The Exercising/Work Out Thread

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I spent several years working out for a few hours a day 5 or 6 days a week sometimes even going up to 3 weeks at a time. My record was 67 consecutive days which made me some of the fattest paychecks.:smile:

In the last few years I've been greatly reduced in working out and at first it showed then I changed how I was eating, really had to cut back on a lot of the fats and high calorie foods.

Are you still working out hours a day? Because from my experiences and my research, it's ideal and recommended you work out 45 mins -an hour. After that point, your body hits a plateau and it's like you're over exerting and working for nothing. I've definitely noticed I've gained a lot more results that way than when I was there for 2 hours.

My dad also mentioned to me that was when he started to improve, when he cut down his work outs to under an hour.
 

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Funny, I JUST found those work outs, heh heh. Many thanks, petite.

How have your work outs been the past few days?

I really went all out on Friday night so I didn't exercise on Saturday or Sunday other than a little stretching and I still had just a little bit of soreness on Sunday. I should have done something like yoga at the very least, but I don't feel too guilty. I did a good job last week and I'm feeling good about it. :smile:

I was actually just working on some plans. I'm operating under the muscle confusion theory, which is convenient because I really like variety. I'm also trying to decide on whether or not I should buy more DVDs and equipment.

How about you?
 

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Are you still working out hours a day? Because from my experiences and my research, it's ideal and recommended you work out 45 mins -an hour. After that point, your body hits a plateau and it's like you're over exerting and working for nothing. I've definitely noticed I've gained a lot more results that way than when I was there for 2 hours.

My dad also mentioned to me that was when he started to improve, when he cut down his work outs to under an hour.

I began working less when I was placed on desk duty then got an improvement when sent out as an inspector. Now semi-retired I work out much less and have to do most of it at home.

Oh I forgot to mention my workout was working in sanitation (trash man) lifting bags, cans, furniture items, in and out of the truck....not the usual kind of workout I suppose. I have a friend who works in the moving business, a lot of unofficial type of workout there too.

The work was great for building up muscles.
 

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I really went all out on Friday night so I didn't exercise on Saturday or Sunday other than a little stretching and I still had just a little bit of soreness on Sunday. I should have done something like yoga at the very least, but I don't feel too guilty. I did a good job last week and I'm feeling good about it. :smile:

I was actually just working on some plans. I'm operating under the muscle confusion theory, which is convenient because I really like variety. I'm also trying to decide on whether or not I should buy more DVDs and equipment.

How about you?

Very nice! I've been wanting to work out more on muscle confusion, like trying to get into different forms of working out. A few weeks back my friend dragged me into playing basket ball and I haven't played in YEARS. My body was completely sore the next day, hitting spots I don't usually get from weight lifting.

After Wednesday, I took a bit of a rest. I worked out yesterday and just worked on chest. All chest press and different levels of incline. Really hit a lot of good parts. And butterfly press. I'm feeling it right now and loving it. :biggrin1:

Plan to aim for all legs today, possibly arms.
 

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I began working less when I was placed on desk duty then got an improvement when sent out as an inspector. Now semi-retired I work out much less and have to do most of it at home.

Oh I forgot to mention my workout was working in sanitation (trash man) lifting bags, cans, furniture items, in and out of the truck....not the usual kind of workout I suppose. I have a friend who works in the moving business, a lot of unofficial type of workout there too.

The work was great for building up muscles.

I have a friend who does the moving thing and he's a massive guy. Tells me how much of a great work out it is for him, I'd definitely be interested in giving it a try, especially given my appreciation for manual labor. :redface:

I have noticed with some of the people who work in sanitation, at least the ones I've noticed in my area, they've always had a bit of a good muscle build to them.
 

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Hey, guys. For the bigger body builders, what are your techniques for widening your shoulders?

Kellan Lutz when from this...
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To this...
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Extreme difference, especially in the shoulders area.

Barbell Military presses or Arnold press
 

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I think this is appropriate for this thread and will also motivate me to stay on task.
My hubs is out of town (out of the country) for three weeks... so I am going to "do better" while he is away and try to tone up a bit.

The picture attached was made this morn... (compared to the one in my album.. the pants are one size smaller.)

My goal is to firm up, tone up, and if I get down another pants size... I won't complain~ My measurements today are 40-31-41. Would love to see my waist and hips go down a bit and my upper arms tone.

Workout: Morning 20 mins on elliptical at full resistance (I typically do this about 3 times a week now anyway) I am going to increase to 5 times... and again in the evening at least 3 times/wk. Use free weights to do arm curls and upper arm exercises.

