Getting into shape.

[TheRocketeer]

I need this regiment. I have a distinct lack of muscles that needs to be corrected.

Stick with it. Good luck.

Flutter Kicks

You might want to stop doing those. Its a punishment exercise, and in basic, you'll be doing A LOT of those. By the time your done, you'll hate them with a passion.

Did I mention I do all of these exercises, running included, in blue jeans? Learning to mentally handle unnecessarily painful bullshit is a lot of early Basic, as you seem to be aware. It wouldn't be pre-Basic preparation without a bit of that.

Those are just the exercises I do on my own. On Mondays or Wednesdays, my DEP meets with the Sergeant and we run and drill as a group. It's an excellent arrangement.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Make sure to take some breaks in between serious workouts, and don't go too hard or too far. Serious muscle damage is nothing to sniff at, and not taking a day off between your workouts can actually negatively affect your ability to build muscle (because they never get a chance to recover!)

 

[Aurora219]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?

80 percent of a work out routine is diet, so for muscle you need to have a good intake to feed the muscles.

Good to hear its paying off for you!, I heard that over working can lead to burn out and stops you building muscle, I think its only if you go way way way beyond your means though.

Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

Lats are Latissimus dorsi, the huge triangular muscle on your back, the neck muscles are called Trapezius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezius_muscle

Interesting. I haven't seen someone being so badly Wik-rolled in a long time.

OT: I eat and sleep. My exercise is working as a chef. Screw lifting weights, I'd rather play games.

 

[Lim3]

I have been a gym addict for the past few months now. My appetite has increased so much as a result.

Oh and protein shakes taste like shit. When you first by the powder it tastes alright, but a week into my 4kg tubs they always taste like shit.

 

[Indecizion]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?
Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

um yeah, i work in a resturant as a runner, i run food from the kitchen(basement) up to the floors Ground- 3 so yeah im up down stairs like 100 times a shift 7 shifts a week, im paid to get in shape

 

[Tinneh]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?
Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

I play multiplayer videogames on an elliptical. Works fine for me.

That's genius! One my uber-metabolism takes a hit, I'll start doing that.

 

[Shapsters]

I do this crazy, wacky thing where I just sit all day and I am... I say husky.

I really need to start doing stuff >.>

 

[capin Rob]

I only workout sometimes, and when I do it's hitting the punching and lifting at my own house, curling 35 pounds twenty times, not for strength, its for endurance, and curling 70 for strength, I it keeps me toned, barely, but I don't see a point, I don't have a girlfriend (WHAT A SUPRISE!) so I don't need to be super buff of strong.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

I'm practically a skeleton (6'1", 150lbs), and no six-pack. I base my diet on what I'm going to be doing for the day as far as exercise goes. If I'm doing light exercise or resting, I'm going to be relying on salads, soup, and 1-sandwich meals, eating every 3-4 hours. If I'm going to Boxing, I'll make myself some nice omelette & steak burgers for some much-needed energy.

I'm fairly decent at running, but I'd never make it in a cross-country team. My feet are prone to blistering, and if I run 5km at a decent speed (about 14km/h), I'd end up with a sore tendon and end up limping when I run.

 

[The_Healer]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?
Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

May I direct you to the local fitness club? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Fitness-Club

Well you don't have to... but if you like exercise its not a bad idea.

Oh and also, those are your traps, not your lats.

 

[dex-dex]

"A woman can be any shape she wants to be"
"What about a hexagon?"

i have always wanted to be hexagon shaped

on topic: i am pretty lazy and have no urge to go to a gym so instead i walk quite a bit and run with my dog but i do eat odd things and i hate a lot of foods

 

[McNinja]

Here's the workout I'm using to get in shape for Basic:

Pushups
Sprawls
Squats

Pushups
Flutter Kicks
Lunges

Pushups
Crunches
Squats

It's simple and remarkably effective. Arms, abs, legs, arms, abs, legs, arms, abs, legs. Do it right when getting up and right before bed, fast as you can manage, and you'll be a Terminator in weeks flat. Run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for best results.

It's the regimen my recruiter uses to stay in shape, and I'm fairly certain that any given five guys in my DEP could take him in a straight-up fight, all at once, and lose. Soundly. I've done this since mid-March, and I've become far stronger than I've ever been in my life.

