TheMightyEthan Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yeah, I've read that literally anything you can do to decrease the amount of time between deciding to work out and actually starting significantly increases the likelihood that you'll do it. IIRC it was like every five minutes you save doubles the likelihood you'll actually do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yep. The issue for me goes like: I'm laying in bed watching anime/tv or playing games. "Oh hey I should go to the gym I haven't gone there in months" **Feels too comfy in bed being lazy like a good bean** "I'll go tomorrow for sure. For sure" And I never go. Just knowing I'll have to deal with waiting and others making me feel bad about my physique (fucking bros you already won stop coming) and dealing with parking is an issue. If my only excuse is looking at the bench and dumbbells literally 3 feet away from me and deciding not to do it I have issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 See on next months agenda is the purchase of a folding fitness bike or similar. Then I can game and get fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I just make it my routine to go to the gym for cardio and weights three times a week. It's close to work so it's easy to stop by on my way home. The hardest part, for me, is starting a new workout routine because I feel so shitty after working out for the first week or two. I tend to stick with working out until there's a disruption in my life (graduating school, moving to a new city), and then it takes years for me to start going again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well I just started going this past Sunday to the gym and started dieting on Monday. I've lost six pounds already...? Didn't think it was THAT fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well working out alongside dieting will do wonders. If you diet alone it takes ages unless it's a drastic diet. Like the zero carbs and sugar diet I did that limited what I could eat. I lost something like 19 pounds in one month. I've probably gained some since I stopped though so that's why I'm going to start doing weights to at least help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I'm pretty sure once I graduated college my health improved quite a bit. College was not a healthy place. :[ But I still need to stop being Captain Sedentary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Depends on how big you were already, Chewie. In a normal cardio workout, a man can sweat approximately 1 pound of water per hour per 50lbs of his bodyweight. A 200 pound dude can sweat 4 pounds during an hourlong workout. This varies based on the individual, and can go even higher. When starting a workout and diet regime, people usually lose a lot of water weight at first as their bodies get used to working out and shedding/replacing water more frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I'm having more and more trouble keeping to anything resembling a routine. Things are mounting and I'm just beginning to feel like I don't want to do shit more and more. Supposed to be exercising right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I come from exhausted from classes this semester as I'm staying on campus from the early morning till like 4-5 each day. So I can't even imagine the willpower someone with a full-time job needs to have to come back home from work and actually go to the gym. Hence why having my own mini strength training gym in my place might be a god send. Almost everything of mine is almost here. Oh by the way my set of 50 lbs adjustable dumbbells came in today. Should've thought that one through better as that was the biggest pain in the ass to carry by myself. It was easily 110-120 lbs total with all the boxes and shit inside, so I had to bring in my car and carry that stuff to it quickly. I also had to open the box in the car because there was no way in living hell I'd be able to carry 100+ lbs up to the second floor of an apartment complex. Much better to do two round trips of 50 lbs each. And no I won't be curling 50 lbs, jesus christ I could do like 45 max on my best shape, no way in hell am I able to do that now. Tomorrow my multi-purpose press should get here so I might be able to start working out tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) I exercised, had a hot chocolate and never left the house yesterday. LIVING THE DREAM edit: LOL Edited January 29, 2014 by TheFlyingGerbil 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 W&S: I start work around 9am (out of the house by 8:30am, sometimes earlier, as early as 7am) and, as in the past few weeks, work until 8pm or 9pm and then go to the gym before I get to come home. It's all about making fitness a priority and training yourself to not be lazy. To be fair, usually I'm at the gym around 6:30pm after working from 9:30am-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 GOH: Maybe I just got pushed away from working out since college gyms are horrible in terms of volume of people and parking. At least UT Austin and A&M are. The final part of my mini room gym is here, the bench. I'll probably build it this weekend and set the stuff up. I'm surprisingly excited over being able to strength train again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Big university gyms are totally a shitshow, but the NYC YMCA I go to is pretty packed, especially now with all the new years resolution members. Not blaming or shaming you, W&S; I was shitty about going to the gym for years. And having one convenient to me makes a HUGE difference. A home weight area is great, though you shouldn't forget cardio. The most important thing is to keep at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Eh... I lost a lot of weight without needing to go to gym. Mostly because: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQfmpXsLV_4 Although, the new apartments I've been looking have some kind of co-op thing with a local gym, so I may go for that if I can get the one I'm hoping for. My roommate-to-be also has a pile of exercise equipment they're willing to share. I think it's easier to keep a routine if you have someone doing it with you, too. It also helps to find something you actually enjoy--because for me, exercising is a chore. But since my sister moved back in with the kinect, I've been working out with Dance Central/Zumba. I suck at it, but it's also kind of fun--and then there's the whole thing of 'The fuck... 55% on easy? This is unacceptable. I am not leaving that kind of a score for my sister and her college friends to see later. I gotta beat this.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I'm not buying an xbone or kinect until somebody releases "Dance Like Kevin Bacon's angry warehouse dance in that one movie: The game" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Hey guys, where would we all be if we spent the last four years exercising? We all could've been at our ideal weight and fitness level. Most of us are peaking or going past our peak so now or never! I've personally been trying to incorporate stuff from this: And related videos and app (100% Army Fit) for for some body weight exercise. Basically you can do it anywhere. Same deal with a plank routine. I have no real goal of being swole and size up but I want to be able to looked at and go "Yeah, he exercises". Of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie 2.0 Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Let the roided-up battle royale begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Added this to my Thursday routine: https://darebee.com/workouts/superhuman-workout.html It was a thing. Maybe on its own it might not be that bad, but added to the other stuff I do, it left me dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 What's the difference between a march step and a high knee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 March steps are like walking, high knees are like running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 On one hand, I think I've never been in better shape in my life, on the other hand, it is now painfully obvious that I need to renew my entire wardrobe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, MetalCaveman said: I need to renew my entire wardrobe. Honestly, this is one of the major motivators for me to not let myself go beyond much more than 220lbs. My pants are having a hard time fitting to the point that some of my button-ups can pop... With some light exercise (thanks Soju!) and being more firm with my diet, I manage to go down to ~215lbs within the last two months. It's a slow decline but I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I went from 287lbs to 206 which, thinking about it, is kinda insane. Took a while, but it was worth it. \m/ \m/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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