Diet (don't really like that word.. so maybe Intake is better)
B'fast: fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries or bananas) with Greek plain yogurt topped with granola and coffee OR boiled egg, english muffin and coffee...

Lunch: salad with grilled chicken, pork chops or shrimp

Dinner: grilled or baked white fish or chicken with steamed or stir fried veggies.

I love all this food and normally don't get to eat fish (unless I make 2 separate meals, which I do on occasion) ....

The water? that's a given... I always drink lots of water during the day. Is the only thing I drink besides coffee... and, well of course my nightcap in the hot tub....

I will post another picture at the end of 3 weeks so we can compare progress...
 

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I think this is appropriate for this thread and will also motivate me to stay on task.
My hubs is out of town (out of the country) for three weeks... so I am going to "do better" while he is away and try to tone up a bit.

The picture attached was made this morn... (compared to the one in my album.. the pants are one size smaller.)

My goal is to firm up, tone up, and if I get down another pants size... I won't complain~ My measurements today are 40-31-41. Would love to see my waist and hips go down a bit and my upper arms tone.

Workout: Morning 20 mins on elliptical at full resistance (I typically do this about 3 times a week now anyway) I am going to increase to 5 times... and again in the evening at least 3 times/wk. Use free weights to do arm curls and upper arm exercises.

Diet (don't really like that word.. so maybe Intake is better)
B'fast: fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries or bananas) with Greek plain yogurt topped with granola and coffee OR boiled egg, english muffin and coffee...

Lunch: salad with grilled chicken, pork chops or shrimp

Dinner: grilled or baked white fish or chicken with steamed or stir fried veggies.

I love all this food and normally don't get to eat fish (unless I make 2 separate meals, which I do on occasion) ....

The water? that's a given... I always drink lots of water during the day. Is the only thing I drink besides coffee... and, well of course my nightcap in the hot tub....

I will post another picture at the end of 3 weeks so we can compare progress...
fancy pants have you tried eating more and eating more frequently it sounds to me like you are actually under eating
Also eating more wholesome whole foods more frequently will allow your body to burn more fat
And if you pick up a full body weight training routine and do cardio on off days you should have pretty good results
 

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I'm not into the whole "exercise/workout" thing, but I've heard portion control can help a great deal. Of course, if all you eat is junk, it wont exactly help all that much :tongue: Simple walks with your dog or significant other can be a good tool, too.
 

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Yesterday, I did all leg work outs and glutes, excluding calves. Also did shoulders, including Lateral raises. Before that, I stretched my legs and groin with my friends. Man, my flexibility was shot. But man, despite the intense pain of that, felt great when he was stretching the latter part of me. Yeesh. I'd love to do that on a regular to add some flexibility to my body. Maybe just a day of all that.
 

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I try to eat as healthy as possible. I have a few guilty pleasures but I try to keep them in check.

As far as working out, I have not started my gym membership yet so what I have been doing is working out at home.
 

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Yesterday, I did all leg work outs and glutes, excluding calves. Also did shoulders, including Lateral raises. Before that, I stretched my legs and groin with my friends. Man, my flexibility was shot. But man, despite the intense pain of that, felt great when he was stretching the latter part of me. Yeesh. I'd love to do that on a regular to add some flexibility to my body. Maybe just a day of all that.

Holy Mackeral, D!! Is this BEFORE your program?? OMG.. you already have a perfect body... great lines... I am not a big fan of "hard" bodies but nice lines and good muscle which you have and looks perfect (trying to stop drooling) ..... don't get that fantastic body too hard... :smile:


I try to eat as healthy as possible. I have a few guilty pleasures but I try to keep them in check.

As far as working out, I have not started my gym membership yet so what I have been doing is working out at home.

I have a few guilty pleasures myself but am usually pretty sensible about them... only yesterday (first day without hubby who will be gone for 3 weeks... I killed a pint of coffee ice cream~ UGH!) Went through the freezer today and dumped ALL the ice cream and junk~~
 

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I have a few guilty pleasures myself but usually pretty sensible about them... only yesterday (first day without hubby who will be gone for 3 weeks... I killed a pint of coffee ice cream~ UGH!) Went through the freezer today and dumped ALL the ice cream and junk~~

Don't feel bad I haven't been to gym in week and I've been binging on fast food for 2weeks
 

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Are you still working out hours a day? Because from my experiences and my research, it's ideal and recommended you work out 45 mins -an hour. After that point, your body hits a plateau and it's like you're over exerting and working for nothing. I've definitely noticed I've gained a lot more results that way than when I was there for 2 hours.

