Exercise Routine Options

[Dogmeat]

.....I switched jacking off hands a month ago.

I went from right arm to left arm.

My left arm is getting HUGE right now.

I'm gonna alternate jackoff hands on a weekly basis from now on!

[impala454]

purty awesome move i got outta my mens health mag (i'm sure this is old, but its new to me anyhow):

1. lie on back, right knee at 90 degree angle right foot flat on the floor
2. cross left foot up on right knee.
3. press right foot into the floor and raise your back up off the ground.
4. repeat/switch sides

seemed to work really well to hit the hammies and back. good 'core' workout.

[blaarg]

I am trying to get better at long distance running so that I can run a marathon within a year. Has anyone done one before? What is the regime that worked for you?

Right now I get up to a little over 30 miles a week with a "long run" of about 10 miles, but after that it seems like I just hit a wall with going much further (maybe it's a mental block, *shrug*).

[Dogmeat]

you wanna change up what you do as far as runs go ...

for instance, jog 3 miles one day, 6 the next, only 2 the next but run it a lot faster ...

you wanna change up your distance and speed regularly ....

I'm going to start doing the same thing ... I've been getting really bored with weight lifting latley and I really wanna drop about 30 pounds ... heh

[Spectatrix]

I did weigh training last night for the first time in like... 2 months... and I found that I was using 10-20 lbs more weight on all of the exercises I did. That was an increase of 20-25% on everything.

This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Aug 20 2008, 09:19 AM

[impala454]

I got up at 5:30 and did some early bird lap swim on Monday. gonna try to get it going monday/wed then add in weights tues/thurs. back already feels better from swimming (f'd it up some while building speakers a couple weeks ago).

[chook]

I need to join a gym with a pool.

[impala454]

they're friggin hard to come by. not sure why... swimming is one of the best exercises out there. even our free gym at nasa doesn't have one. i just happened to find a local rec center near JSC that has a pool and charges $5/swim or $175/yr and has early bird lap swim.

[Spectatrix]

My gym has three pools (outdoor, indoor main, and indoor lap), but I haven't used any of 'em yet.

[Spectatrix]

Man, this is so effing weird. Did strength training again tonight, legs & abs. My knee has magically been recuperating recently, so I can finally do leg press, curl, and extension without it popping, yay! That's weird in itself... my knee recovering without any impetus from me (in fact, I'd been slacking off on my exercises for it)

Anyways, also weird was more observed increases in strength... again, it had been like 2 months since I last did strength training. Not just regularly... at all.

Leg press: 120 -> 180
Leg extension: ??? -> 70
Leg curl: 50 -> 70
Hip abductor: 100 -> 160
Hip adductor: 100 -> 145
Obliques: No change
Abdominals: 100 -> 160

Seriously, what the hell? This is kinda freaking me out. Maybe aliens abducted and mutated me or something.

On a completely different note, it's kinda fun to glance over at some guy on the weight machines and realize I was just KICKING THEIR ASSES as far as strength was concerned.

[impala454]

Bah! You don't know anything about that person... they might be a wimp... they might be recovering from an injury.

[chook]

You know, he could of just got a new haircut.







JAGERBOMB!

[Spectatrix]

Bah! You don't know anything about that person... they might be a wimp... they might be recovering from an injury.

Well true, though it was like two or three different guys that I noticed that with.

[James]

You know, he could of just got a new haircut.







JAGERBOMB!

roflmao. He might not have been in the fucking zone, too.

[chook]

roflmao. He might not have been in the fucking zone, too.

I know broski, and those f'in skanks!