Workin OUt

**Eddieb** · 17th June 2004, 09:19

Originally Posted by Deano

Either that or some eager training partners - any takers in Wgtn area ?

Promise to get you bloody fit or kill you......

I'm already at Les Mills on Taranaki, not as often as I'd like though. I try to do at least 3 times a week. Summer normally includes mountain biking at least once a week.

**FROSTY:Me** · 17th June 2004, 09:34

any west auckland types wanna try a bit of fitness training?
I was thinking of the gym at the waitak pools

**jrandom** · 17th June 2004, 10:08

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

any west auckland types wanna try a bit of fitness training?
I was thinking of the gym at the waitak pools

Nice wee gym that.

I used to train at Planet Health down in Henderson Valley Rd but it's a bit far to go now I'm living in tat norf, so I go to JustWorkout in Takapuna which is nice and close to work. I've always preferred training immediately after work instead of going home first.

In fact if any of the shore-boy KBers want to try it out I can likely get you a free training session there.

**Dr Bob** · 17th June 2004, 11:04

I have recently tried to get back into training, but the dojang lost its venue and renovations an all .... . But I will definately get back into it as soon as I can find one with child freindly training times. At the mo I am kicking and punching down in the garage if anyone want to join me it TAt P.

**Deano** · 17th June 2004, 12:16

Originally Posted by jimbo750

I also do the mulisport thing when I'm not on the bike so I work out plenty. When you get a certain level of fitness you will start to really enjoy the pain. Liek I always say "train 'till you shit blood!"

Come on Jimbo, 'chasing' skirt and 'lifting weights' (12oz at a time) does not constitute multisports....

**Aucker** · 17th June 2004, 13:30

Originally Posted by jrandom

Nice wee gym that.

I used to train at Planet Health down in Henderson Valley Rd but it's a bit far to go now I'm living in tat norf, so I go to JustWorkout in Takapuna which is nice and close to work. I've always preferred training immediately after work instead of going home first.

In fact if any of the shore-boy KBers want to try it out I can likely get you a free training session there.

do you weightlift jrandom or just prance around on the aerobics floor? wots your routine?

**jrandom** · 17th June 2004, 13:58

Originally Posted by Aucker

do you weightlift jrandom or just prance around on the aerobics floor?

I fecking LIFT, matey. No prancing for me. Always hated it. Don't go for runs or nuffin', neither. 'Just lifting' drops the fat off me as much as I ever need to.

Now, a disclaimer: my life is all out of balance right now, I'm a fat bastard and my lifts are not at their best.

But when I'm training properly, I like to lift three times a week - upper body 'push', lower body 'push', upper body 'pull'. I've always used my powerlifting totals as training goals and benchmarks, kept my workouts simple with nothing but free weights and compound movements. I prefer to err on the side of undertraining after a whole year went past a while back in which I couldn't get over 85kg and didn't increase my lifts due to obsessive overtraining and an insufficient diet.

If anyone's interested in lifting, I'm happy to loan out my copy of Beyond Brawn. Great book for the beginner who's confused by all the crap and hype surrounding what goes on in the gym.

**jimbo600** · 17th June 2004, 14:05

Originally Posted by Deano

Come on Jimbo, 'chasing' skirt and 'lifting weights' (12oz at a time) does not constitute multisports....

Oh, well how about chasing skirt while simultaniously having a sherman?

**Aucker** · 17th June 2004, 14:46

Originally Posted by jrandom

I fecking LIFT, matey. No prancing for me

hehe, yeah i did some serious lifting for 6 years when i finally figured out that you don't get out of it nearly as much as what you put in...then again some guys go just to perv at the chicks in loetards!

**Milky** · 17th June 2004, 15:26

Originally Posted by jimbo750

I also do the mulisport thing when I'm not on the bike so I work out plenty. When you get a certain level of fitness you will start to really enjoy the pain. Liek I always say "train 'till you shit blood!"

I think also it is muscle development - I have a very light upper body, and working on that is very very difficult. It seems like I am lifting no weight at all, then suddenly I cant lift anymore. With my lower body it is a different story, and I get the satisfying burn of my muscles saying they have been used.

**jrandom** · 17th June 2004, 15:39

Originally Posted by Milky

It seems like I am lifting no weight at all, then suddenly I cant lift anymore.

Persevere, mate. Just keep plugging away at the training and remembering to drink your protein shakes, and in ten years time you'll be the chunky little bastard with the floppy hairdo that gets all the chicks. Promise.

**wkid_one** · 17th June 2004, 17:13

Originally Posted by jrandom

If anyone's interested in lifting, I'm happy to loan out my copy of Beyond Brawn. Great book for the beginner who's confused by all the crap and hype surrounding what goes on in the gym.

I found the Joe Wieder BodyBuilding System book easier to read and actually use the principals.

I was 'at one stage' training to compete on stage.....but fuck does it not half dominate your life.

In all honesty - if you are looking to start training get the Body For Life book and follow it to the letter. In all my years of training for competition - I am yet to find a simplier, more complete and more successful method of training naturally

**FROSTY:Me** · 17th June 2004, 17:41

Im not much interested in training for for brawn
I need to work on endurance and upper body strenth
Im thinking probably a good swimming program will help there

**Big Dog** · 17th June 2004, 18:08

When it comes to the gym I enjoy circuits.

I have no interest:
in bulking up
being able to run marathons
being stronger than I already am.

If I ever need to be stronger I'll do what I need, until then.....WHY?

I only want to:
learn how to swim
get bike fit
lose enough weight to be able to buy non custom leather.

In my experience my weight has more to do with my state of mind than ANY amount of working out. If I'm happy, low stress, and am not facing repossession of anything then I lose weight rapidly. If I am unhappy stressed or in finacial shtick I balloon up.

I can't jog (dislocated knees in bike accident), I loathe team sports (they are so stressful I gain weight), I can't seem to find a Dojo I like ever since leaving school.

I like swimming, Martial arts, gym. Maybe when the bike is paid for for I can afford another membership.