Workout

[trlcavscout]

Ah Ha, endurance training for bow hunting, we leave the last week so I have time and I have been cardio as well.

For endurance I would keep all lifts in the 10-12 rep range. Some up hill tread mill. Diet is big, I am not a diet person so I just work harder.

[ColoWyo]

I'm on week three of Insanity. I have definitely already seen results.

Diet is my biggest issue. Being on the road three or four days a week and my love of beer make it very difficult to lose weight.

[JohnTRourke]

Ah Ha, endurance training for bow hunting, we leave the last week so I have time and I have been cardio as well.

well, I would work a lot of back (which is ok, because damn near everyone needs more back anyway), but holding that bow back is well back), grip strength, and lots of legs. farmer's carries would be a great one and hits most everything (one of my favorite exercises).

and, lots of walking/hiking all of course uphill because there are no downhills when hunting unless its' the cliff that your dead game just fell over.

i guess with bow season starting right quick, the biggest thing I would want to make sure of is recovery, diet and most importantly not hurting myself. I would push hard, but if something feels funny or unhappy it's time to stop. Losing 10lbs and getting your diet stabilized is doable in a few weeks and not carrying 10 extra pounds around would be a lot.

[trlcavscout]

Exactly, a lot of people don't listen to that advice. If it hurts or don't feel right STOP FRICKEN DOING IT!!! Doing it because someone else does or can even though it hurts doesn't make sense. A lot of people will continue wrecking themselves because so and so told them to. I don't care if a lift puts on 20# of mass a week if it hurts I don't do it. After the army I dont move like I use to and I can't do dead lifts anymore without pain, so I don't do it.

[trlcavscout]

This place went dead, anybody tearing it up or what?

Last night I did
6x10 wide grip bench
6x10 close grip bench
4x10 leg curl and extensions and calf raises
5x10 flys
5x10 front dumbbell raises
5x10 side dumbbell raises
5x10 hammer curls
5x10 dumbbell curls
5x10 preacher curls

I was fricken burnt!!! I threw all my jeans in the washer and then thought man that was stupid I am on-call, you know that is when Murphy strikes. Then 5 minutes later the power goes out, SHIT! I couldn't go to bed until 1:30 when they got the power back on and the wash finished so I could throw the clothes in the drier. Working 12 hour shifts in the heat, working out, and being called out a few times this weekend then up half the night last night. I am fricken tired!!! But my AC went out so I won't be sleeping good again tonight.

[Irving]

I ran an interval workout, but kept going after the workout finished because it was a short run. Then I incorporated some burpees. I felt exhausted last night, starving all day today, and still exhausted tonight. That's all I got.

[JohnTRourke]

it's DELOAD week. woohoo. Sometimes you need deload week. It's a good thing too cuz all the freaking snotnosed little brats are back in prison, errr I mean school passing along their bugs and guess who got it? I feel like crap warmed over today. Today is a day of NOTHING and hoping i recover for tomorrow. It does explain why i felt so poorly doing yesterday's (easy) workout.

You make gains when you rest, therefore I"m going back to bed.

[02ducky]

Start on September 1 to get into a little more date weight, been walking and doing the treadmill at the gym, I counted it and have 18 days to loose a little extra, not gonna starve myself, but I will be monitoring my diet a lot more.

Morning weight is 206lbs
Evening weight is 211lbs

[JohnTRourke]

As you see, you can vary by more than 5 pounds in a day. Just pick the same time each day to weigh yourself (I would suggest morning, after "business") so you are using comparable numbers. Track it on a spreadsheet or a site such as MFP so you can see the trend. Because the daily noise of going up and down can hide what's really going on.

another tool that's comparable from week to week is the military body fat estimator. http://www.free-online-calculator-us...tml#calculator

How accurate it is is not really sure, but it is repeatable (you'll get the same results with the same numbers, which isn't always true with calipers).

[trlcavscout]

The military one isn't the best but like you said its repeatable, I was always over weight but under tape in the army. It is a good way to gauge your self and for cutting weight when you are trying to build muscle so you can make sure your not loseing muscle also.

Did arms this morning and I feel like a beast, like stretching those sleeves haha. May go join a gym today so I can progress more. Lots of stuff I want to do I can't do at home.