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Yay I'm glad there are other folks as crazy as me doing 1000/+ miles this year! My plan is to do 1006.5 running miles and the other half cycling and/or elliptical. I joined moonjoggers.com so I'll also track my miles there too

1/2/2013 2:16:40 PM

I'm going to do Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. I did 30 day shred and loved it and this has similar moves. Thinking of signing up for some 5K races this year, but I have to wait until it warms up.

No more soda, it's the devil and I hate it. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

Making healthier food choices and avoiding fast food. Whole foods and smaller portions are in my future present.

My biggest fear is the people around me pressuring me to eat. Luckily, I'm trying to save money, so I won't have money to spend on eating out.

Good luck everyone and I'll see you at the finish line.

1/2/2013 5:43:59 PM

Got as low as 186 around October and was pretty lean but also feeling shitty overall and weak. Went into holiday bulk mode at the beginning of November and I'm sitting at about 197 now but feeling stronger and looking fuller. I also think I got some decent chest/shoulder gains.

Looking to get shredded in 4 months time, which probably means approximately 15 lbs of fat loss (low 180s) by the end of April. I'll be tracking weight daily and I'll take some pics to track visual progress.

1/2/2013 5:55:38 PM

^^ do you mean pressuring you to eat bad (yet delicious) foods or pressuring you to go out to eat? when someone suggests we do dinner and i'm kind of broke, i'll offer to cook instead of going out and that normally helps avoiding restaurants/spending money.

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1/2/2013 6:11:58 PM

My classmates always go out to eat together for lunch and my boss likes to buy us pizza. I'm going out tonight for ladies night and agreed to DD so I won't drink any beer.

[Edited on January 2, 2013 at 6:52 PM. Reason : . ]

1/2/2013 6:52:30 PM

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1/3/2013 8:43:14 AM

Just like every year...need to lose that final 5 lbs. Although the last couple years, its been the 5-10 lbs. I've done a much better job this year with making sure I don't completely gorge myself during the winter. I'll be going to Aruba in February, so that's a little extra motivation to get it done now. But I normally weigh in the low 150s and would like to consistently be at 150 or lower (145 being the lowest). Previous years I was weighing in the 155-160 range after the holidays.

I'm debating getting a gym membership again. I went to a wedding in Colorado a couple weeks ago and worked out in the hotel gym while I was there and got a bit of the "bug" back in me. For the past two years I've done strictly running, push-ups and pull-ups, and some light kettlebell work. I was struggling with getting the motivation to go to the actual gym and didn't think I was getting my money's worth. I figured that if all I needed to do was run to the local park and hit up the pull-up and push-up bars...or just walk out in the backyard and do some interval workout with kettlebells...that it would be easy and save me some money.

Well with the combination of getting a puppy (large breed that you shouldn't run until he's at least a year old) and getting swamped at work, I haven't worked out as much as I thought I would. Luckily I've built up such a strong base with about 10 years of consistent lifting...so it's not like I've become a weakling. I've definitely lost some mass in my chest (which will happen when you don't bench anymore and only do push-ups), but my arms/abs/legs still look good.

I think I'm going to give the non-gym thing one more warm season (Spring and Summer) and see how I look after the beach season, and we'll go from there. The dog will be good to go for long runs and hopefully I'll have my work situation figured out to where I'm not putting in so many hours (need to be more efficient).

As for the diet...I just don't eat as much. I do IF as far as not eating breakfast (no food from 8pm night before and noon the next day). I can do that during the work week and sometimes even the weekend. I've been able to keep me meals pretty reasonable and fairly healthy. The SO is about where I'm at healthy wise, so we've been trying to tone down on the starches. Only thing I've yet to budge on is the drinking. I'm not even close to face level, but I don't see me breaking the "having a cold, craft beer when I get home from work and splitting a bottle of wine for dinner" phase any time soon. I just enjoy both of those things way too much.

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 8:59 AM. Reason : .]

1/3/2013 8:57:45 AM

How heavy of a KB do you have?

1/3/2013 9:16:21 AM

To start off this year Skwinkle and I have vowed to not drink for all of January. We also vowed to not eat fast food/processed foods as well. We took measurements on the 1st. I will post mine when I get home. I'm going to take before pictures and I will probably post them after a few weeks/months.

