Weight Loss or Weight Gain Thread "2012"

[SilvaMan61]

You should lift weights no matter your goal. On a cut lifting helps prevent muscle loss. On a bulk lifting makes your mass gains desirable.

[acidcrashdburnd]

I have gained 8lbs in 4 weeks and only see it in my chest and biceps. I hate the fact i was a big guy all this damn extra skin.

[rynoman03]

Got down to 214.6 yesterday!

Just made a Orange / Vanilla muscle milk shake. Took a whole orange, peeled it, blended it, and added ice and 11oz muscle milk.

Tasty!

[Kolton Lock]

130 ! Up 5 pounds!

[rynoman03]

Woo Hoo!

[Kendra]

Well gained some incentive last night. Going on my first cruise the end of September

Going to swing by the local gym and get some information on personal trainers and such.

[rynoman03]

Cool. I got sucked into a personal trainer thing with a gym membership once at the work health fair. I got reading and you only get the personal trainer for two sessions and then you gotta pay. Granted the gal had a very nice rack and I would have probably enjoyed drooling over her but 2 sessions free and then you gotta pay per session. Screw that. I'll train myself.

[SlowNA06]

Most gym trainers aren't certified, smart, or cheap. The situation often works into a rip-off (like $3,000/year). Personally, I would seek out an independant trainer or trainer club in your area... find someone that produces reliable results, gets reviews, has actual clientele, and isn't just making minimum wage at the local gym to play angry birds and show you how to do leg extensions and destroy your knees. Personal training can often cost like $35-70/hour, so it would behoove you to find small group training which is cheaper. Some people I used to train with back in college opened their own "gym" where they train small groups on kettlebells, bodyweight training, and self-defense. Probably the cheapest small group training available, aside from having a friend teach you, is to find a crossfit associate (usually monthly fees, comes out to $7-14/session, depending on how much you go) or olympic training facility (probably less common).

[BillBoost37]

Nick.. fitness pal suggested some encouragement for you! C'mon buddy hop back in here like I am.

[Bio248]

haha, suckers.

i may start it up again sometime soon, but summer is just soooo busy.

[rynoman03]

I encourage him all the time. I think he's un encourage able lol.

[BillBoost37]

I'm goin now.. I'm out of shape, have no energy and that's simply no longer acceptable.

[rynoman03]

I hear ya! I feel worlds better than i did before starting my diet a year ago.

[Bio248]

im still hovering around 230, so still down 20 pounds from the beginning of the year. i just cant catch any time with all of the events lately and it's starting to piss me off.

[BillBoost37]

I've been super busy as well, screw that. I need that hour per day at the gym.

[mechguy]

haha, suckers.

i may start it up again sometime soon, but summer is just soooo busy.

i just cant catch any time with all of the events lately and it's starting to piss me off.

Weren't you recently married? I'll tell you first hand that it's not just summer, not just events lately....Something to get used to.

[Bio248]

no, it's summer and 'events'. winter will come around and ill be bored with too much time on my hands again.

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

Just exercise with your wife a few times a day.

[Kolton Lock]

Just exercise with your wife a few times a day.

A few times a DAY is a little unhealthy. If you work out hard enough like you're supposed to, that day after should be horrible. So every 48 hours you work out

[SlowNA06]

A few times a DAY is a little unhealthy. If you work out hard enough like you're supposed to, that day after should be horrible. So every 48 hours you work out

Nonsense, poopypants! I know people that work out 14 times a week and it makes them monsters. There is no such thing as overtraining. Only under-eating and under-sleeping.