Man boobies and Beer guts - advice needed
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[quote name='Nick the Aussie']Here's another training hint: Ifyou use a water bottle, clean the bastard every day with hot water and soap! I haven't been and lately was left to wonder why I keep getting sick whenever I start taking on lots of water. Your own saliva, left alone for a few hours, can be worse for getting you sick than just about anything!<br />
[/quote]Holy shit that's a good one. I'm off to clean my 2-year-old bottle for the first time... -
[quote name='Rancid Schnitzel']<br />
At what pace do you do cardio Irish? 6 hours per week is heaps.<br />
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I do interval training for 60 min per week plus 3 weight days and that's more than enough for me.<br />
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What's your eating bill like <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Cardio is with heart rate around 140 beats per minute.<br />
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Eating bill is low - and as a result I've dropped 3 kgs in the past 3 weeks. Overall down from 105kgs to 97kgs in the past 4-5 months (but have only been doing this much cardio last 3 weeks). Previously was doing less cardio and eating too much.<br />
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I have a shockingly slow metabolism. And a PC / phone jockey 40-50 hours a week...<br />
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This much cardio mixed with weights is the only way I have ever been able to drop any weight... -
[quote name='Bones']<br />
Holy shit that's a good one. I'm off to clean my 2-year-old bottle for the first time...<br />
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Bloody hell. Nick don't you know that ignorance is bliss? Water bottle in the bin.<br />
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Irish: Awesome commitment. What splits do you do for your weights?<br />
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Monday: Chest, bis<br />
Tuesday: shoulders, triceps<br />
Thursday: Legs<br />
Friday: Back, bis, tris.<br />
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Used to do whole body four times a week. Didn't go so well that. -
[quote name='BartMan']<br />
NTA, don't be sucking on the bottle then, squirt the bugger into your mouth, then no saliva problems! <br />
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I've actually been using old Powerade bottles for a while but the flow on them is crap so I usually take the lid off. Going to get a decent one for the bike with a rack and will use that in future and wash diligently.<br />
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Rancid - want to lose weight not money. Buying new bottles all the time, even if they contain Powerade, is not good. -
[quote name='Rancid Schnitzel']<br />
Bloody hell. Nick don't you know that ignorance is bliss? Water bottle in the bin.<br />
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Irish: Awesome commitment. What splits do you do for your weights?<br />
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It's part of my routine now. I feel like shit if i don't cardio before work.<br />
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I try to do full upper body set for an hour, 2 nights on a 1 off.<br />
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Don't bother with legs - big enough.<br />
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Have dodgy athritic shoulders so am building up before switching to splits something like you have in 2 months time (thats the plan). How do your splits work for you? Do you have a set routine or mix it up for each muscle group? -
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It's part of my routine now. I feel like shit if i don't cardio before work.<br />
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I try to do full upper body set for an hour, 2 nights on a 1 off.<br />
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Don't bother with legs - big enough.<br />
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Have dodgy athritic shoulders so am building up before switching to splits something like you have in 2 months time (thats the plan). How do your splits work for you? Do you have a set routine or mix it up for each muscle group?<br />
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There are two programs I do which I copied from this guy:<br />
[url="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jeff8.htm"]http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jeff8.htm[/url]<br />
[url="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jeff1.htm"]http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jeff1.htm[/url]<br />
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They seem to do the job and aren't too intense. I like the fact that I really only lift weights 3 times a week yet still get the results. -
I hear that Grog <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 6AM every day for the last week, including the weekend where I had been up late. Come Monday morning the little bloke sleeps in past 7 and I miss the train! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Oh yeah and one other thing: Mrs the Aussie says that she's been putting on weight since Little Aussie started walking by himself too which shows that kids are great workout machines! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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But back on topic - in order to combat the growing forces of my own man boobies I've been cycling three times a week in the evenings around 8PM (less people and dogs that way). The circuit starts at the local service station where I check the tyre pressure, then 10km (6 1/4 miles) out to the end of the local motorway's pedestrian track and back. After a couple of dry runs to get to know the track I've been recording the times and they are as follows:<br />
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27/01 - 62min 37sec<br />
29/01 - 59min 07sec<br />
01/02 - 56min 45sec<br />
03/02 - did not ride (Mrs the Aussie went out with her hot friends so I was babysitter)<br />
05/02 - 55min 54sec<br />
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So nearly 7 minutes' improvement in under two weeks. The next ride is Wednesday and the goal time is 55 minutes. I've lost 2kg and haven't gone all fascist on my diet at this point.<br />
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The decrease in times can be explained partly by my growing knowledge of the track and its various hills and curves, but also significant increase in aerobic fitness I'm experiencing. My recovery time is getting far shorter too and I find I'm rarely out of breath more than a minute after finishing even the steepest sections.<br />
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And because I'm grinding a mountain bike over this track which has a lot of long gradients, I'm getting a fairly decent muscle workout as well, which I'm supplementing with pushups and crunches. Its amazing how much riding a real bike works your arms and shoulders as you're forced to deal with inertia and gravity as opposed to a gym bike where its legs only.<br />
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The goal time at the moment is 50 minutes, which would mean I'm averaging 24km/h (15mph) and is probably about as good as I can get the MTB to go before opting for a decent roadbike which can give me a lighter frame and higher tyre pressure. The catch with this is most road bikes are rated to only 100kg rider weight which is a good 18kg away for me at the moment
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So as a stop-gap measure I'm going to put slick tyres with a high pressure rating on the MTB which should reduce rolling resistance and give me more go for each turn of the pedals. If that starts giving me an average speed of close to 30km/h then the purchase of a road bike is to be delayed further. And a good thing too as my mate who wants to see me set up with a decent unit is a Titanium freak and wants me to spend $3K+ <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
good work NTA, I started out at 118-120ish too when started getting stuck into the rowing machine. now down to 103-105ish.<br />
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The serious weight loss came about when started watching what I was eating - nothign TOO facist, just cut down on the fatty shite and eat more fruit vegies instead of pies and coke
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The aerobic fitness came pretty quick though, even before the weight peels off <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Also do the pressups, sit ups thing, and bought a set of dumbells so can throw in some curls and shoulder press to get upper body a decent lash after a row. -
Have been running every second day for last couple of weeks and slowly getting further each time before the heart feels like it's about to explode. The first night couldn't believe how unfit I was, then each night run same way and aim for something in distance to better the previous run. <br />
Caught up with old school mate who is putting together a team of mates keen on one last season so have been thinking of taking the boots out of retirement. Only 4th team stuff, fun and a few beers sort of thing. -
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Also do the pressups, sit ups thing, and bought a set of dumbells so can throw in some curls and shoulder press to get upper body a decent lash after a row.<br />
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Mate of mine had a good tip for that - mix up your sets a bit so e.g. one night you do regular rowing routine and then your standard 10/10/10 (or 12/10/8) sets on the dumbells with 30 second break in between.<br />
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Then starting one night, do only 50% of your rowing but do sets of 100 reps on a light dumbell weight. Kills but really works you hard. If you're still feeling up to it, do the rest of your rowing. If you can complete that, then do your regular rowing routine followed by the set of 100... or at least as many as you can <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Its all about keeping your muscles in the dark. Don't let them get settled and all that <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
