it burns it burns it burns it burns

[SOLDIER #819]

I just went to the gym and my body is BURN. With my discovery of the rowing machine I can now reach new levels of TIRED I never thought possible. I can now pretend to say that I am consistently doing something about maintaining my health.

What about you guys? Do you go to the gym? Exercise? Hike? Snowboard or softball. (hint hint) Ever done hockey? (HINT HINT) Physical activity discussion is GO!

THE MOTHER BRAIN REQUIRES EXPERIENCES FOR ENERGY TO POWER THE DEATH DRILL AND ESCAPE THIS DEEP SEA PRISON.

Edit: My topic words have been blue'd. THEY'RE ONTO MY PLAN.

[LocoColt04]

OH GOD THERE'S LIKE SEVEN OF THEM

MAKE THEM GO AWAY




The idea was to have the words OR the ads.
Somehow we got stuck with both.

[Victoria]

I honestly don't see anything... (Yay Firefox Ad-blocker?)
But I haven't ever gone to the gym. =(
I play DDR, though.

[nix]

Get some weight lifting into ya, FEEL THE BUUURN!

[SOLDIER #819]

Fuzz probably needs the cash to fund his growing empire, so it's cool. But since I do not block these ads and we are only supposed to have one of the two, can I have a cut?

Everyone should go to the gym at least once to feel the pleasure of pain.

PHOENIX. HOW ARE YOU?

Edit: They blue'd pain. Hahahahaha.

[nix]

I'm fine Goku, how are you ?


Pain obviously..

[SOLDIER #819]

I'm swell, and my body is swelling. So yeah, PAIN. I finally get a break from classes, and all I do is clean my room up. Life is FUN. What have you been up to?

Edit: It got Shadow's sig. "Looking for Baby? Find it cheaper at ShopBrite!"

[Taco-Calamitous]

I did exercising last spring. Then I got lazy and stopped. I was running and doing sit ups and crunches and stuff, though. I lost 15 lbs. Then I gained them all back. Yay!

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Sarah]

I've never been a fan of going to the gym. My thing was dance. Lately, I've been a bit lax with the exercising on account of still feeling very tired most of the time. I used to have a routine of 45 minutes to 2 hours every day, though. I would do it all while I watched TV. (I think I've also been somewhat avoiding it since my cat popped my exercise ball. Crunches and sit ups on the floor are mega painful in the back.)

Today, I walked around a whole lot. My boyfriend and I went to see My Name is Bruce in Cambridge. It was a 7:30 show, but we arrived in the around 3:30, after taking the T in. We walked around from 3:30 to about 6:00 while waiting for the movie. I am indeed feeling the burn. There was an awesome pay off, though! The movie kicked ass, and Bruce Campbell himself was there to do some Q&A. This burn is associated with sheer awesomeness.

My goal is to get back to a regular schedule in exercising and drop about 6 lbs at a healthy rate. I'm at 121 lbs right now -not my ideal. Favorite exercise right now: Ballet bar exercises. Least favorite exercise: Suspended leg lifts from flat on my back. (****ing ow.)

So, what is everyone else's goal and what are your favorite and least favorite exercises?

[SOLDIER #819]

Today I did biceps, back, some stomach, and the amazing rowing machine. I'm finally getting a decent time on it (relative to my fitness level)...somewhere around 8:30 for 2000m. I'm tiiiiired.

As for what exercises I like or dislike...I wouldn't say I have any particular favorite, though if I had to choose I'd say stomach-related ones. Lately I've been doing sit-ups and the reverse of that (basically pushing legs out or pulling them up to hit the lower half of the stomach) on a bench at an incline. Somehow they're rather "fun", lol.

I don't really have a disliked one either, but any aerobic exercise is definitely super stressful. Some people can run for miles and not work up a sweat (DAMNIT KOROVA), but I'm really not like that. Since I have a tendency to PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT I usually end up half-dead by the time I'm done, whether it's treadmill or bike or rowing machine or whatever. But I'm getting a little better.

My goal is to lose about 50 pounds. I'm not sure if that's an exaggeration or not, but going off BMI alone it's about right. How muscle factors into it I have no clue, but I figure that's something to think about after I lose the weight. I just need to be careful not to lose more muscle than I do fat while dieting...

[Victoria]

Never go off of BMI. That shit is inaccurate as hell. Use a scale and weigh yourself. And then make an estimate of what you want to lose.

What's your height and weight right now? I can tell you if that's within your range or not.

[Sarah]

Never go off of BMI. That shit is inaccurate as hell. Use a scale and weigh yourself. And then make an estimate of what you want to lose.

^That. BMI is very inaccurate. It was originally developed for corpses, not living people. According to BMI, I'm pushing into the overweight category, and I'm a size 4. A healthy weight is about what weight you feel healthy and comfortable at. So, just monitor yourself for a while. When you feel good and feel like you look good, you're probably set. Keep up the good work.

Not much to update for myself. Did some more walking around yesterday, although not much. I still need to get myself an exercise ball. I really miss having one. I've been trying to think of a safe place to keep it once I have it. I don't want it popped again. >.<

[SOLDIER #819]

I would think BMI is fine if you simply use it as a range and practice common sense. Obviously you don't want to emaciate yourself, haha. But then, I've never been underweight (or even of normal weight). Eying something probably doesn't do much if you have never seen your ideal weight beforehand. You can't really guess it either if you lack accurate information on the body type. It'd be the same as BMI.

I'd probably consider it an accomplishment if someone like me reached a point where I was too thin...lol. Currently the more worrisome thing is losing weight by loss of muscle through lack of protein. Supposedly I need approximately 100g to maintain a good level, and 200g is probably best. But at that level I would need to devote almost 2/3rds of my diet to pure protein. I remember Atkins, damn. I need carbs~~~~O:

My whole body feels weak from yesterday.

[SOLDIER #819]

Today my gym instructor gave me my oddest workout ever.

It all started when I came in late and joked about how I was so drowsy that I spent 10 minutes getting up the stairs to get dressed. So he takes me over to the stair climbing machine and has me walk on it for 10 minutes. The stairs were so thin that it became a calf exercise, so those started burning quick. Then about halfway through it he hands me a pair of 5 pound weights, and then after that a pair of 10 pound weights for me to carry as I trek.

Then when I'm done with that, he hands me 25 pound weights and we end up walking around the gym as he chats with people. One bar exercise later, I find myself re-racking weights for about 20 minutes since no one can be bothered to do it themselves. We were finding types of 45 pound weights on one end of the gym that belonged on the other.......and my forearms feel like lead now.

If you want something new, re-rack heavy weights without resting. You can be a good samaritan while punishing yourself for breathing.

[Taco-Calamitous]

I went running on Monday and Tuesday. Not anywhere near as long as I used to, unfortunately. Yesterday and today, however, I was lazy, because I work. Hopefully I will go running on the days that I don't work, at least (or days where nothing is going on; don't need to be lazy and do absolutely nothing!) Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Victoria]

I usually go on late-night walks/jogs/runs as well as workout to a bellydance fitness dvd set. ^_^;

...Also, Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease.. hee.

[Keisuke Takahashi]

lol the gym... an abomination that I haven't been to in a while.. and it shows LOL... Endurance gone, strength back to avg haha.. oh well.. maybe in a couple weeks I'll start going again -_-

Gooku if he keeps goin to the gym to get the burn on... >.>

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