My 2013 goals are to:
1) Maintain and increase my strength level and tone a bit more. I'd like to DL 300+ and Squat 250+ for my workout weights.
2) Try to get back at where I was running-wise two years ago (consistently run a <7 min mile for an entire 5k).
3) I want to lose inches on my waist for sure. They definitely snuck up on me over the course of flight school. I'd like to get back down to 32". The lowest I measured myself at last year was 34.5". As of the 1st of Jan this year it's 37" .
4) I'd like to lose enough body fat for my abs to show through again. I'd like to do triathlons but with flight training that probably won't be in the cards until I get done with training.

1/3/2013 9:19:56 AM

^^ I have a couple. I think that they are 15, 25, and 35 lbs.

1/3/2013 9:53:41 AM

might as well try and fail again at this. fuck it.

goals:

-drop ~10 lbs. but fill the pounds out more. obviously
-eat significantly less breakfast burritos and fast food. seriously, who needs a sonic double cheeseburger for breakfast.
-restart starting strength and actually keep up with it, until i legitimately "finish".. this is my hardest part. i think i "reset" three different times last year, just straight up quit a few times. i'm terrible at sticking to things. and i have the propensity to get fuckarounditis and start up other programs when i wasn't ready. i think i should be able to get back into decent numbers in the first quarter, but see where it takes me towards my goals.
-last year i wanted to have a 405/315/225/135 dl/squat/bench/ohp for working weights, but after hurting myself trying to progress too quick last spring (doing goddamned presses nonetheless), i'm going to shoot more for 365/275/185/135 and think i should be able to hit that pretty easily. when i oopsied last april i was at 315/255/175/130...
-get better at power cleans.
-get better at benching. my elbow is an asshole and it's not helping.
-don't be a pussy and skip chins/dips.
-jim wendler traps up to my goddamned ears. ok not really.
-sleep more.
-drink substantially less, and none at all on lifting days. even if it is a friday/saturday. my only real hobbies however are brewing, reviewing and trading for craft beers, and cooking. seeing the results of keeping up with these pretty much nightly for the last half a year in pictures from new years was kinda startling.
-trex mode

i've got a snowboarding trip to colorado planned in 7 weeks. i'm not incredibly out of shape right now, but worry about being able to not conk myself out in the thin air and with vigorous activity. i think i might start doing the "put the treadmill on max incline and walk at 4.5mph for 30-45 min, while fasted" thing again in mornings i don't lift, get that cardio up a little without much impact. i'm also worried about how all the titanium in my leg is going to do up there too. when it gets into the thirties or lower my shit hurts. i haven't snowboarded since i blew my tibia out.

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 10:10 AM. Reason : e]

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 10:18 AM. Reason : e]

1/3/2013 10:10:01 AM

Quote :

"-drink substantially less, and none at all on lifting days. even if it is a friday/saturday. my only real hobbies however are brewing, reviewing and trading for craft beers, and cooking. seeing the results of keeping up with these pretty much nightly for the last half a year in pictures from new years was kinda startling. "

These are very similar hobbies for Skwinkle and I.

1/3/2013 10:24:58 AM

Quote :

"I have a couple. I think that they are 15, 25, and 35 lbs. "

good stuff, I only have a ~35, but am planning on moving up to a ~50 (53 I think) by the middle of the year and do a decent set of swings with it by the end of the year. Pretty much my only KB related goal.

1/3/2013 10:48:23 AM

i really need to lose weight. I've really let myself go, and when I got my blood work done at the doc's last month they said my bad cholesterol was slightly high.

In all seriousness, i need to lose about 20 lbs. I'd love to have a beach body, but since i've never really had one before i dont know how much it will be. I just really need to lose this weight to be healthy. My dad doesnt take care of himself and has type 2 diabities and is overweight...i dont want to end up like him.

Im going to really watch what i eat, no fried food and more vegetables. No food after 6:30, and if I drink a drink only diet. The biggest thing is I want to work out atleast 35min a day. We have a little 24hr gym at my complex, so I really dont have any valid excuses. But its soo cold

1/3/2013 11:40:09 AM

Starting P90x on saturday

1/3/2013 11:53:21 AM

^^^ I could use a bigger kettlebell for swings...but I've been slack on doing those recently, so its not an immediate need. If I get back into the gym, then I won't need my kettelbells as much. Once I figure out where I want to go with my training and exercise, I'll figure out whether or not I need to "beef up" my home gym.

1/3/2013 11:54:41 AM

Goals:

Run my dog's route in 10 minutes...right now it's 15-20 with lots of walking

Bench: 225x10, 255x5, 300x1
Current - 225x5 or so, 255x1 on a really good day. 225 record was x8 but I haven't tried to get there again yet.

