Workout

[mcantar18c]

I saw that coming. Considering how much sodium I must consume, I'd have a hard time believing that. I thought perhaps I wasn't drinking enough water and my body was trying to retain water.

I suppose it's possible. How much water do you average per day?

[Monky]

This thread is like being in a high school cafeteria sitting around a bunch of girls.

To each their own.. for those who crossfit and those who just lift.. or do circuit training, at least they're doing something and getting off their ass.

I just ordered a pair of risto olympico shoes.. in pink.. Tried out a friends and the stability is awesome. I went with pink because why the fuck not, who's going to try and snag them if I forget them. I managed to hit a 215# clean and jerk, which one year after being back in the gym from a broken back is damn good. Working on getting the snatch to bw.. I'm close. I can't do the lifts fast, it takes me an hour to get through 30 of them..but they're damn pretty. I've been concentrating so much on the oly lifts that my pull ups have suffered somehow... taking a few days off from the gym currently and getting back to basics when I get back to give my back a break, it's giving me issues currently. All in all, I feel pretty damn good about where I've made it in a year, after a year off for recovery.

PS - I do the crossfit thing and just lift.. Found a good 'gym' to do both at.

[Monky]

I saw that coming. Considering how much sodium I must consume, I'd have a hard time believing that. I thought perhaps I wasn't drinking enough water and my body was trying to retain water.

That crossfit thing sounds exactly like I imagine. No thanks. heh

IIRC it's potassium you could actually be needing w/ salt cravings. Sodium deficiency is a real thing when eating clean though.

[Irving]

Thanks.

[Musashi]

This thread is like being in a high school cafeteria sitting around a bunch of girls.

To each their own.. for those who crossfit and those who just lift.. or do circuit training, at least they're doing something and getting off their ass.

I just ordered a pair of risto olympico shoes.. in pink.. Tried out a friends and the stability is awesome. I went with pink because why the fuck not, who's going to try and snag them if I forget them. I managed to hit a 215# clean and jerk, which one year after being back in the gym from a broken back is damn good. Working on getting the snatch to bw.. I'm close. I can't do the lifts fast, it takes me an hour to get through 30 of them..but they're damn pretty. I've been concentrating so much on the oly lifts that my pull ups have suffered somehow... taking a few days off from the gym currently and getting back to basics when I get back to give my back a break, it's giving me issues currently. All in all, I feel pretty damn good about where I've made it in a year, after a year off for recovery.

PS - I do the crossfit thing and just lift.. Found a good 'gym' to do both at.

Agreed I do it all and am not your stereo-typical Crossfitter who just talks and talks about it to no end.

Are these what you bought? NICE!

To all the haters - relax and do your own thing, nobody cares as we are all big boys and girls

[Erni]

...... I managed to hit a 215# clean and jerk, which one year after being back in the gym from a broken back is damn good.

Nice job on the recovery. And who's going to mess with a dude throwing aroud 200# with pink shoes on?

I started lifting this year as a path to get to a less rotund shape. Too old to crossfit without creating injuries so I'll leave that to those that can recover quickly. After many runs at getting sub 200 lbs my body's metabolism is crap and dieting is not doing it unless I eat like a bulimic girl. Bah.

After I milk linear progression for all I can and get BF sub 20%, I will add running and some sort of HIIT. Getting strong has helped me to jog with my kid already, but I don't want to keep stressing my knees at this weight. Plus I have running, love the occasional sprints but I'm not built for jogging.

But honestly I think the secret to living better is to get stupid strong. Knees have never felt better, my shoulders feel good in the morning and the best part is I can eat normal and the weight is slowly going down.
So take it from this big guy: lift heavy shuft, eat well, be around for your loved ones.

[Irving]

I've decided to not even bother with weights, and have been looking at all the body weight exercises I can find. I'm in need of a pull up bar for sure.

[Ah Pook]

Finally in a position to commit two or three sessions a week to the gym. I can't workout at home. Too many distractions.

Cut back food intake and eating better throughout the day.

Looking to drop about 25 ugly pounds, without cutting my head off. About 7.5 down after two months. Figure loosing the weight now for summer activities.

[Monky]

Agreed I do it all and am not your stereo-typical Crossfitter who just talks and talks about it to no end.

Are these what you bought? NICE!

To all the haters - relax and do your own thing, nobody cares as we are all big boys and girls

Those are what I got! They're going to be awesome.. I don't preach it either. I like it.. I enjoy it.. it's done wonders for getting people OFF THEIR ASSES.. I'd like to challenge the shit talkers to a friendly game of 'Murph', if I could stand to run a mile before my leg goes numb. Stupid vertebrae moving..

I've decided to not even bother with weights, and have been looking at all the body weight exercises I can find. I'm in need of a pull up bar for sure.

If you want to hate yourself for a week.. side plank hip raises from your hand... till you can't do anymore. I hit 7 rds in 9 min before I was fried. AMRAP 9m.. 9 barbell Front squat, 10 ring push ups, 9/side of the hip raises. Shoulders were fried.

I saw your idea of the pull up bar in the yard... I'm actually doing that too, more to hang a tire for my dog though.. but it'll also be used for that. You could get some rings and hang them from it as well.. Lots of torture can be accomplished on those.

[Irving]

I've surprised myself by coming up with some pretty tough workouts recently. The most recent one was the following.
3 Sets: 2 Failure
Push-ups
Bicycle
3-way lunge
Wild card push-up (anything besides a regular push-up)
2 down, 1 up
Wall squat
Rope
Tire/Wall Knee 2 Elbow
Dips

I only actually made it through two sets. I was doing it so I wasn't killing myself, but once I couldn't do more of something without taking a break, I'd move on. For the wild card push-up I did Archer Push-ups first, then staggered push-ups. I don't know how to describe the 2 down, 1 up exercise other than to post a video. It is an ab exercise. Basically while laying on your back, a single leg raise (other leg held straight out, but off the floor) with with a hip raise at the end. The Tire/Wall Knee 2 Elbow is a standard plank position hold where you bring your knee to the opposite elbow, but you either place your feet on the wall so your body is perfectly horizontal, or on the tire or a chair or something. The corresponding exercise to that last one is an elbow plank, then touch one hand to opposite hip, without rotating your hips. This transition from 4-point to 3-point plank and back without rotating is surprisingly difficult.

I like the hip raise idea. I'm all ears for ab exercises that I'll be able to feel right away. Those 2 down, 1 ups are brutal. As a side note, I take a lot of stuff from Athlean-X Xero workouts.