physco185 said:

Serious said:

I hated working out the few times I did in my life.

best ever workout is actually sex

so u do work out Serious

No I do not ! I did a lot though some months ago, a few times a day .

Why do you work out? General health and well being. I feel better and am a happier person when I exercise regularly.

How long to you work out? 30-60 minutes, depending on what I'm doing that day.

Are you a memeber of a gym? Yes

How often to you workout? I am at the gym 4 times a week.

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? Lose weight mostly. I definitely don't want to "beef up".

How many reps do you do? When lifting weights I do 10.

How many sets do you do? 2

Do you eat right? Most of the time, yes. Compared to the typical american I eat very well. 5 servings of fruit and veggies each day, minimal saturated fat, whole grains, minimal packaged food, I eat about 50% organic, etc. I track everything I eat in a food journal as well.

What do you do on your recovery days? Nothing - that's the point, right?

InternationalLover82 said:

KatSkrizzle said:

Do you workout? Yes

Why do you work out? Because if I didn't, I'd look like Star Jones...before the surgery!!

How long to you work out? 1 Hour. I also walk during lunch at work, but I don't count that.

Are you a memeber of a gym? yes.

How often to you workout? 5 days, maybe 4 per week.

Do you want to lose weight, tone up, or beef up? I would love to lose weight. But I love wine too....

How many reps do you do? Whatever the instructor says. (I do classes)

How many sets do you do? See above

Do you eat right? 6 days a week. But I drink a lot of wine on Saturday!

What do you do on your recovery days? Drink wine. Sometimes I go for a walk with my other half. He's slim and never works out. But he also has self control.

Does wine make you feel sick?

If it made me feel sick I wouldn't drink it! It makes me feel goooood! When I drink a lot, I make sure I chug about a gallon of water with an ibuprofen before going to bed. Otherwise I'll have a crazy head ache! Like this morning? I drank a bottle of Shiraz last night! But I had like three bottles of water. I feel just fine!

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Angelic1302 said:

Why do you work out? To feel good and reverse the effects of diabetes.

How long to you work out? One and a half hours per day, four days a week.

Are you a memeber of a gym? Yes.

How often to you workout? Four days a week.

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? Beef up and tone some.

How many reps do you do? Until I can't do any more. Go to failure every single set. Best way to lift EVER.

How many sets do you do? 18 per body part, which is broken up into 6 sets of 3 different exercises/lifts.

Do you eat right? No.

What do you do on your recovery days? Nothing special.

Yes I do workout! I used to workout a lot... but I got quite lazy. I'm going on holiday in a couple of months and it's kind of an incentive - I wanna be able to weat a bikini this year (maybe), for the first time (in public) for 7 years. I'm not going to stop after the holiday though.. I want to get back to my former self... I dislike what having kids has done to me.

I hate the gym. I get sooo bored with weights, rowing machines, treadmills... but I like aerobic-type excercise and I can handle a few sit-ups and stuff like that....

My main aim is to stay toned, but I also just want to feel healthy and counter-balance the vast amounts of alcohol and chocolate I consume on a regular basis

KatSkrizzle said:

InternationalLover82 said:

Does wine make you feel sick?

If it made me feel sick I wouldn't drink it! It makes me feel goooood! When I drink a lot, I make sure I chug about a gallon of water with an ibuprofen before going to bed. Otherwise I'll have a crazy head ache! Like this morning? I drank a bottle of Shiraz last night! But I had like three bottles of water. I feel just fine!

[Edited 3/20/11 9:17am]

Ohh okay, cause people drink and still feel sick. like it's only good in the moment. But if you drink alot of water guess it's okay

InternationalLover82 said:

KatSkrizzle said:

If it made me feel sick I wouldn't drink it! It makes me feel goooood! When I drink a lot, I make sure I chug about a gallon of water with an ibuprofen before going to bed. Otherwise I'll have a crazy head ache! Like this morning? I drank a bottle of Shiraz last night! But I had like three bottles of water. I feel just fine!

