The get in better shape thread 06/01to 12/31/12

Originally posted by xxsweet_jen24xx Originally posted by rzero body fat percentage isn't my problem, i'm way too small!   6' 6" 160lbs   I need to bulk up, we'll see how this goes thru december with muscle weight increase   I'm going to come stuff two cows and a pig down your throat now, okay? lol

Originally posted by evernod thanks to both of you. i wish i had thought of this sooner. duh. and yes, Bru. MUCH clearer. turning it in makes it pop and hurt a little. awesome.

Originally posted by heischjr ^^Have you ever supplemented your creatine with L-Arginine, which is amino acid that is an NO inhibitor?  If not, you should try it since you are trying to increase your bench by so much.

No I havent... Ill have to check it out.


Where would I find this stuff?

You can get it at any GNC or health food store.  Bodybuilding.com has some good prices also.  I have taken MRI's NO2 and NO2 black.  MuscleTech also has a good one but they are more expensive.  Look for L-Arginine or Nitric Oxide supplements.  All the major companies have their own version.

I have always gotten good results from taking it also.  It really worked well for me when I cycled it with CE2.

Just finished an hour long workout. I did 35 minutes of cardio, and 25 minutes of strength. I feel great! Also, I'm down 2.5 pounds! Hopefully I can keep this up and be atleast -10lb's by September.

I lose weight during the summer completely unintentionally. I do lots of sports and whatnot.

This year I'm at a whopping 135 lbs.  I started kindof working out, running around the bay which is like 3 and a half miles. Throwing in some weight lifting and lower body exercises for next snowboard season. My workout routine has lasted maybe two weeks, and I feel a lot better already but haven't seen any like visual changes haha. Its not like I'm a cow anyway, but still...

Originally posted by shakazulu12 Anywhere.  L-arginine can be bought in bulk at Costco.  Any fitness store would sell it, or get it online at bodybuilding.com It may also help you get boners.

hahah, alright.  Ill check it out

So I have acquired the P 90 X vids that every one is talking about these days.  and as lame as i thought they would be, i started doing them and they really are not that bad.  Once you get over the fact that you are doing work out vids it’s not so bad.  There are 12 styles of workouts you can do and  pretty versatile with the workouts you do within that style.  

 Like adeodadus said... dont knock it till you try it. 

They have everything from muscles to yoga. 

 

The warm up and stretches you do for the first 15 minutes is a work out in itself and i really cant remember feeling that good in a  long time.

Check out what it does..

So well see how it turns our after a couple weeks

Alright... I am joining in. My husband and I  bought a Wii fit last night and tried it out. After be assessed I realized how much weight I have put on...yikes! So I am determined to get up Monday - Friday at 6:30am and work out.  I am also going to walk more often, like today instead of driving down the street to starbucks to pick up my soy chai I walked and I got a tall instead of a grande. My husband and I have been working on eating better but now I am going to step it up more. Since most people here say not to really worry about a weight goal but on other ones...so mine is to go from a size 12 down to a size 8.

THis is a great thread Bru...hats off to you!

Did an hour long yoga session today...with weights.  That was killer.

p90x is no joke, I have a buddy who has done it, and he had amazing results.

i just stared working out about a month ago. right now i am just doing cardio. i need to start lifting but i need someone to teach me how and i cant afford a pt..
but my goal is to lose like 10lb 

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So out of curiousity, this morning I decided to see what the good ol' scale had to say.  I've dropped 8lbs since I started working out (June 1).  I'm not concerned with what my weight is or ends up being like I am body fat %, but it's nice to see it dropping into what is a more healthy range for my build.

Originally posted by STAFF GUTH Originally posted by zagfan5 p90x will kick your ass yeah... im on day 3 right now and my body is hurting. its amazing what is does with the little movements it makes you do.. yesterday was the yoga and i dont think i have ever sweated as much as i did after that. it was cool thought becuase the folks doing it in the video were sweating like crazy too.    im gonna try to stick with it.

Haha, yeah dude, stick with it!

I find that the more i work out in the spring summer and fall the better i do on the slopes..........endurance training especially....it sucks when buy an expensiive lift ticket and cant make it the whole day!!!!!

it must be contagious somehow then, because i had a lack luster swim session today as well.  just didnt feel right today

skipped my workout completely today, all though the day isn't over, so i still may try and force my self to workout

going surfing for a day today...hopefully the water isn't too cold 

is surfing anything like snowboarding?

I worked 12 hours today, but I managed to go swimming for an hour afterwards. Better than nothing!

i was in a bad mood form some reason then i tried to do some yoga.   i said shtook it and took a 3 hour nap.   im dissapointed in myself.

i try and run 5 miles x-country everyday

Well, I finally did it. I went to the gym. I got my membership to Anytime Fitness last week, and haven't gotten off my fat ass yet to go, and tonight I finally said, dammit, I'm going!

So! I jogged about 3/4 of the way there, then power walked the rest of the way. Then jogged/ran on the treadmill for about 20 minutes. then did fat burn stuff on the elliptical for 15 minutes, then lifted some free weights, not too much of that, just 30 reps on each arm with a 5 lber...I'm weak, sue me. So then I went to the thigh machine, I dunno what it's called, but its the one where you have to spread your damn legs for the whole world to see....luckily, it was 11pm at that point, and living in a small town, I had the whole gym to myself. Then I did the rowing machine and some other arm strengthening weights, then got back on the treadmill for about 6 minutes jogging and running. For a total of an hour at the gym.

then I took a pleasure drive around the back roads in my town for 15 minutes rocking out to music and letting myself calm down.

So! This was my first day back at the gym, pretty stoked on it. I like it a lot, and I'm going to really try to go about 4 times a week. Probably something like Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday or something....we'll see. But yeah, hopefully I can stick with it. I really want to lose about 15 pounds, but as much as I want to, weight doesn't really matter to me, I'd rather just be healthy and fit.

I feel refreshed, now I'm gonna go shower, smoke a faaaaaaaaaaat bowl, and pass out. Gotta open at my job tomorrow...woopdee dooooo