Back to the gym

“I think I smao today (sweated my a.. off).

One good thing about having knee surgery is you have to do aerobic activity - doctor's orders.

Did the bike .... then got on the elliptical again for a little while. Just want to say once again that the elliptical sucks! I do not understand why they got so popular. Oh well, as long as people like them at least it's a good exercise.”

“nowslimmer - You have mail.

(Not that you need me to put in on here that you have mail, because you probably check your email anyways, but it seems to be the cool thing to do these days.)”

“i like the elliptical.

the motion works much better for me”

“the motion works better for you than what?”

“than a treadmill or jogging.”

“I need to practice.”

“practice what?”

“the elliptical so it works better for me

I like the concept - it's better for your joints.

I have mild hip arthritis from throwing literally millions of kicks.

... need to watch that stuff ...”

“I just want to point out that no one has ever approached me at the gym and asked about my 'roid source.”

“Yes, butt, has anyone approached you in the shower about your 'roid source????”

“Whenever anyone approaches me in the shower, I snap 'em with my towel!”

“don't feel bad BM. no one has ever picked me to be on their basketball team.”

“I may not look strong, but I can run pretty fast!”

“i may not look smart, but i'm pretty loud!”

“???

I took a small notebook with me when I went to work out with my trainer last night. I had him write down all the exercises I did, the number of sets and reps and the weight. Now I don't have to try to remember all that wh3en I work out on my own. ALSO, he is always setting the weights for me, taking off whatever weights the guy before me used and setting new ones on for me. I told hin to stop doing that and just tell me what to put on while he is writing it down. I feel like I got two workouts in one. the first was the exercises he told me to do. The second was from moving all the weight plates on and off the equipment to set up for each exercise.

In the words of the hardest working man in rock and roll (James Brown for those who cannot guess), "I FEEL GOOD!!!! 'duh duh 'duh duh duh duh 'duh I knew that I would!" LOL Everyone have a terrific day. I plan to do that.”

“you start keeping track yourself and the next thing you know your trainer will be out of a job”

“I always bring a notepad with me to the gym. Then I put it all into a spreadsheet when I get back to the office. Let's see, I think I'm up to 2,667,000 pounds lifted in 2½ years so far....”

“no notebook, just a spreadsheet here.”

“The toughest part of a pyramid or reverse pyramid routine is the lifting of the plates. LOL”

“not to mention fitting all that into a spreadsheet cell.

straight sets cell = 3x8x100

pyramid sets cell = 12x70, 10x85, 8x100, 6x120, 4x135”

“LOL!

I think I've tried that before!”

“i'd pyramid more if i wasn't so anal about keeping a neat spreadsheet.”

“10lbs I want to shed fast. Come on people..low $ advice.”

“1 month coke habbit?”

“carlette, u got to get your ass up and go to the gym every day, weights AND cardio. Low fat, high protein, no food after 6PM. well...that what works for me.

I have tried to loose without weights, but it's not working for me. I ran every day...didn't loose much Lbs at all.

I did notice that it's true...eat joghurt and loose more weight. hmm...gots to be the calcium. strange thou.

#&%!$..you dork... you know about that. Didn't we just talk about that stuff the other day on IM?? Made the type all this again!!!!

I feel bad cus I didn't make it the gym yesterday...had some work...and needed it done asap. by the time i checked the clock it was 11:30PM. Too late...even for me. Glad I didn't eat a lot yesterday.”

“the damn fda just needs to put Ephedra back on the market!”

“Don't eat, it works and it's very inexpensive.”

“till you pass out and have to pay the ambulance/medical bills.

coke is still cheaper than MD bills

errrr.. i think”

“A quick 10?
Eat 1/2 cup of Grapenuts Cereal for 2 meals per day. Then a regular meal for dinner. Your portion size for your meal should be no larger than your fist. Walk briskly
(6 mph) on a treadmill for 30 min, 3 days/per week or if you have a bike, ride 10 miles 4 days /week at a pace that is close to 35 min for the ride.”

“Keep in mind you don't do much good for weight loss in your cardio work until you get past around a half hour or so (there's some debate there). I see a lot of people at the gym on a treadmill for 20 minutes thinking they're losing weight. It's good for physical conditioning but not really for weight loss. If the rest of your body can handle it, best to jog for an hour or so 3-4 times a week. Keep weight-lifting too - muscles eat up the fat (sort of).”

