Fitness/Diet Accountability Thread

[Barzel]

Monday's stats:

Weigh-In: 159 lbs
Workout: Stairclimber warm-up, 10 minutes at a resistance of 50. Egym, including rowing, leg presses, donkey kicks, shin lifts, calf presses, chest press, back press, arm pushes, arm pulls*. Post-workout walk, 0.9 miles.
Music: "Give Us Rest" album by Crowder
I felt poorly after my workout. I may have overdone it. I wasn't eating particularly healthy in the 24 hours prior. I've been skipping a lot of meals, and snacking instead. I recovered, but I really need to focus on eating a healthier diet. Just because I'm not "fat" doesn't mean I'm healthy.

* I don't know if these are the proper names of the exercises, but they should give some idea of what's involved.

 

[Barzel]

Weigh-In: 160 lbs
Workout: Stairclimber. Post-workout walk, 0.9 miles.
Success: 117 floors in 34:55, a new personal record.
Music: "Smell the Color 9" album by Chris Rice
I didn't feel bad at all after today's workout, which was nice.

 

[BPPLEE]

I've lost 20 pounds so far, working my leg with bands and walking some with a cane.
I start back on physical therapy today and I got a new band system to workout with

 

[BPPLEE]

Started with something simple today, 5 supersets of chest presses with curls, without resting.
Using the Gymproluxe, I got a great deal on EBay, it’s really convenient and easy to use
Also going to physical therapy twice a week

 

[Tempura]

I've lost 20 pounds so far

Good, keep at it brother.

 

[BPPLEE]

Military Press superset with Upright Rows 3 supersets
Triceps Pushdowns 6 sets

 

[BPPLEE]

Chest Press x 10 reps Superset with Curls x 10 reps - 10 supersets
Triceps Pushdowns 5x20
One hour of physical therapy

 

[timewerx]

Chest Press x 10 reps Superset with Curls x 10 reps - 10 supersets
Triceps Pushdowns 5x20
One hour of physical therapy

Glad to see you back on the routine!

I'm still doing mixed routines each week. Skating, "dry land" skating drills, and a little bit of plyometrics with weights and chair calisthenics.

I found that it's a lot harder to maintain these routines on a busy schedule but managed to find a way. Simply keeping the hours flexible whenever there's less busy periods and always doing it before a meal and having a short nap after that meal, avoids post-workout fatigue!

 

[BPPLEE]

Seated Rows 10 sets

 

[BPPLEE]

Shoulder Press x 10 superset with Upright Rows x 10 - 10 supersets
Triceps Pushdowns x 10 - 5 sets
Putting exercise bike together this afternoon

 

[BPPLEE]

Physical therapy one hour

 

[BPPLEE]

InnStar Flys 5x10
Chest Press superset with Curls 5 supersets
Triceps Pushdowns 5x10

Seated Rows 20 sets of 10 reps

 

[BPPLEE]

Sunday Military Press 5sets
Pushdowns 5 sets

Monday 1 hour PT

Tuesday
Flys 5 sets
Chest Press 5 sets
Military Press 10 sets
Pushdowns 5 sets

 

[timewerx]

Yesterday, I did 12 km run after 2 years of no >10 km runs and with new 0-3mm drop shoes.

And now, both calves on fire! It hurts to just walk! I didn't think I injured them. It's just a very sore feeling, no sharp sensations, and no cramping either. Fortunately, those are the only muscles that are sore and nothing else.

My shins are also tender yesterday but glad all the tenderness is gone now. Surprisingly speedy recovery. These are actually very positive prognosis. Between then and now, it seems I'm much more capable of running today than two years ago. Skating and plyometrics definitely made my legs stronger and more durable for running. But that's not the reason I took up skating to get better at running. Skating is just for fun, main cardio, and nothing else. Running is just for burning more calories and I seem to have good potential at it.

 

[NSH]

I used to do powerlifting at a public gym then switched to my home gym 2 months ago due to the place being so crowded. Until last week I only had a womens Olympic bar so I was limited on the amount of weight I could put on there (due to the size of the collars) with my thick bumper plates.

But then I found a nice fancy mens Olympic bar at one of my local amazon auctions. This allows me to load up the weight properly for my favorite exercise: box squats. So yesterday I got up to 415 for 5 reps on box squats and it felt great. I was actually surprised to have retained strength for the heavy weights after not training that way in over 2 months. Back then I was doing 450 for 5, but to do 415 and it not feel bad seems like a great place to start.

Now my goal is to push past my 510 max by the end of the year!