Official Fitness Thread

Its_asdf: Bicycle kicks, scissor kicks, and leg raises would do nicely at home without any additional equipment.

I don't know how to do any of those.

I don't know a single thing about these kinds of things.

Go to abcbodybuilding.com and go to excersies, then select slide-show, then go to the abs section all the way at the bottum and look it up.

follow this routine and i guarentee within 2 months your body will be toned and you will have good muscular definition
http://media.putfile.com/Body-building-workout

follow this routine and i guarentee within 2 months your body will be toned and you will have good muscular definition
http://media.putfile.com/Body-building-workout

Hahaha that fat guy is funny

i just started joggin 2 nights ago so i can get fit (in 3 days) for the restart of the indoor soccer season.

First night i did 1km and i was dead puffed. Last night i did 2km before getting tired, i figure i'll do at least 2km tonight, hopefully about 2.5km. I think in an indoor soccer game i'll probably only run 2km, if that.

We play this team called Hungover FC, but they aren't hungover and they kick ass. Last time we played them we lost in the last 5 mins cos everyone was unfit.

i just started joggin 2 nights ago so i can get fit (in 3 days) for the restart of the indoor soccer season.

If you can pull this off, I'll personaly put you guys in the fitness museum of overachievers...

I think in an indoor soccer game i'll probably only run 2km, if that.

That's a whole lot different than running in a straight line, Matt. Directional changes to kill you. Take it from a Futsal pro(or something like that, anyway... ) : Reserve your strength, and run ONLY when you have to.

Oh Matt is already in the fitness museum of over achievers. You newer guys wouldn't have seen his kickboxing exploits where he turnt his body into an Arnold Schwarzenegger clone after only 2 weeks of kickboxing.

Directional changes to kill you

No kidding, it's many times harder when you're going for a full sprint then having to come to a complete halt and re-accellerate in the opposite direction a la suicides. Or when you're playing defense in basketball. God, the painful days of practices and preseason tryouts.

Guys, what about cornflakes for breakfast?

I do that. Whole grain is better.

Actually, my breakfast consists of 1 bowl of cereal with 250ml milk, 2 more glasses of milk straight up ( 2*250ml), and a 125gr yoghurt.

No need to mention that the milk is low fat (1.5gr per 100ml) and the yoghurt is no fat ( 0%)

Great breakfast choices. Since it's cold in the morning, I stick with oatmeal (the bulk no-salt kind) with flaxseeds and orange juice.

The best breakfast is pizza leftover from the night before

Oh and cheese covered cevapcici

Blaaah. At least we'll die old and pretty. The better you look, the more you see.

Well the doctors have threatened me to stop playing computer games and posting on forums all day , and to actually get up off my ass and work out. Soon I'll have to start exercising at least 30 minutes a day for 3 days to lower my 240 cholesterol. I don't plan to stop eating my favorites like steak and pepperoni pizza or fried chicken because I would be hungry all the time (plus the doctor only said I should exercise , he said nothing about a diet ) but I will have to work out to get all that cholesterol down.

Your doctor's an idiot for not mentioning diet, no offense. Exercise could only do so much, but to get those cholestrol levels down, it all starts with your diet. You should seriously cut down on the fried stuff, unless you're looking forward to a heart attack in the near future.

So, let we get something straight - cornflakes are a good source of complex carbs?

I'm trying to drown my metabolism in carbs&proteins in the morning. My average breakfast nowadays consists of 30 grams of cornflakes (the ones with unrefined sugar), 3dcl of milk (1,5% fat) plus half of regular serving of Optimum 100% Gainer (circa 30 grams of proteins and 35 grams of carbs).

I'm also worried about my input of salt - in 100 grams of cornflakes there is 1 gram of salt? Is that a lot?

cornflakes are a good source of complex carbs?

Yes. Just make sure there's no sugar in it.

plus half of regular serving of Optimum 100% Gainer (circa 30 grams of proteins and 35 grams of carbs).