Not in my experience. Once upon a time I transformed myself from a wimpy flabby skinny girl into a buff hard-bodied woman whose calf fibers popped out if I wiggled even one toe - and I did it in three weeks eating only vegetarian food and using no supplements and working out almost every day. Not only that, I didn't watch my consumption level. I ate until I was full. At the end of it I had two ankles with achilles tendonitis from overuse and I was on crutches, but I was strong, even if my heels creaked when I walked. I also dropped a pant size even though I was already thin, and I gained at least 15 lbs of muscle because that's how much more I weighed, which is a lot on my frame. I was solid. After my heels healed, I kept those gains for a long time. So, I don't believe that working out over 45 minutes is "for nothing" because that was quite an incredible transformation in an incredibly short period of time, but I don't recommend it because you could injure yourself like I did. Every once in a while my ankles still feel a little "gritty" inside and I wonder if I didn't do some sort of permanent damage.

When I'm lifting at the gym I try to max out. I'm not as young or in the same kind of shape as I was then and now I'm wiped out after 45 minutes of lifting. I can't push at that intensity for longer than that, but if I lowered my effort level, I could probably go for hours, which is what I did before. So I think it depends on how hard you're working. I can't give 95% for long, but if I lowered my effort level to 75% then I could keep going. I'm going for strength gains right now, so I'm not spending more than 45 minutes on any lifting workout.

My hubs is out of town (out of the country) for three weeks... so I am going to "do better" while he is away and try to tone up a bit.

Are you also lifting weights? I know that a lot of women are afraid of lifting too much weight, but the kind of transformation that can occur from it is simply amazing. The only body parts I avoid working on my biceps and I'm afraid to use weights for ab work. My biceps get some working out during compound movements for my shoulders or back or triceps, but I don't focus any special attention on them or do isolation work on biceps. I think that large biceps on a woman can give a manly appearance and I think I look more feminine with thin lithe arms. I work my deltoids (shoulders) and triceps, though, because I think that women who have nicely developed shoulders look very sexy and firm triceps can help with the "bat wings" we women are prone to getting, especially when we gain weight and lose it again.

Regarding diet, I thought I'd share the findings from a recent Australian satiety study I read because I thought that maybe you would find it interesting and useful. It compared how long a person would remain sated consuming the same number of calories from different food sources. Of the foods that were tested, for maximum satiety add to your diet potatoes, which topped the list, oatmeal (my personal favorite, which includes "savory oatmeal"), fish, oranges, apples, and grapes. I'm a personal believer in eating lots of oatmeal for one's health already due to it's high level of soluble fiber and low glycemic index score, so I felt vindicated to see it score so highly in this study, too. Fish scored significantly higher than any other meat on the list, way above the rest, giving us yet another reason why we should be eating more fish. I also wish that they had tested more vegetables, but they didn't. I hate attempting to infer from so little data, but overall my guess from the data gathered is that vegetables are going to score higher than anything made from any kind of grain or rice with the exception of oatmeal.

Bananas were found to be as satisfying as cookies, but more healthy, obviously. I wish I understood why bananas scored so much lower than the other fruit tested because the fructose:glucose ratio and the carbohydrate content is the same as grapes and it has the same percentage of sucrose as apples, so why didn't it score as well? I find it interesting, but I'm a geek like that.

Surprisingly, white rice scored higher than brown rice and both were much higher than white bread. Finally that answers a curiosity I've had for a long time because the glycemic index score of white rice is the same as white bread, but I've always been certain that the whole picture was more complicated than that.

At the bottom of the satiety list were, in order of speed of digestion: croissant, cake, donuts, Mars bar, peanuts, yogurt, potato chips, and ice cream.

So, what I'm trying to say is that according to this study, if you want to feel less hungry and eat less as a result, then choose fish, oatmeal, potatoes (maybe in a vegetable soup or a stew), oranges, apples, and grapes.
 

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Don't feel bad I haven't been to gym in week and I've been binging on fast food for 2weeks

Jeez, man. I can't do that at all. I go one or two days, or even just one lunch hour of crappy eating, and I feel awful and refuse to do it again, haha.
 

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Petite, thanks for posting all that. That's some extremely helpful stuff.
 

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Holy Mackeral, D!! Is this BEFORE your program?? OMG.. you already have a perfect body... great lines... I am not a big fan of "hard" bodies but nice lines and good muscle which you have and looks perfect (trying to stop drooling) ..... don't get that fantastic body too hard... :smile:

Haha! Thanks for the kind words, Fancy.

I've been working out for a good long while now, so this isn't all before my program, haha. Before 2-3 weeks ago, I spent 3 weeks away from the gym due to my projects and school. But been at it very damn seriously since then. Those are my most recent pics. I'm trying to get a lot bigger. Hate being thin/slim.