What's your workout routine?

[ballzack]

What do you guys do to stay healthy - smart-ass comments aside. Seriously. What's up with that.

Here's mine.

Monday
1 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 5 k run

Tuesday
1/2 mile swim, 30 minute Elliptical, 1 hour weight training session

Wednesday
Repeat Monday

Thursday
Repeat Tuesday

Friday
1 mile swim, 1 hour weight training (center on back and shoulders)

Saturday
2 mile swim, 1 mile run, 40 mile bike

Sunday
REST

[Rise Up]

What do you guys do to stay healthy - smart-ass comments aside. Seriously. What's up with that.

Here's mine.

Monday
1 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 5 k run

Tuesday
1/2 mile swim, 30 minute Elliptical, 1 hour weight training session

Wednesday
Repeat Monday

Thursday
Repeat Tuesday

Friday
1 mile swim, 1 hour weight training (center on back and shoulders)

Saturday
2 mile swim, 1 mile run, 40 mile bike

Sunday
REST

Just like God. Wait......:eek:

Oh yeah here's what I do.

Monday:
2 mile run

Tuesday:
Weightlifting for 3 hours at school

Wednesday:
Weightlifting again

Thursday:
Paintball(I run A LOT)

Friday:
Repeat Monday

Saturday:
Hike 4 miles on trails

Sunday:
Day off to play games.

[Carrot]

Fuck, where do you find the time?

Monday-Thursday: Hour of dumbells, pushups, pull ups
Friday: Nothing.
Saturday: 2 hours football (soccer)
Sunday:try to fit in double what I do on a weekday.

[Rise Up]

Crap I forgot about that!! Everyday before school I do 5 pullups. It doesn't do much if I do it not often but it can really help when it's often.


See!!! Even Borat agrees!!!http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/images/uploads/20080405-UpgradeComplete/borat.jpg

[ballzack]

I freaking LOVE that pic!

Anyway, that routine rocks.

Where do I find the time, Carrot? I get up at 4:00 AM.
Simple.
My club opens at 5:00.
I'm usually in the pool at 5:05.

[Carrot]

I freaking LOVE that pic!

Anyway, that routine rocks.

Where do I find the time, Carrot? I get up at 4:00 AM.
Simple.
My club opens at 5:00.
I'm usually in the pool at 5:05.

I dont see that happening any time soon for me.
Being a student it's more or less what I can do in my room since
a) it's cheaper
b) I have better things to do, as students do. (sleep comes to mind at 4 am)

[Rise Up]

I can run on the track during school. 4 laps= 1 mile.
I can also lift weights there too so it's a win-win. I always either go run or lift when I finish my work. And I wake up at 5. Damn Zack, how the hell do you wake up that early? :eek:

[Timper]

My workout consists of...

Monday - Bench and Squat corelifts, then various auxillary lifts working on the triceps and back muscles.

Tuesday - Powerclean and Military corelifts, then various auxillary lifts working on biceps and abdominal muscles.

Wednesday - Day off

Thursday - Repeat Monday, except do less lifts on the back workouts and instead focus heavily on triceps.

Friday - Repeat Tuesday, add in a few extra workouts at the end just to make my muscles dead tired before the weekend.

Weekend - Do the occasional set of pushups, situps, or curls. Once the weather over here in Washington stops being retarded I will swim laps in my pool on weekends and possibly every other day depending on the ammount of homework i have.

[yee-haw]

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[MrJim]

Sitting on the couch with cheap booze, cigarettes and pizza. :D

Just kidding. I actually work out several times a week.

[yee-haw]

I'm working out right now *burp*:D

[Baron Somebody]

I know how you feel...but no mine is that I just do parkour whenever I feel the need to...keeps you in shape

[Montanarchist]

Gym, three or four times a week, two-three hours at the time.
I could go in to deeper detail but I doubt anyone's too interested in that, least of which me.

[yee-haw]

Gym, three or four times a week, two-three hours at the time.
I could go in to deeper detail but I doubt anyone's too interested in that, least of which me.

I'm actually intersted, Do you run or just do muscle building or what?

The reason i ask is that i have smoked for 16 years and i quit just 15 days ago
I am now begining a diet and would like to get some advice maybe.
It's past time to start taking care of myself, Any suggestions?

[ballzack]

Get on a bike or swim. OR the Elliptical at gyms.
Running is going to be too strenuous to start.
You need to REBUILD your lower arterial blood vessels that have been damaged from the smoking.
That will take two years of regular AEROBIC exercise.

