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taniwharugby

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I should also add - I love weights. Nothing pumped my ego more than benching more than my own weight when I was at uni (1RM of 110kg), or stacking 400 kg on the leg press and grunting out a set of 6. I'm secretly itching to get back into the gym once or twice a week and see what I'm capable of now I have a fitness base. But I'd have to find time around running and circuits at home. 
 
[b]But I love being fitter. I think it is good for my immune system, does a lot of good work for my respiratory function, and helps trim my waist down to a healthy level, and most importantly, helps me lose weight.[/b] 
 
When I was doing only weights, I'd go overboard with my eating to compensate and while I was getting stronger, I wasn't actually getting any healthier. 
 
[b]Plus when the zombies come, Rule #1: Cardio.[/b] 
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Yeah being fitter (and thinner) has helped in so many ways, I no longer snore as well! Touch wood, I aint been sick for about 4 years anyway, although I did get some flu-like symptoms when we went to the UK this year, but I suspect that was the abundance of bugs floating around the air-con for 26 hours! 
 
I only 2 days of weights now, at least 1 run and a circuit day, which I guess includes some weights... 
 
And your last point, I agree, although seeing the new breed of zombie coming out, you will need to endurance of a super-athlete <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Red Beard

That's bloody awesome to read NTA, TR and Talisker. I'm inspired!

NTA

[quote name='Talisker' timestamp='1354188873' post='329232']. 
 
I've been away from training for a long time now, so I'm very much open to any advice - I'm trying to shift this fatsuit I've been wearing for a while, not muscle building - does that workout sound reasonable for this aim? 
 
Cheers[/quote]

Cutting back on fat is not nearly as important as portion control and getting rid of sugar.
Achievable goals, small steps
Record everything! Waist is the main one, but chest and hips are also motivators, in addition to weight
Look to do as many real-world exercise as possible. The cable machine is great for training but chin ups, pull ups, burpees etc is where it's at. Military press is my favourite I reckon - something primal about pushing weight above your head, Conan-style
Start your own thread <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
 
 
 
 
 
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, I agree, although seeing the new breed of zombie coming out, you will need to endurance of a super-athlete <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />[/quote] 
 
Brad Pitt can get fucked. They took the book, ripped out all the pages, then kept the cover.

Red Beard

I don't add sugar on anything anymore after watching that Peter Fitz story on 20/20. He practically kept his normal lifestyle (abit of social sport and the odd run thrown in) but by cutting sugar alone dropped about 20kgs in next to 
No time. 
 
Portion control, no sugar, less 
Processed foods generally and planning ahead on fit pal has made all the difference for me so far. A sudden realisation of what I'm actually eating has been the major change.

NTA

So. Bit hot today at almost 40. Screw exercise. Storm might turn up, might not.

JK

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Cutting back on fat is not nearly as important as portion control and getting rid of sugar.
Achievable goals, small steps
Record everything! Waist is the main one, but chest and hips are also motivators, in addition to weight
Look to do as many real-world exercise as possible. The cable machine is great for training but chin ups, pull ups, burpees etc is where it's at. Military press is my favourite I reckon - something primal about pushing weight above your head, Conan-style
Start your own thread <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
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THIS is QUALITY advice. And I second all of it. 
 
Another care of Bartman is that you can't out train a bad diet. This is so dam true. When it comes to getting results its about 80% diet and 20% what you do exercise wise. The excercise bit it the fun bit though, gives many more benefits than just the obvious physical improvements.

NTA

Went for a run this morning, and kept my promise to extend distance - to 7 km from 5, overlapping part of my regular 5 km and 3 km circuits together. Time was just under 39 minutes which is around 10.1 km/h. Didn't want to aim for much more than that given the hazardous footing (rained big last night) or the humidity - was mid-20s here and heavily overcast, raining on me for the last 2 km. Don't think I could have gone much faster anyway. 
 
Got home, cooled down, showered, dumped, and here are the results: 
 
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1353704417' post='327322'] 94.0kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 98cm, Hips 103cm.[/quote] 
 
Today: 93.0kg, Chest 107cm, Waist 97cm, Hips 103 
 
So a new low marker for weight and waist, though the bathroom scales were a bit farken mental, varying anywhere up to 300g. I took the most consistent reading.

