I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[midwestyankee]

Can I be a pain, and ask what all the techinical stuff means? I love reading your posts but never understand the complex bits

I think that Homburg's most complex bit actually has its own thread.

 

[cowslinger64]

I did my 90 minutes of walking again today. I've only missed 5 days of working out, since March...and feel great.

Walking is a great, lower impact way to exercise. I've worked my way up to it, but I start out with the machine all the way elevated, level 15. I warm up for 5 minutes and turn the machine to 4 mph..then every 4th minute, I turn it up to where I can just barely keep up. I get my heart rate up into the 160's and 170's and keep it there for the whole time. When I am finished, my shirt is plastered to me and I feel wore out, but feel great too. I recommend it highly.

I used to lift religiously, and need to get back into it again. My max was 360 pounds bench, and I did 10 fairly easy reps of 705 pounds in the leg press...never had anyone to spot me to try the squats like that, and don't care to do them alone...

keep up the good work everybody...

 

[Homburg]

Now I know I have biceps because they're hurting.

I still find new muscles because they start hurting. I've literally looked up things in anatomy texts to find out what I'd either injured or overworked.

Good stuff

I'll translate for you Molly...

H will undoubtedly have a much more indepth explanation but those are kind of the basics.

That was pretty solid, actually. FloggingMolly (great name, by the way, seriously love the band and seen them in concert a pile of times), this is the important stuff.

I will, however, give more technical explanations. Cause I'm pedantic an' shit.

Cycle 4, Wave C
Squat Day (finally)

My program is structured in Cycles, and within each cycle, there are various waves. The waves ramp up the difficult and lower the reps as each week goes by. When a cycle finishes, the next cycle increases the overall poundages and the waves continue.

Each cycle has four waves. The waves are basically light, medium, heavy, and deload. The deload wave is super easy to give the body a rest.

165x5
210x5
250x3 Warm-ups done
315x5
355x3
400x5 Rep calc says 467#

These refer to sets that I did rolling up to the top set. The top set is done to the most reps that I can muster at that weight and is an all-out effort.

The rep calc is a calculation that I use to sort of judge the effort by comparing weight, reps, etc and producing a theoretical 1RM equivalent.

Yes, 400# squat for reps. Hell, fucking, yes.

It wasn't too long ago when I was completely elated to do 400# ONCE. In point of fact, starting this program, my 1RM in the squat was entered as 405#.

It was everything I had not to psyche myself out before this lift. My brain simply rebelled at the idea of doing 400# for reps. Still does to an extent. Next cycle has me doing reps with 405#, my actual previous 1RM. Wow.

I think it may be time to buy another pair of 45# plates. The rest of today's entry doesn't really matter.

This is just me blathering on with the soft impressions of the session.

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I think that Homburg's most complex bit actually has its own thread.

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That's enough of that talk, mister.

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I did my 90 minutes of walking again today. I've only missed 5 days of working out, since March...and feel great.

Walking is a great, lower impact way to exercise. I've worked my way up to it, but I start out with the machine all the way elevated, level 15. I warm up for 5 minutes and turn the machine to 4 mph..then every 4th minute, I turn it up to where I can just barely keep up. I get my heart rate up into the 160's and 170's and keep it there for the whole time. When I am finished, my shirt is plastered to me and I feel wore out, but feel great too. I recommend it highly.

Walking is an excellent way to get some cardio in. It is undervalued all too often.

I used to lift religiously, and need to get back into it again. My max was 360 pounds bench, and I did 10 fairly easy reps of 705 pounds in the leg press...never had anyone to spot me to try the squats like that, and don't care to do them alone...

360# is a helluva bench. Nice.

What sort of leg press? It has been my experience that machines of various manufacturers have vastly different leverage. I've done 1400# for on the incline free weight hack squat machine built by York, I think. This was back in high school when a 245# barbell squat was a big deal for me. That's a machine that was pretty easy to rack numbers on though. Some leg press machines are a beast to lift on (some of the newer stuff, for example). I don't touch them these days because they are too dangerous for my knees (and part of what screwed my knees up to begin with).