You also need to combine it with weight training. Muscle mass keeps you lean and burns calories even when you are not exercising. You'll actually look leaner than you weigh if you pack on muscle.

in a suit, you'd guess me at 175. I'm 190-195 depending. Muscle mass is deceiving.

[Hammerhead]

i used to workout with weights and ride a bike
but regretfully i've gotten away from it all
and now my chest has dropped to my stomach

[yee-haw]

Zack, Will you help me set up a routine, I'm starting from ground zero though.

I already feel better off the smokes and it's only been 15 days.

[General Septem]

What do you guys do to stay healthy - smart-ass comments aside. Seriously. What's up with that.

Every day for cardio I have sex six times per day and then I use liberals as punching bags and live targets for martial arts practice. :D


Alright, seriously here's what I do.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I take Taekwondo. That's pretty intense especially when sparring is involved. I am always dead after a couple rounds of sparring. I think martial arts is very important to my training. Lifting weights builds muscle, martial arts gives that muscle a purpose.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and sometimes Friday I hit the weight room. I follow Matt Reynolds' "Dual Factor Training" plan which he has outlined on bodybuilding.com. I try to do two upper body days and two lower body days per week, alternating which routine I do on Monday so that I give each half of the body the same amount of attention, since I usually don't have time on Friday.

I try to eat right and maintain a consistent sleep cycle with eight hours of sleep every night. As you can tell by the time at which I am posting this, the consistent sleep cycle part generally falls apart.


My diet probably consists of high calories, but I burn them. I stay away from sugary foods for the most part (I do not want diabetes), but I do eat fatty meats (mainly beef). I also try to eat eggs.

The reason I eat more fat than what some would consider healthy is for a few reasons. The first is, I have heard that if the body gets used to burning fat, it will burn its own fat easier. The second is that animal fats contain vitamins, and also the body synthesizes hormones (including T) from fat and cholesterol. The third is that I have heard that animal fat aids in the digestion of meat protein. I don't know if any of this is true, or if it would work for most people, but it seems to me like my body is telling me to do so, especially since it is nearly impossible for me to eat any appreciable amount of meat if it is too lean.

I don't really listen to nutrition experts, instead I prefer to become an expert myself and know exactly what to eat and why.

[Scowl]

Every day for cardio I have sex six times per day and then I use liberals as punching bags and live targets for martial arts practice. :D

How did I miss us having sex times a day? I counted twice on a couple of occasions, but.... was I awake or asleep? I am full of doubts about this ;p

[ballzack]

Great way to stay in shape, guys.
:p

[Rise Up]

Shit, I wish I could work out like that!! :eek::D

[WhiteRaven]

Every day for cardio I have sex six times per day

I seriously do have sex around that many times a day!

[Montanarchist]

I'm actually intersted, Do you run or just do muscle building or what?

I'm to please.

Both actually. Muscle building every other time and condition training every other, all though I usually do some warm-up by jogging/walking to the gym no matter what.

[yee-haw]

I'm to please.

Both actually. Muscle building every other time and condition training every other, all though I usually do some warm-up by jogging/walking to the gym no matter what.

I want to get started next week, However... Zack says it's too early to start running.
I ordered a boflex, I'm gonna' start there.
What do you think?

[Montanarchist]

Well, Zack probably knows more about this than me, but I wouldn't say that there's any problems with running to start with as long you're taking it easy.

Boflex sounds decent, just remember to use it ;)

[yee-haw]

Well, I was kind hoping for some feedback on a good starter routine.
I smoked for 16 years and have'nt worked out or done any cardio since my military days.
So, Needless to say i'm starting from ground zero.
The only thing i know for sure is my diet will be a high protien one.

