Life The Getting in Shape Thread

[blai]

Blai...that sounds like an epic workout...

Also, I have an 8 km race in a month Q_Q

It's not epic yet, I'm still working on my own version of Insanity. I'm re-doing the program to fit as a 4days/week program instead of 7days/week because I don't have the time for 7day workout because of my job. Instead, I'll be gimping it to cover all different sections in four days while making the intervals a little lighter (doing everything one rep instead of two) so that I can combine it good with my running and cycling.

I have a race on the 28th of August. I'm not sure if I'll go for 4.5km and trash the others or 8.9k and fight for it.

 

[BakaHaze]

Blai, for reference, just how fast do you run a mile?

I bet its something crazy

 

[blai]

American mile? Umm, a little under eight minutes, but that's when I run longer distance (5.6-6.6 miles). I run it in about six minutes when I run shorter distances (like 2.3-3.3 miles) so nothing crazy here alright. As a matter of fact, I'm kinda slow >,>

 

[BakaHaze]

Blai, by your standards I would be really slow.

See, when I purely run the mile, my record is barely under six

Also, yeah, I've kinda left my training a bit late, my race is on the 22nd

 

[Freid]

Hm - when I was twelve, I was running a mile in 9 minutes in a 2 mile run. These days, that's probably how long it would take me to run a quarter of a mile or something lol.

 

[BakaHaze]

...Freid...So wait, you now take 9 minutes to run one quarter of a mile?

 

[otomo20]

I wonder if running with ankle weights is useful, any ideas guys?

 

[BakaHaze]

Hah. Great minds think alike. I've tried. It helps. In a very painful and insane way. I had 1x10lb ankle weight on each, and could barely run 4km before dying. It burned so bad, you're lungs won't even feel any stress because you're going so slowly.
For reference, running 10km on flat ground doesnt burn my legs at all.

 

[otomo20]

I just got mine, and i only put a 5 ib on each, but i am getting more hopefully, and dam dude it is freaking tiring, you're insane for putting 20 ib totall.

 

[BakaHaze]

Actually, I suggest putting as heavy as possible and when you're running lifting your upper legs with the proper running form and pushing off with your calves with full power. Cause just today I took em off to test the results and my stride lenght is insane and the speed is crazy too It feels really light and powerful. But then again, I've been wearing them constantly for a while now...

 

[blai]

Never tried ankle weights, maybe I should...

 

[BakaHaze]

Blai you should, it helps immensely.

I failed the race because I should have been training all season like you

Whatever its all over now time to get fat

 

[baboysai]

just so you know, I started on burpees again. today was the first day after many months of no work outs.

 

[BakaHaze]

I never ever voluntarily do burpees.

You, are insane. They are like the incarnation of self flagellation or something. Sooo haaard.

Oh, but do you do the pushup in between each rep as well?

 

[Zeltrax]

Okaaay.
so I've been walking for at least(checks thread)
2 to 3 months now ( I took a 2 week break because of holidays back then)
and so far I've dropped from 110kg to 103kg-104 or somewhere there.
so it's 6kg in 3 months, around 2kg per month. Not sure if I'm accurate.
I eat breakfast at 10, skipped lunch(sometimes I have a little bread for snack) and have a light dinner.
Of course, walk home every weekday for 75 minutes or so.
So far so good but it's kindda slow but I blame myself for getting tempt occasionally and eating what I'm not suppose to.
Cooking by myself helps alot.

 

[BakaHaze]

Zeltrax, to lose weight it's more important to burn more energy rather than eat less food. Never skip meals, it actually makes metabolising your food a lot harder. (As an added personal thing I think it's also better for your body to eat your meals at the right time)

If walking doesn't burn enough energy; go jogging a little. Another really good cardiovascular excercise is jumping rope, it excercises all the muscles in your body, and burns fat nicely. It doens't matter if you can only do a few; just build up 5 extra jumps a day and then break them down into sets of 100 and you'll be fit in no time.

But good job with the weight loss so far Make sure you keep at it!

 

[baboysai]

I never ever voluntarily do burpees.

You, are insane. They are like the incarnation of self flagellation or something. Sooo haaard.

Oh, but do you do the pushup in between each rep as well?

of course I do the push-ups... I mean, what's the point of burpees without the push-ups?

which brings me to the question. What should hurt/ache when you do pushups properly? given your body is not used to it and some muscle should ache in the beginning, right? So what part should ache so I know I'm doing the pushups right.

Okaaay.
so I've been walking for at least(checks thread)
2 to 3 months now ( I took a 2 week break because of holidays back then)
and so far I've dropped from 110kg to 103kg-104 or somewhere there.
so it's 6kg in 3 months, around 2kg per month. Not sure if I'm accurate.
I eat breakfast at 10, skipped lunch(sometimes I have a little bread for snack) and have a light dinner.
Of course, walk home every weekday for 75 minutes or so.
So far so good but it's kindda slow but I blame myself for getting tempt occasionally and eating what I'm not suppose to.
Cooking by myself helps alot.

I believe that's very good improvement, Zeltrax!! That's great! If your aim is not for athletic development or whatever like these insane guys over here (BLAI), that routine sounds just fine, especially that you're cooking for yourself, and losing 2kg per month is okay. Just keep at it and eventually you'll get the habit, knowing how much to consume for yourself, knowing how much activity to burn what you've consumed, etc. etc. It takes time to really know your body.

In about 6 months time of continuing what you're doing (walking/ light exercise/ proper diet) you'll eventually reach the stalemate. Something to the likes of: your body has accustomed so much to your routine that you'll have to up the ante. So you'll adjust again.

It's easy to shed fat when you have a lot to shed. But as you become leaner, it gets harder and harder to lose just even half a kilogram. But that's far off from where you're at, I guess.

So keep up the good work.

 

[Zeltrax]

A little update, milestone?

7months ago I posted here saying ill be 80kg in 6 months but that didn't happen.
Instead, I am now 95kg and halfway there, my original weight was 110
I'm going to keep walking for one hour every weekday and stop when my holidays over here starts.
During the holidays, I will go running on every odd day.
Of course, with good meal planning too.



Oh and I stopped eating McDonalds for 6months.
Unbelievable.

 

[Adorien]

I wonder what's the best way to gain weight. I am 180 cm and 52 kg. I should be at least 60 kg. I started eating more recently, but... I lost weight. I used to be 55 kg. So I was thinking about playing a sport, still can't decide which one will be good for me.

Zeltrax, congratulations on your achievement! Keep it up!

 

[blai]

Tennis is a great sport for building muscles while burning fat. If you want to gain weight it's the best way to go.