The get in better shape thread 06/01to 12/31/12

Originally posted by mj2delmenico Originally posted by mluu003 Originally posted by Von44 Originally posted by mluu003 Any of you guys have any real experience with pre-workout stimulants? I've taken the Noxplode in the past before my workouts and I noticed a difference. I'm not saying you'll be lifting crazy heavy weights or anything but it feels like you can pump out the last few reps without a spotter. Just be cautious that it is synthetic and too much of it wouldn't be good for your body. So if you've got enough for a year, take it every other month so your body doesn't rely on it too much. I just got my buddies Neurocore pre work out stimulant for those super long days in class and at work. I'm trying it tomorrow, just super curious about how it will affect me, phyically and mentally. I'm also looking for a new pre-workout supp. I bought some Juggernaut but it basically does nothing for me

Well, I tried one small scoop..which is what they recommend for first time users. It was grape flavor and I used 4 oz of water...IT TASTED TERRIBLE omg. I'm usually pretty leneient with taste..but this was just gross.

About 35 mins later, at the gym I felt pretty wired...and then my hands and face started feeling...tingly. Maybe it was in my head, but I felt pumped.

Gonna order Assult (green apple flavor) to give that a try.

I got cracked oh so hard on jan. 29th sacrum, thoracic and cervical. heard at least 3-4pops there. Then I did some Rhomboids and Quads..damn quads burn so bad ) = hating the feeling, feeling of weak!!

It was 50* the past couple days in Jersey which was an awesome change of pace weather wise but now its back to 20* and windy as all hell. Should be an interesting run.


Still holding steady on my diet, left myself an extra 500 calories today for a nice post workout shake too.

Went for a climb again today, felt so weak doing it since I went yesterday and didn't get much sleep ..which I should be doing now.

I generally only have a banana or somethin prior to a workout. Some of that stuff is chocked with caffeine, and since i get to the gym in the evenings, i don't feel like bein all strung out when I'm tryna wind down.
 I tried some Scivation "Xtend" intra-workout stuff for a while, but i didn't really notice any difference. In fact, I feel like my muscle growth was better when I was no longer using it. That may be more due to a change in workout regimens though.

I wonder why I get no motivation when I do legs. I give up too easy or do very little when I work out. Any suggestions to an fast workout routine (10-15 minutes) for great results? btw, I don't run in the cold so that's out of the picture :)

For legs if you want a simple workout that will kill your legs. Sit on the seated leg press machine and find the weight where you can do 50 reps of leg press.

2 weeks into my cut and it's going fantastic. Noticing I'm not short of breath doing normal stuff, riding rails has been easier with the board not bending on boardslides as much, stopped snoring and my runs are getting much more efficient.


Still mad I dropped and broke my scale before my first weigh in. -_-

Just got back from the gym..gotta love chest days.

Did an ab workout for the first time in AGES with my buddy today...I was reminded of why I hate ab workouts so much! It also frustrates me that they will never show no matter what if my %bodyfat is above 13ish.

Haven't been updating, but somewhere in the past 3 days I went to the climbing gym for short time, 1hr? climbed a little bit, did some traversing.

Did an arm day at the gym yesterday. Kinda lost my motivation for being there once i got to the gym, but that just propelled me to beast through my workout at a freak-like pace. Felt good :D

Today I'ma do a light leg day + a bit of circuit training. Going boarding tomorrow and last time i did a full leg day i killed myself.. that would make for a miserable day on the hill!

I'm still a bit over 200 pounds though. Gained a ton (10 lbs) of weight over the holidays. Need to get to the gym more regularly and burn that lard basket off!

just workout yesterday and it feels good. anybody doing the insanity workout?

Arms and shoulder - every day on crutches.  My upper body has gotten quite toned 

Lower body - atrophy.  Started physical therapy finally and have started to work out my quad on my injured leg.  The right leg is tired from all my balancing on it and hopping one footed in the apartment.

Cardio - taking my dog out on 2 walks a day

Should i work out tmr morning or should I not.. THAT is my question.

Originally posted by bubbagooch I'm visiting my Aunt in Santa Barbara and I went to 24hr Fitness to workout.  I don't have a membership but I signed up for the free 3 day pass and they wouldn't give it to me because I live more than 20 miles away from the gym.  So I had to pay $10 to workout.  $10 is a decent price especially when the other gyms around were asking $15, but it's still annoying that the 3 day pass didn't work.  Oh well...

Prob should've just said you're going to move to the area soon and wanted to try out the gyms.

Just doing my PT exercises and doing some pilates work.  I wake up so tired every morning.

Originally posted by mj2delmenico Originally posted by hana24 Originally posted by bubbagooch I'm visiting my Aunt in Santa Barbara and I went to 24hr Fitness to workout.  I don't have a membership but I signed up for the free 3 day pass and they wouldn't give it to me because I live more than 20 miles away from the gym.  So I had to pay $10 to workout.  $10 is a decent price especially when the other gyms around were asking $15, but it's still annoying that the 3 day pass didn't work.  Oh well... Prob should've just said you're going to move to the area soon and wanted to try out the gyms. Just doing my PT exercises and doing some pilates work.  I wake up so tired every morning. I use that trick every time I'm away from my local gym. Most gym's are desperate for members so will hand out free passes if you say your thinking of joining

Originally posted by Jigkidd Originally posted by hana24 Cardio - taking my dog out on 2 walks a day whoa, 2 walks a day, on crutches? I don't think I could bring myself to even one walk.

Haha   It's tiring, but it forces me to go outside the apt and get some physical activity in.  Every morning though I wake up with sore hands and my right leg is sore from all the one legged hopping I do during the day.

Did a pilates class this morning.. was kinda late and missed part of the ab work out.. kinda bummed about that.. its the part I most wanted to do.. and they were going at it hard to!

Originally posted by bubbagooch Originally posted by mj2delmenico anyone done anything like this? Does anyone know what the workout regime would be, surely they can't just be doing pull up type exercises everyday? Yeah they can.  The pull up and its variants are pretty much the best upper body workouts you can do.

The insanity workout is great if you have no equipment so I'm doing that till I get my gym membership

Just thought I would share what I do to stay in shape. I don't like gyms or using weights. I like to you use my own weight to exercise with because once you start with weights, you can't really stop and expect to get the same results. I have a chin up bar I use for a variety of chin ups, I also hang from it and do leg raises. I do some sit-ups, bicycle crunches, and push-ups. I get results quite fast I must say. I encourage you all to ditch weights and find alternatives.

Got Chiro tmr. might be able to catch a late yoga class as well.. but its gonna be a restorative. we'll see what happens... shoot means i can't work OT!

Took that yoga class, cut it short to do my chiro.. it was a pretty good session, got lots of cracking in ( = body will either hate me or love me for it.

Originally posted by mj2delmenico Originally posted by bubbagooch Originally posted by mj2delmenico anyone done anything like this? Does anyone know what the workout regime would be, surely they can't just be doing pull up type exercises everyday? Yeah they can.  The pull up and its variants are pretty much the best upper body workouts you can do.   But wouldn't you need the required rest between sessions on your back muscles?