Deadlift: 390x1
Current - 300x5, don't know my max since I ran out of weights before Christmas, but I just got two more 45's.

Squat: 390x1
Current - 300x5, 3 sets

OHP: 135x10, 185x1
Current: 135x5, 155x1 I think. I really suck at breathing with this lift and lose all strength when it gets over 135, but I think working incline bench into my routine will help.

Body weight: 200-210. Currently a fatty at 215. Body weight isn't much of a goal as long as I don't go higher than 220 or I don't get too much fat. If I'm feeling saucy I'll try to cut down to 190 without losing strength.

I might try to change my daily lunch at work since it probably isn't enough protein, but currently it is very simple and relatively tasty which makes me not go to McDonalds/Bojangles. Currently is a packaged and pre-cooked fried chicken patty on Kaiser roll, apple, fruit cup, bag of chips with water. I've tried making sandwiches before with lettuce, tomato, home grilled chicken but usually the lettuce goes bad immediately and the slightly higher amount of work involved makes me give up.

To get there I'm going to start working out with more volume, lower weight and higher rep (8-12 range). It seems to be the popular thing to do right now.

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 12:18 PM. Reason : asdf]

1/3/2013 12:13:07 PM

You could just not put the veggies on the sandwich until you're ready to eat it. Or did I misunderstand your problem?

1/3/2013 12:24:00 PM

Goals:
- Marathon under 4. Doing the Shamrock in March
- Sub 1:50 half. First step into getting back in speedwork after my full
- Sub 20 5k
- Do a triathlon this year
- Sign up for the 2014 Raleigh Ironman Half if there is one
- Do freaking yoga regularly

16% body fat, would like to get it down to 10%. Feel like the entirety of my muscle mass is in my legs so I want to at least get into yoga for core and swimming for all around. Arm strength.. noodles.

Would ideally like to be a runner primarily but setup for some ironman in ~2 years.

Health wise more of my dinners have to be workout smoothie (blueberries + spinach + protein powder + stevia). I fail at every attempt to not eat so my effort is going into harder or at least frequent workouts.

1/3/2013 12:38:31 PM

I would buy a small bag of lettuce and keep it in the fridge at work but it would go bad within 2-3 days, so I kept throwing out half full bags of lettuce. Need something different for sandwiches I guess. The tomatoes were fine but just time consuming/annoying to cut everyday

1/3/2013 12:40:58 PM

I can only buy sandwich making stuff because both the lady and I will eat sandwiches for lunch. That's pretty much the only way that our lettuce and tomatoes won't go bad. If you're not cranking out two sandwiches a day, then you need to use the extra lettuce and tomatoes for salads or something else.

I've also become pretty efficient at my sandwich making in the morning. I have system that allows me to make two fairly intense sandwiches in less than 5 minutes.

1/3/2013 12:47:17 PM

^^ Skip the lettuce and try any other green instead- baby kale, spinach, arugula, beet greens. They have stronger flavor and are chewier, but are better for you. Also, they keep much better in the fridge- even spinach will be good for ~ 1 week.

I resign immediately from any present and future idea of a beach body. The best I can hope for is completing the goals I outlined and getting overall toned.

Kudos to you kids who do the Crossfit, P90 or lifting stuffs.

1/3/2013 1:11:56 PM

Last night I only drank water at the bar and didn't buy anything at Cookout when all my drunk frans were being fatties. Legs and chest are pretty sore from body revolution and elliptical.

1/3/2013 1:26:53 PM

2013, ho!

1/3/2013 2:53:36 PM

^ I've watched that about 20 times now and can't stop laughing.

1/3/2013 3:33:21 PM

Had my first diet setback of 2013 last night.

Got a text when I was leaving work yesterday to do some drinking. Ended up putting down about 15 beers and a couple shots with no dinner. Before i crashed at 3 AM i powered through three slices of papa johns because i was starving because i did a Leg lift at 1 PM and hadn't had anything to eat since the post workout shake.

Back on the wagon today though! Losing that weight baby just had a nice protein shake and two hot dogs (no bun of course).

Found someone that wants to race to 160 lbs, and he's a few lbs lighter than me to start so I've gotta stay focused.

