On December 07 2012 17:22 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:
On December 07 2012 17:07 Crushinator wrote: I just started smoking again. I don't know how it happened but it did. I will quit again after this weekend. Feels so bad, but I geuss a moment of weakness isn't the end of the world.
No, you won't stop after this weekend. You stop today. What is this bullshit, you know you shouldn't smoke and you've already broken your promise. If you fuck up, you unfuck whatever you did ASAP. Procrastination is weakness. Every time you let yourself get away will breaking your promise, you will reduce your discipline.
I love this attitude :D
Further on this line of thinking. I had a coach tell me something that has stuck with me to this day...
"Once you quit, it gets easier every time after that."
I didn't pay it any mind, but he was 100% right. I fucked up a lot after high school without my parents there to control me. I'm ashamed about it, but I've grown from what I was.
The other thing he told me was...
"Work hard, do right, good things happen."
I've lived by that for a bit over a year now and my life is in a much better place than it was. Coach Diller was the shit.
On that note, time for me to go to the gym. Never miss a day you could have at least gone in and gotten a sweat going. Never quit on yourself.
Moved to a new place this week. As part of the move, I decided to throw out all the cheap clothes I got during school and university which no longer fit me. I think by I threw out about 100 pieces of clothing in the end, including almost all my jeans and a shit load of shirts. Squats and deadlifts ftw :D
On December 10 2012 15:44 hazelynut wrote: i was going to post a 3month pic but there is no visible difference >_< going to keep up my routine and see where it takes me in a few more months.
i now do squats, pull-ups, and bench press! in addition to cardio. everything burns, it is great.
Believe me, it is better to post these in time, you'll love it later.
Seeing the you from 6-9 months ago, gives the "now you" a pat in the back and a "fuck I'm awesome" feeling that nothing can take away.
On December 07 2012 17:22 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:
On December 07 2012 17:07 Crushinator wrote: I just started smoking again. I don't know how it happened but it did. I will quit again after this weekend. Feels so bad, but I geuss a moment of weakness isn't the end of the world.
No, you won't stop after this weekend. You stop today. What is this bullshit, you know you shouldn't smoke and you've already broken your promise. If you fuck up, you unfuck whatever you did ASAP. Procrastination is weakness. Every time you let yourself get away will breaking your promise, you will reduce your discipline.
I love this attitude :D
Further on this line of thinking. I had a coach tell me something that has stuck with me to this day...
"Once you quit, it gets easier every time after that."
I didn't pay it any mind, but he was 100% right. I fucked up a lot after high school without my parents there to control me. I'm ashamed about it, but I've grown from what I was.
The other thing he told me was...
"Work hard, do right, good things happen."
I've lived by that for a bit over a year now and my life is in a much better place than it was. Coach Diller was the shit.
On that note, time for me to go to the gym. Never miss a day you could have at least gone in and gotten a sweat going. Never quit on yourself.
Coach Diller..what a fucking boss. It's great to see such inspiring shit by years end, when people think we go "easy" and "calm the fuck up" we just want to go harder and harder. "Nobody Cares, just go harder".
Oh man, 2 weeks off TKD while this abscess was sorting itself out was horrid. Started back on Tuesday, and even a light class the day before a testing left me sore, then testing on Wednesday left me achey for a couple of days.
What are you guys doing for core assistance exercises? I was thinking of adding more in, as it seems to help when it comes to lifting.
Right now the only three I do are planks, leg raises, and ab wheel (except now the ab wheel is missing from the gym T-T) How do you go about progressing, cause I don't wanna use alot of time doing this, so increasing reps to extremes does not seem like fun.
altogether a good session, bench is being an asshole; i went 13 days without benching and looks like it takes 10 days (3 sessions) just to get back to where i was again!
Gonna post because I said I would. I don't think there's a lot of change in these photos (especially cause they're photos) and a lot of it is posture. But if I squint really hard, I think that there's less fat and more toned-ness? I can definitely tell via touch, just not sight T_T. Could definitely have more results if I didn't drink/eat out on weekends so much, but then life would not be as fun!
