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5/25/2010 7:36:32 PM

random shit with my bum leg...i seriously cannot feel my toes or front left calf anymore, its pretty bad. Severe loss of sensation, but pain free. Starving myself too

5/25/2010 8:40:18 PM

I've been working out fairly regularly for the past couple months or so at about 3 times a week doing machine weights. Now that I'm in summer school taking only one class, it's pretty easy to get to the gym 5 days a week.

Is it okay to work out 5 days a week (about an hour each session, 3 sets of 5)? I'm a pretty slender guy (ran track in hs) so I'm focusing on upper body for the most part, machine weights one day, free weights the other. Is this okay for my body? I'm tired of having a flat chest

[Edited on May 25, 2010 at 9:18 PM. Reason : V i had to look it up but I think I may be an ectomorph]

5/25/2010 8:57:51 PM

search for starting strength, and learn to eat a ton.

youre probably out lifting your food intake.

are you an ectomorph?

5/25/2010 9:02:05 PM

Rest is just as important as lifting...5 days a week may be overkill. If your looking to add strength and muscle mass, stick to the 5-8 rep range and do 4 or 5 sets of each exercise (try to get around 25 total reps for each exercise) 3 or 4 times a week, concentrating on compound lifts. Also, increase your caloric intake.

5/25/2010 9:02:40 PM

you sound like you need to eat more calories, probably in the form of protein calories if you're not growing despite going to the gym and focusing your upper body. I'm assuming you're going as heavy as possible for your 3x5 RM, *note, 1x5 RM is usually not the same as a 3x5 RM...I'd recommend resting at least a day before you target the same muscles. You should divide your time up. Perhaps

Upper push day(chest/triceps)
Upper pull day(back/biceps)
Legs
Rest


I'd really recommend still putting as much effort to the entire body, rather than just purely focus the chest. You're probably better off bulking all around. Machine weights, free weights, really doesn't matter, I like to switch back and forth to keep things interesting. I feel as long as you exert your maximum effort, the external inputs don't make or break any program.

5/25/2010 9:03:58 PM

Really good workout today around the booty loop in Charlotte.

2.75 mile run
15 mile bike ride
2.75 mile run

5/25/2010 9:07:44 PM

Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps tonight.

Bench:
45x10
135x10
135x10
315x10
315x10
275x10 (speed set)

Incline Dumbbell Flyes:
20x10
25x10
75x10
70x10
65x10

Dips:
10
10
10

Dumbbell Lateral Raise:
10x10
15x10
40x10
35x9
30x9

I threw in a couple of sets on one of the tricep machines at then end, but I was feeling kind of worthless. I'm sure my workout tomorrow will feel extremely weak as ketosis starts to set in.

5/25/2010 9:38:19 PM

biked 6 miles to the gym (long route)
4x12 one hand cable curls
4 sets of 21s
3x12 one hand standing cross body dumbell curls
4x12 one hand preacher curl
biked 3 miles home

5/25/2010 10:16:39 PM

12 mile bike followed by softball game

tried my new bike clips tonight... turtled in the first five seconds made it the rest of the way home though

have a nice gash just under my knee cap

5/25/2010 10:17:07 PM

i ate 4 slices of leftover pizza with ranch.


im losing focus....need to be smacked

5/25/2010 10:18:01 PM

back/shoulders with my little sister at our apt gym! only took 15 minutes

Front Raises/Wide Lat Pull downs 3x10 supersets
Lateral Raises/Wide Rows 3x10 supersets
3x10 Arnold Press

gym closed at 10pm

5/25/2010 10:18:44 PM

took strike (mma style conditioning class) with Samwise16, ThePeter, and Fareako

FUN.

5/25/2010 10:55:21 PM

thanks for the invite

5/25/2010 11:12:28 PM

WERE YOU THERE?! I thought you and Stein only went Mondays and Wednesdays?

