TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2012 - Page 5

On January 03 2012 08:22 Malinor wrote:
Two quick questions:

1. For the daily squatting to max. Do I do only 1 single at my daily max and then do the back-up sets or should I do several singles at the daily max? Or just go by feel?
2. For Chin-Ups, does anyone know a good way to train the very top of the movement? I can now break 90° with my elbows, but cannot yet get my chin above the bar. Band-Assisted is not working too weel I feel, since there is barely any band-support at the top. I am thinking probably some biceps-isolation exercises?

On January 03 2012 09:10 Release wrote:
So many stupid New Year Resolutioners at the gym today, it's ridiculous. Half squats and assisted benches were the theme of the day.

On January 03 2012 09:32 Froadac wrote:

Tell me about it. Had two new years resolutioners tell me I was squatting too low, and shouldn't lift as much rofl.

THen were like "only do the cardio"

Then they got on treadmills and did like a mile at 4 mph o.o

People are stupid.

On January 03 2012 04:57 ffadicted wrote:
ffa

Age: 20 || Height: 5'11 || Weight: 160 lbs
Starting Date: 01/01/2012 || Goal Date: 05/01/2012
Weight goals -- Ripped 170-175
Nutrition goals -- Eat more more more more more. And then more
Sleep goals -- Sleep more than 5 hours a day on a regular basis.
Misc goals - Get back to being buff :[ Went down from 180 with a good muscle mass and good body fat at the end of the summer, to 160 with really low body fat but skinny look now :[ Partially due to not eating nearly as much, and partially because of very poor workout ethic. Gotta step it up

On January 03 2012 08:04 eshlow wrote:

Your arms will fall off

On January 03 2012 10:49 Velocirapture wrote:
Velocirapture

Age:27 || Height: 6'1'' || Weight 215lbs

Weight Goals: I am gonna shoot for the stars and say a fit 180
Training Goals: I have been lifting 4x a week for about 4 months now and and making awesome progress. I want to keep up the routine for this whole year.
Sleep Goals: 8-9 hours at least 5x a week
Misc Goals: I came down from 300 pounds to 180 from just running and diet and it was impossible to maintain because I didnt enjoy either. I am really liking my lifting routine but need to find a diet i enjoy enough that when im craving like crazy I dont eat badly.

On January 03 2012 09:41 Froadac wrote:
It happens on normal days too. It's just because I sorta look clueless because of how young/small I look. Also gym I go to is like thirty million treadmills and ellipticals, and one small weight room/area off to side. But there is never a wait. Dunno why.

But yeah, I've had some asshats tell me stupid things. I've also had "trainers" tell me stupid things too. But it's been patently wrong. Like I was frontsquatting per doctor orders. And they try to tell me I shouldnt cause it would be more strain on back. o.o

Worst of all is when they basically tell you you are gonna kill yourself, while they partake in exceedingly dangerous activity. (macho idiots benching way more than they really can, without spotter, then failing.)

Best of all, is when bicep curl people just are like "rofl, squat and deadlift suck yo"

I see some of them every day. Doing bicep curls. So goddamn efficient.

On January 03 2012 10:49 Velocirapture wrote:
Velocirapture

Age:27 || Height: 6'1'' || Weight 215lbs

Weight Goals: I am gonna shoot for the stars and say a fit 180
Training Goals: I have been lifting 4x a week for about 4 months now and and making awesome progress. I want to keep up the routine for this whole year.
Sleep Goals: 8-9 hours at least 5x a week
Misc Goals: I came down from 300 pounds to 180 from just running and diet and it was impossible to maintain because I didnt enjoy either. I am really liking my lifting routine but need to find a diet i enjoy enough that when im craving like crazy I dont eat badly.

On January 03 2012 08:13 decafchicken wrote:

Hahaha roasted

On January 03 2012 08:22 Malinor wrote:
Two quick questions:

1. For the daily squatting to max. Do I do only 1 single at my daily max and then do the back-up sets or should I do several singles at the daily max? Or just go by feel?
2. For Chin-Ups, does anyone know a good way to train the very top of the movement? I can now break 90° with my elbows, but cannot yet get my chin above the bar. Band-Assisted is not working too weel I feel, since there is barely any band-support at the top. I am thinking probably some biceps-isolation exercises?

On January 02 2012 13:45 DimmuKlok wrote:
Here is my final update on my weight loss journey for 2011:

I first posted in this thread (2011 version) on January 21st at 6'4" 280 lbs body weight, being down from 310lbs in December of 2010. I made several updates throughout the year, and with the help of this amazing, life changing community, I lost 108 lbs over the course of the year. My final goal was to reach 200 lbs body weight by January 1st 2012, but a week ago I reached 202 lbs and decided it was the perfect time to stop losing weight and change goals.

Here are before and after pictures :D
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I was going to post about how I got to this point, but instead I'm gonna keep it short and just say thank you to TL H&F community for helping me get to this point. The only reason I was able to lose the weight was because of what I learned here. And a special thanks to Eshlow for making the thread and filling it with all of the helpful info. I couldn't have done it without you!

On January 03 2012 08:04 eshlow wrote:

Your arms will fall off