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 7:33 PM. Reason : a]

1/3/2013 7:31:54 PM

Is completely giving up alcohol in here just an attempt to reduce calories or does moderate alcohol intake screw with your ability to lose weight/gain muscle. Why are a lot of people putting that on their list? (not dogging anyone's decision, trying to get informed to make my own)

[Edited on January 3, 2013 at 8:29 PM. Reason : lolphone]

1/3/2013 8:28:52 PM

Someone posted a link to awhile back (like several years ago) that said drinking could decrease muscle gains from a recent workout by 20% IIRC. Quick google search turns up conflicting accounts.

In any case, alcohol is empty calories and doesn't fill you up very much, so cutting it out would be beneficial.

1/3/2013 9:09:57 PM

moderate alcohol consumption certainly doesn't help build muscle or lose fat, but it's not disastrous.

It does lower testosterone, inhibit fat loss while your body is converting it to acetate, and inhibit protein synthesis to repair/rebuild muscle.

And it has empty calories which obviously doesn't help you lose weight. Particularly if you drink heavy beers or sugary mixers with your alcohol.

The side effects are probably just as harmful as it also causes people to miss workouts with hangovers, binge eat while drunk, eat poorly the next day because they are too lazy/hungover to cook, and can lead to depression which can lead to poor eating habits as well.


At the same time, you can look at NFL players for instance who go out and pound 20 beers and are some of the strongest humans on the planet. The effects of alcohol are greatly exaggerated by most people in the fitness community.

1/4/2013 12:50:26 AM

i drink lots of beer and i have nice defined abs

but i'd like to work down the love handles

1/4/2013 1:37:22 AM

I need to lose a few pounds and really work on toning. My waist line is out of control right now. I need to get a new battery for my scale this weekend. So I'm going to do my first official "weigh-in" on Monday and go from there.

I have no real plans for the weight loss beside going to the gym more frequently and eating better. But I think that's all I need to do anyway.

1/4/2013 9:50:04 AM

Well, I'm proud of myself for getting up early to do 45 minutes of cardio+pushups. It's not too hard when you have a Kinect in your living room. I'm also glad I haven't used excuses to skip an exercise time, like bringing my gym bag to work so I can run after or at lunch. It's cool to have done it in the morning today so this evening I can just relax with a gin or two.

Although apparently you're supposed to only do the pushups 3 times a week but the 100 pushups app didn't specify. I've been doing them every day and today on day 4 it says Week 2 Day 1. Guess I'll take tomorrow off for pushups.

And going to sleep early/getting up early has the ancillary benefit of letting me help out more with the kids in the morning. Every day it feels more likely that I'll keep this up indefinitely.

[Edited on January 4, 2013 at 9:52 AM. Reason : 4]

1/4/2013 9:52:09 AM

Quote :

"Is completely giving up alcohol in here just an attempt to reduce calories or does moderate alcohol intake screw with your ability to lose weight/gain muscle. Why are a lot of people putting that on their list? (not dogging anyone's decision, trying to get informed to make my own)"

Removal of empty calories from your diet is the obvious benefit, but if your goal is to lose fat and preserve/gain muscle, recovery is extremely important. Muscle growth happens when you sleep. Personally, alcohol fucks with my sleep and so it inhibits recovery. Training the day after drinking is also miserable.

1/4/2013 10:26:31 AM

I was really good for the first 9 months of 2012; then a cruise and trip to Ireland followed by the food holidays completely threw me of schedule and out of my routine. And unfortunately it now shows on the scale.

To get back to where I was this past summer, my plan is:
- Spinning (or other cardio) at least 3 times a week
- Light weight training twice a week
- Track everything I eat in an online diary (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/) to keep me accountable. It's amazing how fast the calories add up!

Ultimate Goals:
- Lose the holiday weight
- Try to become leaner
- Try to run more - I can go all day on an elliptical but can barely run a minute

Any advice on how to achieve the last two goals???

1/4/2013 12:25:03 PM

I'd say for running, just keep it simple. Since you aren't great at running, I wouldn't try to overdo any mileage. I'd say just set out to run at least a mile at first to see how it feels, then adjust mileage or speed from there. Also, I actually find running at an incline (treadmill, stair machine, or better yet using actual stairs) the best way to really build some endurance. When I lived in Oklahoma, I used to run the stairs at OU's football stadium and I got to the point where I could run around 7 min. miles. I'm not sure where you live, but maybe seek out high school football stadiums to maybe run stairs at. For NC State campus, do they still have the concrete stairs at the track?

