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What happened to the fitness club topic? I know the regular one purged. Maybe you guys could post in here for now?
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I don't really do Fitibit and stuff like that so I'm not contributing to whatever DSR had in mind.

Still not a bad idea to have this topic. I'm gonna try to eat a little less going forward. Need to get my motivation to unstoppable levels, but it never sticks.
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Tag again. Just got back from the Gym. Leg day 1 for the week. Took the past 2 days off so i felt obligated to do a little more than usually today
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I can't quantify roller derby stuff sooo I'm not doing the thing DSR is doing either.

I have eliminated soda from my diet so far. Trying to regulate what kind of food I'm eating. I ate half a box of dry cereal last night because of sugar cravings gone out of control so I'm not doing so hot right now.
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Planning on joining a gym this week now that I have some free time. Want to gain weight and build muscle.

I really have no idea what exercises/routines to do, what to eat, protein shakes, etc.

Any recs?
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I've got some plans to start up an exercise routine real soon. Nothing extremely major, but it should help instill the right mindset going forward. Also trying to be a bit more conscious of sugar intake. I've never been on board the soda guzzling diabetes train, but there are times I've had quite the sweet tooth, and I'd like to limit that as much as my clearly addicted body will let me.

Some fun videos I stumbled upon recently that helped spur on these desires. I haven't completely vetted everything mentioned in them, but at a glance they seem fairly legit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVzKCk066g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_4Q9Iv7_Ao
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Pokalicious posted...

Planning on joining a gym this week now that I have some free time. Want to gain weight and build muscle.

I really have no idea what exercises/routines to do, what to eat, protein shakes, etc.

Any recs?

the fitness subreddit and bodybuilding.com aren't bad resources. neither is the gamefaqs martial arts board, 212. (read the stickied topic; the rest of it is cancer.)

the essentials are: start with a full-body routine with a barbell. most important lifts are squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and some sort of pull. increase the weight periodically.

eat a lot of food to gain weight, the healthier the better. it can include protein shakes.
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I have recently started the ICF routine. Ice Cream Fitness.
Will let you know how it goes.
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does anyone want to track pullups with me for a while

in 2015 or so, i did a 1000-pullup september

i have done maybe 1000 combined pullups in the 22 months since
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SeabassDebeste posted...

I don't really do Fitibit and stuff like that so I'm not contributing to whatever DSR had in mind.

Still not a bad idea to have this topic. I'm gonna try to eat a little less going forward. Need to get my motivation to unstoppable levels, but it never sticks.

Don't eat less, just eat better. Your body needs calories.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

does anyone want to track pullups with me for a while

in 2015 or so, i did a 1000-pullup september

i have done maybe 1000 combined pullups in the 22 months since

Let's do it. I've been wanting to get back to my prime of doing 20 in one go. Currently around 10.
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I've started gaining weight again (up to 165 lbs after years at 150 lbs), and I feel my home workouts aren't cutting it anymore. I'm planning to join a cheap gym for the first time since I stopped working as a trainer/instructor. The problem is nearly every place puts their prices behind an email wall. I'd rather not bother, so if anyone knows about these chains and their price ranges, please let me know. These are the places around my home.

Anytime Fitness
Snap Fitness
YMCA
Lifetime Fitness

I worked for the Y, so never had to pay the membership. I got Lifetime, but I think they weren't cheap. I'm mostly curious about the other two.
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Lifetime is great but not cheap. Its also more of a lifestyle than a gym.

I like the Gold's I go to, but its now a bit out of my way due to my new apartment.
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We have none of those on Puerto Rico, sorry.

Most we have are Planet Fitness and HCOA Fitness. And many local gyms, which I think charge like $15-$20 per month.

I'm actually not sure if I should straight up join a gym or start working out on my own.
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Walked/ran 7.3 miles today. Gym tomorrow.
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Looks like $35 for Anytime/Snap or $70 for Y/Lifetime

sheesh. Thank God I have student loans. Paying for this without a job would suck.
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currently going through "good calories bad calories" by Gary Taubes. I've been recommending a high fat 0 grain low carb diet in these topics for a long time, but I finally have a definitive book to point to when recommending it.

If you have even the smallest idea that fat causes clogged arteries (it doesn't) or that lots of carbs are necessary for your body (they're not.) or that the AHA is anything but a dogmatic and cult-like Ancel Keys worship organization I would recommend picking it up.

Before this all my information about nutrition was sorted into about a dozen different books that were hard to recommend because of their glaring flaws, but now I have a single tome that exhaustingly covers everything.
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I'm currently using Snap Fitness and I think I'm paying $40/mo. I bought the annual membership though so it was discounted. Seems higher than I remember though...

But yeah, free membership at your school's gym is always the place to go.
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And of course everything closed on July 4th, even my school gym. I just jogged home, taking 30 minutes.

I hate holidays.
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This is the one benefit of a 24 hour gym.
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Strife2 posted...

And of course everything closed on July 4th, even my school gym. I just jogged home, taking 30 minutes.

I hate holidays.

Mine was open until 3. I was there for an hour.
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I was on the elliptical for 40 minutes yesterday
Then 3 machines, 30 pull downs, 30 chest presses and 30 leg lifts.

Saturday I did 40 minutes on the elliptical

IDK where that 'July tracking' topic went.
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GNC had a two-month supply of protein powder on sale for $25. Thank God, cause that shit can be extortion, and I worked there. $60-$90 for some high end stuff. Sheesh.
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Costco usually has good prices. I think I pay $40 for a 2-3 month supply.
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I'm going to my college's gym tomorrow. I was going to go today, but my only pair of sneakers were peed on by the cat and I didn't have enough time to run them through the washer. I just walked up and down the stairs on campus a few times. and at home. we have so many stairs.
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so, 30 pullups (15, 15) on 7/2

46 pullups (20, 13, 13) on 7/4
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How much is a two-month supply? Like, in terms of volume?

