FitnessBore - 2018 edition

[MyNameIsMethodis]

whyyy crossfit

[Himu]

Crossfit looks more social than other gyms. The people there also push their bodies to their limits to achieve a physical peak. That is what I want. I'm sick of going to gyms where I run on a goddamn thing for 30 minutes and people aren't friendly and helpful and it doesnt feel like you grow with them as a group. Honestly don't get how people go to regular gyms. Shit is boring.

[Cormacaroni]

Crossfit people are pretty cool and supportive in my experience. I keep hearing that the gyms have proliferated to the point where good, knowledgeable trainers (i.e. with a solid Crossfit and non-Crossfit background...) are thin on the ground though. You could try posting on the crossfit.com forums for recommendations for places in your area.

The problem is, it is a GRIND. So you will need a support group and to be highly motivated to stick with it.

[Himu]

Thank you cormac. There's a gym just a few miles away. I'll ask about them.

[Dickie Dee]

Anyone have any opinions on P90X?

[ToxicAdam]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

You need to go do it tomorrow if funds permit. These arbitrary conditions you ar setting up are like a smoker saying he is going to quit after he smokes this last carton.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

my friends doing the hardcore P90x program andh e seems to enjoy it, so ya like cormac said if you stick with it then it'll be cool. gl

[Dickie Dee]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

Has anyone at any gym in all of history ever given a crap if someone showed up and was a bit out of shape?

[Himu]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

You need to go do it tomorrow if funds permit. These arbitrary conditions you ar setting up are like a smoker saying he is going to quit after he smokes this last carton.

Well it's not really procrastination for me. I'm just embarrassed by my physicality and body. Beyond The reason given above i also avoid gyms because of it.

[Cormacaroni]

Anyone have any opinions on P90X?

All I know is what I gleaned from watching people at my gym do it (i know they are doing P90x cause they bring in a Macbook and play the DVD ).

Based on that, it's a real mess of a program that takes forever to do, relies on a ton of volume and has no significant strength component. But it may be ok for you if you have no other program to follow and have friends that will do it with you (since any program is likely better than none). It's probably far too ambitious for beginners though, since the workouts are really long and too high in volume.

[Himu]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

Has anyone at any gym in all of history ever given a crap if someone showed up and was a bit out of shape?

Having bad body image is common when you are fat.

[Cormacaroni]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

Has anyone at any gym in all of history ever given a crap if someone showed up and was a bit out of shape?

Everyone else secretly enjoys it

[ToxicAdam]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

You need to go do it tomorrow if funds permit. These arbitrary conditions you ar setting up are like a smoker saying he is going to quit after he smokes this last carton.

Well it's not really procrastination for me. I'm just em arazsed by my physicality and body. I avoid gyms because of it.

But it is. You just have set up these parameters to buffer yourself from the guilt of not going.

Body dysmorphia doesn't just go away when you lose 10-20 lbs or whatever .. It's a continual battle for the rest of your life. Even when you are in great shape, you will still look in the mirror and only see the flaws.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

body dysmorphia is shit and it sucks waking up some days and feeling like you literally lost nothing even though you really know its not true and then you look in the mirror and youre just like " "

[Shaka Khan]

Cormac, do you have reservations against Mark Sisson that I should know of? Because I'm going through his articles and jotting notes as if they're a gospel.

[Cormacaroni]

he's done about 1,000x as much research into this stuff as I have so it would be daft for me to say i have reservations. All these Paleo guys have slightly different methods, areas of interest and points of emphasis but they agree far more than they disagree. Sisson is keener on butter and dairy than most but that's not exactly heresy nowadays. I think his lifestyle stuff is fantastic.

[Groogrux]

Himu - If I can go to the gym, you can go to the gym.  I weigh over 350 lbs, my tits jiggle when I run, and my thighs rub together whenever I move.  There is ALWAYS somebody there that is going to be worse off than you.  I am not the fattest guy at my gym, but I'm definitely in the top 3.  EVERYBODY is worried about how they look, and if they weren't, they wouldn't be in a gym.

Mamacint - One of the original founders of P90X was Mark Sisson.  The man isn't keen on putting his name on things he doesn't think would work.  Granted, he's had some ideas in the past that weren't as successful as others, but he's a cautious man.  Also, when people ask him about P90X, he doesn't have bad things to say about it.  Like Cormac said, his lifestyle stuff is great and I've followed him for so long now that EVEN WHEN I'm not on one of his protocols, I still think back to them as a default when I don't know what else to do.

[Mupepe]

I don't want to join a gym unless it is crossfit. I will get into crossfit in a few months but I want to get more in shape so I don't walk into the crossfit gym looking pathetic.

This is meant to be tough love, so don't take it the wrong way but this sentiment is procrastination distilled. It's bullshit.

You need to go do it tomorrow if funds permit. These arbitrary conditions you ar setting up are like a smoker saying he is going to quit after he smokes this last carton.

Well it's not really procrastination for me. I'm just em arazsed by my physicality and body. I avoid gyms because of it.

