your body acquires fat and loses fat in a genetically determined manner. You're not going to be able to spot reduce fat from your body by targeting a specific area with your workouts. Just keep losing weight and it will eventually come off of your upper body too.

10/9/2008 5:11:55 PM

And don't neglect lifting w/ the lower body.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 5:14 PM. Reason : squats/deads]

10/9/2008 5:13:54 PM

^I have a personal trainer, he makes me do it each cycle, but on my own I never did any lower body lifting. I was trying to become smaller, but I see the importance of it now

10/9/2008 5:15:30 PM

^^true. heavy leg lifts tell the body to produce more growth hormone/IGF-1 and testosterone, which helps with the overall weight loss effort.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 5:16 PM. Reason : ^^]

10/9/2008 5:16:19 PM

i sprained my ankle runnng sprints tuesday night on a durham backroad

so i gavent done anythign since then, but tomorrow night i think i have an hour sparring session with some random heavyweight my coach is bringing in

on a semi-bum wheel, lol just hope i dont resprain it

what do you guys do when u sprain an ankle or shit like that? i ride the stationary bike in sweats....fucking lame but thats all i come up with and i sprain my ankle all the time typically its about a 3-4 day recovery so i miss out of alot of things

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 5:24 PM. Reason : f]

10/9/2008 5:22:30 PM

can you stand being on an elliptical? If you can keep a constant weight on the pedal, I would think that should be rather low impact.

I haven't sprained my ankle since middle school playing soccer, so I don't know what I would do as far as trying to train legs. I think all you'd be able to use is isolation machines if squatting is out of the question.

10/9/2008 5:27:25 PM

Have you had a break recently? I'd be tempted to just up my calories and get rest.



[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 5:38 PM. Reason : I suppose you might be able to row or swim. upper body lifting and lower body machines, too]

10/9/2008 5:37:12 PM

My prowler and sled are collecting dust

10/9/2008 5:52:35 PM

not a damn thing

I wish I had a tennis partner for every day

10/9/2008 5:52:53 PM

mallwalking

10/9/2008 5:53:51 PM

Rowing and bodyweight stuff, for me today.

10/9/2008 5:54:44 PM

Quote :

"your body acquires fat and loses fat in a genetically determined manner. You're not going to be able to spot reduce fat from your body by targeting a specific area with your workouts. Just keep losing weight and it will eventually come off of your upper body too."

this doesn't appear to be true..... my body seems to displace fat when it builds muscle....
i have no fat on my legs arms back etc. and very litte fat in my torso..

10/9/2008 5:55:57 PM

What are you argueing? You are at a very low bf%.

Body fat is largely determined by genetic predispositions (hormonal, and how your body responds to food types, etc). If you are able to drop estrogen counts due to lifestlye/diet/supplementation/pharmaceutical changes you could see some reduction in overall fat storage in you legs, arms, and lower torso, for ex.

But, you can't alter your workouts to spot reduce. You could theoretically reduce bodyfat, and increase hypertrophy in an area--this would create the illusion of that (but, this would be much more possible for newbies).




[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 6:10 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2008 6:04:15 PM

2 mile jog this morning
20min @ 130 HR Bike pre workout
5 Super sets of Mandy Blasters 60-50-40
5 Sets Concentration Curls
5 Sets Hammer Curls
5 Sets Hanging Leg Lifts
5 Sets Weighted Crunches

annihilated...but this creatine has me jacked up still

10/9/2008 8:13:41 PM

I did a lot of endurance training on my glutes.

10/9/2008 8:24:43 PM

went to the gym today
did a bunch of different exercises
mostly weight training

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM. Reason : d]

10/9/2008 8:25:42 PM

Nice.

10/9/2008 8:26:30 PM

Nothing, but I have spent the past week thinking about it. I am gaining back every last bit of the 50 pounds that I lost. IT HAS TO STOP!

(but omg, i love to drink diet coke, read and sleep.)

10/9/2008 8:45:59 PM

Quote :

"Mandy Blasters"

<3


Don't give away all my secrets

10/9/2008 8:49:52 PM

Ya i haven't done anything in the past month I am sure i've gained 5-10 lbs and I am feeling the effects. I am not happy about it. i need to get back into the gym in the next 3 days.

10/9/2008 8:51:10 PM

yea rows are in, thats a good idea

i dont like elliptical machines they dont feel natural to me, i think its important that my joints feel impact anyway

depending on how tomorrow goes i should be able to start running on it again

^i stopped workin out for about a month and gained about 20 pounds back in march, after feelin and performign like shit at a tournament i lost that shit in about 7 weeks

its a real good feelin to be disgusted at yourself when you gain weight back u lost

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM. Reason : d]

10/9/2008 8:52:42 PM

1. What are mandy blasters plz

2. i'm back to running... i knocked out 6 miles last night..