[Rise Up]

Bison's great for protein. Just saying. :)
Though I do know someone who eats only veggies, tuna and chicken. That's it. I think it works great because he's got HUGE muscles. You think he's fat but then he takes off his jacket to go lift and you just stare dumbfounded. What do you mean by cardio? The only thing I know about exercise is running and lifting weights. I just started doing it a week ago, lifting that is. :(*


*almost no muscle. :p

[Baron Somebody]

I'd recommend not building muscle, try workouts that use all of your agility (like I do)...I just find it to come more in handy, and my reflexes are like 10 times better than they used to be...I'm not saying I'm weak by any means (max I can bench is 80 punds probably) but still you could be the strongest person ever but have horrible heart health

[Rise Up]

I'd recommend not building muscle, try workouts that use all of your agility (like I do)...I just find it to come more in handy, and my reflexes are like 10 times better than they used to be...I'm not saying I'm weak by any means (max I can bench is 80 punds probably) but still you could be the strongest person ever but have horrible heart health

That's why you take care of your heart mang. :cool:
Your lucky. My max is 60. :o

[Baron Somebody]

That's why you take care of your heart mang. :cool:
Your lucky. My max is 60. :o

Ha ha...but I can easily scale 10 foot walls so that may be a factor lol

[Rise Up]

Ha ha...but I can easily scale 10 foot walls so that may be a factor lol

Lol I'd struggle with that. Give me a ladder and I can do it though. :rolleyes:

[Baron Somebody]

You should really try parkour..it is fun and it builds muscle and it keeps you in shape

[Rise Up]

You should really try parkour..it is fun and it builds muscle and it keeps you in shape

I run and I recently started to lift weights. So I think I'm good. Plus getting to eat Bison in front of kids at school who are getting crap school lunch is great. :D
The school has a decent sized track and a pretty good gym so I'm pretty good on that. On weekends I go out and hang with friends. We usually walk around seeing what we can do. So we burn calories and build leg muscle because we get bored. :)

[Baron Somebody]

I run and I recently started to lift weights. So I think I'm good. Plus getting to eat Bison in front of kids at school who are getting crap school lunch is great. :D
The school has a decent sized track and a pretty good gym so I'm pretty good on that. On weekends I go out and hang with friends. We usually walk around seeing what we can do. So we burn calories and build leg muscle because we get bored. :)

I could probably walk a mile in eight or nine minutes because my legs are so strong

[Rise Up]

I could probably walk a mile in eight or nine minutes because my legs are so strong

I can run a mile in 15 minutes. I have to take my time because my lungs suck from the weather. Allergies. :(
I am in good shape but allergies fuck my running. I can easily sprint a mile but only when my lungs are good(not sick/no allergies active) and I haven't been around any dipshit smokers. :cool:

[Baron Somebody]

I can run a mile in 15 minutes. I have to take my time because my lungs suck from the weather. Allergies. :(
I am in good shape but allergies fuck my running. I can easily sprint a mile but only when my lungs are good(not sick/no allergies active) and I haven't been around any dipshit smokers. :cool:

Sometimes when I walk to school people will be like 300 feet in front of me and I actually outwalk them and go in front of them

[Rise Up]

Sometimes when I walk to school people will be like 300 feet in front of me and I actually outwalk them and go in front of them

Well that's kind of easy when they have to waddle like penguins because their pants are like this....

http://blog.drjays.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/saggy-pants-110308-1.jpg

[Baron Somebody]

I guess lol...I have that ability that all the movie killers do where no matter how fast you run they will always catch up to you

[Rise Up]

I guess lol...I have that ability that all the movie killers do where no matter how fast you run they will always catch up to you

*cough* Jason *cough*

[Baron Somebody]

*cough* Jason *cough*

Pretty much actually lol...I'm not kidding though I am also a master at stealth

[Timper]

Haha, my bench is 195, my squat is 345, and my powerclean is 235 :) i'm stronger than rise and baron...im on the football team though and ive been working out for a long time.

I've always wanted to try bison too, can you think of any nice recipies to use bison with?

[yee-haw]

Haha, my bench is 195, my squat is 345, and my powerclean is 235 :) i'm stronger than rise and baron...im on the football team though and ive been working out for a long time.

I've always wanted to try bison too, can you think of any nice recipies to use bison with?

Patatoes and corn on the cobb?

[Baron Somebody]

Haha, my bench is 195, my squat is 345, and my powerclean is 235 :) i'm stronger than rise and baron...im on the football team though and ive been working out for a long time.

I've always wanted to try bison too, can you think of any nice recipies to use bison with?

Can you scale a 10 foot wall easily? I didn't think so

[Timper]

Not that easily baron, but i can do it without too much struggling:D

Oh and sorry, that post of mine does kinda sound like something a jackass would say, I try not to do that but i've been used to having my brother do it to me my entire life.