NTA

My original plan was to do a Spring weight loss, so the results for the period 1/9 to 1/12 were 
 
Weight: 98.8 down to 93 - lost 5.8kg which is a little distorted by the fact that I'd fed well in the week before that first weigh-in. Anything around 4 is about normal for me over 3 months based on stats since Aug 2011. 
Chest: 114 down to 107 - 7cm (nearly three inches) 
Waist: 104 down to 97 - 7cm 
Hips: 108 down to 103 - 5cm 
 
I'm going to extend this sequence into December, up to the 22nd which gives me another 3 weeks to hit 90kg before the dreaded Xmas holidays and my Italian in-laws strike with a prejudice on the food stakes. 
 
I'll be aiming to do 3 x 7km a week minimum and 1-2 home gym sessions per week in addition to karate. I should also get back onto hundred pushups program as I feel it had great benefits for shaping and burn.

NTA

Morning circuit after a fairly lax diet day - pizza is bad on so many levels, but mainly the dehydration effect. Drinking plenty of water and fibre is the only answer. 
 
Chins x 5 
Bicep into hammer x 5 @ 14.25kg 
Top to bottom x 5 @ 50kg 
Arnies x 5 @ 14.25kg 
Pullups x 5 
Lunges a no go due to a fuct knee. First circuit 25 done on the left, then 10 on the right before stopping. Had to ditch squats as well... 
Pushups x 20 
Burpees x 10. The knee is a real problem at this point so won't do any more of those 
 
Circuit 1: 08:45 
Circuit 2: 05:44 - because there isn't any leg work 
 
At that point the circuitous nature of exercise seemed pretty pointless, so I did Arnies to fail (11), bent rows to fail (13), shrugs to fail (15), hammer curls to fail (10), chins to fail (4), pushups to fail (18) 
 
Hanging knee raise: prone x 10, supine x 5, then supine x 5 to finish

NTA

Went for another 7 km run tonight as it was cool and breezy. Nothing excessive, just cruising along. Finished in a tick under 39 minutes again which is something like a good base.

NTA

Another 7 km run tonight - didn't want to watch us in the final throes of the cricket. I upped the pace a little and clocked in at 38:30 which is about 10.9 km/h. I've run a half marathon in the last three days...

NTA

Karate tonight. As the last grading was on the weekend, tonight it was basics followed by a lot of self-defense, which was fun. Jeez I wish I'd known some of this stuff on the rugby field though - would have come in very handy. 
 
Got home and did hundred pushups Week 4 Day 2 for the first time in a while... 
 
Set 1: 25 OK 
Set 2: 29 OK and in fairly good time 
Set 3: 25 OK with minimal rest at top. 
Set 4: 25 OK but started to fatigue badly - several rests at top so extended the rest period in 120s 
Set 5: 28 OK, 8 on knees. 
 
While the form probably wasn't the greatest, I've made an executive decision to finally move on to Week 4 Day 3. 
 
Incidentally I've passed the 3000 mark on the app recording of my efforts, not including the ad hoc pushups I do in other workouts.

NTA

7 km tonight - wasn't really feeling up to it after I got up early to go donate plasma, then had a day on the road doing site visits. 
 
37:42 - jeez! Took nearly a minute out of the previous best, upping the speed from 10.9 km/h to 11.1 km/h - average of 5:23 per km for those playing at home. Nothing in particular I did differently, except to cut one corner off the third km, so I could finish closer to home.

NTA

Another 7 km run tonight, taking the total for the week to 35 km. 
 
Time was 38:30 (pretty much the same as Monday - 10.9 km/h) which was largely due to me being stuffed after the 5am start today. Was so tired I feel asleep at the pool during kid #1's swimming lesson. In my defense it's pretty warm in there...

NTA

On left is me mid-October this year. On right is me October 2010. 
 
Fark

Kirwan

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On left is me mid-October this year. On right is me October 2010. 
 
Fark 
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Guy on the left will live a lot longer than the one on the right. Great work.

dK

Impressive mate!

NTA

Showed that to the wife and she just nodded shrugged and said "yep...". 
 
You want to ask why they didn't say anything, then realise it wouldn't have made a difference to the person you were back then. The drive to change cannot come from anyone else.

taniwharugby

I'll do one of them on NY Day which will be a year, although losing ~10kg, I dont think mine seems as noticable, we'll see... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eusa_think.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':think:' />

NTA

Keep in mind that I didn't start measuring stuff until August 2011, but I reckon around the time of that October 2010 photo I'm easily over 120kg.

The Silver Fern

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