Have you ever tried squatting in a rack? If you set the pins right, you can ditch the weight safely without too much effort. I'd rather squat with a spotter simply because it's tough to judge proper depth, but I'm fine without a spot so long as I have a cage/rack to lift in.

As an aside, I really like the back squat, so I'll try to sell you and anybody else on doing it. It's nothing personal and not trying to challenge. I just dig the squat.

But, yeah, I'm jealous of your bench, damn.

 

[cowslinger64]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1_sMrKVQ8&feature=related

It was one like that. I really would have loved to know what my max was, but in our gym at work, although we had really nice equipment, that was all the weight we had.

As for my bench, it took forever to get past 300, and that was what I finished at.. it's been a long time and I miss it sometimes.

I did hurt myself lifting on that leg press one day. I had forgotten my good shoes, and used a pair of running shoes to lift with....I had over 500 pounds on it, and got it about half way up and heard a tendon snap in my knee...that put me out of action for a while, but it eventually grew back I guess...which was good, cause as a guy, aint no way I'm going to the doctor...lol

You're doing just fine...don't be jealous of me..it should be the other way around. Keep up the good work..

 

[FloggingMolly]

Thank you both for the explanations

I would love to see Flogging Molly live... *pouts* not sure I like you any more.

 

[Homburg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1_sMrKVQ8&feature=related

That machine has a steeper angle than the old york machines, thus it would be harder to push the same weight.

It was one like that. I really would have loved to know what my max was, but in our gym at work, although we had really nice equipment, that was all the weight we had.

As for my bench, it took forever to get past 300, and that was what I finished at.. it's been a long time and I miss it sometimes.

I did hurt myself lifting on that leg press one day. I had forgotten my good shoes, and used a pair of running shoes to lift with....I had over 500 pounds on it, and got it about half way up and heard a tendon snap in my knee...that put me out of action for a while, but it eventually grew back I guess...which was good, cause as a guy, aint no way I'm going to the doctor...lol..

Yeah, running shoes are horrible for lifting. The soles are cushy and thus too mobile. Can't trust em. I won't let people lift in my garage if they're wearign running shoes.

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Thank you both for the explanations

I would love to see Flogging Molly live... *pouts* not sure I like you any more.

They rock live. Go see them. Seriously.

 

[Netzach]

Yoga 1 hr 15.

I keep saying it because I'm never this disciplined.

 

[cowslinger64]

That machine has a steeper angle than the old york machines, thus it would be harder to push the same weight.



Yeah, running shoes are horrible for lifting. The soles are cushy and thus too mobile. Can't trust em. I won't let people lift in my garage if they're wearign running shoes.

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They rock live. Go see them. Seriously.

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The hardest part was getting my knees out of the way so I could get the weight down as far as I could...plus I used to have a bit of a buddha belly and that wasn't helping at all..lol If I had realized how my foot would roll wearing those shoes, I wouldn't have done it, but I didn't wanna miss my workout and thought I'd be ok...duh


I like Flogging molly and would love to flog molly and see that band some time...I enjoy that sort of music...and down below is a link to another band that plays similar music. If you've ever see The Departed, this song is from that movie. It gets me going.....

The Dropkick Murphys - Shipping up to Boston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDWHLDRM8k

 

[Homburg]

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The hardest part was getting my knees out of the way so I could get the weight down as far as I could...plus I used to have a bit of a buddha belly and that wasn't helping at all..lol If I had realized how my foot would roll wearing those shoes, I wouldn't have done it, but I didn't wanna miss my workout and thought I'd be ok...duh


I like Flogging molly and would love to flog molly and see that band some time...I enjoy that sort of music...and down below is a link to another band that plays similar music. If you've ever see The Departed, this song is from that movie. It gets me going.....

