Comments on: Exercise Plan

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:20:06 +0000

That “ghetto gym” was a thing of beauty! Oh how I’d trade my current one for that one in a heartbeat! I think you may have overshot my progress by 10lbs or so, but yeah. I remember that. That workout was awesome. Go heavy! I never did that insane 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off diet, but I did know one guy at CU who did it and added 15lbs of muscle, 40lbs to his bench and 70lbs to his squat over 8 weeks, without putting on any fat.

I completely agree about the secret being having a good exercise partner. Back when we lived in the same house it was almost impossible to skip a workout without feeling like a wuss. I still remember when we used to do long runs on the weekends. It was always like this:

Me: Well, are we doing 16 miles this time? Where should we turn back?
You: I’m fine. I’ll just turn back wherever you do.
Me: I’ll turn back whenever you want to.
You: Well, I’ll go easy on you and we’ll turn back after we cross the bridge.
Me: If you want to turn back at the bridge we can, but I don’t need to cut the run so short…

Those were the days. Sometimes we ran for three hours, and it never seemed that hard when we both went. Rounding up Jason and Robb afterwards and descending like Vikings upon Beau Jo’s Pizza wasn’t half bad, either. Unfortunately, I’m on my own this time.

By: Matt Ball

Matt Ball — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:15:28 +0000

Reminds of when we did the ‘Improve your benchpress by 50 pounds in 50 days’ program, back 6 years ago in Arvada, CO. I took my bench press from about 175 lbs to 200 lbs, and you took yours from like 200 lbs to maybe 260 lbs (feel free to edit with the correct numbers…). That seemed like a good program to really increase peck and bicep size (good for impressing the women). Then there was the ‘2 weeks on, 2 weeks off’ eating program where you gorge yourself for 2 weeks, then fast for 2 weeks. I forget whether we combined the two.

Nowadays, I’m more into programs that strengthen the back. It’s not as physically impressive, but much more useful for sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours each day.

I think the secret was having a good exercise partner to keep you motivated, and access to a good ‘ghetto’ gym where you don’t get any of the people doing a half-ass workout on the machines.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:55:59 +0000

Me, too.

By: EFL Geek

EFL Geek — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:32:11 +0000

yes 181.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:30:54 +0000

So… you’re 181cm?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:23:03 +0000

Way to go with your running! I totally agree that exercise is the key. I eat obscene quantities of food, though, so a diet will be in order, too. I usually eat more than 2000 calories after 8pm.

I’m hoping to lose over 20kg. However, weight isn’t the most important thing. Since BMI is not a good predictor of cardiovascular risk, and people classified by BMI as being “overweight” actually have lower cardiovascular risk than people of normal weight, I care more about body composition. Waist circumference is strongly correlated with cardiovascular risk, diabetes and cancer, so that’s the one I’m really after. I want to get my waist down to 90cm.

By: EFL Geek

EFL Geek — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:46:02 +0000

regular exercise is the key. On July 2nd I weighed 94kg with a bmi of 28.7. I started running at the gym but no weights 4-5 times a week. Minimum run time was 30 minutes and 4km. Now I run 50-55 minutes and 7.0-7.5 km and I’ve started weights as of last week. my current weight is 86.8 and bmi of 26.5.

6 more kilos and I’ll be happy. Keep up the good work - what is your target weight? it took me about 2 weeks to start showing results. I also didn’t diet, but I did stop drinking colas and eating cookies or eating anything after 8pm.

good luck.