[Edited 3/20/11 9:17am]

Ohh okay, cause people drink and still feel sick. like it's only good in the moment. But if you drink alot of water guess it's okay

Liquor is something else. That can have me feeling like roadkill if I don't pace myself. They key is to drink top shelf high quality anything and drink a full glass of water every two drinks. Which means the huge bottle of H2O before going to bed.

Why do you work out? its good for my mind and body

How long to you work out? 90 minutes

Are you a memeber of a gym? yep - but it goes to waste

How often to you workout? 3-4 x's week

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? want better cardio, flexibilty and weight

How many reps do you do? 4-6 cirucuit training

How many sets do you do? same as above

Do you eat right? no. this is my problem.

What do you do on your recovery days? rest and go to school

My jawbones get a good workout all the time from moving up and down chewing on some food.

Shawnt27 said:

Angelic1302 said:

Why do you work out? Well yes I do

How long to you work out? 2 hours a day when I go to gym

Are you a memeber of a gym? yes

How often to you workout? Monday - Thursday

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? tone up

How many reps do you do? 25-30

How many sets do you do? 3

Do you eat right? not at all

What do you do on your recovery days? eat what I want and regret it later LOL

I asked yall these questions to get motivated. Yall look like yall do a great job with yall answers. How long did it take for you to start seeing results?

I don't work out, never have.

I do cycle a lot though, every day, and I do a lot of walking.

I'm slim, I feel healthy, I eat well, I don't do drink or drugs, I feel better now than I have in years.

KatSkrizzle said:

InternationalLover82 said:

Ohh okay, cause people drink and still feel sick. like it's only good in the moment. But if you drink alot of water guess it's okay

Liquor is something else. That can have me feeling like roadkill if I don't pace myself. They key is to drink top shelf high quality anything and drink a full glass of water every two drinks. Which means the huge bottle of H2O before going to bed.

i see, cause i just wanna try wine but don't wanna feel so sick

TheDigitalGardener said:

I don't work out, never have.

I do cycle a lot though, every day, and I do a lot of walking.

I'm slim, I feel healthy, I eat well, I don't do drink or drugs, I feel better now than I have in years.

Good for you!

Unfortunately, I don't think gravity is in mutual agreement with my ass and thats why I'm always on the move. I have a reasonably good looking shape, and it wasn't easy maintaining it, I don't know if its my genes or not, but I gain weight easily and thank god I've been working out fiercely because if I wasn't? Perish the thought

Angelic1302 said:

Angelic1302 said:

Why do you work out? Well yes I do

How long to you work out? 2 hours a day when I go to gym

Are you a memeber of a gym? yes

How often to you workout? Monday - Thursday

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? tone up

How many reps do you do? 25-30

How many sets do you do? 3

Do you eat right? not at all

What do you do on your recovery days? eat what I want and regret it later LOL

I asked yall these questions to get motivated. Yall look like yall do a great job with yall answers. How long did it take for you to start seeing results?

I see nobody answered. Health results for me emerged in one month, I don't take chemical anti-depressants and the organic ones didn't bring much improvement, this one def did though. Even physiologically I feel myself changing after 9 months upon starting, confidence level is higher than before. The downside though lol at least for me is, it can be downright impulsive, if I missed one day of training I get in a rut, its def one of the most motivational factors in my daily life's routine.

As for physically, the changes started after two month. The minute I felt light in my movement, balanced, flexible and the muscle cramps stopped showing up unanounced, I knew my hard work was paying off. And yes, it shaped me up something fierce too.

Harlepolis said:

Angelic1302 said:

I see nobody answered. Health results for me emerged in one month, I don't take chemical anti-depressants and the organic ones didn't bring much improvement, this one def did though. Even physiologically I feel myself changing after 9 months upon starting, confidence level is higher than before. The downside though lol at least for me is, it can be downright impulsive, if I missed one day of training I get in a rut, its def one of the most motivational factors in my daily life's routine.

As for physically, the changes started after two month. The minute I felt light in my movement, balanced, flexible and the muscle cramps stopped showing up unanounced, I knew my hard work was paying off. And yes, it shaped me up something fierce too.

I remember when we were had the discussion which was right after me having a huge anxiety attack and bout with depression. That prompted me to start taking vitamins and working out which helped a great deal.

Harlepolis said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I don't work out, never have.

