Life The Getting in Shape Thread

[blai]

Yup. Sleeping, eating and just walking can do wonders. Also, mental stability often leads to physical stability where mind and body becomes one. *tries not to go down that road atm*

You're a healthy person toc?

 

[thornofcarrion]

Yes, if healthy means decent built, can work almost for the entire day even with 5 hours of sleep, etc. I have been playing games since I was young. I find games a better exercise than go to a gym and lift weights. For example swimming, tennis, basketball-they involve almost each and every muscle in your body. The reason I am not too fond of weight lifting or body building is, its good when you keep doing it. Once you leave it, you put on so much weight. Seen some of my friends gaining bulk of kgs once they left it. Whereas, if you were a sportsman, a balanced diet and a regular walk ( or even some exercises at home) will keep you in decent shape.

 

[DLord.Van.Buuren]

I find games a better exercise than go to a gym and lift weights. .

video games , actually are a good way to exercise your arm and hand muscles , i found it difficult to imagine how to work out with video games since muscles can burn fat only thanks to physical efforts .

 

[thornofcarrion]

Haha, I meant sports, not video games. Video games are good for brain. But too much of it can cause you exertion.

 

[DLord.Van.Buuren]

Haha, I meant sports, not video games. Video games are good for brain. But too much of it can cause you exertion.

oh silly me

i guess you are right , have you tried boxing ?

 

[thornofcarrion]

No I haven't tried it. I always wanted to get one of those punching bags. May be I will some day. Have you tired boxing? Looks very physical and demanding sports. Requires speed, stamina and power.

 

[DLord.Van.Buuren]

No I haven't tried it. I always wanted to get one of those punching bags. May be I will some day. Have you tired boxing? Looks very physical and demanding sports. Requires speed, stamina and power.

indeed . boxing doesn't seem like fun at all .

 

[blai]

indeed . boxing doesn't seem like fun at all .

I actually beg to differ. The sport itself, trying to knock someone out, isn't really appealing, but the practice, the training and the high physical requirements... I would love to start boxing just to get all that training.

Yes, if healthy means decent built, can work almost for the entire day even with 5 hours of sleep, etc. I have been playing games since I was young. I find games a better exercise than go to a gym and lift weights. For example swimming, tennis, basketball-they involve almost each and every muscle in your body. The reason I am not too fond of weight lifting or body building is, its good when you keep doing it. Once you leave it, you put on so much weight. Seen some of my friends gaining bulk of kgs once they left it. Whereas, if you were a sportsman, a balanced diet and a regular walk ( or even some exercises at home) will keep you in decent shape.

Yes, healthy was what I meant, not athletic... are you athletic? ;-)
Nice, I've been lifting weights when I played ice hockey for about five years but I stopped with that when I stopped with hockey. Now I'm running, playing basket four/five days a week and I'm the coach for a football team and I'm the type of coach who always participates in the different exercises too so I get some training there. It's not enough training in my eyes but I have a very good base with 8 years of football/hockey/tennis where I, even if I lifted weights, got the sport type of muscles so when I quit, I didn't bulk up. However I'm going for loosing 5kgs of unnecessary weight because that's about what I gained after quitting.

But indeed, the important thing is eating, sleeping and walking. That keeps you healthy. It's also what makes you stay athletic even after quitting the sports.

 

[DLord.Van.Buuren]

I actually beg to differ. The sport itself, trying to knock someone out, isn't really appealing, but the practice, the training and the high physical requirements... I would love to start boxing just to get all that training.

its true , nevertheless to get all that training it shouldnt necessarly relate to boxing , it can all be done in a gym .

 

[baboysai]

I would just like to share my success story.

I'd been in this ongoing battle against weight gain for two years now, and I'm very happy with the results.

What i'm trying to say is that hard honest work is the way to go. I can say this because I've got grounds for comparison. I've tried some pills and crash diets here and there, which can successfully shed off some 3-4 pounds in a week or two, but those are never long term. You eat a little out of the plan and you blow up like a balloon.

Real, vigilant, and constant workout gives the long term weight management security. You may binge from time to time, but getting back on track won't be so hard once you've got the groove, and weight becomes very managable. Of course it's high maintenance but it keeps you in shape longer.

just sharing my experience.

 

[Truefan21]

Are push ups effective in getting your body in shape?

 

[thornofcarrion]

Are push ups effective in getting your body in shape?

Yes they are. Pushups cant be used in variety of manners, effecting in different parts of the bodies. For example, if you place you hands close together, a good exercise for your back and your triceps.

By the way, started some push ups, skipping rope, some crunches, some barbells, etc.

 

[Arrogance]

Yes they are. Pushups cant be used in variety of manners, effecting in different parts of the bodies. For example, if you place you hands close together, a good exercise for your back and your triceps.

By the way, started some push ups, skipping rope, some crunches, some barbells, etc.