It wasn't planned, just a last minute thing. Here's a general idea of the convo:

me: *walks up to peter and aaron like a total creeper* you see those punching bags over there? want to take an mma-like class?
peter & aaron: uhhhh [excuses]
me: it'll be fuuuuuuuuun. plus you can post on the internet that you worked out with begonias
OK. when does it start?
me: 6:30
peter & aaron: what time is it now?
me: 6:30
peter & aaron: *rawr manly men* we have one more set of hammer curls
me: K I'll stand here and watch

*they finish and we walk to the pt area*

peter & aaron: hey you should get sam to do this
me: omg where is she?
peter & aaron: on the leg press
me: brb

*brisk walk to sam, who has on headphones*
me: YO!
sam: *takes off headphones*
me: wanna take strike?
sam: YES!!!
me: k let's go, it's starting now
sam: let's get eric to go too
me: I'll get him, you head in there
sam: *joins peter & aaron*

me: *banters with eric about how he's making excuses and being a vagina b/c he doesn't want to go*

5/25/2010 11:19:43 PM

We weren't there, but I'd definitely take a course like that.

Assuming, of course, I got a true pro-wrestling type intro rather than one of those crappy MMA introductions.

5/25/2010 11:44:30 PM

I have been a lean, mean, exercising machine.

5/25/2010 11:49:09 PM

^^Thursday, 6:30, be there.

5/26/2010 12:00:35 AM

today i did nothing and feel guilty.

my alarm is set for 6:30am. boooo. but i have to get my workouts in early in the morning now or else i just don't have time.

i don't know how i'm going to adjust to this new schedule!

5/26/2010 12:07:39 AM

^^teach a class that involves coed PNF stretching, I'll sign up at your gym

5/26/2010 8:04:30 AM

ran the hard way around LJ and then did Wii Active.

5/26/2010 8:36:32 AM

which direction is the hard way?

5/26/2010 8:39:07 AM

(this is just my opinion of what i think is the harder way)

if you are looking at the boat house, you go to the left first - you get all the flat surface area done first but i find it's a bit more uphill and then you have the hills.

i usually find the easier way is to go to the right....get the hills out of the way first.

5/26/2010 8:43:05 AM

Quote :

"my alarm is set for 6:30am. boooo. but i have to get my workouts in early in the morning now or else i just don't have time. i don't know how i'm going to adjust to this new schedule!"

Let me tell you that it fucking sucks if you're not used to it. I had to do that (though it was more like 5:15am) when I was in grad school because I wouldn't get home until 10 or 11 pm most nights and I needed the activity as a stress reliever more than anything else.

Just absolutely force yourself to get up and do it the first week no matter what with no cheating and you're body will quickly adjust as long as you go to bed at around the same time every night if possible.

^ I made the mistake of doing the whole thing both sides about a month ago instead of doing two laps on the paved side. It was muddy, disgusting and there was a freaking wet log bridge over the water that I had to tip-toe across. Never again!

5/26/2010 8:44:42 AM

porcha, you can PNF me anytime

5/26/2010 8:45:18 AM

Quote :

"^ I made the mistake of doing the whole thing both sides about a month ago instead of doing two laps on the paved side. It was muddy, disgusting and there was a freaking wet log bridge over the water that I had to tip-toe across. Never again!"

yeah i did the wooded side with the dog about a month ago and i got all confused and lost. never again.

i stick to the paved side.

5/26/2010 8:50:47 AM

The trail is pretty nice, the one that runs on the interior of the paved path on the normal loop.

5/26/2010 9:10:35 AM

yesterday I took a demo class of Strike and I'm already feeling it this morning.... I wish I had $$$$ so I could take the class

Quote :

"It wasn't planned, just a last minute thing. Here's a general idea of the convo: me: *walks up to peter and aaron like a total creeper* you see those punching bags over there? want to take an mma-like class? peter & aaron: uhhhh [excuses] me: it'll be fuuuuuuuuun. plus you can post on the internet that you worked out with begonias OK. when does it start? me: 6:30 peter & aaron: what time is it now? me: 6:30 peter & aaron: *rawr manly men* we have one more set of hammer curls me: K I'll stand here and watch *they finish and we walk to the pt area* peter & aaron: hey you should get sam to do this me: omg where is she? peter & aaron: on the leg press me: brb *brisk walk to sam, who has on headphones* me: YO! sam: *takes off headphones* me: wanna take strike? sam: YES!!! me: k let's go, it's starting now sam: let's get eric to go too me: I'll get him, you head in there sam: *joins peter & aaron* me: *banters with eric about how he's making excuses and being a vagina b/c he doesn't want to go*"

lolololol


[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 9:21 AM. Reason : .]

