Fitness Thread

Something I haven't trained a lot in recent times is my neck; so I'm going to make sure I give it at least one 20 minute session each week. It's an area you have to be careful with, but it makes me laugh when some of the 'bodybuilders' I know didn't even realise they could workout their neck. For a lot of the exercises, you don't even need any plates, you can just use your hands to apply resistance.

Shade under 6ft and although I don't look bad for it, currently weighing in at 15st exactly. I'm built more like a rugby player, than looking like a fat c*nt - the only problem is I don't have their endurance. The heaviest I've ever been is 17stone 4, a few months back and I must admit, it was starting to really notice then.

So I've shaved of 32 pounds already in the last couple months, with hardly any effort, but it's not enough. I calculate I'm anywhere between 15-35 pounds overweight still, because I don't actually know how much of me is muscle and how much is crap. The target weight is between 12-13 stone but I'm not arsed that much about what the scales say and will be going solely on my fitness levels and what I see when I look in the mirror.

With weighing yourself, sometimes your weight will level off for a while, or you might gain a pound or two of muscle and think your gaining weight, get disheartened and quit. Non of that sh*t for me, it's a simple lifestyle change and I'm sure I'll be able to notice the difference anyway. Might weigh once a week or fortnight, just to keep tabs, but aye. The target for getting the weight off is Christmas at a round 2 pounds a week, but once I'm happy with my weight it won't make much difference exactly what the scales tell me.

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Shade under 6ft and although I don't look bad for it, currently weighing in at 15st exactly. I'm built more like a rugby player, than looking like a fat c*nt - the only problem is I don't have their endurance. The heaviest I've ever been is 17stone 4, a few months back and I must admit, it was starting to really notice then.

So I've shaved of 32 pounds already in the last couple months, with hardly any effort, but it's not enough. I calculate I'm anywhere between 15-35 pounds overweight still, because I don't actually know how much of me is muscle and how much is crap. The target weight is between 12-13 stone but I'm not a*sed that much about what the scales say and will be going solely on my fitness levels and what I see when I look in the mirror.

With weighing yourself, sometimes your weight will level off for a while, or you might gain a pound or two of muscle and think your gaining weight, get disheartened and quit. Non of that sh*t for me, it's a simple lifestyle change and I'm sure I'll be able to notice the difference anyway. Might weigh once a week or fortnight, just to keep tabs, but aye. The target for getting the weight off is Christmas at a round 2 pounds a week, but once I'm happy with my weight it won't make much difference exactly what the scales tell me.

I've no doubts that you'll nail it. The progress you've made already is superb.

Have you got bad knees, Scott?

I'm quite partial to a spot of Frisbee myself.

6' and last time I checked just under 15 stone, but I know I've maybe put on a stone since there. Actually planning on starting back at the gym within the next 2 weeks, was going to wait til I got a job but may be too late then. If I dont go soon I'll never go. I'd love to lose 4 stone by next April, sisters wedding. I actually quite enjoy the gym, just havent gone in months due to college, then lack of money.

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It's just, because of my illness, it's so much more comfortable to slouch and I'm finding my shoulders are forward a lot and my back isn't straight which is making them hurt. I think if I sat better or walked better I may have less pain. I actually think I'm gonna see about Physio when I see my Consultant, come to think of it, it's hard to get advice from 'normal' people because they can do things I can't

I struggle with my posture too. Got lax ligaments, means everything's whacked out of alignment and my physio has told me I need to learn a totally new way of standing and walking that suits my body.

I'm 5ft 7in and 9st, which is a weight that I'd be happy with if I hadn't got the ballet body 'ideal' absolutely drilled into me, having curves is demonised or smt in the dance world.

I want to get back to 8st 7 which is ironic considering how long it took me to put this weight on but I'm not dieting because that basically means I stop eating, so I'm trying to exersize more.