But it is. You just have set up these parameters to buffer yourself from the guilt of not going.

Body dysmorphia doesn't just go away when you lose 10-20 lbs or whatever .. It's a continual battle for the rest of your life. Even when you are in great shape, you will still look in the mirror and only see the flaws.

body dysmorphia is shit and it sucks waking up some days and feeling like you literally lost nothing even though you really know its not true and then you look in the mirror and youre just like " "

This and this. 

Himu, you've seen how much I've lost but I am deadly serious when I say that I look in the mirror and see the same fat body as I did over a year ago.  Every once in a while I can see myself as decently thin, but most of the time I don't really see a change.  I have to compare pictures. 

You will probably not be comfortable with your body image for a long time.  Just join now.  No one really cares and you can start to get into the shape that you want sooner. 

[Himu]

Okay.

[TakingBackSunday]

What my boss does and something I'm considering doing as soon as the funds permit is he goes to a gym that's pretty much open all day long.  Basically 5 am to 2 am.  So my boss goes in a few hours after work, at like 9 and works out without a lot of people being around to gawk at you.  It's kind of a self-conscious approach but it solves two of my pet peeves:

a) being around people
b) having to wake up super early to work out

[BlueTsunami]

How about ya grab ya dick, go to the gym at 5pm and not give a shit. No ones looking and if they are its because you're carne obese or a super sexy specimen

[MyNameIsMethodis]

brand new ur attractive iw ould go gay for you why are you scared of the gym

[TakingBackSunday]

Well I often work from 12-9 or 10-7, and fuck waking up earlier than 8 in my current sleep schedule.

I really don't have any hesitations about going to a gym, I just haven't really put much effort into finding one to go to.  And actually, I can pretty much use vanderbilt's rec center for free since I diddled one of the managers there and she said I could use it anytime.  Might just do that.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Aren't you in college also? Most colelges have gyms you can use

[TakingBackSunday]

Belmont has like one treadmill

the hipsters here don't work out

[BlueTsunami]

College gyms suck anyways. Bro chickenleg central.

[TakingBackSunday]

band name acquired

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I'm averaging about 5 lbs a week dropped since I figured out how to have a correct carb nite. Insane. I went from hating this diet to reccomending it now. Thanks again Cormac and Googrux

[Beezy]

When your family finishes eggs to bake cakes knowing that you're trying to avoid stuff like that and also knowing that you usually only eat eggs for breakfast.

[Himu]

muay thai :merchant

[MyNameIsMethodis]

more like

muay thai :dead2:

[Himu]

naw, that's crossfit. saw their workout of the day yesterday. Going today.

[Groogrux]

I'm averaging about 5 lbs a week dropped since I figured out how to have a correct carb nite. Insane. I went from hating this diet to reccomending it now. Thanks again Cormac and Googrux

Don't thank me.  I've apparently been doing it wrong!  LOL.  I posted in my member log the other day that I was worried that my progress had slowed, and one of the moderators asked me what I was eating.  When I posted my food log, we quickly discovered that I had my ratios backwards.  I'm supposed to be eating a 2:1 ratio of protein to fat.  I was eating that ratio 1:2...

I'm going to up the protein, cut the fat, and see if it sticks.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Eh its still nice to read about things working out.

I guess i'll post some progress pics since my year anniversary is coming up.

No i'm not black, just half black. Not even a lie.

I'm up to 165 lbs lost as of today!

I did this half hazardly so I don't have any body shots from when I started; just know I was up to 445 lbs and im down to 290lbs now.



the left is me from march last year, it's the only remaining photo I have of back then, sorry. on the right is just now and that 2xl shirt I have on is wayyy too big now. I went from like 5xl to 1xl in a year, awesome.

My pants didn't really change as much tho, I went from a 54 to I think is a 46 now. Thats the most dissapointing part so far. Oh well. Motivation for another year.



a beautiful picture of my liscence, I was even fatter than that if you cna believe it! on the right was like a month ago when I went out ot the bar.

This is the only pthoto full body of me when I was fat and this was when I was like 15 lol. On the right was a few days ago going out for the bar




so now the real hard part begins; the get super swole part as I reach my first goal of 250. Once the winter snow is gone I can graduate from the kettlebell and what feels like a eternity of running / snow shoveling to weight lifting.

but i just wanna thank cormac eric p and everyone else for the help and inspiration . It amazes me how easy it was to shed this 160 lbs, you just have to be dedicated and comfortable telling yourself no.


as mupepe said tho, body dismorphism is a fucking pain in the ass. like I look at these photos and I think I haven't lost anything, I know deep down thats not true as my clothes are 5 sizes smaller in some cases and theres numbers to back it up. But it just all feels the same ya know? o wells

thanks everyone

edit: oh yeah I dont have a camera other than my cheap webcam, sorry.

edit2: and yes cousin demi it did get bigger

[Himu]

Methodis you are cute!

[MyNameIsMethodis]

ty bb 

[BlueTsunami]

Fantastic progress methodis!