10/10/2008 10:22:20 AM

Quote :

"financially I don't think I can support 4 eggs/day, could I swap out the eggs for 1 24g protein shake?"

wot? 4 eggs are like $0.50

10/10/2008 10:26:35 AM

^^i wish i could get back to running. I found out that my lower back has been torqued through overtraining during the last year and i can only walk right now.

Is the elliptical the best secondary calorie burner besides running?

10/10/2008 10:42:13 AM

Quote :

"1. What are mandy blasters plz "

Its a patented bicep exercise. Thats all you can know.

10/10/2008 11:19:15 AM

i've walked numerous miles in the past 2 days

10/10/2008 11:20:09 AM

5 x 15 arnold press
5 x 15 shrugs
5 x 15 front raises
5 x 15 side raises
5 x 15 rear raises
5 x 20 hanging leg raises
5 x 20 weighted crunches

gonna jog with my sister when i drive home this afternoon!

10/10/2008 1:15:41 PM

^ Solid shoulder day. Nice !

10/10/2008 2:06:42 PM

oh god not again


I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

10/10/2008 2:07:36 PM

I drove to work.

10/10/2008 2:16:28 PM

4 sets military press.
3 sets dips.
4 sets upright rows.
4 sets barbell curls.
4 sets cable triceps presses.
4 sets cable curls.
Held scorpion a couple times.

10/10/2008 7:33:11 PM

cf warmup
squats, deads, bench, cable rows, curls

10/11/2008 12:25:28 AM

i killed a person.

10/11/2008 12:26:06 AM

Quote :

"5 x 15 arnold press 5 x 15 shrugs 5 x 15 front raises 5 x 15 side raises 5 x 15 rear raises 5 x 20 hanging leg raises 5 x 20 weighted crunches "

how long did it take you to do all this?

10/11/2008 12:36:52 AM

i'd say a minute per exercise, 1.5 min max between the sets, 3-4 min rest for water between exercises

under 2hrs...I did everything but the rear raises right after each other, had to switch to abs for 2 exercises before finishing with rear raises....shoulders felt like they were going to fall off

10/11/2008 7:35:57 AM

I do chest and back together to i can go... Push-pull push-pull and not take such long breaks in between because pull muscles are resting while i'm pushing and vice-versa

but good work man !

(i'm also aware those are all arm lifts)


[Edited on October 11, 2008 at 10:20 AM. Reason : .]

10/11/2008 10:16:37 AM

14 mile run

beautiful day

but now my feet hurt

10/11/2008 6:31:35 PM

Quote :

"14 mile run"

wow, 14 miles? I didn't even know that's humanly possible. How long did that take ya?

10/11/2008 6:42:45 PM

^ A reasonably well trained individual who is fully fed can run about 20 miles at a moderate pace without running extremely low on glycogen. This can vary of course, but serves as a good general average.

10/11/2008 7:07:19 PM

i think i'm gonna do arms and run about 5 miles here in a little while...waiting for dinner to digest

10/11/2008 7:09:13 PM

^^^

Two hours. I'm not very fast.

10/11/2008 7:32:30 PM

played tennis

10/11/2008 7:33:07 PM

^^ great job alee!!!!

10/11/2008 7:37:13 PM

^

It was my first run longer than the length of the half. I was thrilled. Looks like I may survive this thing after all.

10/11/2008 7:40:02 PM

so i havent broken in my treadmill yet...just realized i could try running naked if i wanted to

10/11/2008 7:42:34 PM

20 min jog yesterday also visited hanging rock state park and hiked briskly for around 8 miles...my mom hated me

rest day today...we should start a thread concerned with the more important getting in shape aspect:

Time to get in shape, what did you eat today?

10/12/2008 2:43:12 PM

Today's an off day, but mucho yard work is being done

I over-slept till noonish, so I've only had 1 meal thus far (i'm deciding on a snack right now). I had 6 eggs, a banana, oats w/ honey and blueburries, and coffee for meal numero uno.

10/12/2008 3:15:31 PM

Quote :

"Time to get in shape, what did you eat today? "

Good call!

10/12/2008 3:52:34 PM

next week im going to commit to this thread ( i mean starting tomorrow)

[Edited on October 12, 2008 at 3:53 PM. Reason : c]

10/12/2008 3:53:29 PM

30 minutes of 130 BPM cardio....why is it I burn more calories at a constant 130 BPM vs a random hill 150 BPM avg?

on to biceps
5x MBs
5x15 Conc curls
5x15 Hammer curls
5x15 Standing pulley curls
5x15 Pulley conc curls
5x21 7s

7x20 35lb Crunches
5x20 Leg lifts

10/13/2008 3:27:28 PM