Weight Loss or Weight Gain Thread "2012"

[SlowNA06]

Ugh. Was on an injury-free streak for a while. Had to drop past my friends house and went to the gym near there. Started working on my clean using one of the crappy bench bars they put in the squat racks... warming up, got up to maybe 155, and lost control of the bar and banged my elbow on my knee. Turns out, the bar needed a tightening and the weight on the right hand side got about 3" of play. Always check your bars for play, kids. Anyway, the weight was low enough that I didn't break my wrists, but I've got a nasty strain in my right wrist that'll probably hurt more tomorrow. Worked up to some power clean and presses anyway at 175... not because I couldn't go higher, but because bench bars suck for control on the dump. Got disgusted and banged out front squats for the last 20 minutes before the place closed. What a gross night at the gym.

[BillBoost37]

Nick..how much time? I can't get myself to run on a treadmill or at all.

[Bio248]

i did 2.5 miles in the 30 minutes, then the 5 minute cool down. i was running 6mph for a fair amount yesterday so i feel good about what i did. i feel like in another couple weeks i could be running a good amount at 7mph and really burn some calories. i also always put the incline to 1.0 so i'm not just running on a flat treadmill which is a big help to me when i go out and run outside in the real world.

[SlowNA06]

Oh Bill, just for you my functional friend: Lift Big Eat Big: What Are The Top 5 Movements?
On #5: Lots of people disagree and suggest farmer's carries. But there's general consensus with the first four.

[Bio248]

Just put in another 4.5+ miles today. Workin it.

[SlowNA06]

I might have gained weight. But I look leaner. Guess I'll need to get the bodyfat checked again.

[BillBoost37]

Losing weight, down about 3-5 pounds over the week. Moved from the 100i to Insanity. Going to do both, 100i at a lesser pace though.

[SilvaMan61]

Glad to see a lot of you guys still progressing.

I got myself down to 239 last week. Almost 60lbs total

I have to start training for a physical test ill be taking in a few months, so unfortunatley I'm going to lay off my lifting program and hit the treadmill. Shoot me now. Aiming for 1.5 miles in 16 minutes. Then I need to complete 22 push-ups and 27 sit-ups in under a minute each. Not a grueling test by any means but I hate running, and it hates me.

[BillBoost37]

Best of luck Scott.. I'd be hard pressed to run. Although if I can eliptical and 100i for 6-8 miles in an hour, I could in theory run.

Currently at 191 and change. Definately feel the muscle packing on and clothes fitting much better. Just two weeks ago I had a "fat" feeling in which I was working out a ton, but clothes were feeling tight. After a full week of eating better and doing Insanity, things are fitting better. After a week and a half now, I can feel the muscle building. Realized my calves have seriously grown. Feeling good about this program as a leap frog back into shape for me to then maintain.

Likely I will toss some weight lifting into the routine after completing the first 60 days. Haven't done anything more than Spinning class on Tuesdays. As the week has progressed the intentions were there to work out in the morning as well as Insanity in the afternoon... been more and more tired as the week has gone on.

[Bio248]

i have been missing the gym all week from all of the snow and a friend having their first child. today will be my first day all week to get in a 'real' workout.

although yesterdays snow had me to shovel it all by hand since it was too heavy/wet to go through with the snow blower. two hours of tossing 30 pound weights around will get you pretty good.

[BillBoost37]

Cleaned in front of the neighbors mailbox the other day. Seriously packed and compacted, I hear that about tossing that crap. It is a good workout.

I'm a bit nuts, I want more working out.

[Kolton Lock]

Started to work up to handstands.

Did some research and decided that a gymnastic core workout is probably the bomb for someone as small as me

[SilvaMan61]

Thanks bill. Good luck to you as we'llwe'll

[SlowNA06]

Kolton: Handstands are awesome. Handstand pushups are also awesome. Git some.

[Kolton Lock]

Women be impressed by handstands and handstand pushups

[Bio248]

i am disappointed with my gym session today. my knees are still completely destroyed from my run last week saturday. this is not good for my need for cardio in my diet effort...

[SlowNA06]

Five days. Need to sleep more? Stretch more? Massage more? I did find that 3g/day fish oil helped me with knee pain after a few weeks of use last year. The stuff's cheap enough to experiment with, anyway. I've since stopped running so I don't get knee pain anymore.

[Bio248]

it's been snowing like crazy out and i've had to shovel a few days in a row.

otherwise i dunno..

[SlowNA06]

Shoveling always nailed me in the lower back, because it's just ugly good mornings. Going for 1-2 mile walks definitely helps with the aches and pains, though... walk through the mall or on a treadmill if the weather interferes.

[Bio248]

yep, that's a sore spot right now for sure.

since i made it to the gym today i was on the stationary bike for 15 minutes, the treadmill for 10 (ran 2...torture), then lifted some free weights before i got out of there.