[Cormacaroni]

it's gonna be hard to be nasty to Methodis after seeing those chubby little cheeks and that cheeky smile

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hard, but not impossible

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[MyNameIsMethodis]

  thank you both

[Boogie]

"Half Black" 

You're pastier than I am! 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

its just the bad lighting this one shows the blackness on me better

[MyNameIsMethodis]

thank you

[Himu]

I'm more of a kung fu person, but I need a real physical martial art to help me achieve the body I want. That school also teaches karate, mma, and bjj.

I do worry about my body (mostly my knees) due to the training muay Thai requires but life is life.

breh, all good martial arts schools have heavy conditioning exercises, unless you're going to a some form factory. For example here's a very small part of my kung fu school's basic conditioning set...

Woo! Impressed! Guess I have bad experience from Kung fu past. We just practiced forms. There's a shaolin school in downtown. I want to go there when I move midtown. The muay thai thing I'm just getting my feet wet. So we will have to see.

[TakingBackSunday]

keep truckin' dude!

[Himu]

Houston! You're talking Kung fu? What schools of karate do you like? The school I'm going for muay has karate but apparently it is a mish mash of styles. Not sure bout that.

[Himu]

Tell me what's good

[Dickie Dee]

Methodis

[Shaka Khan]

Whoa, Methodis, grats man. Amazing progress.

Just remember, I didn't hate you when hating you was cool, and I certainly don't hate you now. :smugbiden

[Smooth Groove]

forget the weight loss

how did you lose so much pigment? 

you could have made millions if Michael Jackson was still alive

[Mupepe]

Methodis   Great job, man!

[MyNameIsMethodis]

ty everyone I dont hate n e one i dont blame n e one hate me for when i was a troll either

smooth groove i drank too much milk  :'(

[Groogrux]

I have to say Methodis, I'm VERY proud of you man.  That's a huge amount of change and weight loss!

It gives me hope that I can get this weight off of myself.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

You can man, and if I recall correctly you're starting 100lbs lighter than I was, so you'll look 2x better than I was. Less then a year from now you'll be #swole. Thank you for the compliments tho

[Mupepe]

So for the last 3 or 4 weeks I've been doing carb nite.  I've been looking to change my diet up for a while now that I'm switching more towards a recomp instead of weight loss.  So I bounced around a few things and even tried carb backloading (the proper way this time, Cormac ).  Carb backloading came the closest to fitting the bill, but I felt shitty eating carbs every night.  I wasn't going completely dirty either.  It's not like I was eating cupcakes.  I was eating white rice, sweet potatoes, plantains, etc.  But I felt horrible doing it 5 times a week.  But I've been doing carb nite for the last month or so and now I'm getting compliments from people saying I'm looking even leaner.  A few guys at  the gym have told me that I'm looking "swole" (lol).  My lifts are skyrocketing (that might have to do with 5/3/1 as well which I'm also loving).  I have a ton of energy and I reserve feeling gross for only one night a week.  I fucking love it.  I've also dropped about 5 lbs in weight (all within the last week and a half) and I'm not even trying.  I keep adding more to what I eat everyday and I still keep losing fat.  I don't know how many calories since I stopped caring/counting, but it's a substantial amount more than what I was doing before and not losing any weight.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

How many carbs do you average on a non carb nite day if i may ask

[Mupepe]

How many carbs do you average on a non carb nite day if i may ask

The only carbs I consume are from veggies so I don't really count, but definitely less than 30 grams I'd imagine. 

[Groogrux]

So, last year I walked a 3k charity event (it was supposed to be a 5k run, but cold weather got the best of it) and ran participated in a Tough Mudder in October.

This year, I'll be doing the 5k charity race again (although it's for muscular distrophy, and I don't think anyone will actually run in it), and the Tough Mudder in October.  I'm also thinking about doing a couple of other races/obstacle 5k's.

I know that Kiefer is hardcore against cardio, but how should I train for this and still keep in line with the CNS guidelines?

[Mupepe]

So, last year I walked a 3k charity event (it was supposed to be a 5k run, but cold weather got the best of it) and ran participated in a Tough Mudder in October.

This year, I'll be doing the 5k charity race again (although it's for muscular distrophy, and I don't think anyone will actually run in it), and the Tough Mudder in October.  I'm also thinking about doing a couple of other races/obstacle 5k's.

I know that Kiefer is hardcore against cardio, but how should I train for this and still keep in line with the CNS guidelines?

You'll probably run into trouble either way IMO.  Carb restrictive diet + cardio is kinda hell.  I'm not saying you won't be able to do it, you probably just won't be feeling 100%.  If I were going to do it, I'd go for endurance and lower speed instead of high intensity. 

[TakingBackSunday]

Yeah cardio has been ugh the last few weeks.  It's a good ugh though

[Himu]

Ben, I looked in baji quan after our discussion. It has a beautiful form.



Wonderful mix of soft and hard styles. Simply beautiful.

I will consult Bomani Magharibi and Al Waalee Muhammad. If they ask why I've grown a d cup and why I look so pretty all of a sudden, I will tell them I had testicular cancer.