5/26/2010 9:18:41 AM

What? It costs money?

5/26/2010 9:25:52 AM

CHYEA, $300 for 6 weeks it's 2 hours a week (Tuesday and Thursday)

5/26/2010 9:33:18 AM

Oh, no thank$

5/26/2010 10:31:02 AM

it's free to try once, so why not?

5/26/2010 12:20:16 PM

what time is it?

5/26/2010 12:21:31 PM

Oh, I'd try it once for free. Since I have to skip the gym on Friday it might be good to do Thursday.

5/26/2010 12:25:18 PM

getting ripped with my sister! she's beast mode guys, she's been dirty bulking for years on accident with the way she eats and works out. We did:

3x10 Flat DB Flies / Tricep Extensions supersets
3x10 Flat Machine Press / Incline DB Flies supersets
1x18 DC Pyramid Machine Press
5x20 BTB Wrist Curls

5/26/2010 12:37:55 PM

haha I got called "beast" yesterday. A kid home from college recognized me as the guy he saw crutch into the weight room, do single leg deads, pistols, single leg mps, and then the rest of my workout, last year.


I've had an off week ending TODAY.

I'll be hitting up some ME Bench later today

[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 1:21 PM. Reason : ]

5/26/2010 1:20:44 PM

35 minute elliptical

sets/reps/weight
3x5x90 pull-ups
3x8x100 leg press
3x8x100 alternate leg press
3x8x45 dead lift

scary weights

5/26/2010 1:29:00 PM

5K

5/26/2010 3:05:18 PM

swam a half mile

5/26/2010 3:23:19 PM

10x burpees + pull-up at top of jump

5x5 back squats (225 lbs, parallel)
3x5 front squats (135 lbs, to the floor)
2x standing calf raises

5/26/2010 5:16:40 PM

3x10 smith machine military press
3x8 dead hang & clean
3x12 one hand arnold press
4x11 one hand lateral raise/horizontal cable crossover supersets
4x12 reverse dumbell flies

5/26/2010 6:19:10 PM

I didn't lift today because of some stiffness. Did play about two hours of pickup ball though.

5/26/2010 7:47:13 PM

5 mile run

5/26/2010 8:33:33 PM

Finally did some muscle ups!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

5/26/2010 8:46:04 PM

Flat bench: 135x10, 185x5, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5 (last rep forced, then 135x8 drop set)

Incline dumbell presses: 4x6, 65 lbs

Hammer Strength wide chest: 4x8

5/27/2010 6:10:15 PM

i ran at least 4 miles. i don't know how far though exactly because the trail doesn't have mile markers and it is really 2 greenways that connect. i ran one whole trail which is 1.2 miles then it connects to another trail that is 2 miles long but i didn't run that whole thing just part of it cause there was a creepy van and i had to pee. so 4 miles is the least i ran. well i walked some in the middle especially when i smelled the dead fishy smell and had pinot grig. acid reflux.

does that nike ipod thing keep up with mileage? do i need special shoes or just any kind of nikes?

then i came back and stretched and did these swing thingies with my fitness ball that are really easy at first but then get hard at the end and make my arms all shakey.

and 4 x 25 crunch type things with my fitness ball

but the thing is i want to do more with my fitness ball but i'm kind of a spaz so when i do things that require balance (like using it for tricep dips) i just fall on my ass like an idiot. i'm not very good at being graceful.

and now i stretched again. i'm pretty satisfied with my performance. go me.

5/28/2010 7:54:44 AM

Started "booty" camp this am.... Probably get a run in tonight.

5/28/2010 8:07:27 AM

this may not be the thread for this, but i didnt know where to put it.

has anyone here had any experience with diuretics?
if so can you point me in the right direction?
(and before everyone freaks out on me-this is a one time deal where i need to depuff by tomorrow morning )

5/28/2010 3:29:47 PM

5 miles on the treadmill

5/28/2010 3:35:08 PM

swam yesterday, might swim today.

usual warmup 200 free 50 kick 100 im 50 free easy

a small kick set

4x100 (25 drill/75 swim)
400 free pull
4x100 free descend
400 free swim
4x100 IM

usual cool down 200 free 50 kick scull elementary back reverse free combo

[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 3:36 PM. Reason : cooldown]

5/28/2010 3:36:17 PM