“Kashi! Lots of small good for you meals spread throughout the day.”

“Went to the gym. Light workout. No lifting.

Did bike, then a few minutes on the elliptical to try to get used to that thing.

Then went home. Light snack. No kidding.

Did two homemade fudge brownies, topped with a few scoops of vanilla bean ice cream.

What a waste. What a waist.”

“Ooops - Just remembered I did lift today too.

Getting old sucks!!”

“Got my swimming suit wet this evening, this morning and yesterday morning. Had four hours of aikijutsu, two on Monday evening and two yesterday evening. Now I need to get the workouts restarted as well.”

“Hey nowslimmer, I know aikido does groundwalking techniques for balance. Does aikijutsu? I thought since they came from a common ancestry there might be some overlap.”

“dang, it's getting later and later when I get my butt to the gym.just now came back and it's already 11PM.

okay... so i did the dumb bell work out instead of the bench pressing today. Like it, but it will take some time for me to get used to.

weights: 25lb each, so a total of 50lbs..., 15 repeats the first time...12 the next 2 times. lol just what I suspected. Told u I am pretty weak in the upper body. I feel good thou, and that's what counts.

my weakest muscle is the triceps. dang, I def. suck there big time. I need to work on it a lot.”

“I did notice your biceps were in bigger relative proportion to your triceps. What's up with that? Just focus more on bis?

Tris are strange b/c they can handle heavy weights, but good isolation comes from a lot of the lower weight exercises like dips, kickbacks, and pushdowns. I guess hitting with different angles with skull crushers and overhead extensions might help with the bulking.”

“a week. I put the 2 desk chairs back to back and have been doing dips all week long along with pushups and I brought my ab roller with me...who says ya can't get a good workout at a hotel with no gym? just gotta use the old imagination.”

“Sarge - Aikido is a subset of aikijutsu. "Present day aikido has its origin in daito aikijutsu ..."(Dynamic Aikido by Gozo Shioda, p.11) The most important step, probably for both arts, is the "J"-step. We do practice it at times. It is mainly a step followed by a swivel or rotation(a circular movement). Most other steps are practiced in conjunction with a maneuver, but sometimes are done separately in preparation.”

“Thanks nowslimmer.

If anybody has done ground-walking, shoot me an email. I want to ask you about it.

Thanks!!”

“Just trying to keep up the accountability here.

Anything new anybody? Gem? Sacco? anyone?

I've been increasing the intensity and time of my biking since having knee surgery last month. I'm going 27 minutes now. I'm sure I could go longer, but want to work up to it.

Lifting is improving. I'm just better than I was before the surgery now. I had only started back a couple months before the surgery and had lost a LOT before that. So now it's catch-up time. Thank God for muscle memory.....”

“nothing new. NOt going today 'cus we're watching DVDs. LOL

Be back tomorrow. over the weekend: yupp...i finally increased my weights with this workout...took longer than usual.

on another note: did someone saw the TLC [i think it was TLC] "supersize she"???

Joanna Thomas



That picture don't even show how manly her features are. Honestly...any man who is attracted to this must be gay [nothing wrong with that, I am just saying]

wow...that was butt ugly. NO more female features at all. Wow...I can't believe I used to be into this. Glad I never got into steriods.”

“agreed Gemini - That's not feminine at all. The tricky thing is they don't walk around looking THAT ripped. She probably looks pretty descent off season and with normal clothes on if she doesn't flex.”

“I gotta agree with ya Gem that is WAY not feminine.....but taking what Sarge said one step further, she prolly looks completely different until just before she goes up on stage!!”

“yes, she prolly does, but her male features in the face area don't go away just because she is off training. it's pretty bad, and the picture don't show it at all.

i'll have to find a picture where u can really see it.”

“
that's the best picture I found, you can see the male features, but still not like they were visible on the TLC show. I think they photoshopping the pictures.”

“Gem - What makes you think guys would look at her face???”

“looks like seh has a mustache lol


I will be heading to the gym in about an hour for an hour :)”

“Did you make that Dr. appt SC? if it's not too personal.”

“in july. i couldnt get an appointment sooner.

I ate slightly more then 1500 cals today but only because I drank a soda today (hadnt had one in weeks)
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