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HackBenjamin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1094 Posts
April 06 2011 17:15 GMT
#1
I recently came to the conclusion that if I want to live past the age of 40, I should probably try and take better care of my body. Things like, exercise, eating a healthy breakfast.. Someone brought it to my attention that Cinnamon Toast Crunch doesn't actually constitute a healthy breakfast. I was pretty upset by this news.

I weigh about 170 lbs and I'm 5'11. I'm not fat, despite eating bacon as a snack and sitting around on the computer for 16 hours a day. I'm definitely out of shape. I usually skip breakfast (I feel like eating will make me sick in the morning), I'll have a light lunch, and then I will devour a ton of food for dinner.

This is not healthy.

Therefore, I decided that starting yesterday, I would start doing a workout routine, including some light running and eating a balanced breakfast.

So, I get up at 5 AM, do some quick stretches, I put on some sweatpants and a hoodie, tie up my running shoes, which have never actually been used for running before, throw on my iPod, and open the door. It's pissing rain. Oh well, I think. Let's just get this over with.

(I have not gone on a run since gym class in high school.)

I start off with a light jog. This isn't so bad, I think. I keep it up for about 5 minutes, and then pick up the pace. Still bearable. I hit a small hill. No problem. Gotta remember to breathe. Legs are starting to feel a little burn. Keep going. I'm over the incline. Slow it down a bit. Breathing sucks. Should probably quit smoking too. I've slowed down without noticing. Pick it back up. Breathing is getting a little ragged. I want to stop running, but I'm almost home. The last 20 feet suck really bad.

I make it home, get in the door, and fall onto the couch. My chest hurts, and I'm breathing really hard, but I ran around the block without stopping! Fuckin rights! I could do this every day! I feel awesome! I actually feel awake without my morning coffee, and it's only 5:30 in the morning!

So I slam back some breakfast, a couple of pieces of toast, a couple of eggs, and some hash browns. The rest of the day progresses as normal - in front of the computer.

At the end of the day, I set my alarm for 4:45 AM, so I can repeat this process.

4:45 AM rolls around. The alarm goes off.

MY FUCKING BODY IS ON FIRE.

My legs. My chest. My groin. My back. My abs. My arms. My poor god damn ass. Any part of my body that has a muscle is screaming in pain. I've spent most of today in a hot bath. I think I'm dying.

42x10
Profile Joined February 2011
United States62 Posts
April 06 2011 17:17 GMT
#2
Just wait until you start to get into the weight room. You'll be sore then!
SiegeMode
Profile Joined August 2010
United States206 Posts
April 06 2011 17:28 GMT
#3
You probably don't really want to hear this, but the best cure for muscle soreness = more exercise. Move your muscles and work the lactic acid out!
whiteLotus
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
1833 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-06 17:30:08
April 06 2011 17:28 GMT
#4
lol dude, i can remember my first day at the gym like 2 years ago :DD oh boy. i was fattie back then, when i finished my session after 1.30h and got outside, i was like, im dead. :DDD i could barely walk lol and like whole week my body was sore, could barely move out of bed :DDD but the thing that helped me when i had pain, was to move more, i remember when i woke up early in the morning i could barely move my arms and shit, i was in that much pain LOL but little by little i get up and go to gym again and its like np no pain at all. :D
The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame
buhhy
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1113 Posts
April 06 2011 17:31 GMT
#5
Haha, try sticking to it for a month

Is plain running or intervals better for losing weight?
Aesop
Profile Joined October 2007
Hungary11291 Posts
April 06 2011 17:46 GMT
#6
You should not try to push yourself to a certain pace but rather try to log a certain amount of time. Running 45 minutes at an average pace will be better in the long run than doing 20 with a fast one. Should also avoid some soreness
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HackBenjamin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1094 Posts
April 06 2011 17:58 GMT
#7
I'm gonna give my muscles a day to recover, I'm definitely heading back out tomorrow AM.

