Today's Workout Thread

[whoever]

can we get weights and resistances

[MT4]

Right before Christmas I decided I was tired of being a sick old fat man and feeling like I was dying at 52 years old. I had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and Type II diabetes and took a handful of pills every day.

WOW! Great example to everyone around you, isn't it?

You might end up giving some lectures on this issue!

[whoever]

Ya, keep it up and the pressure down

[carlmaloschneider]

15 mile bike ride this morning. Ya know what, this stuff actually works. Right before Christmas I decided I was tired of being a sick old fat man and feeling like I was dying at 52 years old. I had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and Type II diabetes and took a handful of pills every day. Once I started 5 days a week PT and a dramatic reduction in junk food intake the excess weight started disappearing at an alarming rate. Last March I was taken off one of the two BP meds I was on and my dosage of cholesterol and diabetes meds was cut in half.

To date I've dropped about 35 LBS and feel better than I have for years. I've just return from a doctor's appointment and DIABETES HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!!! I was instructed to stop taking metaphormin all together because nothing in my lab work suggest I was diabetic (A1C of 5.8 and glucose of 102). My running and biking isn't impressively fast yet but I"ve come a long way since I started this and I'm sure it will keep improving. The weight loss slowed down a lot once I lost the first 30 LBS or so but I"m still loosing a couple pounds a week.

Now the hard part starts. The doc said he was almost certain that if I quit dipping snuff I could probably come off the remainder of my meds. This is really going to suck as I've dipped every day since I was like 13 but maybe its time to stop. I don't really want to but maybe it's time, ya know. Anyway, I"m gonna finish this can and give it a go. That scene from the movie Ray when Ray Charles is locked in a padded room going through heroin withdraw comes to mind

That right there is what this thread is all about. When I created this back in 2013 I did so as a means for us all to motivate each other, and that there is very motivational. I myself am a bit of an on again off again smoker, although I haven't had more than maybe 1 a month for ages. However, even though I don't drink a LOT, if i had to give up drinking completely I'd find that really hard. Keep at it, you're really making great progress..

Carl

[carlmaloschneider]

Traversing the centre column at The Club.

Hard work, but the first step to getting it is wanting it...

https://youtu.be/AKWq2T6rWp8

[Firefighter2]

Pull-ups
Military Press
Chest Fly's
Incline Dumbbell Curls
Squats
Deadlifts

The routines are working well, as I'm adding more weight to the exercises every time.

[Leatherstockiings]

Traversing the centre column at The Club.

Hard work, but the first step to getting it is wanting it...

https://youtu.be/AKWq2T6rWp8

Wow, Carl! You make it look easy.

[whoever]

Pull-ups
Military Press
Chest Fly's
Incline Dumbbell Curls
Squats
Deadlifts

The routines are working well, as I'm adding more weight to the exercises every time.

Slow down, your making the rest of us look bad :-)

[Firefighter2]

Slow down, your making the rest of us look bad :-)

I'm too stubborn to slow down, although there'll always be somebody else here that's more determined than me!

[1OldGI]

Well my PT regimen hit and unexpected snag on Sunday. I was hit by a car just a few minutes into my Sunday bike ride. I destroyed the hood of the car and went airborne over the roof and landed in a heap in the middle of the street. No serious injuries though just a broken tibia. So it will be a while before my next ride/run. I'm in the hospital at the moment. Needless to say I was sore as a boil this morning