The Official 'Fitness' Thread

[ShatteredFlame]

I usually work on Monday nights so I make it my off day, but I skipped this past Saturday because I went to a party and it turns out that I have tonight off and it's a great day today so I'm pumped for my workout!

[OraclesofAgony]

Finally starting to see some massive gains after a couple months of stagnation.

[Seventhzealot]

Originally Posted by srm90

Finally starting to see some massive gains after a couple months of stagnation.

Nice! How much muscle did you put on?

[OraclesofAgony]

Originally Posted by Seventhzealot

Nice! How much muscle did you put on?

I'm not sure haha, I'm just gaging by how much weight I've moved up in in my exercises.

[Seventhzealot]

Originally Posted by srm90

I'm not sure haha, I'm just gaging by how much weight I've moved up in in my exercises.

haha fair enough. Yeah I had a gain in the weights I'm lifting too. I'm just glad I safely negotiated that "vegetarian" phase I had towards the end of last year

[ShatteredFlame]

So I just focused on my upper body today and I'm feeling awesome. I think I will balance it out 1 day upper body, 1 day abs, and 1 day legs; repeat.

I think that's pretty good, no?

[street_burial]

Originally Posted by Natrlhi

Dude, you're doing it wrong.

Just bustin' your chops a little, but as I'm sure you already know, the workouts are synergistic and they work best when done all together, and in the prescribed order. I'm guilty of breaking these rules myself, as I am a major P90X advocate, but due to time constraints, I can rarely do all six workouts in a given week. In fact, if I'm honest, I'm almost in the same boat as you are. The two workouts I never miss are the two upper body ones. I also rarely miss my weekly yoga routine, though I don't do the P90X version because it really isn't yoga per se. More on that subject in a separate post (later).

Thanks for creating this thread, though...seriously.

I don't have enough time to do all of them a week. I've found what I do works for me best. There for about 2 months I was able to do all of the workouts but I really didn't see much improvement. So I stick with what I do now, which I've done for the past 5 months. I've lost 65 lbs, and my muscles are very well defined. I still eat almost everything I used to just to a lesser amount.


You're welcome

[Seventhzealot]

Originally Posted by ShatteredFlame

So I just focused on my upper body today and I'm feeling awesome. I think I will balance it out 1 day upper body, 1 day abs, and 1 day legs; repeat.

I think that's pretty good, no?

Well I usually tend to work on individual muscle groups each day. For instance, over the course of the week I'll do arms, chest, back, shoulders and legs with one day reserved for activities like cycling, racquetball, tennis or soccer.

But again I'm pretty used to this routine and it works well for me. Really all about finding out what works best for you and sticking to your aim of gradually increasing the weights you're lifting whilst maintaining the proper form to a large degree.

[ShatteredFlame]

Increasing weights is actually a bit of a challenge for me because I have scoliosis (a curved spine that could get worse over time if I'm not careful). Admittedly I never really like lifting past 50lbs on regular weights, on the machines I can do about 80lbs but I'm pretty pathetic compared to most. It's why lifting is my least favorite part of my workouts.

[Seventhzealot]

Originally Posted by ShatteredFlame

Increasing weights is actually a bit of a challenge for me because I have scoliosis (a curved spine that could get worse over time if I'm not careful). Admittedly I never really like lifting past 50lbs on regular weights, on the machines I can do about 80lbs but I'm pretty pathetic compared to most. It's why lifting is my least favorite part of my workouts.

Damn, that sucks. Oh well there are always specific workout regimes catered to your needs.

I've been pretty pathetic over the past year with my lifting too. The thing is I guess I lost all that weight too soon and thus a bit of my strength too. However I'm feeling like I'm getting back to where I was before as I can probably lift as heavy as most guys in my weight range(150-155 lbs)