It requires NO equipment, and all you have to do to shape it to your level is adjust the number of reps in each set and the distance you run.

I need this regiment. I have a distinct lack of muscles that needs to be corrected.

Throw in some pull ups and some handstand pushups and you have yourself a deal.

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

well, i've been a cheerleader for most of my life, so i'm in great shape, and i maintain it with cardio, yoga, martial arts, and dance. my problem is that i don't place enough priority on exercise-if my schoolwork or jobs get too demanding, i often let it slide. and if i'm too busy to exercise, i'm WAY too busy to worry about what i'm eating, so i just sort of bolt down whatever food is lying around. it's not very healthy, i know. >.<

 

[aakibar]

ummm im a distance runner- mile pr 5:15 and i CANNOT get it to go down to 5flat.

on an unrelated not i plan to hike the Appalachian trail in 2 years. so i guess i have to train for that lol.

sorry if this is totally off topic im running on no sleep

 

[bigorexia]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?
Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

When you first start working out doing pretty much anything in the gym will give noticeable results, especially if your young and really out of shape. Once you get past that first few months, a good routine, proper nutrition (for your goals of course), and getting proper rest are almost mandatory to break that first plateau you will hit.

I'm not trying to knock you for trying to better yourself, but I'm just giving you fair warning.

Anyways, I just changed my work up a good deal to prepare myself for PLC next summer. I went from doing Madcows 5x5 and almost no cardio a month ago, to pretty much dropping the weight lifting completely, cutting my calorie intake by a quarter (did this slowly and I probably still eat more then double the normal person) and going crazy with the running/swimming/biking. I could barely run a mile a month ago and now I'm doing 9 miles twice a week. I'm researching interval training to get my run times down, along with the biking and swimming, but so far nothing has really piqued my interest.

 

[Siberian Relic]

Since I haven't see it mentioned yet (maybe I missed it), I'll go ahead and shamelessly plug for P90X. It's intense, it requires focus and dedication, and it's not a free package, but I can promise anyone here that if you try it and follow through, you'll see phenomenal results.

 

[DigitalSushi]

I've been working out at gym a lot lately and I've realized something about myself. 1) I am a fucking sadist. I really push myself at the gym and I view pain as the goal. 2) I am perfectly willing to take up a brutal exercise routine, but I will not diet. I'll lift weights until I'm stiff and sore. I'll run until I want to die, but I won't stop eating twinkies. How about you? Do you have any weird workout regiments or odd diets?

80 percent of a work out routine is diet, so for muscle you need to have a good intake to feed the muscles.

Good to hear its paying off for you!, I heard that over working can lead to burn out and stops you building muscle, I think its only if you go way way way beyond your means though.

Note: I'm actually getting good results from this plan. I've gone down 2 pants sizes and my lats are rock hard.(Those are the muscles on either side of your neck)

Lats are Latissimus dorsi, the huge triangular muscle on your back, the neck muscles are called Trapezius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi_muscle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezius_muscle

Interesting. I haven't seen someone being so badly Wik-rolled in a long time.

OT: I eat and sleep. My exercise is working as a chef. Screw lifting weights, I'd rather play games.

I actually refreshed the page before posting my comment to make sure no one else had corrected him yet, unfortunately others were too busy trying to be "right" on the internet to worry about the poor boys sanity.

 

[VanityGirl]

Well #1 isn't really a good thing, and can actually be more destructive than productive. Take regular breaks and don't overwork yourself, because it CAN cause problems. I'm not saying it will, i'm just saying, don't be reckless about your health.

^^^QFT

I don't think people realise how BAD working out everyday can be.
If you must train everyday, you should set you schedule as
Mon: Weight train
Tues: Light Jog and Sprints
Wed: Weight train
thur: light job and core workout (like crunches and pushups)
friday: weight train
sat: light jog
SUN: REST

Even still, that schedule I posted might be overwork for some. I put Light JOG because if you jogs for miles and miles, your legs will be far too overworked when you weight train.

 

[Loop Stricken]

I have just bought and assembled a cross trainer. The path to Godliness begins now!
Mind you, it bashes my knees to buggery.

 

[The_Anomaly]

I don't exercise. When my metabolism slows down then I'll exercise. My diet is generally fucked up.

Amen to that