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- scarabin_net0
what's with the obituaries on crossfit?
- d_rek0
Combination Weightlifting / Cardio 4-5 days a week.
Weights: 45min - 1hr
Cardio: 20-30 minutes on a treadmill, elliptical or now that it's getting nicer out, running outside!Weight routine:
Mon: Chest + Tris
Tues: Bicep + Forearm
Weds: Shoulders
Thurs: Back
Fri: Legs (usually no cardio on these days)Usually follow any workout up with 10-15 minutes in a steam room.
I rotate my routine every two weeks for strength, mass and toning exercises.
All in all wouldn't change a thing. I love to workout and it offsets the 8+ hours a day i'm on my ass in front of a monitor.
- so are you ripped or what?scarabin_net
- Lol getting there.. cut about 25 lbs in 3 months. Gotta remember I just graduated from college.... (well last may)d_rek
- College was rough on my body.d_rek
- nice!scarabin_net
- If you're not hardcore ripped, your routine is way too segmented.section_014
- hektor9110
Anyone in Pilates?
- epikore0
It also depends on your genes to some degree.
- whendog0
try a sculpting class - Mostly chicks in there but whatever...Makes me the most sore of any class...also tons of yoga will help flexibility, core strength and always cute chicks in there
- barbara0
pilates/yoga is amazing for flexibility and helps in avoiding injury and you don't have to get crazy into it.
aside from resistance/weights and jump rope, HIIT does it for me. it's that addictive feel good energy, and you get much toned! ;)
- Chief0
Tues-Friday before work:
30 mins of cardio. usually running on the treadmill but since i jacked my knee playing soccer it's been on the elliptical.
30 mins of weights alternating between chest and back.
15 mins rehab for knee.
Sundays- Soccer
- TheFatBaron0
1 hour of Aikido, 3 days a week, plus whatever physical labor I can do on the weekends. Aikido places range from soft to hard... the school I go to is an ass-kicker.
- SteveJobs0
5-6 days a wk. at home. don't have time to drive anywhere and wait behind someone for the machine/weights i want to use. plus i can grunt and make faces and do all that other stupid shit guys do when i'm hitting my limits and i don't have to worry about distractions. have all my weights/suppliments at home so it's very convenient.
- Scotch_Roman0
I was doing 50/50 weight lifting and cardio, 3–4 days a week for years, and was only breaking even. I recently started swimming a couple days a week, and started seeing almost immediate results.
I usually run about 4 miles twice a week, or if the weather is bad I'll get on a stair climber at my gym.
For weights, I spend one day a week doing my entire upper body, and another day doing my legs. I do abs on both of those days.
For upper body I try to mix it up, but usually start with pull-ups, then some sort of chest workout, then shoulders, arms... but different things each time. I don't powerlift b/c I don't want to be huge.
For legs, basically the same principles, with leg press, calf raises, hamstring curls, lunges...
- 30–50 minutes per workout, depending on what I'm doing and how much time I have.Scotch_Roman
- Since I started swimming, I've had to cinch my belts by another notch... not that a 31" waist was bad to begin with.Scotch_Roman
- That sounds douchy.Scotch_Roman
- IRNlun60
I did crossfit for about 6 months and have never been in better shape. The difficult part is getting all the necessary equipment or finding a gym that actually allows to do the workouts. I highly recommend and need to get my ass back in the gym...
- epikore0
Do squats and have a gay guy spot you from behind.
- version30
when i go, I swim for an hour, then destroy my upper body for about half an hour in the weight room, when i don't go, i'm always 9 minutes away from warm toll house goodness.
- Point50
seriously though, here's a typical workout week for me:
Thursday // Chest & Triceps + abs
Friday // Back & Biceps
Saturday // Legs (Quadricep focus)
Sunday // Shoulders
Monday // Lower Chest focus + abs
Tuesday // off
Wednesday // Deadlifts & Legs (Hamstring focus)Make sure you involve some sort of compound or power lift for each major bodypart on the days you train them (i.e.: chest = bench press, legs = squats, back = pullups, etc) whether you use lightweight or not. And do not ignore the freeweights! Machines are secondary in most cases.
I do cardio on whatever day I have time for it, between 20-30 minutes. Interval cardio training at least two days a week.
On Saturday or Sunday I'll hit up the canyons around the corner from my house and do a 5-10 mile hike.
- formed0
Yoga (as much as I'd like to get back into martial arts, they just aren't worth it long term), weights, 30-40 cardio (stairs or running)
4-5 times a week
- mistermik0
used to box and play rugby (under 19 wales) so was fit.
then broke neck.12 years later - i generally drink now.
- how long did it take to bounce back from the neck?uberdesigner
- 12 years :)mistermik
- 3-4 years properlymistermik
- damn, I had a friend of mine break his neck... all I know is he had about 13 surgeries and counting in the last 15 years.Point5