I do cycle a lot though, every day, and I do a lot of walking.

I'm slim, I feel healthy, I eat well, I don't do drink or drugs, I feel better now than I have in years.

Good for you!

Unfortunately, I don't think gravity is in mutual agreement with my ass and thats why I'm always on the move. I have a reasonably good looking shape, and it wasn't easy maintaining it, I don't know if its my genes or not, but I gain weight easily and thank god I've been working out fiercely because if I wasn't? Perish the thought

Angelic1302 said:

Why do you work out? it's fun

How long to you work out? until the sun goes down or it rains

Are you a memeber of a gym? no

How often to you workout? about 5 days a week

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? i want to avoid middle-aged bloat

How many reps do you do? i play football (that's soccer to some of you)

How many sets do you do? i play for hours

Do you eat right? sometimes

What do you do on your recovery days? drink

Great thread!

Why do you work out? To get in shape and hopefully live a longer, happier life.

How long to you work out? anywhere from 1 to two hours, depending on whether I'm solo or w/ my buddies

Are you a memeber of a gym? Yes, used to go to Synergy gym, now going to Xsport Fitness

How often to you workout? 3 days a week (usually)

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? lose the gut, trim the flabby parts and beef up the scrawny parts

How many reps do you do? depends

How many sets do you do? depends

Do you eat right? much better than say a year ago. In fact I've lost almost 20 pounds in 3 months!

What do you do on your recovery days? whatever

Do you workout? Yes

Why do you work out? Because quitting workout would lead to bad effects on my body (both apprearance & health), and also because I enjoy it

How long to you work out? Between 30 minutes and three hours

Are you a member of a gym? Yes

How often to you workout? It used to be everyday but I had to slow it down for a while due to health issues.

Do you want to loose weight, tone up, or beef up? I'm too flexible so I constantly need to build muscles to hold my spine and joints upright, but I DO NOT want to beef up.

How many reps do you do? 15

How many sets do you do? 3 or 4

Do you eat right? I'm trying

What do you do on your recovery days? Resting, partying, walking, dancing, yoga...

physco185 said:

Serious said:

I hated working out the few times I did in my life.

best ever workout is actually sex

so u do work out Serious

That's not true though, by a long shot. Most fun though, perhaps.

I just got my gym renewal in the mail today.

I was going to cancel, but I love spin classes... I plan to get back into it.

One thing that no one mentions in these "gym" threads is the aspect of intimidation that I firmly believe is a major reason for keeping people from working out.

It took me a LONG time (and a recent forced attitude readjustment) to get over the ridiculous notion that people are "staring at me"...especially being a guy that can only move 20lb dumbells while grunts on either side are moving 120lb ones! (OK, in all honesty, that still bothers me but having a buddy or two working out with me eases that.)

But now that I'm at a larger gym with a wider range of members (from muscleheads to scrawny dudes and everything in between) all doing their own thing, the intimidation factor is no longer a determining factor.

I know of women who won't step foot in a gym because they aren't happy with the way they look, which to me is the same thing (probably intimidated by shapelier females).

Does the gym intimidate anyone here?

PurpleJedi said:

One thing that no one mentions in these "gym" threads is the aspect of intimidation that I firmly believe is a major reason for keeping people from working out.

It took me a LONG time (and a recent forced attitude readjustment) to get over the ridiculous notion that people are "staring at me"...especially being a guy that can only move 20lb dumbells while grunts on either side are moving 120lb ones! (OK, in all honesty, that still bothers me but having a buddy or two working out with me eases that.)

But now that I'm at a larger gym with a wider range of members (from muscleheads to scrawny dudes and everything in between) all doing their own thing, the intimidation factor is no longer a determining factor.

I know of women who won't step foot in a gym because they aren't happy with the way they look, which to me is the same thing (probably intimidated by shapelier females).

Does the gym intimidate anyone here?

I don't view it as intimidation, but competition. I see dudes who are at a level that I aspire to. Makes me hit the weights harder. I couldn't do that at home.

PurpleJedi said:

I know of women who won't step foot in a gym because they aren't happy with the way they look, which to me is the same thing (probably intimidated by shapelier females).

