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"There's something exceptionally satisfying in dropping Mimring in round one." Expand your horizons. Terrain maps from Cavalier. |
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I'm Mr. Barkypants, and I'm a mix of ol schoo and new schoo.... |
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PM with your specifics I might have a simple solution for your discomfort. "There's something exceptionally satisfying in dropping Mimring in round one." Expand your horizons. Terrain maps from Cavalier. |
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I had a big informative post here, but my computer forbid it and the post was completely deleted. So, since I am so ticked off, I will now condense what I had to say. Anyway:
K/H Addict: Use wrist curls, squats, calf raises, dips and tricep extension. nyys: Machines aren't as specific, but they can be more safe. Remember that. Now, for those that don't already know, I started weight training over six months ago. I could only bench about 80 lbs. Today, my max is about 170-180. How did I make such an increase? Determination. If you become serious about it, you will gain results. Another thing, I am fourteen years old, so it is not as if I am in a huge gaining area like I'm twenty-one or something. I hope this helps someone out. |
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I was going to PM Purple, but I figured I'd share my story and maybe he can help others, too. I use dumbells and a weight bench. I used the same weight for all reps of 48 lbs. Each lift consists of 3 sets of 7-10 reps (until fatigue) with approximately 30-60 seconds rest between sets. I lift Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. I try to get in a 1/2 of cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (norditrack or running) -- but it usually amounts to once a week. On non-lifting days when I am in the office and I know I'm not doing my cardio, I walk 3 laps twice a day on the 7 flights of stairs at work. What I was doing when lifting (and will do again) was: 150-- twisty crunches standing curls (each arm) 150-- twisty crunches butterflies 150-- twisty crunches inclined presses 150-- twisty crunches bench presses 150-- twisty crunches declined presses 150-- twisty crunches underhand lat pull downs on my universal (max. weight) overhand lat pull downs on my universal (max. weight) 150-- twisty crunches 3 sets of 30 pushups 150-- twisty crunches Where I (believe) I blew out my tendons was preacher curling the dumbells off of the floor for the declined presses and WAAAAAAY overdoing the weight on the lat pull downs. I would feel a "firey" sensastion but I would work through it because I am a moron. Also, I didn't stretch....... I have seen my Dr. a couple of times and went through a short course of steroids and a 1/2-*ssed attemp at physical therapy. I saw the sports medicine DR. last week and he told me to start the 10% lifting stuff and immediate icing both tendons afterwards. He said if I feel pain while lifting I am doing damage. He also said if the next day I felt nothing, it's not helpling. I have to find a "sweet-spot" of no pain while lifting but a small amount of sensation the following day to encourage healing. Over the course of a few months I should be fixed. I also want to say Kudos to all of you for making commitments to getting yourseves in shape. Together, we can break the stereotype of gamers being 98 lb weaklings or looking like comic book guy from the Simpsons. Markwars: Nice work. 74 lbs is amazing. I am proud of you. Lastly, TIA to Purble Beard for your help. I'm Mr. Barkypants, and I'm a mix of ol schoo and new schoo.... |
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Wow, thanks for the kind words. You are right. It's very very very simple, but it does require a lot of discipline to drop the pounds quickly. Six months ago when I started I asked my good friend Velenne - that's his Scapers name anyway - (who just happens to be a trainer) to help me tailor an exercise plan to my want list. Here's what I told him I wanted: Light cardio Light strength training no gym no equipment just me, gravity, and my floor/walls Here's how he started me out: 30 minute leisurely walk three times a week for the cardio Three sets of this routine: 12 wall push ups, 12 body squats, 12 crunches After about two weeks of that I began ramping it up incrementally. These days I am addicted to it. I haven't missed my morning cardio in over five months - and that's outside at 5am in whatever weather the world wants to throw at me. My strength training now consists of five sets of this routine: 30 lunge steps, 30 crunches, 20 body squats, 15 push-ups. And I work in some resistance band training for my arms when I am in the mood for it (about three times a week). I am not looking to become a pile of muscle. I want to have a lean body with a lot of stamina, flexibility, and fluidity of motion. Do you have any recommendations for that? I'm now 12 pounds from the goal weight of 193 pounds that my doctor set for me (I'm 6'2"), so I'm looking for simple routines that will help me maintain - not bulk up. -------------------- And Mr. Barkypants you are right. It's high time gamers broke the mold of doughy basement denizens. It's one thing to be a geek, it's another to be unhealthy. |
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A site I went to to find some really nifty routines is: www.trainwithmeonline.com . They have full workouts for all levels of skill and different levels of equipment. I bought a stability ball and was looking for some stuff to do. They have the "300" workout which the actors in the movie used to shape up. It's worth a look.
I'm Mr. Barkypants, and I'm a mix of ol schoo and new schoo.... |
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Been back at the gym about a year and a half now... My bench has gone from 95lbs on day one to 210 now. But the milestone I'm most encouraged about is going from 100lbs then to a 220lb squat now. PS: I'm 32, so it's all relative. |
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Nasty Benchpressing Scenario. Yah, accidents happen. |
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Wow, he's lucky that hit him in the chest and not the neck.
On another note, I've found that sometimes getting over the hump so to speak and increasing your max is more of a head game than your having enough strength to lift said weight. Happened to me in getting to that 220 squat. I already knew I could do 215 and that's what I thought I had put on the rack. So I get the bar up and do my 3 reps at "215". I put the bar down and my trainer comes along and says "Nice! 220!" I say, actually it's 215. He says, count again, that was 220. He was right, I did a stupid and miscounted, thought I was doing 215. The fact that I knew I could do 215, I never hesitated, and did the reps. Where had I decided to go for a new max I would have paced the gym a couple times and got myself all worked-up to try it and I probably only would have done it once, and been happy with it. I wish I messed up like that more often... |
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