Yea push ups can really do a lot. I've even got some push up bars which allow me to go deeper into my push up making it even more effective. Plus the bars help me with the angling of my hands as you mentioned which makes getting doing those variations of push ups easier to do and more effective. It goes to show what two simple bars can do to make an already simple and effective work out even more effective .

I have a jump rope and I love doing that as well! I used to do it in my high school gym and actually got pretty good at it. I was kinda a freak of nature because I was such a big dude and yet I could jump rope like a fairy . The problem is now that I really don't have a place to do it in my house because the ceilings are too low and I really don't want to go outside where everyone can seem me jumping rope . I wish I had a solution to that issue because it really is a great work out .

 

[thornofcarrion]

I have those bars as well. By using them, a considerable force is exerted on upper body, mainly on chest portion.

 

[Arrogance]

Not only that but push ups work your triceps as well and I feel that even more with the bars. Because you end up going deeper into the push up and have more room allowing you to dip farther than you would while just doing regular push ups on the floor, you need to use your triceps more, and your arms in general just to stabilize your self so you don't fall over. In the end I am a man who loves benching but man the push up bars really make my chest burn .

 

[Jorge D. Dragon]

Yeah, push up bars are really useful to work on your muscles. To build up the upper part of the body is the most useful thing))

 

[baboysai]

you guys should try burpees then. push-ups is just a component of it, and it's a full body workout that doesn't need any equipment and too much space hence the nickname "prison workout".

It gives good results, just needs 100% commitment to stick to it. You can search the stuff on the net and on youtube.

 

[Arrogance]

Now I have a topic for discussion and I'm curious if anyone else has faced a similar problem as I have. I've been weight lifting for many years now. Farthest back I could remember was me messing around with play weights when I was little this way I felt involved while my dad would be working out. I'm pretty experienced with it all and honestly could give some good tips but the one problem I've always had that doesn't seem to go away is the difference in size from my right to my left arm. My question for discussion is if anyone else has had the same problem. That no matter what they do one bicep and/or tricep on one arm ends up being smaller in size to your stronger more dominant arm (in my case the right). I've tried many things. I tried more weight for my left arm to try and get it stronger if I'm curling, and that didn't work. Right now what I do is I keep trying to do more reps with my left arm every work out and its the best results I've had yet they are not the ones I want. My left arm will always be weaker than my right and I know that but I don't want it to be noticeable . Especially when your packing on body mass, the small imperfections become more noticeable. What I'm looking for is to at least get my left bicep CLOSER to being the size of my right this way it isn't that noticeable of a difference at first glance. Any suggestions and anyone else who would like to share their stories, I'm all ears. Even if your surprised and never had that problem or heard of it then tell me your secret why you never had it . Thanks for listening to my rant .

 

[blai]

I've had the same problem and I'm also right dominant so when I heavily worked out a couple of years back while still playing Ice-hockey, I always added 10% additional weights on my left arm and then I did 25% more reps. Of course not when I'm maxing, but when I'm doing additional normal work-out with, for example, 53lbs dumbbells on left, 59.5 on my left. 20reps on right, 25 on left. That worked really well but it took time. It took about a year until they were even, and even so, I had to have more weights/more reps on my left arm to prevent it for happening again.

I've taken a year off from heavy work-outs, only been running 7.5kms twice a week regularly but I'm going back this autumn to my old routine (slowly ofc) with first month working out twice a week, running twice, and then 2nd month working out four times a week, running twice but there's something I'm kinda interested in that baboysai mentioned above; durpees. How do they work, really? Full body work-out? If I understand it right it strains your legs, bi/tri and breast, right? Or does it include trapezius and/or thorax? Just curious because I wanna start with some outdoor work-out (without any real equipment) like this, this normal sit-ups etc.

Oh, and also, LOVE THIS VIDEO <-- A dog doing squats with its owner xD

 

[Arrogance]

Thanks for your input Blai. Yes your last line about having to keep adding more weights and more reps is true in that it shows its a constant struggle trying to keep your left arm up to your right arm in size (or vice versa). Like there are times my left arm feels great and it looks closer and then there are days it doesn't. So its one of those things that has always bothered me because its an always changing thing. Plus if your active one day like playing sports that require you to use your dominant arm more then that gives that arm an advantage over your less dominant one. So what is the answer? Not to go play sports this way your arm stays the same? Of course not, its inevitable as a said early that one arm will be bigger and stronger than the other but my goal is to at least get them close to each other. Its a constant effort you gotta give and I thank you for the input Blai

O another thing is that if you could imagine how annoyed I must be with my biceps, my legs were the same way after I tore my ACL and Meniscus in high school while playing American Football. Because my leg was injured so long, and because I had to compensate a lot wit my right leg, to this day my right leg is noticeable bigger than my left . Over the years since the injury and the surgery though my left leg has returned to standard size, my right leg still has an advantage in strength and stability since it was never faced with injury and surgery but I don't have too much of a problem anymore. It was just funny that way back when there was actually a noticeable different in mass on each leg lol. Thanks everyone for listening to my rant.