In Fitness and in Health
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I don't have 24* access but I like to work out in the afternoons which works well with my work schedule. Like Zwer I'll never be huge but I want to stay strong. I started doing more legs last fall and my lower body strength has grown exponentially. Squat days are now my favorite work outs.
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I used to hate squats, but after a running injury I spent most of last year learning how to squat properly and slowly adding weight. Now I love them.
This year it's bench press. I've always been a dumbell press guy for fear of dropping the barbell on myself. Time to change that.
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I hate leg days until they're over.
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Protein diet for the last 30 days…...15lbs lost.
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It does work fast. I was on high protein diet for a long time, doing fine, you know, and then I had a blood test recently and the doctor got all antsy about my absurdly high cholesterol and murdered my blood lust. Put me on Statins and banned high protein diet. Salads, boo. Only conciliation is porridge instead of eggs for breakfast.
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Protein diet for the last 30 days…...15lbs lost.
started on monday as well…though i'll have a cookie or two with my coffee in the morning -.-
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My sin is booze, 25 days without it but I can't stand no more
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Cholesterol isn't the enemy. One specific formation of a lipoprotein is, and that formation occurs when we eat inflammatory foods. You can have high serum cholesterol and be extraordinarily heart healthy. The flip side is that low serum cholesterol correlates to neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and dementia.
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Just got back from a run. 1st time out since November. 3 miles 22 min. I have never been much of a runner. So I am very pleased with that. Skiing has kept me in real good shape cardio wise.
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Ate pretty badly the last week in China, we were averaging 5 meals a day. Somehow still managed to come back within 100g of how I left. Stood and walked wherever possible (which was tough considering they'd get us in Cabs for a 5 minute walk).
Also had a 2 hour massage yesterday morning, now that was an experience. That's health related for sure. Felt some really old knots get a serious belting into.
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Happy Ending?
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Hey, that release was really "healthy"
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Happy Ending?
A month ago the law changed over there making it illegal to finish happy. 1000's of workers have been arrested by police over the last month (talk about a tough job to determine if the law is being broken). Our guides didn't know about the law being updated until we arrived and read all the signs with the new law. From memory the law was federal. Dongguan, a city over there had ~120,000 workers. Incredible. Anyhow, no no happy ending, went for a Sauna instead.
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Let's get this back again
I've been contemplating joining a crossfit gym. Anyone do this? Thoughts?
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Crossfit is a great way to wear out your joints and injure yourself.
http://www.t-nation.com/training/crossfit-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly
Hey Guys! Just came across this thread - glad so many people on this forum are interested in staying healthy and getting fit!
As Some of you guys know (that I'm friends with on social sites) I am the co-owner of CrossFit Eastern Shore, a CrossFit Gym in Daphne, Alabama. If you guys have questions regarding gyms and programs, I'd be happy to lend my experiences!
As for the "getting hurt" debate - here is my take on it - CrossFit gyms are run like by individuals, and except for making sure the trainers are certified and they have insurance, CrossFit, Inc. pretty much stays out of the way they run their businesses. With this being said - the quality control of facilities is put into the hands if the consumer - are there bad CF gyms? Of course! I've heard of trainers making people do ridiculous things way too soon. Even people that are very experiences in all of the components of CF should not give in head first. Now, are there great CF gyms- yes - if say there are more good than bad, even now.
If you want to start CF at a gym (which I would recommend for instruction) there are some things to look for:
1. Do they offer an "On Ramp" or "Fundamentals" program: if they do, they care about you learning things right - if they don't, they just care about your money.2. How long have the "Coaches" been training people?: - a couple that went and got their certification 2 months ago and opens up a CF gym are not the kind of people you want coaching you- look for someone with 2-5 years of CF experience with themselves and at least 16-20 months of group coaching - they will have seen more situations that could be considered dangerous and can help people avoid them.
3. What do their workouts look like: most gyms post workouts everyday online - you can check them out! If they offer a tiered system (multiple versions of the WOD), it means they are thinking of every level of athlete - if the gym just posts one workout and says to "scale as needed" (and they do this everyday) it "may" seem that they havn't given much thought about newcomers and people needed some lighter loads it less rang of motion for movements.
