GWN's Fitness Thread

wU-Tang Vol said:
You ain't lying. I weighed in at 165, which is the most I've ever weighed (not a bulk guy at all) at 5'7". Had to check myself lol. Dbake's cheeze-it ad has me feeling some type of way tho
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Haven't actually opened that box yet. Matter of time tho.
 
Wore a 32 today in jeans. Was a 36 around Christmas time.

I haven't worked out in awhile. I would like to get back to it.
 
GreatWhiteNorth said:
Bout to kick off our first PT session with the new academy class. Session is called the Lunge / Burpee Death March.

At an outdoor track (4 laps = 1 mile), we line up the students down one of the long straightaways.

15 Burpees (including push-up and jump at the top)
Lunge across the infield to the other side of the track
14 Burpees
Sprint back to other side
13 Burpees...

And so on. Get the alcohol and the aleve at the ready...I won't be able to walk for the rest of the weekend.
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Also...another new basic class came in last week, so the Lunge / Burpee Death March is back on tap for this Friday.
 
I've kept to the same idea for a while now and just try to add an exercise here and there to my normal routine when I see/read about something I've never tried before.

My work is mostly body weight, kettle bell, and trx related activities, although I do still start my leg days in the squat rack. I also do every routine while wearing a weight vest (which the employees as the gym love to give me chit about) just because, on top of the obvious benefit of just adding more weight to an exercise, I've found it makes keep a better posture through every type of exercise I do or my neck and shoulders will start to get sore.
 
All that being said, I just went and followed that 5x5 link you posted a little while back and have been thinking about giving that a shot. Haven't pulled the trigger on it yet though just because I really enjoy the 3 or 4 rounds with no break between exercises and only 60 seconds between each round. With that 5x5, once the weight starts to increase, he is suggesting some pretty lengthy rest splits.
 
Regarding the 5x5...

Yesterday my squat weight was 280. That's excellent for me...I've always been pretty weak on legs, and have never given them the proper attention like I should. So I really dedicated myself to focusing on getting every possible bit out of them...

That said...those 5 sets of 5 reps are MISERABLE. When I complete a set of 5 and get out from under the weight on the rack, I have to hold onto the bar for a few seconds because I feel light-headed. Every rep feels like a one-rep-max. So yeah, it takes a good 3-4 minutes before I'm ready to go again. Same with deadlifting...it's such a full body movement that it will drain you almost instantly.

So for me, 3 days of heavy lifting on the Stronglifts routine and three days of running or interval training with bodyweight movements or kettlebell/light dumbell excercises has been pretty effective.
 
Another thing I've become semi-obsessed with is training before and after each workout on a planche push up progression. I have my doubts about ever being able to make to actually pulling off the full push up, but I'd still be pretty damn happy if I ever got to the point of a full planche for a 30 second hold.
 
I coach baseball every day but Monday and Thursday. I play softball on Thursdays and I lay on my couch until bed after work on Mondays so it's tough for me to get into a vigorous lifting schedule as there's not really time for me to be sore.

Therefore I've been on a bit of a running kick. Need to get back to some muscle building stuff though.
 
Brown, that is tough to work around. I'm getting ready to go through the same thing with two basic classes here at the same time...my have to scale back on my stuff since I'll be getting my ass whipped and PT'ing with the class all the time.

What can you do.

#thestruggle
 
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