@SiegeMode, yeah I kinda figured that lol, but owwwwwww!
@Aesop, I will try that. There was alot of variance in my pace yesterday.
Haato
Profile Joined March 2011
Mexico81 Posts
April 06 2011 18:16 GMT
#8
heh, just stopped by to give you a pat on the back

I do have constructive things to say and advice, but it all pretty much sums up to a pat on the back and a look that says "Been there my friend"

Yes, moving/using the sore muscles helps (and feels nice)
death is easy, comedy is hard
FraCuS
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1072 Posts
April 06 2011 18:16 GMT
#9
You should try a Concept 2 Ergometer, It's an excellent cross training machine. You will get a good work out from it lol trust me. It's universal, as in it works out your cardio, arms, legs and back.
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gongryong
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)1430 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-07 07:22:24
April 06 2011 18:34 GMT
#10
Running is the best human activity ever (along with s*x and playing BW)!
I had the same moment as you, one day i just realized i need to stay fit. My first day to actually run was also rainy, but heck i pushed through. I remember that first weekend i felt i was dying.

But i kept running. Now its almost 5 years that ive been running 3-5 days a week. I remember i could barely check 400m then. Now i can run 10-20-30 km like a breeze. I feel so free when i run, sometimes i hit a good stride that i think i can be in that perpetual motion.

Anyway, if i may share too, this is my weekly (generally speaking):
Mon = heavy core, light running (10km), resistance.
Tue = heavy resistance, iso
Wed = core and heavy run (>20), stretch yoga
Thu = heavy run and light resistance, core yoga
Fri = Light run, light iso
Sat = Light run
Sun = Recup yoga

Also i do 2 reps (morning and night) 50 push ups, 100 sit ups, 50 pull ups all weekday.
And im not big on food. I ate so much when i was in college. I just suddenly realize food is overrated. I can live with 200gms of fish meat and 5 or so loaves of bread in a week. Ideally i mix in fruits and vegetables in between. There was a time when I lived through a month with only water and some bread or maki when the hunger pang becomes too intense. Today i can say i have zero craving for food and an addiction to adrenaline! If only i could stay away from sitting in front of the computer, i think i could be an action figure LOL.

im 5'8, 160-170 lbs.
JAEDONG ÜBERBONJWA!
ProjectVirtue
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada360 Posts
April 06 2011 18:40 GMT
#11
thats good that you feel on fire :D thats a good thing in the long run.
you'll find that exercising tends to have a sigmoidal curve and after a certain period of time of consistent exercise, you'll see an explosion in results :D so just be patient and stick to it.

on a side note, if you're up for it, you can try starting with some light crossfit instead and working up. I find it to be much more rewarding than straight up running (doesn't mean you shouldn't take a day off once a week or something to just run and strengthen your heart + lung muscles). when i just started working out, modified cindy's.

5x medium/heavy cleans.
10x pushup
10x v-up
10x squat

just repeat that for 10 sets, should take you about 20 minutes or so then do it again like 2-3 days later. Or the next day if your body is willing. So this is 3 months of doing that small circuit for 3 months for ultimately 40 minutes a week. and it was great.

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I found this helped me build a pretty solid foundation and now i'm doing more intensive circuits (with even better results o.o). So currently, i'm doing

10x kettlebell swing
10x pushup
10x weight situp
400m run (sprint for the last 100m)

and 10 sets of that followed by a pyramid set for my chest, and a dropset for my abs.

But whatever you choose to do, remember to change your circuit now and then. try a friends circuit one week, and go back to yours another week or something. Gotta give your body some variety to maximize the results :D

otherwise, keep up the hard work *thumb
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HackBenjamin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1094 Posts
April 06 2011 18:51 GMT
#12
Thanks everyone for the feedback! Definitely encouraging me to stick it out :D
DwmC_Foefen
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Belgium2186 Posts
April 06 2011 18:57 GMT
#13
Not eating breakfast is bad = wrong! :o

When you try to be health when it comes to eating and foods and etc. Just think about how you are SUPPOSED to live. Scavenging berries meat and such in the wild. You think cavemen had breakfast, lunch and dinner? No, the ate when they could and when they were hungry. I eat a shitton in the afternoon. Also, don't eat processed foods and carbs, try to stick to a healthy high fat(NO processed fat), protein diet. (Berries, nuts, fish, meat, salads, vegetables, ... )

