories using mostly carbs isnt getting me anywhere.

5/9/2010 7:54:38 PM

i'm going swimming for tomorrow for the first time in FOREVER. gonna try to get 1000 yards (~915ish m) in.

excited. maybe i'll do an exercise bike after but i might do some weights or something instead.

no running. running begins tuesday

5/9/2010 7:55:25 PM

Quote :

"8 protein shakes so far. I am going to try ~12 a day for a week. Will this kill me?"

no, but it will give you gas bad enough to kill others.

5/9/2010 8:41:11 PM

^^^just make sure you're drinking enough water so you don't put too much stress on your kidneys

5/9/2010 9:13:40 PM

15 mile bike ride, 2 mile run

5/9/2010 9:28:56 PM

Quote :

"Will this kill me? I'm going to subject my body to large amounts of protein to see what happens. Retarded calories using mostly carbs isnt getting me anywhere."

like Linda said, drink a lot of water. i read somewhere that too much protein in your diet can give you kidney stones.

5/9/2010 9:44:15 PM

Quote :

"Will this kill me? I'm going to subject my body to large amounts of protein to see what happens. Retarded calories using mostly carbs isnt getting me anywhere."

What do you expect to accomplish by consuming massive quantities of protein, asides from getting fat(ter) (assuming you don't spend your entire day working out)?

If you're trying to lose weight, then a reduction in calories should be your main aim. Obviously, cutting out carbs is a goal. However, simply shifting where you get your calories from isn't going to do anything.

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 9:48 PM. Reason : Seriously, nobody needs 12 protein shakes a day.]

5/9/2010 9:48:17 PM

Quote :

"What do you expect to accomplish by consuming massive quantities of protein, asides from getting fat(ter) (assuming you don't spend your entire day working out)?"

I'm pretty sure getting fat(ter) is his main goal.

someone photoshop a fat Quinn. please.

5/9/2010 9:50:36 PM

Quote :

"What do you expect to accomplish by consuming massive quantities of protein, asides from getting fat(ter) (assuming you don't spend your entire day working out)?"

this man is an anomaly of science, you can throw anything you want at his metabolism and he just doesn't gain fat, I bet he either doesn't absorb half the calories he consumes, it just doesn't seem to balance the energy equation otherwise. This asshole usually eats 4000 calories of fast food and just remains 7% body fat with moderate exercise, its complete bullshit. He needs to be a case study for some sort of metabolism malfunction. I told him to tone back on the amount of carbs and just increase protein...so he's still aiming for the same calories per day, not really going to get fatter by eating the same calories as he has. If anything, I think him eating more protein will result in getting heavier, gaining more lean tissue.

I like to think of proteins as bricks for building the house, and the fats/carbs are the labor for assembling those bricks into something.

5/9/2010 11:38:35 PM

he probably also has to shit non-stop for like 5 minutes at a time.

5/9/2010 11:42:38 PM

I also find it nearly impossible to gain weight. At least I'm relatively happy with my size now, though I definitely wouldn't mind being a bit more built.

5/9/2010 11:52:43 PM

you need carbohydrates in conjunction with that protein in order for your body to secrete sufficient insulin to actually make use of the protein you're eating. just drinking a bunch of shakes won't do anything beneficial for him unless he's mixing it with a carbohydrate.

5/9/2010 11:53:21 PM