2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

I'm thoroughly impressed with it.

I completely dominated my workout about 30 minutes faster than expected. I worked Chest and Abs with about 10 minutes of cardio.

I waited 10 minutes after the drink to assess how I felt and I didn't feel the usual jitter. I was skeptical until I almost got to the gym and something in me clicked and I went through the door and got right on it. I usually stop and talk, but I had absolutely no interest in that.

I would stay away from the blue flavor. I had the 'blue flavor' jack3d and c4 and they were fine, but this stuff takes some getting used to. It doesn't kick in quite as fast as the jack3d, but once it does.. it's great.

Overall, I like it better than the jack3d. I don't feel any pre workout or post workout jitters and ,like I said, I dominated my workout.

I'm trying to find a good workout routine for myself.

I think I'll start going Chest/Abs

Legs/Triceps

Back/Biceps


For some reason, I don't do as well when working chest/tris in the same session.. and I usually get bored with legs, so I think it may help with that.

Also, my biceps seem to benefit just as much from my chest workout as it does the day I focus on them... just a careful observation.

I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks an yes ima avoid the blue flavor.

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[Feared]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Yeah for Biceps I generally stick with only a few exercises (2-3) and combine them with another group like Chest or something. Because the Biceps are a fairly small muscle and you don't want to overwork them.

but basically it's a lot of curl variations.

-Barbell Curl
-Dumbell Curls
Alternating neutral
Hammer Curls
Concentration Curls
Preacher Curls

Bicep pull-ups, neutral grip trying to keep my elbows at a 90 degree angle, and focusing on slow negatives.

Also what I really like is Curl variations with Resistance Bands/Tubing, the bands are great because they work your biceps from a different angle.

[Jonesy]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Chin-ups are awesome for bicep work as well. One of the reasons I like the Back / Bi and Chest / tri combo's is that you can do killer exercises that hit both at once like chins for back / bi's and CGBP for chest / tri's.

[superjames1992]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Ok, I'm going to start running tomorrow. I've been saying I was going to do it for some two months, so it's time to just DO IT!

[bh446066]

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So do you always just use the WOD from the website? Are you doing 3/1 or 5/2 times per week training?

I feel stupid for asking this but I can't seem to find the workout of the day for every day?

For example for monday it just has "Clean and Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps"

Is that it for the day?

Yep....that's it. No, I don't always use the posted wod. I use my wife a lot, using her programming, or sometimes I just make up my own. I pretty much workout everyday, and supplement cardio as well, but I know that's a little much for most to commit to.

[AUChase]

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I've been having a few issues with my wrists, when working out biceps, so I stopped by Hibbets and bought some bands to support my wrists. I also went ahead and bought a pair of gloves, but I'm not sure if I'll use them or not. I just needed some extra wrist support for when I use the bar and free weights. I'll be halfway through my sets and my wrists start aching, while my biceps will feel just fine.

I'm about to start day 2 with the N.O. and I'm hoping for similar results.

[WTF]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Awesome. Pneumonia...

Was feeling pretty crappy, no energy, EXTREMELY winded... Dr says, Pneumonia. Sweet.

[Rules]

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Pulled a muscle in the center of my back with some swelling on the right side from doing kettlebells. One of two things happened:

1) Either I used poor form or

2) I went too heavy and tried to throw it up.

Technically I guess both 1 and 2. Going to take a few days off and then get cardio back up and going Saturday morning.

[KG]

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You can keep those 5 years!

Spoiler

Soccer doesn't count!

LOL. Father time will be coming for you too.

5-6 miles of running per match at different paces is much harder than you'd think.

My sweet tooth is out of control. I eat something sweet almost every day after lunch and/or dinner.

[NDAlum]

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I know man 27 in about a week...can't believe it

I have that same issue with the desire for sweets. I've been having an almond milk/casien protein/cashew butter/ice smoothie to fulfill it.

It's pretty good and maybe 2g of sugar.

[AUChase]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

I had my first explosive bicep workout in a while.

I worked out with a few friends from work and it was very entertaining. I stayed until after they had left and checked the clock, because I didn't realize I had spent almost 2 hours in the gym.

