#4376782 - 08/28/1709:10 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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Cool! He seems like a good guy. Lots of good info and he's very prolific. Kind of disappointed after my weigh in, just saw 5 lbs. As different as my clothes fit, and the way I've felt, I was expecting a lot more than that. Decided I'm going to try to step things up and add some cardio-only days to the mix during the week...if I can recover enough to handle it without ruining my regular days. We'll see how it goes this week.
IMO, a weekly weigh-in is a good reference of progress (bi-monthly even better), especially if you have a ways to go. I haven't messed with any body fat measuring tools yet, and I keep forgetting to ask my GP about it (he may do it and I'm sure it would be more accurate). But clothes are the way go, IMO, especially a pair of non-stretchable jeans and t-shirt of appropriate size, tells you all that you need to know. The clothes I wore to the Kansas concert Sat. evening, I've never been able to wear before (purchased last Dec. in Atlanta), so I know I'm going in the right direction.
I was looking over my calendar at lunch, music dates are about to become sparse (nothing between Sept. 8 - Dec. 30, unless something new pops up). So I'm repeating 2015 with tickets for LSU's homecoming Sept. 30th against the Troy Trojans (whoever that is). The cheapest nosebleed seats, guaranteed to burn calf muscles just walking the steps to the top of that stinking stadium, not to mention all the walking to-and-from the stadium and around campus before the game. I don't give two flips about college football, but I remember my legs feeling like Jell-O after the last time we went.
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#4376886 - 08/29/1703:21 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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I'm doing 4 weeks. I don't know how to actually measure body fat, so I'm just using the scale and my pants fit. LOL The calf machine is a torture device, but progress is pretty fast! Also a good tool to know if your low on potassium. If you're going to cramp up, that will be the one to show you!
Might not be totally accurate (I guess you could be 2% off, it gets more accurate with more measuring points) but it works very well in charting progress for yourself.
#4381406 - 09/26/1701:44 AMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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I did get the caliper, so I'll have it for later comparison. Had a good 4 weeks. Lost 8 lbs, short 2 of my goal, but I can tell it's offset by some amount of muscle gain, so it's OK. I feel like I lost a few more than 10 in fat. Wearing clothes I haven't in years and probably 4" off my waist.
I bumped my workouts up to 6 days a week. 45 min on the stationary bike every day, and 45-60 on weight machines every other day. Sundays off to recuperate. Diet is coming along very well. Actually having to try to eat enough to hit calories for the day. This 4 weeks I'm working on even less sugar and cutting carbs while upping the protein more. To hit my goal for my birthday, I have to average 10 lbs every 4 weeks. I don't want to ease up on muscle gain, so I have to figure out the right balance quickly.
Slowly building back my routine myself. Summer break really kicked me out of the habit.
Found a small gym in walking distance, not part of any big chain, reasonable prices. I might look into moving my regime out of my apartment... they sure got more options than I have.
#4381737 - 09/27/1706:39 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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Only thing I have to report is that after spending Saturday walking the LSU campus before the football game (probably close to 6 miles [9.6 km]), I wasn't limping on Sunday. Yahoo!
Also, benching 140 lbs. (63.5 kg), 3 sets of 10. All of my weight training exercises have increased by 10 to 20 lbs. (in 2.5 to 5 lbs. increments) so progress is being made, however slowly. As a 50 year-old non-gym rat, I can live with that. I'm totally maxing out my bench capacity now (also with the leg exercises) so I'm going to have to do something about it soon before I get hurt.
RK, you're on fire!
RSC, I wish I had a gym close by vs. squeezing a larger heavier-duty bench in a limited space. Might have to do some rearranging that I didn't want to have to deal with to make room.
We did a BF estimate (without a caliper) and...eh...I'm not posting that just yet. Thanks for the info, though. Going to get a caliper soon.
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#4381848 - 09/28/1712:52 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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We did a BF estimate (without a caliper) and...eh...I'm not posting that just yet. Thanks for the info, though. Going to get a caliper soon.
LOL You're among friends, don't worry...
I really feel like my Pectorals are out of size with the rest of my body. I got decent arms, abs, strong neck, but the pushups I'm doing are not triggering the breast to grow proportionally.
That's why a gym might be an option, I just hate binding contracts for multiple months. Need to see if I agree with their "points" system and if it's cost efficient. Or I need to find a better pushup style.
Bench press would be grand but I really don't have the space for that. Working with two separate dumbbells I lost one a while ago trying to pick it up and dinged the hardwood floor heavily. Never went beyond 20kg per hand so 63 is pretty solid!
