The Fitness Target Thread...

[Screwy]

Originally Posted by Dave

New PB on Incline Bench 160kg x4!

Weighed in @ 21st 5 @19% bf

That's belting that son

[Dave]

Aye m8, 100k flew up easy, 140 struggled last 2, if id have had more of a rest after that reckon id of got 5-6

[Screwy]

Keep going, soon get 10 out of it

[Morba]

Originally Posted by Dave

New PB on Incline Bench 160kg x4!

Weighed in @ 21st 5 @19% bf

Nice one

[Goody]

Bit of a long shot but looking to buy myself an olympics weight kit as needing more weight, need to get it delivered but hard pushed to take time off work for it just now. Anyone got any websites that are decently cheap/have good delivery options?

[Dave]

Ebays probably your best bet m8. Dont bother with Argos crap, get proper iron/steel weights

[Goody]

It was more the delivery aspect, though this place seems to to 10 quid for saturday delivery which aint bad. Anything particular jump out as being bad about the below?

http://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk/..._/12592_p.html

[Dave]

170k is plenty heavy enough, Olympic bar aswell looks good m8.

Get that an EZ Bar and a bench your pretty much sorted m8!

[Dave]

270kg rack pull x3! New Personal Best, just call me super dave! haha

[Ashen]

I prefer Special Dave

[Brocken]

Starting going the gym 3 times a week recently (morning before work) and doing Starting Strength.

I've always been skinny. Never been any more than 11st. Been getting lots of food (high in protein) in me recently and am finally putting on some weight. I'm at about 11st 6lbs now. Not quite sure how comfortable I am with the bulking/cutting as I can begin to see the belly getting a bit bigger.

Current lifts for future reference:

Squat: 62.5kg
Bench: 55kg
Standing press: 40kg
Bent row: 40kg
Deadlift: 50kg

Hopefully see them shoot up quite quickly.

[Skawt]

I ran in this thing today... http://www.spartanrace.com/edinburgh...rint-2012.html

I agreed to do it as a bit of a drunken bet at a friend's wedding. I'm not especially fit yet and found it incredibly hard going. Made it to the end though so fairly pleased particularly when people in my heat were still making their way round 30 mins after I finished.

[Morba]

Finally entered my first strongman comp a couple of weeks ago, came 3rd well happy! O to the next one now in a few weeks!!

[Skawt]

Originally Posted by Skawt

I ran in this thing today... http://www.spartanrace.com/edinburgh...rint-2012.html

I agreed to do it as a bit of a drunken bet at a friend's wedding. I'm not especially fit yet and found it incredibly hard going. Made it to the end though so fairly pleased particularly when people in my heat were still making their way round 30 mins after I finished.

Apparently I came 69th out of 1028, also beat my best mate's time. The below wasn't even the muddiest I was.


ESRC1200281 by Edinburgh Spartan Sprint 2012, on Flickr

[Brocken]

Best time of the week to go the gym is 6.30 on a Monday morning - wakes you up and your body has had two days off instead of one so you're more rested.

Latest numbers:

(All barbell sets of 5)

Squat: 70kg
Bench: 60kg
Deadlift: 70kg
Press: 45kg
Bent Row: 45kg

I sleep in the world's shittest bed which has been causing me slight lower back pain which has probably held me back a bit.

Going to try sleeping on the floor from now on.

[Inertiaman]

Grats Skawt - looks like a beast.

[Dave]

Day 2 of my diet change and its already killing me!

Big push to drop to 10%bf tho.

Yesterdays food and water intake.

Meal 1 (Wake 6am) 50g Protein Shake, 30g Plain Peanuts
Meal 2 (9am) 250g Chicken breast, small portion of rice noodles (50/80g).
Meal 3 (Dinner) As Above
Meal 4 (3pm) 50g Shake, 30g Nuts
@Gym (5pm) (2 scoops BCAA powder in 2ltrs water) 30 mins cardio after
Post Gym (6.30pm) 50g Shake, small bowl of Cereal (Fast acting Carbs)
Meal 5 (7.30pm) 400g Lamb Chops (Fat off), Veg
Meal 6 (Before Bed) 50g Protein Shake /w milk not water

Oh and 5ltrs of water throughout the day.
Pee'ing like a fckin racehorse!

[Brocken]

Set up a spreadsheet to track my weight-lifting progress:

http://bit.ly/QNJ2kc

Might be useful to someone.

[Dave]

Aye its the Mark Rippetoe str routine isnt it?, cracking increase already on the lifts in 4 week. Very good that!

Good all round routine that tbh m8

[Brocken]

Aye it's that routine but with cleans replaced with rows. Haven't progressed too well on certain things because I have a bit of lower back pain (need to check my form as that might be a cause).

Also not been fully embracing the nutrition i.e. 4000+ calories a day (eating about 3000 with ~180g protein) as I'm not entirely comfortable with putting on a lot of fat (don't mind a bit). If I was I think the gains would probably be even more.

[Dave]

I wouldnt worry too much about the cals m8, as long as the protein is going in.

Lean gains are very hard to achieve, but not impossible

[MrBojimbles]

I wish D33 posted that progress picture back in 2004 when arguing with the cunt was a daily ritual, would've saved a whole heap of time

[Stuie]

I've begun trying to get fit.

I'm 11 n a half stone (5'3) and can't run a mile none stop at the moment. It's been something I've been meaning to tackle for a while starting with trying to eat better and just exercising in general.

First goal is to be able to actually jog a mile without having to slow to a walk. starting off with 20 mins of cardio 4 times a week with a mile jog/walk outdoors.

[Brocken]

Nice one; I'm going to try to supplement my weight lifting with 5km runs 2-3 times a week. I'm terribly unfit also :{

I'd suggest experimenting with running really early in the morning (6-7am) at least once or twice. I've never been a morning person but the only way I can guarantee I'll get exercise done is if I do it straight away in the morning.

[*XeR0x*]

I've been doing a fair bit of cycling recently but i've also been eating alot and i've got a bit fat for the first time in my life, and it all goes on the belly.

So a week ago I started a bit of a diet (smaller portions, less shit, less carbs, more protein and more veg) and started running again. So now that's cycling, running and gym for weights.

Will hopefully see it go in a few weeks, but fuck me running is so much harder than cycling!

[jackthezipper]

Feels good though.

[Dave]

New diet is working. Midgies cock under 20st now.

Think a bout of the flu gave it a bit if a shove, its a head in the right direction anyway

[BBW]

Is this the fitness thread or the "look how much I can lift!" thread?

[Dave]

Weights being lifted not count as fitness to you then?

[BBW]

Simply put; No.