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Need Some Friendly Advice

Fitness News - 5 hours 23 min ago
Hi guys,

I've recently undertaken several different types of exercise to get myself fit again. At the moment i'm overweight after 2 years of neglect so i've been going to the gym and started this week 1 mile morning jogs.

I've read at quite a few places that it's good to RUN 1-2 miles each morning but i'm finding it severely hard to jog for a mile.

I've changed my diet and been visiting the gym twice a week and now i've started jogging in the morning.

I'm looking at a career in the forces so i need to be able to run 1.5 miles in under 12 minutes, it's taking me around 20 minutes to jog a mile and i find myself having to stop 2 or 3 times during to catch my breath.

Is there any advice you could give me? I'm determined and really want to bring my fitness up.

Thanks,
Gatts

Inspirational Deadlift Video BW180, 520# 1RM

Fitness News - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 22:51
This is a guy I know.

Inspirational Deadlift Video | Core Fitness Blog

He's a computer geek like myself, so it's inspiring to see a pull like this. I know it's not a record breaker, bur I can only lift about 150, so I'm inspired by it.

Beginner trying to be a Model

Fitness News - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:49
Hey everyone
i`m new here and i`m glade to join this cool place with you guys
well i`m 22 years old 175 c.m height, 72 k.g weight and i`m tring to tone my body to be a model
i`ve been in gym for about a month but i need somthing like daily exercise, (i dont jog ) so i need your experience please to get me in shape ASAP.
*P.S. i dont like to have big muscles just big enough to be fit( like brad pitt in "Fight club" or little bigger so i need to lose fats on my muscles too)
Thanks Guys ;-)

Heavy fatigue after prolonged exercice

Fitness News - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 16:30
Hi guys,

I practice cycling and hiking. I do 20-30 min cardio 3-5 times a week. Beside that training, I like to do long distance (3 to 6 hours) hiking/cycling 1-2 times a week. I don't have any endurance problem during the exercise. However, I feel extremely tired and slightly depressed the next day. And this problem doesn't seem to disappear with repeated long distance training. I eat snacks and drink water and sport drinks during the exercise and I eat a full meal after. I'm 28yo and healthy. Is it normal to have this kind of fatigue the day after a prolonged exercise ? What can I do to recover faster ?

andrek

Military style workout?

Fitness News - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:51
Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew about a good military type fitness workout. The reason for this is because, a) I'm interested in joining the army and b) the military has some of the fittest people around and well I think it's true to say everyone wants to get that bit fitter.

So cardio or muscle building/ conditioning workouts would be good.

Any responses would be great,
Thanks

Growing muscles by "stretching"

Fitness News - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 03:29
Hey,

I'm doing dumbell chest fly's, and I want to know if would gain muscle by loweing the dumbells so that it's nearly touching the floor, and hold it there for a few minutes.

It really burns when I do this, as the weight is just a few centimentres off the floor. The next day I'll always feel sore around my chest. Which is a good sign, right?

Thanks

Need help!

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 22:27
Hello Everyone,

I am a 31 year old male, and for the majority of my life I have suffered from Exercise induced asthma. I am fine as long as I don't over exert myself. But I have gotten to a point in my life where I am sick of not being able to do a thing, like Hiking, and watching people on tv, running, Hiking, Jogging, Hell even walking long distances, and wishing I were in their shoes. With this condition I have gained a body that would make a rock run away! I need to get to where I can jog at least a mile, then walk and continue after i catch up. I also need some advice on what foods would benefit me, such as a set diet... I loved to eat, (past tense) but now i just don't care, I want to get back into shape, with cardio, exercise, and proper eating, and supplemental nutrition. I need to get back in shape, get my confidence, and self esteem back up, and any help would be greatly appreciated...

God bless.

What song pumps you up

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:19
What pumps you up for your workout?

Try to limit it to only one song - the best one.