I picked up some new traits from them and this was my workout. Some of this **** I don't know what to call it, so take it for what it's worth.

Preacher Curls
Standing Bar Curls
Hammer Curls
"Lawn Mower Pulls"
Cross Body Curls
I use the bottom link on one of the pulleys and attach a bar and do curls with it.
I do something similar on another set of pullys, but with a seat, for another variation of preacher curls
and something one of my friends called 7-14-21.

I took the long bar (Without weights added) and did 7 curls from my abs up, 7 curls from my waist to abs, then 7 from waist to chest.

I really dominated it too, so it felt great.

[Jonesy]

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Yeah we call those 21's and they are bad ***, get a great pump.

I just finished a killer chest / tri's session. My shoulder has been aching so I dropped the weight a bit and upped the reps and still got a great workout in. I love the pump you get following a great tricep session, feels like you arms are going to pop out of your shirt.

Followed that up with 30 mins on the treadmill. I think I'm going to be doing more of the 'higher rep / lower weight' training as I go forward as my body has started to break down a little bit and I have to start thinking about longevity in the game now that I'm approaching my mid 30's.

My plan is alternate weight lifting + 30 mins cardio with pure cardio days to help cut this last 20lbs of fat off me.

[Kearnzo]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Yeah we call those 21's and they are bad ***, get a great pump.

I just finished a killer chest / tri's session. My shoulder has been aching so I dropped the weight a bit and upped the reps and still got a great workout in. I love the pump you get following a great tricep session, feels like you arms are going to pop out of your shirt.

Followed that up with 30 mins on the treadmill. I think I'm going to be doing more of the 'higher rep / lower weight' training as I go forward as my body has started to break down a little bit and I have to start thinking about longevity in the game now that I'm approaching my mid 30's.

My plan is alternate weight lifting + 30 mins cardio with pure cardio days to help cut this last 20lbs of fat off me.

Do you find that putting too much cardio in after lifting is too much to recover from during the following workout? Tomorrow, i'm going to start throwing in a sledgehammer workout pyramid after every lift day (hit the tire with the sledge 20 times from the right, 19 from the left, 18 from the right, etc. all the way down to 1), but I don't want to kill myself. I'd really like to burn the calories and get some great cardio in, but I don't want to kill myself either and have a poor workout 2 days later.

[Jonesy]

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Yeah I just keep the cardio pretty low impact (walking on the treadmill at 3.5-4mph) and it seems to actually help me with recovery. No way I'd be able to do high impact cardio like sprints or HIIT after weight lifting but the low impact stuff works well for me.

Damn those sledgehammer numbers seem like a brutal workout to finish with! Maybe build up to those numbers Kearnzo? Like rather than jumping into such a high amount of reps with the sledgehammer start at say half that and add 1 or 2 reps per week until you get up to 20. Sure you wanna push yourself but like you said you don't wanna go too hard too early and burn yourself out or even worse succumb to an injury. At the end of the day you will always know yourself best and what you can handle but just something to consider.

I know I'm not that old (I'm 32 in a few months) but I am really finding I can't quite recover as fast as I could 10 years ago and have to build up to stuff more now rather than just jumping straight into hardcore mode.

[Kearnzo]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Yeah I just keep the cardio pretty low impact (walking on the treadmill at 3.5-4mph) and it seems to actually help me with recovery. No way I'd be able to do high impact cardio like sprints or HIIT after weight lifting but the low impact stuff works well for me.

Damn those sledgehammer numbers seem like a brutal workout to finish with! Maybe build up to those numbers Kearnzo? Like rather than jumping into such a high amount of reps with the sledgehammer start at say half that and add 1 or 2 reps per week until you get up to 20. Sure you wanna push yourself but like you said you don't wanna go too hard too early and burn yourself out or even worse succumb to an injury. At the end of the day you will always know yourself best and what you can handle but just something to consider.

I know I'm not that old (I'm 32 in a few months) but I am really finding I can't quite recover as fast as I could 10 years ago and have to build up to stuff more now rather than just jumping straight into hardcore mode.

Yeah, I figure I'll start out at twenty and work my way down until I'm gassed. I doubt I'll finish it first try, but I'll work my way up to completing it.