1/4/2013 1:20:08 PM

i know everyone is different but i became much leaner when i cut back on how much cardio i was doing and focused more on interval training/cross training/weight-based exercises. now i typically run about once a week or if i feel like it - for the past month i have only run twice because my knee got jacked up from some over training in the fall so i've been trying to take it easy and let it heal (which it has thankfully).

again everyone is different but i used to calorie count/use the food tracking apps and i found myself lying about how much of a portion of something i ate or not recording everything because i didn't want to really see what was going on. i have since moved away from that and now focus on daily food goals - i aim to meet my "goals" for the day - 4-5 servings of lean protein, 5+ servings of fruit and veggies, 2-3 servings of healthy carbs (primarily oatmeal and quinoa), 1-2 servings of healthy fats, 0-1 serving of dairy, and 8+ glasses of water. i found it was easier for me to keep track and stay on track. when i switched to this kind of daily mental tracking, this is when i noticed i really started to lose weight.

in late 2010 i was about 160 pounds (i'm 5'4). by the time i got married in june 2012, i was 121 pounds. now i comfortably sit around 125 pounds without a problem.

1/4/2013 1:23:17 PM

^^^Couch to 5K? I did C25K in 2011, and it worked out well for me. It basically mixes walking and running to build up to just running over a few months.

1/4/2013 1:36:23 PM

C25k is a great idea.

Another goal is to eat out less and eat more fruits/veggies and less carbs (but not cutting them completely). I eat mostly lean chicken breast and fish now and will only occasionally (maybe once a month) have a burger or steak, so I'll continue with that trend.

I've found so far in keeping the food diary is that I'm putting in the exact amount of what I eat or if I'm not sure, putting more rather than less. I'm determined not to cheat because ignoring my here-and-there bad snacks aided in the gains.

1/4/2013 1:53:24 PM

^^^^^Lot of personal running rants below

Running I would say frequency >> distance. c5k is an excellent start - never tried c25k.

A lot of early running is conditioning your body to it. I know people who are a LOT fitter than I am struggle on a mile, and when I was doing 2-3 runs a week I found the longer I put off runs, the harder they got.

Mentally its hard to get over back-to-back runs but it doesn't take too long to get over it. If you're entirely exhausted on a day there's no shame in run/walking or getting it a little short, but try not to skip it. Build up the habit.

What also helps me handle runs is to mix runs up - easy days, hill days, speed days, long/slow days. Hills and speed are especially good.. my early running I burned off a ton of fat but plateaued at a point. Doing hard shorter runs help build up muscle. I'm in a spot where I can't lose my final few fat pounds and I'm starting hills. I'm also NOT laying off beer

Another semi-helpful way to keep running interesting is the billion run clubs in the area. I've done Tir Na Nog Monday, Big Boss (spring) or Natty Greene's Tuesday, Bottle Revolution or Centro (both very small) Wednesday. I believe there's Carolina Roadrunner's Club and Fleet Foot Thursday, and there's a trail run group that's supposed to be very large that I've never tried. None of those runs are really paced - just go out, run with friends or just zone out in the group, and come back and have a beer

Protein Powder / shakes postrun are generally filling. I try to have a protein smoothie once a week post workout - blueberries, spinach, stevia, protein. Very filling. I tend to have very small dinners after drinking those or occasionally skip.

1/4/2013 2:09:44 PM

To echo ^, generally aerobic endurance recovery/super-compensation happens pretty quickly. As soon as 6-8hours after the bout.

The faster an adaptation takes place, the quicker it will decondition, if the stimulus is removed.

With that said, IMO, if you are just looking to lose weight and get fit, running/endurance conditioning should be about 3rd or 4th priority. Behind diet, strength training, and recovery.

1/4/2013 2:30:22 PM

Oh, so am I doing something wrong by trying to work in 30-45 minutes of aerobics or running a day? Should I just do 3/4 days a week? I'm a little sore but not too bad.

(Of course one of my good friends is now in the hospital 3 days after trying to do P90X from scratch and he was way more out of shape than I. He developed Rhabdomyolysis.)

1/4/2013 2:54:36 PM

In regards to alcohol, something along these lines:

Quote :

"The side effects are probably just as harmful as it also causes people to miss workouts with hangovers, binge eat while drunk, eat poorly the next day because they are too lazy/hungover to cook, and can lead to depression which can lead to poor eating habits as well."

etc.

It's the ancillary effects that get you.