4. How many members do they have?: - when you are starting CF, I would urge most people to stay away from gyms that have 400+ members. 85-140 is a good number for a small business to handle - unless they have 5+ "Full time" trainers, a gym can't really handle much more people. Also, stay away from gyms with $100 or less memberships - these gyms are always the worst ones. If you love in a small town, $125-175 is the norm - if you love in a big city, chances are the good gyms charge $200+.
Finally, how long has the gym been open?: - it is never a bad idea to go to the first Cf gym that opened in your area - chances are, they are the most experienced and have probably coached all the other trainers in the area at somepoint anyways.
- the "getting hurt" idea is very real, and your coaches should tell you how to safely be doing the movements and at what level of intensity is safe for you. In 2 years of running, I got injured 3+ times - all stress fractures and ligament damage (I was an ultra marathoner) - in 5 years of CF, I have never hurt myself during a CF workout. Early on in my CF journey, I had a trainer that focused on a Strength program for 8 weeks (one that Rippetoe, the author of the T-Nation article above, is actually a big fan of) and did hurt my back. Through scaled down CF workouts and the help of a new trainer, I was back to almost 100% within 3 months. Since then I have had a very good mix of strength and conditioning work, which keeps people
Safe (This is my experience, it may not have been yours)
CF is wonderful, but it is not for everyone. Feel free to MSG me with any questions if you all have any!
Also, if the gym does not have a Firm grasp of the Olympic lifts and advanced gymnastics
Movements, the trainers are NOT experienced enough to train you. Period.Cheers,
Adam
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- the "getting hurt" idea is very real, and your coaches should tell you how to safely be doing the movements and at what level of intensity is safe for you. In 2 years of running, I got injured 3+ times - all stress fractures and ligament damage (I was an ultra marathoner) - in 5 years of CF, I have never hurt myself during a CF workout. Early on in my CF journey, I had a trainer that focused on a Strength program for 8 weeks (one that Rippetoe, the author of the T-Nation article above, is actually a big fan of) and did hurt my back. Through scaled down CF workouts and the help of a new trainer, I was back to almost 100% within 3 months. Since then I have had a very good mix of strength and conditioning work, which keeps people
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Yesterday I consumed almost 3000 calories by basically eating all the junk shit you're told is the worst for you. I did this after coming off a 30 day eating plan of 90% protein averaging around 1300 calories a day, because I wanted to test a) the reaction of my body to the poison and b) because I'm interested to see if calorific shock is a real thing.
This morning I felt awful, the worst I have felt for a few weeks, I have started straight back onto the plan with raw fruit smoothie and an apple for breakfast, tune steak and egg for lunch and mixed veg with roasted sweet potatoes for dinner.
I will report back in a few days about the reaction of my metabolism to the high calorie punch in the face, the theory being that after a sustained period of low calorie eating that you shock your metabolism into action.
Along side this I have been doing 40 minutes of cardio and kettle bells 4 times a week and playing football (soccer) twice a week.
So far I've dropped 14lbs in 4 weeks and I plan to double this in the next 6 - 8 weeks.
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Gav, look out for fruit smoothies, eat a fruit salad if you really have to eat fruit, as the digestion of the fruit gives your stomach something productive to do, but fruit in any shape does hold a ton of sugar and puréed into a fruit smoothie it make Pepsi look like an organic health tonic with its sugar content. I have a handful of crush flax seed with a handful of large Irish oats - its about 20 grams of carbs but that's just over a slice of toast and keeps me going until lunch. * Btw G & P freshly ground flax and flax oil is really making headlines into preventing serious illness.
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Thanks Simon, I'll look into ground flax and flax oil.
The smoothies I have I make fresh myself every morning. They consist of strawberry, banana, raspberry and almond milk…nothing else added. I need the natural sugars as I have some issues with blood sugar and this really takes care of it. It also helps that the almond milk is only 29 calories for 125ml.
