2015 FITNESS CHALLENGE

[NYJets]

Re: 2015 FITNESS CHALLENGE

In week 5 of DDP Yoga and I like it a lot. Feeling myself progress during the workouts, and I feel great after the workouts and in general. I'm basically following the beginner schedule just tweaking it a little to fit in with my lifting schedule, but I'm at the point where I've done energy 10 times and Fat Burner twice. I'm getting better, I can now get through energy without doing any modifications. The way my schedule works out I lift 4 times a week and do yoga the other 3, I was worried it might be too much, but so far it's gone well.

I have found that I need to up my calorie intake a bit for this bulk, probably because before I started yoga the 3 yoga days were just off days. Some weeks I've been where I want to be and gained a pound, others I haven't gained or lost a little bit. Going to do it right bought some healthy, calorie rich foods like almonds, granola, walnuts, and going to start adding olive oil to my shakes for some easy calories. In the past when I needed more calories I either would do more protein shakes, or junk food, trying to be more balanced this time around.

[AUChase]

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I wish I had the determination to stick with a strict diet.

I'm back down to 214 and I was a solid 222 around New Years. I feel like I could go so much further if I didn't have the occasional relapse.

I've only drank 3 times since returning to Japan so that's been a big help, but it's impossible to find any sort of routine with my schedule.

Going out to sea is never a guarantee, schedule changes on the fly, and I can't design myself an actual week day workout plan like I want to.

I have to mix and match days and muscle groups just to make sure I'm working everything out when I get the chance. I'm more motivated than I have been in years, but the Navy is actually holding me back. It's just not a healthy lifestyle like some would lead you to believe.

I think biking to and from work has been a big help. It adds up to roughly 3 miles per day before factoring in any errands I may run with it or trips to the gym during lunch. I'm at least guaranteed to get in some sort of cardio every day. I remember when I first started a few weeks ago my legs hurt some days. I forgot how much effort it takes to move your own weight on a bike. When I was a kid it was never even a thought. Now it doesn't really bother me.

[wwharton]

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In week 5 of DDP Yoga and I like it a lot. Feeling myself progress during the workouts, and I feel great after the workouts and in general. I'm basically following the beginner schedule just tweaking it a little to fit in with my lifting schedule, but I'm at the point where I've done energy 10 times and Fat Burner twice. I'm getting better, I can now get through energy without doing any modifications. The way my schedule works out I lift 4 times a week and do yoga the other 3, I was worried it might be too much, but so far it's gone well.

I have found that I need to up my calorie intake a bit for this bulk, probably because before I started yoga the 3 yoga days were just off days. Some weeks I've been where I want to be and gained a pound, others I haven't gained or lost a little bit. Going to do it right bought some healthy, calorie rich foods like almonds, granola, walnuts, and going to start adding olive oil to my shakes for some easy calories. In the past when I needed more calories I either would do more protein shakes, or junk food, trying to be more balanced this time around.

Have you tried MyFitnessPal? Sounds like you're already really paying attention to what you eat and care about calorie intake so why not track it? It will allow you to enter the weight you want to be in the amount of time you're thinking, and will suggest calorie intake for the day. Then you just log what you eat/drink and can see if you're over, under, on the money.

[NYJets]

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Have you tried MyFitnessPal? Sounds like you're already really paying attention to what you eat and care about calorie intake so why not track it? It will allow you to enter the weight you want to be in the amount of time you're thinking, and will suggest calorie intake for the day. Then you just log what you eat/drink and can see if you're over, under, on the money.

Yea, I already use it, its great. I just think I need to up the calories I've currently been shooting for

[NDAlum]

2015 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Day 2 was so much better of a workout as I was able to finish my deck of cards. Back and bi was solid and looking forward to legs tomorrow


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[jb12780]

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Played pickup basketball last night. Running full court for the first time in a while was interesting to say the least.

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[Feared]

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Great video on how to prepare to start a Cut, for the guys who might need it. Lot of useful tips.

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[RockinDaMike]

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Any good detoxes you recommend? I need to jump start my weight loss

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I always have done natural ones. you have to stop eating meat for a couple days and eat mostly raw fruits and veggies and tons of water.

I try to do a juice fast and if I can't handle the hunger I'll eat fruit with it.

[wwharton]

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I always have done natural ones. you have stop eating meat for a couple days and eat mostly raw fruits and veggies and tons of water.

I try to do a juice fast and I can't handle the hunger I'll ear fruit with it.

I have one but I haven't tried it yet... looking for a time when I don't need to leave the house much for a couple of days. I'll be sure to give a review when I do get at it.

I have used the green tea detox from Smoothie King. Figured it'd be a good "starter" detox that wouldn't interrupt the daily routine. It was pretty much just that. I read reviews and some reported issues but I had no problem at all and took all the pills suggested.

