Health and Fitness
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:31 pm
Since i have stopped going to the gym, my exercise consists of walking my dog a few miles a day and walking up the stairs 20 floors in the morning during my break and a t lunch.
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Paleo is great, but hard to make it cheap without relying on almost all eggs / chicken. Reason why I stopped it (limited budget)paleo gets a bad rap, but if you can bring yourself to do this, you are definitely going to shed pounds.
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my wife and i went auto-immune paleo for a brief stretch. it helped her AI issues greatly, but man...that is a tough freaking diet.
now we're just on an almost-but-not-quite-paleo diet. we eat rice and i drink a beer sometimes. i think those are our only departures.
Yea. I'm loving it. This variation allows for a little quicker progression (since I'm a gym newbie).Every variation of Wendler's 531 programs are awesome. He did an excellent job of creating a simple, easy to follow program.I really packed on weight in college / then lost it all / slowly gained it all back. Before I lost it just on diet, but now I'm going to try to get in better shape overall / hopefully maintain it for the long-term.
I started doing Wendler's 531 beginner routine. I always messed around the gym, but didn't know what I was doing / quit after a couple day. I love this routine because it makes everything so simple (I just go in and do what the program tells me to do). I've mostly done the program to a t (besides I'm skipping deload week since such a begginer).
Program focuses on 4 main core lifts. I'm 9 weeks in and have improved:
Squats by 60 pounds
Overhead press by 30 pounds
Deadlifts by 60 pounds
Bench (I test myself every 3 weeks, will find out where I am on Sunday w bench but I improved it by 40 lbs in first 6 weeks).
Trying to clean up diet too, but cheating a lot. Still have somehow managed to lose 12 lbs thus far (probably like 50 more to go).
Still a fat, weak, out-of-shape slob but I'm happy with early results (even though I know they'll slow eventually). I also actually like working out now which is probably the most important aspect for long term success.
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I'm no expert, and don't know all the details of stronglifts 5 X 5, but did you try to decrease the weight? Going down to 115 and then working your way back up might do wonders.I'm doing Stronglifts 5x5 but I hit an absolute wall on the overhead press when I got to 130 pounds. Couldn't do more than 2 sets.
You are correct. http://stronglifts.com/5x5/I'm no expert, and don't know all the details of stronglifts 5 X 5, but did you try to decrease the weight? Going down to 115 and then working your way back up might do wonders.I'm doing Stronglifts 5x5 but I hit an absolute wall on the overhead press when I got to 130 pounds. Couldn't do more than 2 sets.
Cardio is for rubes.
There, I said it.
I did the Blood Type diet (I'm an O, so cutting out gluten was good) and lost 45 pounds over about 5 months or so without really exercising. It's more of a health/immune system approach, but weight loss was a benefit because i also had pounds to spare. Got to the point where I was eating very sensibly-sized meals and took off those last extra pounds.have you guys who are trying to lose weight ever had a long stretch of removing gluten, dairy and refined sugar from your diet?
i was never really overweight, but it was interesting to see what happened when i changed my diet last year. those difficult last few extra pounds around the midsection really started dropping.
Congrats man. That's awesomeCardio is for rubes.
There, I said it.
Unrelated, but I'm 23lbs down since Feb 22nd. It's happening.
I wish I liked lettuce wrap... I'm like a 9 year old when it comes to sandwiches lettuce wrappedI was always at worst on the lower half of a healthy range, but i recently stopped having bread at lunch. I eat the same sandwiches, just wrapped in lettuce instead of on bread. I did this to avoid crashing in the afternoon and that worked, but just that one meal a day removing bread and fat has melted off.
You're salty about that chef comment on FB. Aren't you?I've had individual dishes that were more than 1,800 calories.
Thanks. That's one of my top shelf gifs, I save for for these really smh moments.Congrats man. That's awesomeCardio is for rubes.
There, I said it.
Unrelated, but I'm 23lbs down since Feb 22nd. It's happening.
Very cool, Penguin. I was a vballer in those circles back in the day around Pittsburgh and before that, central PA, and miss it terribly. Doubt I'll get back into league play with my schedule, so I'm looking into doing more with my daughter and her school team.I'm a womens USAV volleyball player and play about 4-5 times a week with all day tournaments on the weekend. That alone has not enough - I'm now having to start incorporating strength training to build more muscle and burn more fat. It was way easier when I was younger.
I play in the DC area and its huge around here. I was thinking of moving to PA but couldn't really find much league action online. Are you still connected with those circles? I'm in PA sometimes on the weekends, so it'd be great to find somewhere to play on Saturdays.Very cool, Penguin. I was a vballer in those circles back in the day around Pittsburgh and before that, central PA, and miss it terribly. Doubt I'll get back into league play with my schedule, so I'm looking into doing more with my daughter and her school team.I'm a womens USAV volleyball player and play about 4-5 times a week with all day tournaments on the weekend. That alone has not enough - I'm now having to start incorporating strength training to build more muscle and burn more fat. It was way easier when I was younger.
I'm not connected these days, and it depends on where in PA you'd be looking to go for me to point you in the right direction. Anywhere in the central area - Harrisburg, Lancaster, Hershey, etc. - pretty good; Philly area, and even Pittsburgh, not so much.I play in the DC area and its huge around here. I was thinking of moving to PA but couldn't really find much league action online. Are you still connected with those circles? I'm in PA sometimes on the weekends, so it'd be great to find somewhere to play on Saturdays.Very cool, Penguin. I was a vballer in those circles back in the day around Pittsburgh and before that, central PA, and miss it terribly. Doubt I'll get back into league play with my schedule, so I'm looking into doing more with my daughter and her school team.I'm a womens USAV volleyball player and play about 4-5 times a week with all day tournaments on the weekend. That alone has not enough - I'm now having to start incorporating strength training to build more muscle and burn more fat. It was way easier when I was younger.