The gym

[casablancas]

So still on it and giving it some. Before and after it anyone is interested and in need of a little inspiration. After last night .. I’m not hopeful  

Edited 10 April by casablancas

[fox_up_north]

There was a lad in my gym the other day, about 18/19 maybe. Don't get me wrong, he's fit for his age and clearly on the way to being a well built lad but the noises he was making when lifting had a fair few people rolling their eyes.

 

I can imagine the same noises coming from those people that "accidentally" fall on a traffic cone.

 

[casablancas]

1 hour ago, fox_up_north said:

There was a lad in my gym the other day, about 18/19 maybe. Don't get me wrong, he's fit for his age and clearly on the way to being a well built lad but the noises he was making when lifting had a fair few people rolling their eyes.

 

I can imagine the same noises coming from those people that "accidentally" fall on a traffic cone.

 

He a grunter? Or a hisser?

[CosbehFox]

Exactly a year doing weight training 

 

Waist 15 cm off  

Glutes 12 cm off

Hips 11 cm off

 

6% body muscle increase

4% body fat loss 

[fox_up_north]

2 hours ago, casablancas said:

He a grunter? Or a hisser?

Grunting but more like groaning. Honestly you'd think he was up to something dodgy. 

[casablancas]

23 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Exactly a year doing weight training 

 

Waist 15 cm off  

Glutes 12 cm off

Hips 11 cm off

 

6% body muscle increase

4% body fat loss 

That’s a great effort. I’ve not actually taken any measurements but that’s some going bro. Well done. You doing any cardio? Or pure lifting?

[casablancas]

1 minute ago, fox_up_north said:

Grunting but more like groaning. Honestly you'd think he was up to something dodgy. 

Haha. There’s a lady at my gym and I affectionately in my head call her orgasmo haha

[CosbehFox]

1 minute ago, casablancas said:

That’s a great effort. I’ve not actually taken any measurements but that’s some going bro. Well done. You doing any cardio? Or pure lifting?

I have been running three times a week - ran three half marathons this year. I have just jumped to four runs a week. Been running for three years previous to the weight training. 

 

Alongside that, playing 5 a side for a hour and then its 2 weight sessions a week - sometimes 3. 

 

Don't lift heavy weights as per se, just try to go onto failure record weights are - squatting 65kg, deadlift 55kg and chest press 35kg. Just try set little goals like being able to do a chin-up. 

 

I had improve my core due to a bad back - my flexibility was downright awful. Hamstrings and quads were tight as any the physio had seen. RDLs now are unreal from where I was first doing it. 

[casablancas]

14 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

I have been running three times a week - ran three half marathons this year. I have just jumped to four runs a week. Been running for three years previous to the weight training. 

 

Alongside that, playing 5 a side for a hour and then its 2 weight sessions a week - sometimes 3. 

 

Don't lift heavy weights as per se, just try to go onto failure record weights are - squatting 65kg, deadlift 55kg and chest press 35kg. Just try set little goals like being able to do a chin-up. 

 

I had improve my core due to a bad back - my flexibility was downright awful. Hamstrings and quads were tight as any the physio had seen. RDLs now are unreal from where I was first doing it. 

Brilliant. Love to see it

[Costock_Fox]

****ed my back up in the gym a couple of weeks ago and it’s gone once since so I’ve had to step down my weights training. Been told it’s nothing major and can run/play football with no issues but it made me re assess what I want to get out of it and i think I might run a marathon.

 

For a laugh, and this definitely tells you how Naive/deluded am, I might go for run on Sunday and see how close to a marathon I get . Bearing in mind I’ve not run 10k for probably about a year but I am fit, place your bets on how far I get.

[Costock_Fox]

20 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

I have been running three times a week - ran three half marathons this year. I have just jumped to four runs a week. Been running for three years previous to the weight training. 

 

Alongside that, playing 5 a side for a hour and then its 2 weight sessions a week - sometimes 3. 

 

Don't lift heavy weights as per se, just try to go onto failure record weights are - squatting 65kg, deadlift 55kg and chest press 35kg. Just try set little goals like being able to do a chin-up. 

 

I had improve my core due to a bad back - my flexibility was downright awful. Hamstrings and quads were tight as any the physio had seen. RDLs now are unreal from where I was first doing it. 

Deadlifts were how my back went. Was doing 95kg pretty easily and then it just went.

[CosbehFox]

59 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Deadlifts were how my back went. Was doing 95kg pretty easily and then it just went.

That's exactly why the PT told me it's going to be a long process of build-up in weight if at all 

[HighPeakFox]

4 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

That's exactly why the PT told me it's going to be a long process of build-up in weight if at all 

I'm doing the same thing, a graduated programme with an app controlling the pace (partially dependent on my feedback)

[Raj]

2 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

I have been running three times a week - ran three half marathons this year. I have just jumped to four runs a week. Been running for three years previous to the weight training. 

 

Alongside that, playing 5 a side for a hour and then its 2 weight sessions a week - sometimes 3. 

 

Don't lift heavy weights as per se, just try to go onto failure record weights are - squatting 65kg, deadlift 55kg and chest press 35kg. Just try set little goals like being able to do a chin-up. 

 

I had improve my core due to a bad back - my flexibility was downright awful. Hamstrings and quads were tight as any the physio had seen. RDLs now are unreal from where I was first doing it. 

Blimey, how old are you? 

PLEASE tell me your under 50 song can feel better about myself now I'm 52 and 11/12ths!!

[CosbehFox]

5 minutes ago, Raj said:

Blimey, how old are you? 

PLEASE tell me your under 50 song can feel better about myself now I'm 52 and 11/12ths!!

35

[Costock_Fox]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

That's exactly why the PT told me it's going to be a long process of build-up in weight if at all 

Yeah, to be honest I’d been doing them for well over a year. I think my chiropractor maybe caused me an issue which then materialised by doing them.

[Raj]

52 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

35

Thank God for that!! 🤣🤣💪💪💪

[Costock_Fox]

On 10/04/2024 at 15:16, Costock_Fox said:

****ed my back up in the gym a couple of weeks ago and it’s gone once since so I’ve had to step down my weights training. Been told it’s nothing major and can run/play football with no issues but it made me re assess what I want to get out of it and i think I might run a marathon.

 

For a laugh, and this definitely tells you how Naive/deluded am, I might go for run on Sunday and see how close to a marathon I get . Bearing in mind I’ve not run 10k for probably about a year but I am fit, place your bets on how far I get.

Just ran a marathon with no training 😂 think that’s me not going to the gym for a week.

[LcFc_Smiv]

Always strength trained and been a regular runner for the past few years, minus the past few weeks while I’ve managed an injury. Went along yesterday to a CrossFit style functional fitness gym that my girlfriend has been going to for a few months and wow do I have a lot more respect for that kind of training. I’ve always been fit, but this was different to anything I have done. Halfway through I regretted my decision, by the end I was ready to sign up. 

[CosbehFox]

3 hours ago, LcFc_Smiv said:

Always strength trained and been a regular runner for the past few years, minus the past few weeks while I’ve managed an injury. Went along yesterday to a CrossFit style functional fitness gym that my girlfriend has been going to for a few months and wow do I have a lot more respect for that kind of training. I’ve always been fit, but this was different to anything I have done. Halfway through I regretted my decision, by the end I was ready to sign up. 

My PT has said to be repeatedly that crossfit/hyrox is a different kettle of fish. 

[LcFc_Smiv]

3 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

My PT has said to be repeatedly that crossfit/hyrox is a different kettle of fish. 

Definitely, I’d be happy to be as half as fit as some of them who I was training alongside yesterday, even the Mrs surprised me