Mine:

Disturbed - Meaning of Life

Muscle Study Guides to help with ACE Personal Training Certification

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:18
Hopefully this post will help somebody out. I wanted to share as it really helped me and some of my friends studying for the ACE. I found it by a friend of a friend. It is all online and it is basically courses that teach all muscles in the human body: from abdominal muscles to gluteals to shoulder and arm, rotator cuff and more. It is all audio narrated so you can listen, has videos showing all the muscle movements too...pretty neat. Forgot to mention it has test and quizzes to help to review too.

Here is the site: Muscular System - Tutorials & Quizzes On Skeletal Muscle Anatomy

Bulking and Cutting Cycles

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:42
For those of you that perform Bulking and Cutting Cycles - how many weeks do you bulk and how many weeks do you cut.

Thanks
Tom

Carb Cycling

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:25
Hi,

does anyone incorporate Carb Cycling into their diet?

thanks in advance,
Tom

How to build/get this bodybuild?! Any training tips?

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 11:26
first of all, i apologize if i post this in the wrong section...

second, how do i build the bodyparts that i've marked on the picture below? what sort of training methods/equipments should i use to build them? any tips/advices on this, hmm?

thanks a bunch in advance!

here's picture:

Hello

Fitness News - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 05:28
Hello guys. You can call me Z :). I'm sports guy since i was 10. I started with judo and bodybuilding. Now i'm general jogger, i like to play all kinds of sport with friends. I like to talk about sport, exercises. supplements and everything connected with sports. So, I'll spam on now :)

Need help, not gaining weight like I would like.

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 21:14
Hey guys, just joined this forum because I am looking for some tips. Here is the scoop. I am 22 years old and have been working out for about 5 months consistently. Have worked out on and off for years.

I am 5'11 and weigh about 176 lbs in the morning before I eat anything. This is my cycle I have been trying out at the gym for the last 4 or 5 months. I hope you understand it.

I do an anabolic prime for about 3 weeks. No supplements (to get my body running normally again). I run on the treadmill for probably 25 minutes one day and that is it. the next day I work two muscle groups and I do 6 sets total of 15-20 reps, push-ups are until I cannot do anymore. Just a light workout for these 3 weeks.

After that I start my bulking part of the cycle as I am trying to bulk up. I take protein often and 50g after workout along with glutamine, size-on creatine during work out, Nitric oxide right before workout. I eat lots of carbs and I eat often.

I focus mainly on 1 muscle in a day during bulking cycle (along with either abs, sides of core, or forearms; which I do one set every 2 sets of the main muscle I am working on. example: 2 sets of bicep, 1 set of abs, 2 more sets of bicep, another set of abs etc. one day will be the abs, next day will be sides of core and leg day is forearm day). I do 12 sets (not counting the the ab, sides of core or forearm sets), 4 different workouts. So 3 sets per workout of approx 10 reps the 1st set, 8 the second, and 6 the 3rd. I go until absolute failure, some days I will do reverse negatives also just to change it up. I am always trying new workouts, and each day I try to do a workout I never did the previous week

This usually takes me around an hour and I take a 3 min break between sets to let my muscles get some energy back. I do the the bicep, tri, shoulder, back, legs, and the chest each 3 times over. This takes about a month as I go to gym every other day. by this time I am feeling over trained and I am ready to do the cardio again. Hope that made sense.

After the bulking cycle I go back to anabolic prime and it starts over. However in these last few cycles between prime and bulking I haven't really gained any weight or any inches. I am shredding the muscles and it feels great, I recover good, eat like a horse but still not gaining weight. I have tried a test booster with estrogen blockers along with amino acids but didn't notice much of a difference so I saved my cash by not buying them again. I know there are a million ways to exercise but this is just the cycle I am trying out. A guy I know is a body builder who has one competitions and looks great, he told me to try it out.

Anyone know why my weight is stuck? The abs are coming along ok but everything else doesn't look to be gaining to fast at all though the past months.