[General Septem]

A 345lb squat at the age of 16 is damn near impossible unless you're incredibly gifted. I'm guessing you have horrible form and squat about a quarter of the way down. I'm not trying to be a jackass or anything, but you should really look into using proper form so you don't blowout your knees. Some common mistakes most guys make:

Feet too close together. You want your feet at least shoulder width apart, and squat "in between" them if you can picture that.

Moving their knees too far forward. Try and keep them over your heels at all times, but certainly do not let them travel further forward than the tip of your toes.

Not going down far enough. If you're not sitting on your calves when you squat, you aren't a whole lot better off than if you didn't squat to begin with. If you do everything else correctly, you can squat without putting any strain on your knees at all.

A good exercise for developing the squat is to sit in the squat position with no weight on your back for an extended period of time. You will get used to it in time. If you feel any strain in your knees, they are too far forward. Get used to keeping them completely perpendicular to the ground when in the squat position. Once you get that down, just practice getting from that position into a standing position keeping your back straight.

If you're like almost every other guy at my gym, you can "squat" more than me, but since I squat correctly I can actually leg press twice what you can. Don't feel bad, just having 345lbs on your back is an accomplishment, so I suspect that after a couple months of doing them right you should be a monster.

[Baron Somebody]

Not that easily baron, but i can do it without too much struggling:D

Oh and sorry, that post of mine does kinda sound like something a jackass would say, I try not to do that but i've been used to having my brother do it to me my entire life.

I understand, strength just isn't my thing...I mainly work on my agility

[Timper]

I know how to squat, i actually go parallel to the ground like you are supposed to. i've played soccer since i was 4 years old so my legs have always had really good stregnth. And i can legpress alot too, the highest the machine goes to at my school is 400lbs but i can rep that 15 times easily.

[Baron Somebody]

What could be a good strength exercise for me? Nothing ever seems to help

[Timper]

What could be a good strength exercise for me? Nothing ever seems to help

It depends on what you are trying to develop stregnth in. whatever you are doing you should get a workout partner though, you will push each other to achieve more than you would if you just worked out by yourself.

[Baron Somebody]

It depends on what you are trying to develop stregnth in. whatever you are doing you should get a workout partner though, you will push each other to achieve more than you would if you just worked out by yourself.

Well I just wanna strengthen my arms

[Timper]

Well I just wanna strengthen my arms

do various bicep and tricep workouts then, most of the bicep workouts are curls and there are many different types of tricep workouts. It is sorta hard to explain how to do them all on here so your best bet would be to go to the gym and ask them for all the different things that do bicep and tricep workouts.

i would also recommend that you do other workouts as well, isolating certain muscles is great for getting them strong but at the same time you will look like a deuschbag when you have arms that are bigger than your legs :p

I would say the best workout to do when you want to isolate just the biceps and triceps is to get 4 different workout stations and do a tricep workout, a bicep workout, another tricep workout, and another bicep workout, and just do rotations at these, don't just stay at one station and do all your sets and then move to another, make sure to mix it up.

[Baron Somebody]

do various bicep and tricep workouts then, most of the bicep workouts are curls and there are many different types of tricep workouts. It is sorta hard to explain how to do them all on here so your best bet would be to go to the gym and ask them for all the different things that do bicep and tricep workouts.

i would also recommend that you do other workouts as well, isolating certain muscles is great for getting them strong but at the same time you will look like a deuschbag when you have arms that are bigger than your legs :p

I would say the best workout to do when you want to isolate just the biceps and triceps is to get 4 different workout stations and do a tricep workout, a bicep workout, another tricep workout, and another bicep workout, and just do rotations at these, don't just stay at one station and do all your sets and then move to another, make sure to mix it up.

My legs are hella strong, but my arms are small naturally so that might be a factor

[Timper]

My legs are hella strong, but my arms are small naturally so that might be a factor

Haha ok, in my opinion, strong legs are better than strong arms anyday. But just keep working out your arms, eat tons of protein, and drink a LOT of water. Also work out your chest if your working out your arms, do benchpress, decline, and incline for that...also don't forget that doing pushups and situps at home are great for getting a strong upperbody.

[General Septem]

Tree trunk legs and a decent upper body always beat an Arnold upper body and chicken legs. Squatting will also release massive amounts of hormones to put your body in growth mode.

Don't waste your time with isolation triceps and biceps exercises though. Do heavy compound lifts that exercise groups of muscles, such as low incline chest presses (flat bench can fuck up your shoulders), shoulder presses and DB rows. Those will hit all of your upper body muscles including your arms, so you don't get lopsided. Also try underhand barbell rows if you're comfortable doing so. Just keep your back straight when you do them.

