TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2010 - Page 6

On January 12 2010 01:54 travis wrote:


couldn't you just do circuit training with explosive exercises?

just structure ur circuit workout similar to what you have to do in a game of rugby

On January 11 2010 20:51 antiq wrote:
lukas
Age: 26 || Height: 5'10" or 1m/77cm || Weight: 120lbs/54kg
Starting Date: 1/2/10 || Goal Date: 3/5/10
Weight goals -- add 2kg/5pounds - preferably muscle mass but anything really - to my present weight
Training goals -- serious exercise at least 3x/week, at least 2 days weight training
Nutrition goals -- max 1x fast food/week, and if then with fresh salad; drink at least half a gallon (2litres) of milk/week
Misc goals -- some 'unimportant' stuff like finishing my masters (4 months to go), improve my creativity at work (photog/editor at a newspaper), start a business with a friend


I want to do the classic barbell stuff, benchpress/deadlift/squat trio alongside exercises like pullups, pushups, handstand pushups and dips, maybe some medicine ball throwing (as I've always sucked at that, I figure it can do me good.. if I can avoid injury that is).

What do you gurus think, is it enough to train 3x per week using these exercises and trying to eat optimal (which means it will be suboptimal, but better than average) to achieve my weight goal?

On January 11 2010 23:23 unknown.sam wrote:

you have inspired me to go a little further in my next cycling adventure

btw, how long did it take you for the 35km??

On January 13 2010 23:27 Romance_us wrote:


I don't have access to barbells but I have a full dumbbell sliding weight set, and I'm wondering something. This may seem obvious, but even if I can't follow Starting Strength's literal workout routine, linear progression with just about anything (incremental increase in weight every workout like stated in the article) would be ideal, right? Like even if you are doing pushups three times a week. If you aim to do 3-5 more every other day, you will no doubt get stronger than non-linear, even if the initial set is higher? I'm very strongly leaning towards changing my entire routine to implement linear progression.

On January 13 2010 03:48 AeroGear wrote:
Would need more info on what kind of results you want to obtain. Swim by itself is a great exercise, both cardio and muscular since water provides resistance training (mostly upper body).

Distance will depend on your pace and fitness, not to mention swim form. You'll want to do kick and pull laps, switch from 1 style to another. Endurance or cardio training will give you better results if its done for 30min+. I would aim for 1500-2000m which should take around 45min to 1hour but 1000m is a good start.

On January 13 2010 07:23 eshlow wrote:
I'd hit the gym at least 2-3x a week.

Swimming depends on what you want to get out of it. Are you going to be there to relax and unwind? Do you want to develop endurance? Speed? What?

On January 16 2010 01:38 Malinor wrote:
So I felt like fast-food today. But apparently I'm stupid, should have gone somewhere where I know it would taste good. So I did not only eat like shit today, it also did not taste good. And now my stomach feels like shit.

Woah, just needed to get that out somewhere.

So I will hit the gym tonight, doing excessive cardio.