Here's to a fun December! I've stopped doing pilates and moved on to running and WEIGHTS. It's pretty terrible. Tried to do squats today by myself, but when I walked towards the squatting-thing, the bar was resting on the lower pin. Tried to lift bar with arms to upper pin. Could not. Then tried to balance one end on my leg and readjust hand positioning to lift it. Could not. In the end, asked help from the guy next to me who, to his merit, hid his laughter and then one-handed that shit.
Today squatted 4x5 of 65 lbs and 2x5 of 75! Any suggestions on how to ramp up/increment these numbers over time?
Might do more pilates just for core strength, because I'm not sure how much lifting will help me in terms of core.
In terms of diet, I'm actually off to a terrible start because of Vegas meals + a sudden desire for red velvet cupcakes. I've explored NYC for at least 3 bakeries now.
Today squatted 4x5 of 65 lbs and 2x5 of 75! Any suggestions on how to ramp up/increment these numbers over time?
Might do more pilates just for core strength, because I'm not sure how much lifting will help me in terms of core.
If you are doing starting strength, then you do sets of 3x5. If you complete your 3x5, you move up the weight. Always. If you don't, you do not increase the weight. (As a thumb rule only). Basically If you complete a set, you add like 5lbs or even less to the bar each time. If you complete it again, you add more. This is a great way of making progress as the numbers will ramp up faster than you could imagine and it will force you to push yourself to your limits. As human beings, we want to stay in the comfort zone, so we won't bump up the weights even if our body could take it. This system takes care of all that for you if you follow it. It's what many/most of us are doing over here, with good results.
Don't worry about core strength. Squats will develop your whole body throughly more than any 'core-training' ever will. abs, back, legs, hips, etc etc etc... the squat has it all, and with the best possible proportions, provided that you do full squats where your hips go below your knees (or your thighs are parallel with the ground),
If you follow Starting strength program, then you will be squatting three times a week, 3x5 each time with best possible weights, along with bench, overheadpress and deadlifts. These exercises will take care of all muscle developement you will need for a while.
Oh, interesting! So what happens if I do 3x5 of X, move up, and can't do it. Would you suggest doing more reps of the one I could do, or stopping there?
sure, my motto is "whatever happens, just have a good workout"
sometimes i go 5-5-2 and just stop there outright. or i might drop down and do a lighter set of 10
i tend to move up when i can do ~7 reps at a certain weight anyway (and then do 5 reps of the next weight), which helps to remove this kinda problem where you're struggling to move up and missing random reps when you do.
like with overhead press, i am waiting till i can do 7-7-7 ish at 50kg then i will try 5-5-5 at 55kg. pretty stress free. but thats just me, no1 else does that i think lol :}
you can add additional things to your workouts, but you need to be able to recover in time for the next workout, so dont overdo it, and keep them to after you've done everything else. personally i do my squat, bench, deadlift, then afterwards i can spend 30++ minutes fucking around with other stuff.
the other stuff does help, but keep it simple because there is sooo much you can do you'll never leave the bloody place! i do (on occaision) lat pulldowns, dumbell curls, delt side raises, grip work, and i could do some ab work too if i wanted.
it depends on what you want ultimately. if your goal is to look more slender then the first thing you should do above all else is become confident with your diet/eating lifestyle and weightloss. just make sure that weighing scale is going down slightly every week until you become more comfortable with everything thats going on. its a bit like starting a new job - X months down the line everything will feel a lot clearer to you, so as long as you haven't been fired you're doing it right!
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I've stopped doing pilates and moved on to running and WEIGHTS. It's pretty terrible. Tried to do squats today by myself, but when I walked towards the squatting-thing, the bar was resting on the lower pin. Tried to lift bar with arms to upper pin. Could not. Then tried to balance one end on my leg and readjust hand positioning to lift it. Could not. In the end, asked help from the guy next to me who, to his merit, hid his laughter and then one-handed that shit.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Er20L.jpg)
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