Getting serious.
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@paekakboyz I just mean avoiding serious weights. Plus I hate leg days now.
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@raznomore dead to me bro.
😂
But seriously wouldn't getting into more weighted stuff for legs be good long term? Doesn't need to be anything particularly heavy... c'mon, you know you want too!!
Did you enjoy training legs before the injury?
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@paekakboyz said in Getting serious.:
@raznomore dead to me bro.
😂
But seriously wouldn't getting into more weighted stuff for legs be good long term? Doesn't need to be anything particularly heavy... c'mon, you know you want too!!
Did you enjoy training legs before the injury?
Does anyone?
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@mn5 you hush your mouth! But yeah, general consensus is fuck no to leg day 😂
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@paekakboyz said in Getting serious.:
@mn5 you hush your mouth! But yeah, general consensus is fuck no to leg day 😂
You're probably one of those short levers motherfuckers who only has to push about 2 inches on a bench press and 6 on a squat.
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@bones said in Getting serious.:
@paekakboyz said in Getting serious.:
@mn5 you hush your mouth! But yeah, general consensus is fuck no to leg day 😂
You're probably one of those short levers motherfuckers who only has to push about 2 inches on a bench press and 6 on a squat.
Get lost pigeon chest
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@bones I may resemble that remark. But way more than 6 bro. I mean, ahem.
But I train with a 6"5' or 6"6' guy! He's a good squatter but has unnaturally good mobility.
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@paekakboyz said in Getting serious.:
@bones I may resemble that remark. But way more than 6 bro. I mean, ahem.
But I train with a 6"5' or 6"6' guy! He's a good squatter but has unnaturally good mobility.
Say hi to Ardie for us.
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@paekakboyz i used to like what i could do on leg days without being actually that much of a trainer. But now I get tendinitis very easily in my achilles when I push too hard. I need to do yoga apparently...
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It's a vicious cycle. Training and then losing motivation. Dropping weight and then ballooning again. I got back up to 110 and stayed there for a long time. I recently rejoined a gym. Doing more of a specific program. I'm a month in and feel good. Small gains and good weight loss, down to 106.
I really looked at my diet but mostly my inactivity between work and bed. I suppose that really the same for everyone but I looked at what I was missing out on rather than just what my body should be doing.
The whole front of our house is glass as overlooks the pool and deck. The deck is quite a good size and I set up my son's half-court there for bball practice. I realised the other day that I can not remember the last time I didn't coach him from the lounge! I mean I have basically been barking instructions at him from the comfort of my couch out the sliding doors. I can also not remember when I was last in the pool with him. Fucking around being an idiot with him. I just watch him and his mates doing Manu's from the couch! I am far from a dead beat dad but Raz jr is not getting the best out of me and I am not enjoying all I could out of him.
I have found, this time around that I get excited about going to the gym. I'm not there for PBs or anything. I just feel better having trained. I don't go in for group fitness or functional training. I'm old school. I put headphones on and get into it.
I can't really run so much anymore. The mechanics are all intact but I hurt all over the following day. So know I do my cardio of the rowers or assault bikes. The missus put a program together for me and its working well.
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@raznomore dude I am sure there is a joke in there about your missus thinking 30min (biking!) is a 'warm up'. I think you are getting all the cardio you need lol.
I reckon the set and rep details are solid for getting back into the swing of things. My 2c would be to add some light dynamic movements ahead of your leg stuff. So you are going in with things firing, but aren't tapped out.
Thing I love at the gym is you are focused on your goals and performance. No one else to beat or anything which is cool. Do keep track of your mahi bro, it's choice seeing how you progress over time and it's always nice to see more regulars in the forum.
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@Paekakboyz I like the cardio, to be honest. But we are going to revisit that aspect next week.
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Upped my gym membership and got a gold pass that gives me access to a magnesium pool, ice pools, altitude training rooms for spin and running, hot yoga, mma/boxing training and technogym weight machines that work out my ideal weight to lift based on my height, weight and strength level......I need to actually attempt the last one so that I can better explain how it works. The PT who took me through that was vague at best.
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one of the things we are all too familiar is hindsight and what an absolute c*nt of a thing that it is.
When I was young training was just an extension of who I was. My brother and I just trained. We ran every day and we did weights every day. Then I had a bad injury and things never went back to how they were. The older I got the lazier I got.....we all know this story and we all feature at some level.
Anyway, it fucks me right off that I've left training, seriously and wholeheartedly, this late. Only 41 and I have plenty left in the tank. But I love going to the gym now. I enjoy healthy eating now. I seek out things to do that are fitness based. I love doing it all with my wife.
Just don't fucken wait. Im not reinventing the wheel or saying anything someone hasn't already and, more eloquently but get off your lazy ass and start living.
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Use it or lose it! A legit truism aye. Aside from the weights it's about moving and being able to move. Mobility work has been revolutionary for me in the last 5-6 years. Wish I'd caught that bug earlier in my weight lifting journey.
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Going to the gym 5 times a week. While I have no intention of doing a Mr & Mrs. Bartman it has become mine and my wife's thing.
I'm down to 99kg and feeling dangerous...I'm a young-looking 41(Polynesians usually age well) but my son reckons since I started going to the gym and lost weight I look old. Young punk!
The calf is right back matching the other one. Arms and chest are looking pretty good even if I do say so myself. The gut has still got a ways to go but its more solid and less flab. Shoulders are a struggle to get gains. Backside and thighs are tightening but finding it hard to shed weight there.
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found it tough to get to the gym this week. Still went and was happy I did but Im feeling a bit flat due to work stress. I am determined to keep this going and not make excuses where I have before.
I do have a niggly bit of pain on the out edge of my right food. Went for a surf on Saturday morning and on one attempt to stand(I suck at surfing, top-heavy and smaller feet than I should have) I got a sharp pain in my foot and it hasn't gone away. Haven't been able to use the tread mill, standard bikes or the rowers. Just in a shit area. Done the top half of the assault bike but I can't do that for long.
My exercise program is largely cardio-based and I feel better when I've done it as opposed to a strength session. Hopefully this shit passes soon.
Still sitting around 99kg - ate like a c*nt these last two weeks so can't complain that I haven't put any extra on. My kids turned 18 and 12 respectively a week apart so we had a lot of cake to get through...
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can be good to roll your foot out with a hardball or even a golf ball. Easy to forget all the muscles and stuff in your feet and that they can benefit from a bit of loving. Great to hear you are seeing the body change - pretty sure ass and thigh thicc-ness is similar to belly and love handles, areas we tend to bulk in! keep the momentum running bro and that weight will start to shift soon!!
