Deadlifts. Accomplish some strength and cardio at the same time by picking a deadlift weight about 60-70% of your max and do a set of 10 deadlifts between every set of whatever other exercises you’re doing that day.
Did you exercise today?
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The numbers are in…175lbs the day we flew out. 173lbs as of this morning.
Weigh in happened in the morning of both day before and morning of return (3am) this morning.
Goal weight of 165lbs by June 01.
Weigh in happened in the morning of both day before and morning of return (3am) this morning.
Goal weight of 165lbs by June 01.
You're contradicting yourself..
You're trying to lose weight.. while building up muscle doing the 5x5 program!?
You should worry less about the number on the scale.. and concentrate on how you look and feel.
You can tone while building.. but I wouldn't expect to actually lose weight while building.
The muscle gains will more than offset any fat loss on the scale.
True. Lose the fat, gain the muscle and tone it.
I don’t want Arnold physique, just to feel and be healthier and leaner.
bigpoppa
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yeah, you cant really bulk and cut at the same time.
Pick a goal(being healthy, putting on muscle, losing fat), and work slowly but consistently towards it, dont focus on the numbers.
Dirty Frank
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If it wasn't for the endorphin blast i would never be able to gather up the enthusiasm to row.
On the big plus side unlike pharma even as fitness level increases that nice warm glow doesn't diminish.
Youtube surfing I came across a few bodybuilding in the 70's videos. Basically the heyday of bodybuilding imo and they talk about the oldschool way of training and how much of a team effort it was and how it's all changed now. Made me miss my hardcore grungy Ajax gym.
One of my kids wants to learn snowboarding. Ugh. I'm too old for this. A few weeks ago fell back and tore an ab or something when I hit. Thankfully no falling down yesterday. I'm much better at skiing than snowboarding. Oh well. Always be learning.
Distance is inversely proportional to the level of suck. Toronto and Brampton have at least one municipal ski hill each. I havent been to either but I havent heard great things (other than proximity). Glen eden in milton and brimacomb south of peterborough are slightly better. Skyloft and lakeridge are a little better again and not too far if you are east gta. Hockley, snow valley and horseshoe are about the same level as the last two but north instead of east. Mount st Louis moonstone spends the most on snowmaking so they have the longest season. The best we get in the area is near collingwood. Lots of private ski hills and blue mountain.
Been to Mt.St.Louis every week this season and they have complete snow coverage. A bit of a trek from the GTA, but worth it. Most other hills have some brown patches but Louis just keeps pumping out more snow.
I usually go Wednesday/Thursday evenings to avoid people.
A very complex subject but right on the diet. Sumo wrestlers are apparently quite healthy because their fat is outside of the body cavity. The fat inside is more likely to kill you. Fatty liver etc.
Strong stomach muscles can’t compress a huge gut.
Another factor is muscle is denser than fat so toning up could put on weight. Target weights don’t mean a lot if what you have is healthy. Aim for health not appearance. It usually works out best
Thinking causes the brain to burn calories, about 260 calories per day. The best diet is thinking about what you eat.
I worked my legs yesterday morning, now I can't walk. Tomorrow is going to suck so much more
Good stuff!
Last Tuesday I did a pilates class and I was expecting 60 minutes of core. But no, it was a 60 minute session of all kinds of lunges. That night I was supposed to run 40min, but only lasted 25min and could barely walk home. 2 days later, my hamstrings still hurt a lot and I had to skip that run. Not good considering I can't really afford to miss any workouts if I want to at least finish the race in 2 months.
On Saturday I was supposed to run for at least 90 minutes and thought it would be amazing to reach 17km, but my hamstrings still felt tight. When I got out there and strarted running, I was blown away by how light each step felt and how little effort it took to run. Ended up doing 18km and could have easily run more. That was a good reminder of the value of legs workouts, which I used to do 1x a week, but stopped doing years ago. Really need all those stablizers supporting and spreading the load.
It's also amazing that 2 months ago, I was struggling to run 5km.
Elevation profile for this race is below and there is a few steeper climbs, so now it's time to start getting in some hill training. I've read that the one thing to be wary of on this course is not the hills however, but the wind.
Good
keep your head/neck straight and look forward... not down (or up)...
Look at your split pic and hack video... not sure if you're doing it during squats too..
It's a common habit, but it can catch up to you.
Firing up the workouts again. Returning back to:
- Chest and Triceps
- Back and Biceps
- Legs
And doing as much walking as I can in between, as well as adding pushups, crunches and leg lifts to try and get the core working.
- Chest and Triceps
- Back and Biceps
- Legs
And doing as much walking as I can in between, as well as adding pushups, crunches and leg lifts to try and get the core working.