Also, the consensus among most weight trainers is to do one exercise and then move on. Unless you are doing a superset, doing a set of some other muscle in between sets of another muscle lets your muscles get way too rested between sets. So do a set, rest for a minute, and do another.

In a nutshell: squat, do compound lifts, and don't circuit train.


Timper: Since I haven't seen you lift I'll take your word for it, since you say you've been lifting for a long time. I still say rock bottom is best, but parallel is good too (powerlifters go parallel). Since you squat parallel that's fine. Anything above parallel (95% of the guys in my gym) is garbage.

[Timper]

I see where your coming from with the non-isolation and non-circut training things General, but Baron said he wanted to get his arms big. I had said he should work out everything and not just his arms but if he didn't really want to do that I was just telling him what i thought was good.

And about the circut training, I lift at my school weightroom with 3 or 4 different people. What we used to do is...Do a set, wait for other people to do their sets, do another set, and repeat until we had finished our sets. Doing the circut has made it so that we are constantly working out instead of wasting up to 3 minutes waiting for the other people in the lifting group to finish.

And about the ass-to-grass squatting...I have tried it before and actually used to do it alot but my football coaches said it is bad for your knees (i've noticed my coaches actually know shit about lifting) and they bitched and whined at me about it until i decided i would just go parallel on my maxes to get them to stop bitching.

[Baron Somebody]

I see where your coming from with the non-isolation and non-circut training things General, but Baron said he wanted to get his arms big. I had said he should work out everything and not just his arms but if he didn't really want to do that I was just telling him what i thought was good.

And about the circut training, I lift at my school weightroom with 3 or 4 different people. What we used to do is...Do a set, wait for other people to do their sets, do another set, and repeat until we had finished our sets. Doing the circut has made it so that we are constantly working out instead of wasting up to 3 minutes waiting for the other people in the lifting group to finish.

And about the ass-to-grass squatting...I have tried it before and actually used to do it alot but my football coaches said it is bad for your knees (i've noticed my coaches actually know shit about lifting) and they bitched and whined at me about it until i decided i would just go parallel on my maxes to get them to stop bitching.

I don't exactly want my arms big (because believe it or not I do have muscles) I just want my arms to be stronger

[General Septem]

I see where your coming from with the non-isolation and non-circut training things General, but Baron said he wanted to get his arms big. I had said he should work out everything and not just his arms but if he didn't really want to do that I was just telling him what i thought was good.

I know, we mostly said the same thing. I'm just opinionated when it comes to chicken leg douchebags. :D


And about the circut training, I lift at my school weightroom with 3 or 4 different people. What we used to do is...Do a set, wait for other people to do their sets, do another set, and repeat until we had finished our sets. Doing the circut has made it so that we are constantly working out instead of wasting up to 3 minutes waiting for the other people in the lifting group to finish.

It sounds to me like your gym doesn't have enough equipment for everyone to use, so I guess you have to make do with what you can. I feel your pain, school gyms suck.


And about the ass-to-grass squatting...I have tried it before and actually used to do it alot but my football coaches said it is bad for your knees (i've noticed my coaches actually know shit about lifting) and they bitched and whined at me about it until i decided i would just go parallel on my maxes to get them to stop bitching.

Coaches are opinionated by nature, which is why I don't really take sides on the issue. I've heard ATG is actually better for your knees than parallel, if you do them correctly. Who knows. I take what coaches say with a grain of salt, but that said you still have to put up with them. As long as you're making progress and not getting hurt it does not really matter, so make your coaches happy and you'll be fine.


I don't exactly want my arms big (because believe it or not I do have muscles) I just want my arms to be stronger

If you want strong arms, then definitely compound lifts are the way to go, since your overall arm strength relies on all of your upper body muscles. For a guy who does parkour, you probably don't want to add much mass either since that adds lots of weight.

That in mind, I would recommend keeping the reps in the 5-rep range, though you should do more than that on your warmup sets. Super high volume will emphasize mass and not so much strength. Don't try to max out too often because at your age (even at my age, actually) you will hurt yourself.

Also, if you bench press, I would recommend incline. Flat benching can destroy your shoulders if something goes wrong.

[General Septem]

How did I miss us having sex times a day? I counted twice on a couple of occasions, but.... was I awake or asleep? I am full of doubts about this ;p

Ok maybe three. :p