That's why "women only" gyms got created I guess...

Nope, challenging oneself can be tho'

I just got back from my Indian club workout...

uPtoWnNY said:

PurpleJedi said:

One thing that no one mentions in these "gym" threads is the aspect of intimidation that I firmly believe is a major reason for keeping people from working out.

It took me a LONG time (and a recent forced attitude readjustment) to get over the ridiculous notion that people are "staring at me"...especially being a guy that can only move 20lb dumbells while grunts on either side are moving 120lb ones! (OK, in all honesty, that still bothers me but having a buddy or two working out with me eases that.)

But now that I'm at a larger gym with a wider range of members (from muscleheads to scrawny dudes and everything in between) all doing their own thing, the intimidation factor is no longer a determining factor.

I know of women who won't step foot in a gym because they aren't happy with the way they look, which to me is the same thing (probably intimidated by shapelier females).

Does the gym intimidate anyone here?

I don't view it as intimidation, but competition. I see dudes who are at a level that I aspire to. Makes me hit the weights harder. I couldn't do that at home.

That's exactly what my buddy made me realize! For example (and I cringe having to admit this) when I struggle to bench 85lbs (2 10lb plates on each side + 45lb bar) and my buddy does reps with 305lbs (wtf!) what I am thinking the whole time is; "Get to at LEAST half of what he does!". That's doable (at least he thinks so).

If I instead started to dwell on how pitiful my bench is NOW, then I'd just quit. (Which I have done often in the past.)

It's all a state of mind!

PurpleJedi said:

uPtoWnNY said:

I don't view it as intimidation, but competition. I see dudes who are at a level that I aspire to. Makes me hit the weights harder. I couldn't do that at home.

That's exactly what my buddy made me realize! For example (and I cringe having to admit this) when I struggle to bench 85lbs (2 10lb plates on each side + 45lb bar) and my buddy does reps with 305lbs (wtf!) what I am thinking the whole time is; "Get to at LEAST half of what he does!". That's doable (at least he thinks so).

If I instead started to dwell on how pitiful my bench is NOW, then I'd just quit. (Which I have done often in the past.)

It's all a state of mind!

You've won half the battle. Everybody has to crawl before they can walk. It took me years to get to where your buddy is. When I finally did 300+ lbs bench/400+ lb squats, I felt like I climbed fucking Mt. Everest.

Take your time, do it right, make training a lifestyle(not a chore), eat decent, and you'll be fine. That goes for both sexes.

Baby steps!

Only in my mind.

I try 2 get 2 the boxing gym every blue moon but not lately.

2 busy and 2 lazy.

PurpleJedi said:

One thing that no one mentions in these "gym" threads is the aspect of intimidation that I firmly believe is a major reason for keeping people from working out.

It took me a LONG time (and a recent forced attitude readjustment) to get over the ridiculous notion that people are "staring at me"...especially being a guy that can only move 20lb dumbells while grunts on either side are moving 120lb ones! (OK, in all honesty, that still bothers me but having a buddy or two working out with me eases that.)

But now that I'm at a larger gym with a wider range of members (from muscleheads to scrawny dudes and everything in between) all doing their own thing, the intimidation factor is no longer a determining factor.

I know of women who won't step foot in a gym because they aren't happy with the way they look, which to me is the same thing (probably intimidated by shapelier females).

Does the gym intimidate anyone here?

Trust me, you're not alone. That self-concsious feeling hovered over me at first, but I got over that quickly because I noticed that almost everybody were busy doing their own thing to bother scrutinizing other folks. And its not only me, I've known many friends who pointed out the same thing only to beat that notion a week from their start, well, 1/2 of them really Plus, its a drag at first esp if you spent long periods without work out, your body don't cooperate with you, and you end up the next day moving like you were hit with bricks all over your body.

I'll tell you one thing though, I've seen over-weight women & men come EVERYDAY for the past two years I've been here, and seeing their positive transformation gave me a big boost when there were days when I don't feel like stepping outside my doorstep, let alone work out, the pros weren't the only ones who made me aspire to outdo myself. I've learned alot from these folks without having ANY conversation with them.

I say have a big dose of "fuck it" and enjoy yourself

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