Understand the math ~ Diet vs Exercise

[perthguy]

Are you doing this with a gym, trainer, or self?

Self. I have my own program that I have done before and works well. Also, it helps that I have a heap of gym equipment set up in my house

Mon: Ride to work & home, workout.
Tue: Ride to work & home, run training.
Wed: Workout.
Thu: Ride to work & home, run training.
Fri: Ride to work & home.
Sat/Sun: walk.

I have been doing this for 2 weeks and it's going well so far.

 

[redwing]

Downloaded the Freeletics App to give it a try for a few weeks, its apparently a simple workout with no equipment (maybe something to hang off when you get to chin-ups) that can be done most anywhere

First workout is...

10 Burpees-10 Mountain Climbers-10 Knee High Jumps
25 Burpees-25 Mountain Climbers-25 Knee High Jumps
10 Burpees-10 Mountain Climbers-10 Knee High Jumps

Timed so you can review again later, video standards on the app

 

[pinkboy]

Self. I have my own program that I have done before and works well. Also, it helps that I have a heap of gym equipment set up in my house

Mon: Ride to work & home, workout.
Tue: Ride to work & home, run training.
Wed: Workout.
Thu: Ride to work & home, run training.
Fri: Ride to work & home.
Sat/Sun: walk.

I have been doing this for 2 weeks and it's going well so far.

You're doing way more than NegaCoach at the moment!

Flat out getting 2 rides a week at the moment!


pinkboy

 

[D.T.]

RW - burpees should be illegal

 

[Blacky]

RW - burpees should be illegal

Whats a burpee?

 

[pinkboy]

Whats a burpee?

A pushup/squat/star jump from hell!


pinkboy

 

[Scott No Mates]

Whats a burpee?

It's a double ender - affects mainly older women. They squat, burp and they pee.

 

[redwing]

Whats a burpee?

Throw yourself face down on the floor, do a push-up, jump back up to your feet, jump in the air and clap your hands behind your head...repeat until out of breath and nauseas

Actually here's how they should be done link

PS: I think this must be Computer Generated stuff, they are not as easy as he makes them look

 

[perthguy]

First workout is...

10 Burpees-10 Mountain Climbers-10 Knee High Jumps
25 Burpees-25 Mountain Climbers-25 Knee High Jumps
10 Burpees-10 Mountain Climbers-10 Knee High Jumps

Yipes! I'm still on beginner stuff. I would hope to be able to do that after 12 weeks. I'm coming off a really low base

Sounds like a great workout though! Let us know how it goes.

 

[perthguy]

Into my second week. First week was mixed results. Everything went well until Wednesday night when I woke up sick

I had a couple of days off to recover. I started measuring my HRV every morning from Saturday. No idea what to do with the data though

Ah well, start of a new week and hope it goes better this week.

 

[D.T.]

Into my second week. First week was mixed results. Everything went well until Wednesday night when I woke up sick

I had a couple of days off to recover. I started measuring my HRV every morning from Saturday. No idea what to do with the data though

Ah well, start of a new week and hope it goes better this week.

Sucker

 

[perthguy]

Sucker

New workout last night. It was a good one.

 

[BayView]

New workout last night. It was a good one.

Same here; a whole family block of hazelnut Cadbury to myself.

It was harder than the normal size, but I managed it.

2 glasses of whine helped.

Had a bit of left elbow and jaw soreness this morning.

Gunna do a split routine tonight - bucket of M&M's, and 3 glasses of wine with my right hand.

 

[perthguy]

Gunna do a split routine tonight - bucket of M&M's, and 3 glasses of wine with my right hand.

That should even things up!

 

[D.T.]

New workout last night. It was a good one.

Good one mate. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things after my long hiatus. I should be up to my previous maxes (140kg squat, 180kg deadlift) by June / July.

 

[perthguy]

Good one mate. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things after my long hiatus. I should be up to my previous maxes (140kg squat, 180kg deadlift) by June / July.

Awesome! I'm still struggling to bench press 40 kg

 

[Colin Rice]

Squats should be compulsory

If I do squats and deadlifts in the same week it plays havoc with the lower back.

Solution: ditch deadlifts and just do squats.

Currently doing 3 x 20 reps to failure. Its a killer.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

If I do squats and deadlifts in the same week it plays havoc with the lower back.

Solution: ditch deadlifts and just do squats.

Currently doing 3 x 20 reps to failure. Its a killer.

That's probably too much, even one 20 repper will destroy most people.

 

[Colin Rice]

That's probably too much, even one 20 repper will destroy most people.

Maybe I'm doing to much as I follow that with 3 x 20 on the legpress, then 3 x 20 lunges plus 3 x 20 hamstring curls and 3 x sets pushing the sled with 40kg on top

Then shoulders after that, same deal 3 x 20 x 4.

All preceded with 3 x 3 minutes on the bag (muay thai)

 

[MIW]

I haven't looked into it in detail but

"Fast Exercise: The Simple Secret of High-Intensity Training" Book by Michael Mosley advocates a new revolution in fitness. Lose weight and dramatically improve your health with high intensity training?just ten minutes a day apparently!
I liked his 5:2 diet (intermittent fasting), works for me so I will need to research the exercise part...
Has anyone tried it?