Weight Lifting?

[martyg]

long time lifter, used to be high school strength coach. Here's hoping the iron bug bites and you are hooked Focus on more weight or reps over time ( a long time-months and years) Train hard! Good luck!

[basil]

Have been going to the gym on a more or less regular basis for 12+ years. I've been maintaining about 4-6 times per week for some time now. I also like to run and go to a track or go find a place to run when out of town 2-3 times per week. I'd like to run 4-5 times, but sometimes let a heavy bag workout substitute for the run. Boxing is new to me and it's an amazing cardio wrokout. My gym is a Gold's, so there are machines and free weights and I like to use different things - variety prevents burnout. I don't body build or go for max lifts - just sets and reps. I never leave without doing abs, as core strength is vital to injury prevention.

On the diet, I went vegatarian about a 1 1/2 years ago, and at first I had to eat a lot to keep my weight up. I've kinda been a carb slut lately though and have backed off some and completely off sugar. Since going veg, I've noticed my recovery time after a run is about 1/2 or 1/3 what is was before. I'm sold.

[Diesel Grinch]

Have been going to the gym on a more or less regular basis for 12+ years. I've been maintaining about 4-6 times per week for some time now. I also like to run and go to a track or go find a place to run when out of town 2-3 times per week. I'd like to run 4-5 times, but sometimes let a heavy bag workout substitute for the run. Boxing is new to me and it's an amazing cardio wrokout. My gym is a Gold's, so there are machines and free weights and I like to use different things - variety prevents burnout. I don't body build or go for max lifts - just sets and reps. I never leave without doing abs, as core strength is vital to injury prevention.

On the diet, I went vegatarian about a 1 1/2 years ago, and at first I had to eat a lot to keep my weight up. I've kinda been a carb slut lately though and have backed off some and completely off sugar. Since going veg, I've noticed my recovery time after a run is about 1/2 or 1/3 what is was before. I'm sold.

Vegatarian? That explains alot about you.

I also bike ride 4 times a week. 10+ miles a day. I'm going to change this as my recovery isn't what it should be. I lift M-W-F early morning. Then bike ride. M-T-Th-F. I think the T & Th bike rides are hurting my W & F lifting. So I'm going to change to match the days I lift. This will give me a day and half for my legs to recover.

DG

[COMB2]

Been liftting for about 9 years. Took about a year off and just got back into it because after seeing myself in the mirror I couldn't take it anymore.

A friend and I were at this little gym and it shut down about 3 Years ago. About 2 weeks later he came and said what do you think of building a gym. I said oh sure lets get right on it, but he was serious. He did all the financial stuff with is girlfriend that already had a successful company. Found a building did our research and started putting it together. Started around August and opened in December. Did all the work ourselves and had our own gym. Has about 125-150 members depending on time of year. He basicly stated a business so we could work out.


Went from a storage garage



To a gym

The hardest part is eating clean.

Been told that 70% of a body building life is eating (correct not just clean) . 20% sleeping. 10% actually working out.

Eat small meals too. I get 7-8 meals a day. Granted some are shakes. If you decide to get into supplements go with a quality company. Not one you see in every magizine saying you will gain 25lbs of muscle in 4 weeks by just taking these pills. I use only Beverly International All pharmaceutical grade stuff.

I just bought some new sneakers and some shorts/shirts and started walking and jogging. I'm thinking of grabbing an incline/decline bench and a set of adjustable weight dumbbells.

I say get those DB man. Good to do cardio too but I've read studies and actually seen better results for myself and friends shedding fat by going full bore with resistance training. Seem to continue to burn more calories long after the workout.


Hoping to get in good shape soon. I've always wanted to do a show. Local one around here is in March
Anyone here ever been a contestant?

[Diesel Grinch]

That's looks very nice. I like how you have a lot of free weights. Most places around here are fitness centers and don't really have any free weights.




Also looking if someone can download this torrent and then E-mail me the pdf file. Only 17 M. Can only get torrents to download at work and they hog the line so it's a no go.

Linky


Thanks,
DG

[rball5]

Also looking if someone can download this torrent and then E-mail me the pdf file. Only 17 M. Can only get torrents to download at work and they hog the line so it's a no go.

You've got a PM.