Today's Workout Thread

[PapaTony]

+1 Boxing is one of the best (if not the best) workouts I've had. I'm an ex-crossfitter, powerlifter, etc. Now I fight my father-in-law twice a week

[edhewitt]

A couple of my mates swear by their kettle bells. And I know they make for a good workout when they had me try them. I don't own any myself.

Today was recovery from yesterdays workout of bench press to exhaustion, Lat pull downs to exhaustion, Leg raises, Gluts and sit-ups and push-ups. Tomorrows planned workout is push-ups, sit-ups and skipping with a light weight workout to oil up the stiff muscles. Sunday gone was a gentle bike ride of 10kms, the day before that was a 35km ride.

After diet and exercise over the last month (mostly diet during that time. The exercise has only become regular during the last week) I'm now back on the scales (registering a reading), so now I will be able to track my progress and have a bit more incentive for having the visual read out as inspiration to go rather than using the towel rail to ease weight off the scales to get a reading and guess-timating my weight loss from there. No, I'm not proud that it was like that, but I'm making inroads to a healthy lifestyle now, and that is something I am proud to admit.


Mick

So you should be, I intend a bit more of a concerted health kick when I get back to oz, despite my dislike for exercise I want to be around and be useful as a dad for Imogen for a while yet.

[Nightblade]

I had a bacon sandwich followed by extra bacon and then sat on my butt for a nice long while............

[pixelfixed]

I had a bacon sandwich followed by extra bacon and then sat on my butt for a nice long while............

Thats a good thing

[edhewitt]

I had a bacon sandwich followed by extra bacon and then sat on my butt for a nice long while............

Did you wrap the extra bacon in bread? Or was it just a bacon and baconbread sandwich?

[Ludvig]

I had a bacon sandwich followed by extra bacon and then sat on my butt for a nice long while............

Do that count as workout? In that case this became a whole lot easier
I had a good Arm/chest/shoulder workout today. And tomorrow it continuous with a core workout.

[Nightblade]

Thats a good thing

Did you wrap the extra bacon in bread? Or was it just a bacon and baconbread sandwich?

Do that count as workout? In that case this became a whole lot easier
I had a good Arm/chest/shoulder workout today. And tomorrow it continuous with a core workout.

Guys I have to make this quick...All I can say is it's easy,tasty and results are guaranteed. Flabs of rubber in just mere days....your friends will be amazed. TTFN.

[edhewitt]

Guys I have to make this quick...All I can say is it's easy,tasty and results are guaranteed. Flabs of rubber in just mere days....your friends will be amazed. TTFN.

I think you have given us a dose of offtopicus steph, someone will have a whine soon if we aren't careful

[carlmaloschneider]

A couple of my mates swear by their kettle bells. And I know they make for a good workout when they had me try them. I don't own any myself.

Today was recovery from yesterdays workout of bench press to exhaustion, Lat pull downs to exhaustion, Leg raises, Gluts and sit-ups and push-ups. Tomorrows planned workout is push-ups, sit-ups and skipping with a light weight workout to oil up the stiff muscles. Sunday gone was a gentle bike ride of 10kms, the day before that was a 35km ride.

After diet and exercise over the last month (mostly diet during that time. The exercise has only become regular during the last week) I'm now back on the scales (registering a reading), so now I will be able to track my progress and have a bit more incentive for having the visual read out as inspiration to go rather than using the towel rail to ease weight off the scales to get a reading and guess-timating my weight loss from there. No, I'm not proud that it was like that, but I'm making inroads to a healthy lifestyle now, and that is something I am proud to admit.


Mick

It sounds like you're doing really well! a 35k bike ride sounds pretty hard to me...

[MickR]

So you should be, I intend a bit more of a concerted health kick when I get back to oz, despite my dislike for exercise I want to be around and be useful as a dad for Imogen for a while yet.

Well, it only took me 12 months of trying to find a way to get my shit together. The last full physical I was asked by the doctor about my kids and their ages. He told me I would be lucky to see the oldest one out of high school. I would most likely be dead in five years. I got four years left to finish my physical improvements. I've already made some serious inroads to that, just by seeing the scales register a weight.

It sounds like you're doing really well! a 35k bike ride sounds pretty hard to me...

You'd think so wouldn't you, but cycling is one of those things I find relatively easy. I push myself. The heart rate goes up the breathing is high, just over being able to hold a conversation comfortably, but I always feel I can do more. 40kms is the longest, mostly deserted bike path course, I've mapped out as a round trip. The paths are improved a bit more now and added to/extended in places, so I might be able to sort out a 50 or 60km round trip when I get time. A lot of the ride is through nature reserves and wetlands, which makes for a relaxing time of it. No traffic, and few people or other riders to slow you down. Finding the required hour and a half to do the 40 is the biggest issue...Perhaps I just need to get a bit faster. Maybe I need to ride a road bike instead of a mountain bike...Nah! I like the go anywhere aspect too much.

Carl, I will tell you now. You were the main kick in the pants I needed to get moving more. Thinking about what the Doc said didn't make me get up and move, it just put me in the pits of depression. Especially after doing what he said, "If you can't find time to exercise walk up and down the stairs for 20 minutes a day. Or walk around the clothes line." Good advice for the time poor, but mind numbingly boring exercise that was never really kept up. Seeing you live your life, doing your monkey boy routine, was the exercise clincher. The diet was entirely my own answer and has been in place a while. It's been, and is still, extremely strict. Not without it's rewards in weight loss and the occasional treat meals though.

I guess in short mate, I'm saying thank-you for starting this thread and just being you.


Mick