A natural detox is definitely the best. But if you want to go the artificial route, I'd say the pills are better than a juice or drink. You need to drink a lot of water anyway so popping a pill or two during one or two of those glasses seems easiest to me.

[LingeringRegime]

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Ummmmm so it's no joke...make sure you start at a low level. This thing will kick your butt

Yeah man the workouts are serious for me too. First day was a total chest blitz, T Push Ups, Push Ups, Pike Push Ups, Prone Walkouts, And Side Lunges.

Wasn't able to finish, not even close really.

Today was better. Push Ups, Plank Up Downs, Squat Jumps, Burpees, and Jumping Jacks (such a nice change of pace lol)

I was able to finish 35 out of 54 cards. In the evening I just did 90 minutes on the elliptical.

I plan on doing the deck of cards five days a week and doing 90 minutes of cardio in the evening, and cardio on Saturday too.

I like the convenience of it as well. I'm going to Japan for ten days and the end of March so I will continue to do it there. You really can't beat it for .99 cents.

[roadman]

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Okay weight lifters, I have a question.

I've been doing four day splits, M-legs and crunches, T-back and biceps, W-chest and tri's, TH-Shoulders and crunches. I've been lifting since November, mostly dumbells, but sometimes bars.

The past two weeks, I've noticed elbow pain developing on the top of the forearm. I've googled this and discovered, "it sounds like tennis elbow."

Any suggestions to alleviate the pain. Do I need a rest period of a week. Back off the reps.

I've read where skull crushers and bicep curls are instigators of tennis elbow, also lifting with straight bars.

Thanks for any and all feedback.

[wwharton]

Re: 2015 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Okay weight lifters, I have a question.

I've been doing four day splits, M-legs and crunches, T-back and biceps, W-chest and tri's, TH-Shoulders and crunches. I've been lifting since November, mostly dumbells, but sometimes bars.

The past two weeks, I've noticed elbow pain developing on the top of the forearm. I've googled this and discovered, "it sounds like tennis elbow."

Any suggestions to alleviate the pain. Do I need a rest period of a week. Back off the reps.

I've read where skull crushers and bicep curls are instigators of tennis elbow, also lifting with straight bars.

Thanks for any and all feedback.

First thought that came to mind was skull crushers. I gave them up years ago. I really don't do any triceps work involving dumbells (or barbells) anymore. If you're having pain, I'd probably avoid dips too. Get on a cable machine, lower the wait and do heavy reps. You probably want to cut your triceps more than get a great deal of mass anyway so you won't be hurting your goal much with the switch.

Biceps are another story though. You could lower the weight and do very slow curls (2 seconds up, hold, 4 seconds down). I'm not sure about relief for tennis elbow though. Maybe someone else can help. I've had the pain and just cut back on some things until it went away, but honestly don't even remember how long that took.

[legendkiller5]

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Became a Musclepharm supplement groupie late last year, and decided to switch to one of their workouts at the beginning of this month. I had been following the diet plan since the beginning of the year, and as a result of both, have definitely seen some solid gains.

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The only supplements I take are Combat Powder (Whey protein) two to three times a day as a snack and Creatine (three scoops) post workout.

[KG]

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I always have done natural ones. you have to stop eating meat for a couple days and eat mostly raw fruits and veggies and tons of water.

I try to do a juice fast and if I can't handle the hunger I'll eat fruit with it.

I think I'm going to do a 1 day juice cleanse to see how my body reacts. If I can manage the hunger I'll try a 3 day one in a month or so.

Do I need to stay at home for this? I'm thinking the juice might run through me.

[roadman]

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First thought that came to mind was skull crushers. I gave them up years ago. I really don't do any triceps work involving dumbells (or barbells) anymore. If you're having pain, I'd probably avoid dips too. Get on a cable machine, lower the wait and do heavy reps. You probably want to cut your triceps more than get a great deal of mass anyway so you won't be hurting your goal much with the switch.

Biceps are another story though. You could lower the weight and do very slow curls (2 seconds up, hold, 4 seconds down). I'm not sure about relief for tennis elbow though. Maybe someone else can help. I've had the pain and just cut back on some things until it went away, but honestly don't even remember how long that took.

I went to the gym today to work on my normal chest and you guessed it, triceps. I took off 5lbs my normal lifts, man, those weights felt light. I did your suggestion when I started on the triceps, instead of skull crushers, seated tricep pulldowns, light on the standing tricep rope pulley pulldown and I went back to normal on overhead tricep extensions, but 4 fewer reps.

I'm happy to report my elbow feels much better today. I'm going to try this for a few weeks to keep less strain in that area.

What a difference 5lbs in weights feel like.

Tomorrow, it's shoulder time and I've also heard of replacing bar exercises with curved bars or dumb bells.