Also, start your running slowly, you don't want to hurt your self in the first couple of days. Start easy, run 1min, walk 1 min, (or 5 min/5min whatever). Just get your body adjusted to being active again. And then after e couple of weeks start running your ass off :p

GLHF!
Stratoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Czech Republic129 Posts
April 06 2011 18:57 GMT
#14
Keep running man. It hurts in the beginning but it's getting better and it comes back to you. I started running two months ago, now I'm just after a half-marathon while pushing a disabled child on a stroller and if there's nothing in my way I know I'll keep running until the day I die or can't walk anymore.
One advice: never let the body rest for two days or more. That way you'll feel the energy in yourself building up and you'll be able to do things in a week you couldn't imagine before, while sporting (having fun) everyday. Also if you keep running you'll quit smoking eventually. Those two things don't go well together and if you pick the right one, the quitting will be easy.

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The best day of my life, just 2 months of running - if anyone told me I'd be able to do this before I would've laughed at him. Just get over the first month where it actually sucks and you're just getting tired and hurt. Good luck man.
krok(obs)
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany264 Posts
April 06 2011 19:07 GMT
#15
congratz on taking that decision!!!
if you wanna lose weight really fast the best way of going about this is changing your diet radically from all the previous gamer/slacker/couchpotato stuff to more healthier food.
i lost about 35 pound in less than 3 months by cutting all carbohydrates, meaning rice, noodles, bread but more importantly junkfood like chips, candy, basically everythign that tastes good^^ and of which you know that it is unhealthy. apart from that i started not only runnign but going to the gym and swimming. try to get your brain into the fitness mindset, go running about 3 times a week, go to the gym as well. do sth else as well if your time schedule allows it. youre gonna love when the first signs of progress start showing and from there on its a cycle of wanting to do more sports in order to look good and fit and eating less and healthier in order to supplement your trainign and not eradicate all the progress you made!

gl! hf!
http://www.sc2ranks.com/eu/481074/krok
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20018 Posts
April 06 2011 19:12 GMT
#16
Join the health initiative!
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=180919&currentpage=last
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Gak2
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada418 Posts
April 06 2011 19:43 GMT
#17
fuck yeah cinnamon toast crunch! Best cereal EVER.
heishe
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany2284 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-06 20:00:39
April 06 2011 19:58 GMT
#18
The pain is there because you're actually rupturing your muscles. That is nothing bad though, the way muscle growing works is that you literally rip apart little parts of your muscles and your body reacts to it by growing more back than there was before (in order to adjust to harsher environments where you'll probably need it).

This is especially good to keep a nice shape because more muscles require more energy to be used obviously, which means you can either eat more and keep your weight, or you can eat the same as before and lose weight.

Not the mention that you develop sick leg muscles while running, which looks good to women.

Too bad I couldn't convince myself to stand up at 5am in the morning and run around yet. I'd also hate to be watched since basically everybody in my little village knows me and for some reason it irks me that they might observe me running around in the morning, so if I was to run I'd really have to do it early before anybody is awake , which is pretty damn difficult though since I get back home pretty late (6pm) and if I really want to get up at 5am, I'd have to go to sleep at 9pm or something already in order not to be too tired during the day (I need at least 7-9 hours sleep a day, otherwise I'm feeling tired), and then my day would consist of 60% studying/hearing lectures, working on assignments etc, 30% sleep, 3% or so percent running around and only the rest 7% or so to use as my spare time.

I've gone through these kinds of cycles before but it burns me out so quickly. When times like that come up I literally wake up in the morning and just stay at home and skip important lectures just because I can't take another 12 hour uni-day followed by just one or so hours playing SC2 and the rest eating/sleeping.
If you value your soul, never look into the eye of a horse. Your soul will forever be lost in the void of the horse.
DoubleZee
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada556 Posts
April 06 2011 20:27 GMT
#19
haha the first few work outs are always the worst. It gets better, trust me. Just make sure you have proper running shoes and run with proper form. Knee/shin injuries suck.
Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
laste
Profile Joined November 2008
Bulgaria242 Posts
April 06 2011 20:36 GMT
#20
I do jump-rope when the weathers shit, its excellent cardio and it burns almost as much calories as running. plus its FUN =)
Everybody will be in bronze soon, because Tasteless will have all our ladder points.
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