I buy the cheap grocery store stuff, which is around 10/lb iirc.
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575 deadlift today. Also 405 x 9 which i was really really proud of

Ive been swimming a bunch of 100 meter swims lately as well. Been going good.
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azuarc posted...

How much is a two-month supply? Like, in terms of volume?

I buy the cheap grocery store stuff, which is around 10/lb iirc.

5 lbs. Some mass gainers have 10 lb bags. I have seen GNC sell 20 lb buckets for $130.
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I did 7min30sec on the elliptical today before my legs started cramping so I stretched and stopped. It's day one after years of being out of shape so I'm not expecting miracles but I pushed myself.
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gotta start somewhere, good for you. Try for a bit more next time
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I think you're going to find that one day you have this amazing day where you just keep going...and then you'll be back to comparatively shorter stints for a while. But you'll have that one day where you go 30+ minutes and you'll realize "y'know what? I can do this when I really want to."
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My goal is to do like 20 minutes of cardio before or after (I'm not sure which is better, gotta do more research...) some beginner weight lifting eventually. Currently more focused on CICO and eating better as a habit - gonna try keto out since gluten based foods have been making me sick for the past few months (which is tragic because I fucking love bread and pasta and stuff).
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bump
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45 minutes of DDPYoga. After 3+ years, I still love doing it.

Tomorrow will be the long awaited return to a weight room, should my body hold out till morning. Some back tweaks recently and all that shit.
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had a good workout today. Really isolated individual pecs with the dumbbell bench/incline bench sets. Threw in some tricep and a little barbell work as well
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It felt really good to workout at a gym again. I forgot about how much work it was. Leg presses killed my quads, mostly because squatting at home did jack all in comparison. Numbers weren't too fancy (I didn't lift anything harder than 65-130 lbs), but it was mostly a measure to see how my body held up after a few years away from a workout like that. Not bad actually. Absolutely free too, so no complaints from me.
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Any tips for improving your running? I run on the weekends/days off, usually going for 3 miles and I can do that in around 30 minutes but I would really like to improve that time.
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Sheesh. I took what was a good day lifting and turned it to shit by drinking too much pop and protein shakes. 166 lbs...bleh. I bought one last pop as a symbol of how much I've been sucking lately. Starting tomorrow, I actually make the effort to stop screwing around. Needing water is one thing in summer, but not this badly. Maybe then I could work on my appetite. Even getting back to where I was in May (155-158 lbs) would be a decent start.

One way would stop dicking around the vending machine at my apartment. I swear I bought from it four times today. I don't have that kind of money to burn.
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GANON1025 posted...

Any tips for improving your running? I run on the weekends/days off, usually going for 3 miles and I can do that in around 30 minutes but I would really like to improve that time.

What, exactly, is your goal? To speed up your 5k? Or to run farther in 30? Or something else entirely?

Really generic advice is to have at least 3 major runs in the week, geared toward length, speed, and a strong in-between. And if you're serious about improvement, having light runs on at least two other days. Some people swear by tempo runs, or long runs, or speedwork specifically, but I'm neither a running coach nor know very much about you.
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Yeah, everyone I know that runs even semi seriously has some kind of map planning out how far they will run on each day, with designated short distance days and so on
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I heard running every day can lead to serious problems later in life. Was that an exaggeration or do things like shorter distance days alleviate that?
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Running is bad for your knees.

Aside from that, I'm not sure where you're getting your info from
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According to a recent issue of Runner's World, that claim is a myth. Granted, I don't know their sources, and they couldn't possibly be biased, but thought I'd throw that out there.

edit: http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/what-joint-docs-say-about-running/
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i personally have no idea what to believe about running and knee health

i think people's knees get worse as they get older no matter what, and then there are the anecdotes of freaks who have competitively run for decades and are fine at 50 or 60
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Lighter lifting day. I didn't want to leave my apartment, since I'm studying for a test tomorrow.
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Anyway, I went to the gym yesterday and did legs. That included some squats and deadlifts, which I've always wondered if I need to work on my form with. Today my upper back hurts, so I guess that answers that question. It also makes me not want to go back today for upper body.

Don't want this to be a rest day, though, so I'll have to find something else to do. I could run, but I wasn't really motivated to run.
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People disagree with me on this, but I do squats and deads on different days. Try it sometime it might be better for you. My routine is usually

Sunday - Legs
Monday - Chest/Bicep
Tuesday - Back/Tricep
Wednesday - Off
Thursday - Legs 2
Friday - Quick shoulder workout (usually I consider this a "half day")
Saturday - Off or makeup day

I try to do about 20 to 30 mins of swimming on Monday/Tuesday/Friday as well, but meh.
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i don't understand how your upper back could hurt after squats/DLs. lower back though... the DOMS is real today...
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Yeah, my idea was not going to get traction worth the effort I was about to put in.

I've been doing an 11 mile bike course on my tour de france bike. It's tough, but rewarding on the harder gears. My time has been steadily improving. Will stop consistently improving soon.

Jun 25 - 1785sec - 22.18mph - 592cal
Jun 27 - 1735sec - 22.82mph - 614cal
Jun 30 - 1703sec - 23.25mph - 629cal
Jul 03 - 1674sec - 23.66mph - 644cal
Jul 05 - 1659sec - 23.87mph - 654cal
Jul 09 - 3 hours of Just Dance >_>
Jul 10 - Ultimate frisbee games!