Also spent 50mins on the crosstrainer yesterday, haven't done that in a year. My left knee is giving me a bit of trouble today, maybe I should start slower to build some stabilizing muscle.
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#4381893 - 09/28/1704:07 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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I found lots of caliper and measuring tape sets on amazon for very little. It's got plenty of instructions, but I'm still not completely sure I did it right. It doesn't matter much as long as I do it the same every time to see progress.
I don't think any gyms around here require contracts anymore. Pretty much everything is just month to month and agree to their rules. RS you probably just need more variety of exercises to hit all of the chest muscles.
So...how does it feel getting your waist back, gentlemen? The way it makes your abs and upper body feel tighter and stronger, more masculine. Awesome, isn't it?
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We've plotted a ~10 mile (16 km) trek around LSU campus using Google Earth, to cover before the game tomorrow evening. Just getting to our seats in the top section of the stadium will require lots of ramps and steps, should be quite a workout.
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#4382292 - 09/30/1708:51 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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It's NICE. Last month I noticed I could comfortably wear my multitool on the front side of my belt again instead of the back. LOL I can put on shirts and not have to do the push out and spread with my hands from the inside. My belt wraps around to my side. I'm going to have to trim it down in a week or two.
Still a long way to go, but visual progress should speed up as the tree trunk narrows. Dropping a couple of pounds makes more difference when your circumference is smaller. LOL
Gotta tell y'all a story, and I swear I'm not exaggerating even in the slightest...
Wife and I had a great time at the LSU game yesterday, didn't quite get in our 10 miles as we ran into family and lost a little time. She picked up the pace heading back to the stadium, I cranked up my Shuffle earbuds and stayed with her, huffing and puffing (my ego will no longer let me say, "Hold up a minute!"). We find our gate and go through check-in (ours was express as we had no bag/purse) and there's a HUGE group of people just standing around. We stood with them for a moment until she figured out they were waiting for elevators. Then she sees the ramp just a little ways over and we take off.
This was our first time in the newer nosebleed section, you can either take an elevator to the top or walk the ramps/steps. The ramps take you to the top of the original stadium, then steps (like in a typical building, but wider) take you to the top concourse.
In this *tremendous* crowd of people (see pics on "College Football!!!" thread), we saw only two other people walking the ramps, which were all but deserted (see pics below)...
Once we reached the steps (an additional 4 stories, I think) we did see a few more people, but no more than 10. Some were sitting down at the base of the landing taking a break, while others were slowly making their way up. I was secretly proud of all of them as you could tell they were struggling but putting forth the effort.
We step out onto the concourse and walk to our section, noticing the two banks of elevators let people off right at the concession areas (hotdogs, nachos, popcorn, sodas and beer).
I dunno, but I bet in the 1970's/80's those ramps would have been filled with people not wanting to wait for an elevator.
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#4382429 - 10/02/1703:45 AMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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They may have still been there at halftime! I'd say you got in your cardio.
#4384310 - 10/11/1706:40 AMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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Any of you guys using tracking apps for watching your intake macros and exercise? I've been using Lose It! which has a free version, but I upgraded after a couple of months when I figured I was sticking with it.
Any of you guys using tracking apps for watching your intake macros and exercise? I've been using Lose It! which has a free version, but I upgraded after a couple of months when I figured I was sticking with it.
I'm using Samsung's S Health on my Samsung S7.
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#4384645 - 10/12/1710:50 PMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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We don't have any gadgets, like RSColonel_131st we keep a spreadsheet on a clipboard hanging in the office gym to keep up with our weights/routines. I'm not disciplined enough to count calories, I just do the best I can and keep Sunday open for any splurging and treats (always starting Sun. morning with blueberry or pecan pancakes, sausage, maple syrup and a glass of milk).
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I'm doing so well with my feet not hurting after lots of walking (with some running) that we're pushing up our NYC trip from October of next year to April. I'll take plenty of pics on the Intrepid and other points of interest, but also of us hiking the 1,576 steps (86 floors) of the Empire State Building.
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I'm taking another small online break, going to push out of this stagnant rut I'm in and prove (to myself and to my wife) that I can actually finish something I've started. And not just physical but also some mental efforts (education and accomplishments). I can't wait to take our final abs pics (the closest we'll come to a 'finish line') and I have some catching up to do since I don't do yoga or very much core work (adding to regular routine tomorrow).
The first of the year (time of year this thread was started) will soon be upon us, so let's get the lead out, fellas!
For me, the key to pushing past the final hurdles to ultimate sweet victory is found in a number...
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I'll get back to this later...
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#4384704 - 10/13/1708:32 AMRe: The SimHQ Diet and Training Thread - everyone feel free to join
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