1/4/2013 3:21:38 PM

I would never go all out in any new exercise if I wanted to do something for the long haul. I'd give it 80% so I'm not sore for a week and incapable of doing it again. It kind of sounds like your friend way overdid it

Cardio is fine and you shouldn't break down unless you're doing something insane. I mean its still a muscle building exercise and improves heart/lung function. I just get hungry after pure cardio and eat most of the calories back, and if I undereat doing daily cardio is pretty exhausting.

1/4/2013 3:24:10 PM

I've never really had those ancillary effects but I don't drink very often and it's been years since I've gotten so drunk I felt the effects the next day. Thanks for the input re: alcohol everyone.

1/4/2013 3:45:32 PM

I just put in one of the hardest lifting sessions I've ever done. Certainly the most challenging I've done in 5+ years. Feels good. Weight loss imminent.

1/4/2013 7:15:41 PM

I've watched the various versions of this thread for the last two years, tried diet/exercise on my own and while I know a little, I don't know enough nor have the support to stay on the wagon without some kind of interaction with other like minded peoples...

So with that in mind goals!

-Go from 235 to below 200 pounds

-Finish Ironman Raleigh in June.
-Compete in my Age Group for Miami Man 70.3 in November.
For these ^ I have done some triathlons, and some international distance. sprints I can do ok, the longer the distance the worse overall I do. No bueno.

-Improve half marathon time for 3 ones currently registered for in the next 3 months.
I've done one half recently and want to improve times for the next 3.

-Improve diet, less soda or none, reduce/eliminate red meat, more veggies.

-Reduce alcohol intake from almost daily to 1-2 times a week.

-Run, bicycle more to and at work. I've done it in the past but fell off the wagon when asshats at work made fun of me wearing bike shorts on a 22 mile commute. That and getting run off the road once.

-improve temper management, ok now but room for improvement!

-Finish Hurricane Heat for up coming Super Spartan in Miami.

1/4/2013 8:05:42 PM

^ If you're self conscious about your ass in normal cycling shorts, consider getting mountain biking shorts. They are baggier, reveal less of your manly bits to the public eye, and have pockets and room for stashing stuff. I commute and train in mine, and only wear the normal ones for racing. I get honked at enough as a female cyclist without giving jackasses more of a reason to stare at me.

1/4/2013 9:29:43 PM

Lot of broken weight loss dreams with all these plans to run. The fear of weight lifting is silly. You can't be so afraid of training hard if you really want to shed fat.

Quote :

" there are innumerable exercise options open to you if you want to build cardiovascular health. A bit of (hard) aerobic training can be good, and so can some (hard) weight training. Coasting on a stationary bike will have negligible effect, as will weight training the way most people seem to do it in a commercial gym. Sitting yourself down in some fancy machine and lifting a weight for 12 reps that you could actually lift for 100 reps, and then resting five minutes whilst you text your friends and stare into space simply does not cut it. It isn’t all that complicated, you just have to work hard! However, if push comes to shove, is there an optimal form of training for cardiovascular health? In my opinion the answer to that is a definite affirmative, and it lies squarely in the realm of resistance training. If you are fortunate enough to have access to a modified strongman training class or can train in a gym where supersetting large compound movements is feasible, then you have the ideal cardiovascular training modality."

Quote :

" there are countless studies proving that left ventricular function of the heart is one of the key predictors of cardiovascular health, and guess what sort of person these studies say have the best ejection fraction and diastolic function? Yes, individuals who regularly practice vigourous resistance training! (Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 1;102(1):97-101. Epub 2008 Apr 22)"

1/4/2013 10:54:58 PM

Quote :

"Arthur Jones: The lifting of weights is so much superior for the purpose of improving the cardiovascular condition of a human being that whatever is in second place is not even in the running, no pun intended. That is to say, running is a very poor, a very dangerous, a very slow, a very inefficient, a very non-productive method for eventually producing a very limited, low order of cardiovascular benefit. Any… ANY result that can be produced by any amount of running can be duplicated and surpassed by the proper use of weight lifting for cardiovascular benefits. There are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people in this country who don’t understand that, who don’t believe that, who will not admit that. Now, these people are simply uninformed. Certainly, as it’s possible to run with no benefit, it’s also possible to lift weights with no benefit. I’m talking about the proper use of weight lifting; and properly applied, weight lifting will improve your cardiovascular ability to a degree that is impossible to attain with any amount of running."

1/4/2013 11:35:40 PM

Man, face is the best poster on this forum by far. His shtick is fucking perfect. I'm 100% serious

1/5/2013 1:42:33 AM