My advice would be to drink your protein supplement solo, first, let 20 minutes or so pass so thatit is completely dissolved (dilluting in water), and then hit the rest of your breakfast. That's what I do , anyways.

I'm also worried about my input of salt - in 100 grams of cornflakes there is 1 gram of salt? Is that a lot?

No.

Your doctor's an idiot for not mentioning diet, no offense. Exercise could only do so much, but to get those cholestrol levels down, it all starts with your diet. You should seriously cut down on the fried stuff, unless you're looking forward to a heart attack in the near future.

I would in fact I tried but I just find myself hungrier all the time when I'm only eating "healthy" foods. With me and my big stomach , it's difficult to get full eating vegetables and non-fried foods all the time. Plus , as long as I don't eat fried foods every day there shouldn't be any problem.

Hehe, well, it's not just vegetables, but lean meat would be good. Chicken's good. Whole wheat breads, brown rice, red potatoes, brown pasta, etc.. there's a lot of good foods out there that can fill you up while reducing your 'big stomach'

there's a lot of good foods out there

Whole wheat breads, brown rice, red potatoes, brown pasta,

Lol yeah, sounds delicious.

Lol yeah, sounds delicious.

'eat fast, die young'.

there's a lot of good foods out there

Whole wheat breads, brown rice, red potatoes, brown pasta,

Lol yeah, sounds delicious.

I meant 'good' as in 'good health' rather than 'good taste'

I hate brown rice. The last time I ate brown rice I nearly vomited due to its poor taste. I eat white rice most of the time when I eat rice because it tastes amazing

And I stay away from the beef now. I used to enjoy a good steak now and then but ever since the cholesterol thing that's been a thing of the past. I do miss my steaks though.

But steaks are good, believe it or not... in moderation, and without those fat cuts. Lean ground beef you could go for too.

Im 15 years old, whats a good routine I should follow. Right now, heres mine:

One day:

Curls, Reverse Curls, Lat. Extensions, and Pushups

Second Day:

Benching, Military Press, Bent rowing, Flys Sit ups.

Im relativley new to this, but its fun. Anyone have a good routine for me and what workouts should I do??? I probally wanna workout 5 days a week

Im 15 years old, whats a good routine I should follow. Right now, heres mine:

One day:

Curls, Reverse Curls, Lat. Extensions, and Pushups

Second Day:

Benching, Military Press, Bent rowing, Flys Sit ups.

Im relativley new to this, but its fun. Anyone have a good routine for me and what workouts should I do??? I probally wanna workout 5 days a week

I'd go for 4 days a week. I lift Monday-Friday with a real light workout on wednesday, but more of a basketball/game type day because I have weightlifting calss(Advanced PE). I work off of my max outs (the most weight you can do on core lifts one time. For us, our core lifts are bench, incline, squat, deadlift, pushpress, and hang clean.

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Bench Press, Incline Bench Press, Push Press 10x50%(10 reps at 50 percent, so for me thats 130, rounded up)
8x60%|8x65%|6x70%
and gradually work up about 5-10 percent per set each week.

Auxiliaries
Dumbell Curls
Close grip/Wide grip bench press
Hammer curls
Lateral Pulldowns
Seated Rows
Tricep Pulldowns
Chest Fly
3x8 (3 sets of 8 reps each)

Tuesday/Thursday
Squat (same percentages as bench)
Hang Clean
Dead Lift

Auxiliaries:
Leg Extensions/Curls
Calf Raises
Straight Leg deadlift(do it with light weight, its more for the stretch)
Leg Press/Leg Sled
(3x10 too)

That's all I can think of right now. I've been lifting for 3 years, and I'll max out again next week, but here's what I have from a few weeks ago:
Bench: 255
Incline Bench: 225
Squat: 385
Push Press: 200(I suck and I hate this lift)
Hang Clean: 240
Deadlift: 405