Something to add to Cardio

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 21:12
I'm trying to lose weight, but I am somewhat limited in the activities I can do. As far as cardio goes, I can really only do the elliptical and the stationary bike for extended periods of time (have nerve damage in legs that makes tread mills very painful).

I am currently doing 60 minutes on the ellipticals about 5 to 6 times a week. However, I'm not seeing very great results (I've been eating healthy), so I am thinking I need a little variety in my workout.

I have a set of dumbells at home (no workout bench though). Is there a routine anyone could suggest where I add some lifting to a certain amount of cardio to help maximize weight loss?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

help on workout program

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 20:29
Hello there. Dont worry guys, this isnt a suggestion to try and get you to write me a new program or anything, Im just curious wether or not I should include cardio into my workout as much as I am. Heres a summary of my plan. (I can list the full thing if needed);

(I do Jumping jacks-2000, half forwards half back with speeded 100 every 500-3x a week)

one day for arms and shoulders, + jumping jacks
one day for abs and legs
one day for chest and back, + jumping jacks
one day for running-(3 miles, at 70% intensity, with 4 1:00min long sprints at full intensity)
one day of just jumping jacks
Then I take the weekend off

The reason why I only have one day for abs and legs is because, well, flat out I hate doing ab workouts(I know its a bad reason. another, less real yet great sounding reason is because I get lower back pain.:D), and my legs get a workout from all the cardio thats being done also. I like the large, broad shoulders and upper torso look, and thats what one of the designs for this workout is supposed to improve.(I naturally have broad shoulders, but my arms get skinny as sticks if I dont work em out, so I look pretty funny)

So my question is, is this too much cardio and fat burning to gain muscle? I want to lower my body fat% a bit, (its at about 15% right now), while also gaining a bit more muscle.

Should I, instead take off the junmping jacks on the days that I also work muscle? I can do it as listed, ( I am and have been for about a week), but I dont know if its just detering muscle growth(Because I know its burning fat).

The results ive got so far are good, but they always are when I get to working out again. (Ive been off and on for a while now, so its not like im out of shape to do this.) I always look more puffy and muscular just after the first couple days of working out, (dunno why)(Its cool though), so I cant really go off my results quite yet, and dont wanna go through a month of uselessness either, and I find that each workout has been cancelling the other out.

Thanks guys.

Looking for some opinions.

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 19:43
Hey FF. (Can I call you that? As you can see I'm new here. :)) I've come here for some opinions, and hopefully some help. I'm a 16y old male, currently at a weight of 278lbs. Time for a change, I can't tell you how many times I've said that and never followed through with it. "I'll start tomorrow."

I'm looking to lose as much weight as I can, as fast as I can, in a safe way (If there's even such a thing). I know the first place to start is my eating habits, their horrible. I never eat 3 meals a day, It's more like one meal and the rest is just snacking. The problem is, I don't know how to change my eating habits, I'm not sure what to eat or when to eat it. I also don't exercise enough. I was looking at the p90x workout system, and thought that might be a good fit, as it comes with a chin up bar and some other things, and I already have a treadmill. I'm not sure what other peoples opinions are on that, or if there's a better workout system cheaper, or even free. (Free is good, as I only make minimum wage, but I'll drop the 200-300$ on a workout equipment if you guys think it'll be better for me.)

So, what do you think I should do?

Thanks in advance,
RJ.

p.s. I know everything is kind-of all over the place, my writing skills suck.

Adventure Race - Fuel Replacement

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:51
I'm thinking about doing an adventure race. I'm trying to calculate my required dietary needs for the duration of the race, since I need to pack my own fuels. The race seems to be predominantly running, rowing, and biking, with some belaying, portaging, etc. in there.

One I have about fueling for endurance athletics is:

On an event that is 8 hours I should be adding my BMR caloric need on top of the exercise caloric need?

I know this won't be exact, but I don't want to bonk out or start crying on the field.

Heyy

Fitness News - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:45
Hey so yeah as you may have guessed I'm new here ha. Looking forward to having a look round :)
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