A sprained ankle is getting in the way at the moment, but I've been cycling and I am going to start swimming if I can get a Caturday job - it's about £3.50 a go at the pool near me, and no discounts or membership schemes where you can stand to save much more than 50p now and then.

Slightly concerned that when I go back to college and restart on methylphenidate I'll start looking like a skeleton again, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

I'm 5'10ish and just under 14 stone. All I'm worried about right now is getting my legs the same size as each other again. I've been advised not to return to any contact sports, but I'd quite like something I can do for the future thats a decent work out but unlikely to destroy my knee/anything else.

I've done a bit of research into the science behind exercise and how it affects the body over the past few months - apparently the first 20-25 minutes of exercise burn off glucose reserves before you even begin to start burning fat, so you're meant to do 20-25 minutes of resistance exercise before you hit the cardio. So i'll probably do weights and stretches for half an hour before starting doing any cycling or running.

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I struggle with my posture too. Got lax ligaments, means everything's whacked out of alignment and my physio has told me I need to learn a totally new way of standing and walking that suits my body.

Same here. My right leg is half an inch shorter than my left leg, so i've got a right sided balance when standing, leaning and where i put all my weight. As a result, my right leg is visibly musclier than my left leg, and trying to correct my stance is an absolute nuisance.

my dad's the same. A doctor told him he could wait a few months to have something specially made to fit in one of his shoes to blance him out. The next day he shaped a bit of wood to fit in all his shoes and now his legs are fine.

That's not a bad idea actually. At the moment i'm walking with a very slight limp so that more weight is put on my left leg, and it's doing some good in terms of building up the muscle to match my right leg.

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I've done a bit of research into the science behind exercise and how it affects the body over the past few months - apparently the first 20-25 minutes of exercise burn off glucose reserves before you even begin to start burning fat, so you're meant to do 20-25 minutes of resistance exercise before you hit the cardio. So i'll probably do weights and stretches for half an hour before starting doing any cycling or running.

Whats resistance training? When I started in the gym the trainer put me on a program to lose weight. It was 10 minutes on the rowing machine, then some stretching, then 15 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes cross trainer, 10 minutes cycling, 5 minutes cool down using the big rubber ball thing, then some stretching to finish. Although I no longer do the treadmill cos it really hurt my legs, even just walking. Apparantly I walk wrong but I dont know why. So I do a few weights instead of the treadmill. Anyone whos smarted than me tell me if this is a good routine? Aside from the healthy eating and stuff

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I've done a bit of research into the science behind exercise and how it affects the body over the past few months - apparently the first 20-25 minutes of exercise burn off glucose reserves before you even begin to start burning fat, so you're meant to do 20-25 minutes of resistance exercise before you hit the cardio. So i'll probably do weights and stretches for half an hour before starting doing any cycling or running.

Whats resistance training? When I started in the gym the trainer put me on a program to lose weight. It was 10 minutes on the rowing machine, then some stretching, then 15 minutes treadmill, 15 minutes cross trainer, 10 minutes cycling, 5 minutes cool down using the big rubber ball thing, then some stretching to finish. Although I no longer do the treadmill cos it really hurt my legs, even just walking. Apparantly I walk wrong but I dont know why. So I do a few weights instead of the treadmill. Anyone whos smarted than me tell me if this is a good routine? Aside from the healthy eating and stuff

Wiki is your friend. Also includes weight training.


EDIT - at the a*se end of 2004, i also weighed 9 and a half stone.

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All sounds good, this. I'm about 5'6" and somewhere between about 9st 2 lbs and 9st 7lbs, which is up a fair bit from a couple of years ago where I was 8 stone or so, but that's only to be expected really, and anyway, that's far too f*cking thin. I do a bit of swimming once a week or so, and really only just started that, so I'm more than a bit out of shape.

From photos, you look healthier now rather than like a snappable bird when I knew you

Ha, well thanks. It's not as if I wasn't eating much either; it just seemed to disappear. God knows where it went because after 15 or so it definitely didn't go into height.