The Dropkick Murphys - Shipping up to Boston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDWHLDRM8k

Yep, I've been a Murphys fan for many years now, and have seen them in concert probably 3-4 times. They kick ass live, though it's a shame that Spicy McHaggis left the band.

Off-topic, but it all started with the Pogues for me. I started listening to them in the 80's and just never got over that sound. Also never got over not seeing them live. Anyway, I have been a fan of the Murphys since the early 90's, and Flogging Molly since Swagger was released. There's a local indie record store whose owner has similar tastes to mine when it come to celtic punk and folk (and ska too, woot).

If you like these sort of bands, hit Youtube and check out Mumford and Sons. It's more folk than punk, but still has great energy, lyricism, and mood. "Little Lion Man" is particularly good. And, for god's sake, if you've not given the Pogues a listen, do so.

And, on a more punk side, Stiff Little Fingers. Dropkick Murphys covered a bunch of their tunes (Tin Soldier being one).

 

[Homburg]

MIS and I went biking today, her first real trail ride. Unfortunately, she went over the handlebars twice, hard. Nothing more than some serious scrapes and contusions, but it still hurts. Happily, she got back up, climbed onto the bike, went back, and did the obstacles again every time she failed.

I'm dead proud of her

 

[Netzach]

12 mi. on bike yesterday.
Scraped knee. Yogaless monday today.

 

[Keroin]

MIS and I went biking today, her first real trail ride. Unfortunately, she went over the handlebars twice, hard. Nothing more than some serious scrapes and contusions, but it still hurts. Happily, she got back up, climbed onto the bike, went back, and did the obstacles again every time she failed.

I'm dead proud of her

Hooray for MIS! Yes, the most important part is to get back on the bike.

Now, I'm sure you know all this but, on the off chance...lowering the seat right down for downhill portions will prevent a lot of that "over the handlebar" stuff. When I'm doing downhill, I drop my seat right now to the bottom. Works wonders.

12 mi. on bike yesterday.

Awesome!

Scraped knee. Yogaless monday today.

Bummer.



My tennis tournament was cancelled because of rain

I'll be running today though. And back to the doc tomorrow, again, to try to get to the bottom of the cough that will not die.

 

[Homburg]

Cycle 4, Wave C
Overhead Press day

60x5
70x5
85x3 Warm-ups done
100x5
120x3
135x10 Rep calc says 180#

Good lift. I can remember when 135# was my max. I lost count midway, as my downpath was out by 1-1.5" and I nearly lost it. From there, concentration was too heavy to fuss about with counting.

And then I went out and helped a buddy break down a camp site, load it all into my and onto my truck, tie it down, drive a coupla hours, unload it, etc. Getting stuff on and off the roof was fun, lemme tell you.

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Keroin - There's not enough downhill in the trail to justify messing with the seat. This area is largely flat land, so the downhills are just fast little dips. I think the longest on the run only drops about 15' vertical.

 

[Keroin]

Keroin - There's not enough downhill in the trail to justify messing with the seat. This area is largely flat land, so the downhills are just fast little dips. I think the longest on the run only drops about 15' vertical.

Ah, I see. Never mind then.

*takes back 2 cents*

 

[rosco rathbone]

Major fitness frenzy chez rosco.

Squats were done this day.

 

[Homburg]

Current BP - 134/80

Totally fine with that.

 

[Keroin]

AHA! I think the cough problem may be solved.

Went to the doc, (last time I saw a locum doc because my regular GP was on vacation), and after a thorough exam he says I have a "post viral cough". He said if the other doc had been more aggressive with the antibiotics then I probably wouldn't be in this mess.

So, I have some meds and hopefully the cough - which started in February for fark's sake - will finally die.

Funny story...

He had a student doctor in training with him and when he asked her to diagnose my problem she said, "Well, blah, blah, blah (technical jargon), could indicate cardiac problems."

Dr C looked at me and raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? Does she look like someone with cardiac problems?"

Then we all laughed.

