Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Joined a gym last week.
    Started doing more home workouts too.  Doing these Grokker videos.  High intensity lower body.  My ass and quads are burning from all the damn squats the gal Sarah Kusch has me doing.

    I'm sweating and tired after 20 min.  I love her...

    Still no bread in the diet.  Doing well with that.

    Get at it @rgambs !!! 
    Struggling today, I had a pack of fruit snacks, a popsicle, and a hunk of chocolate already :blush:
    All of those compliments went to your head, huh? 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    :rofl:
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Why did I think it was a good idea to run and do legs on the same day?  My god I am sore!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    mcgruff10 said:
    Why did I think it was a good idea to run and do legs on the same day?  My god I am sore!

    Hmm. I guess how you handle this depends on whether your priority is running or lifting.
    I've found that lifting legs immediately after running is just about impossible. I tried and nearly fell over sideways doing squats.
    So I run in the morning and lift mid-day.
    I often do a brisk walk after lifting, or if I'm feeling particularly well-rested I will run a few (three?) slow miles.
    The really tough runs come the morning after leg day. Those are brutal --- and, last week, when the lifts were three sets of 15, I couldn't run at all the next day. That was the first time in quite a while that my legs were really sore.

    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I hate exercise so if I win the lottery I will hire a drill sergeant type personal trainer who will take no shit from me and beat me into submission and force me to get in shape.    That's probably the only way I'd get to where I'd like to be.  Besides, I'm 66 going on 67 and still working.  Who has time or energy for working out?

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Well, I read an article about exercise a few weeks ago -- I might even have shared it up-thread -- in which one of the researchers said we should think about exercise as we think about brushing our teeth. That is, as a basic part of taking care of oneself.
    So not everyone has as much time as I have to dedicate to exercise, true. But we're all getting older all the time, and for me it's a question of how do I want to age, and would I like to have a bit of control over the process?
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,258

    Weighed 200lbs on the scale new year's eve and got to my low for this year today of 170! 

    Little to no exercise, 1500 calories a day at most, and long stressful days at the office 7 days a week.  The weight less has helped a ton on my mood during busy season at work.    I now hope to start exercising and build more muscle. 

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    bootlegger10 said:

    Weighed 200lbs on the scale new year's eve and got to my low for this year today of 170! 

    Little to no exercise, 1500 calories a day at most, and long stressful days at the office 7 days a week.  The weight less has helped a ton on my mood during busy season at work.    I now hope to start exercising and build more muscle. 

    Good job on losing weight.  Not so much with the long stressful hours...
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Yesterday was core day.  

    Welcome to the world of "planking"!

    Ran/fast walk for 20 min on the treadmill too.

    Go me.

    Today its upper body and some gratuitous arm curls to boot.
  • Miss.Snowdrop
    Miss.Snowdrop Scotland Posts: 192
    I ate pizza for dinner yesterday because the kitchen was too busy to use.  :s 
    My lesson from that is to make more at lunch time when everyone is out, so I have food for later. Meal prep seems to be the way to go! 
    And I am trying to treat exercise like curmudgeoness said. A regular part of my day - just like brushing teeth and so I have been exercising three days in a row now. Whoop whoop! 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    You get to a certain point where working out is fun.  I enjoy it.
    Is there such a thing as getting to a point where not eating pizza and cake is fun?
    No way.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    My tastes have changed. Many meals or this or that I find I don't like anymore. I always enjoy my fresh lunches. But my dinner is killin my progress. As well as chocolate covered peanuts. But I'm keeping the weight off so that's exciting in itself. I can be taught!!
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    So things have been going well, my diet isn't strict enough to shed pounds quickly, but I'm ticking downward steadily at a rate that should preserve some hard-won muscle.
    March was a leg focus month, I hit 9 leg days for the month even though I took a week's vacation.  I have been sore practically all month and I've seen a 4 rep increase on the top weight that I squat.  I only averaged about 10 miles a week running, but i did enough that I haven't lost any conditioning.  
    I don't have a focus for April but I've been hitting 4 or 5 miles a day instead of 2 or 3 and watching my diet and trying to lift as intensely as I can.
    In May I am going to set a big goal for pull-ups, not sure what yet.

    Keep up the good work fokkf.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    rgambs said:
    So things have been going well, my diet isn't strict enough to shed pounds quickly, but I'm ticking downward steadily at a rate that should preserve some hard-won muscle.
    March was a leg focus month, I hit 9 leg days for the month even though I took a week's vacation.  I have been sore practically all month and I've seen a 4 rep increase on the top weight that I squat.  I only averaged about 10 miles a week running, but i did enough that I haven't lost any conditioning.  
    I don't have a focus for April but I've been hitting 4 or 5 miles a day instead of 2 or 3 and watching my diet and trying to lift as intensely as I can.
    In May I am going to set a big goal for pull-ups, not sure what yet.

    Keep up the good work fokkf.
    Nice Gambs!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    So I've been to the gym regularly now for 2-1/2 weeks.  Ran into a buddy of mine whom I haven't seen in a bit and we gave each other a hug.  He replied to me "you fell like a rock!"

    So yeah.  It's working. 

    Go me.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    FoxyRedLa said:
    My tastes have changed. Many meals or this or that I find I don't like anymore. I always enjoy my fresh lunches. But my dinner is killin my progress. As well as chocolate covered peanuts. But I'm keeping the weight off so that's exciting in itself. I can be taught!!
    I opted for the salad today again for lunch which is good considering I ate a second helping of Cadbury creme eggs last night...

    More squats today for my misbehavior last night...
  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,546
    This is an awesome thread
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Weight cutting isn't going well, but workouts have been great and I look and feel better than ever.
    Today is 15 straight, Im definitely due for a rest day this weekend.  It's finally starting to tentatively resemble spring so it's the to bust out the backpack on the stairmill and get some funky side-eyes from the people who weren't working out on the morning crew last year.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I looked at the calendar, today was actually 18th straight workout day and 4am wake-up and I was actually on fucking fire!  2.5 miles in 18 minutes to start and then 1.5 hours of back and bicep work, ALL done in supersets and dropsets.  6 sets of pull-ups/barbell row, 6 sets of pulldowns/horizontal cable rows, 6 sets of rope cable curls/lat pulldowns, and 6 biceps dropsets in various manners... hammer, reverse, incline, and drag included.
    Tomorrow I'm going to sleep in and feel awesome!  
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,218
    I've been on my normal training schedule since my last post, but I feel that I haven't had any good workouts the last couple of weeks. Just kind of half-heartedly slogging my way through them. I suspect that it's because I haven't been sleeping well/enough lately. Could be that the last doctor appt I had my thyroid was off (with my family history it was only a matter of time) and it's taking me longer than I thought to adjust to the medicine. Or better yet, could be the combination or cause and effect thing going on. It's kind of disheartening because I was making some good strength gains earlier. 

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