 

[midwestyankee]

Some days it's almost too much exercise to raise the eyebrows. Thus my phlegmatic response to much of the agitation of life.

 

[Keroin]

AWESOME tennis tonight. My serve was on and my backhand was on...what's next, am I gonna win the lottery??

 

[Homburg]

So, I have some meds and hopefully the cough - which started in February for fark's sake - will finally die.

Funny story...

He had a student doctor in training with him and when he asked her to diagnose my problem she said, "Well, blah, blah, blah (technical jargon), could indicate cardiac problems."

Dr C looked at me and raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? Does she look like someone with cardiac problems?"

Then we all laughed.

While I can appreciate the humour, I live with a slender, in-shape 22 year old with a pacemaker. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to cardiac issues.

I really do appreciate it though. Not trying to be a wet blanket.

 

[YourCaptor]

I haven't done any steady workout in so long.

I think my boobs are getting smaller.

Don't like feeling weak.

 

[Homburg]

Cycle 4, Wave C
Deadlift Day

165x5
210x5
250x3 Warm-ups done
305x5
350x3
390x5 Rep Calc says 455#

What is it about the night before deadlifts that says "YOU WILL GET NO SLEEP"? I got 4-5 hours last night, maybe. Wasn't tired when I should've gone to bed, and got woken up early to do some "Doughnuts with Dad" thing with my Eldest Son.

Anyway, I was precisely as motivated as a Very Unmotivated Thing. Still, I did it. If I am to believe the rep calc, I put forth at least a tolerable effort. Lost it at the top of the fifth rep though.

When deadlifting for reps (something I hate), taking a breath at the bottom is a good way to get stuck and lose your set. First, it's tough to breathe when you're all folded up, and secondly, every nanosecond that weight is resting on the ground, it gets heavier. Or, well, it feels that way at least, as your stretch-reflex response bleeds away. So I breathe at the top when I have to. This is what I did at five. I let out the breath I'd been holding and took a gulp. I managed a mouthful of air before I just couldn't get any more. I was just too tight overall. At that point, I just lowered the weight and called the set done.

Better to put it down than risk wrecking myself for one more rep. I really think that people that don't lift can't begin to understand that moment, that feeling. When the weight is so heavy that you know you're gonna hurt yourself guaranteed if you fuck up just one little bit, and something like a breath out of place or a half inch out of barpath will cause that weight to crush you like a bug. It is standing ont he edge of destruction and leaning out.

I have never felt more alive than 465# across my shoulders growling out my rage and pushing for the sky.

 

[Keroin]

While I can appreciate the humour, I live with a slender, in-shape 22 year old with a pacemaker. Looks can be deceiving when it comes to cardiac issues.

I really do appreciate it though. Not trying to be a wet blanket.

Sorry, didn't mean to be offensive. I think it was funnier in context, especially since I had explained that the cough originated with a virus and blah, blah, blah. No disrespect to MIS.

 

[Netzach]

Crap.

Missed the class I want.

Took a two day knee break. I know that might seem pussy, but when you have to hit your knees 158 times during class, it's just not that cool with an abrasion.

So I can wait but the class I want vers. 2 is during prime time phone pervert hours. OR I can say fuck it one more day. OR I can take a walk at some point.

I think I'll try and do that, even just a fast mile.

 

[Homburg]

Sorry, didn't mean to be offensive. I think it was funnier in context, especially since I had explained that the cough originated with a virus and blah, blah, blah. No disrespect to MIS.

No, no, it was not offensive. I just wanted to make the point that looks can be deceiving with heart issues. Hell, a lot of things can be deceiving. My dad certainly wasn't expecting his heart attack.

No worries. You aren't going to offend me, and I apologise if it sounded like that.

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Crap.

Missed the class I want.

Took a two day knee break. I know that might seem pussy, but when you have to hit your knees 158 times during class, it's just not that cool with an abrasion.

I don't think that's pussy at all. I've called off a deadlift day because I had a 1.5" crack in my left heel. No thanks.