Fitness Thread

[O Really]

if I'm going to poison myself I want good poison.

That's what I've been trying to tell JTA about beer. If you're going to blow your healthy diet on beer, at least drink some good beer and don't waste your muscles on Bud Lite. I'll happily spend a couple of extra hours in the gym for some 1554, but Bud Lite....seriously?

[GoCubsGo]

if I'm going to poison myself I want good poison.

That's what I've been trying to tell JTA about beer. If you're going to blow your healthy diet on beer, at least drink some good beer and don't waste your muscles on Bud Lite. I'll happily spend a couple of extra hours in the gym for some 1554, but Bud Lite....seriously?

He must be young :-0?>

[O Really]

if I'm going to poison myself I want good poison.

That's what I've been trying to tell JTA about beer. If you're going to blow your healthy diet on beer, at least drink some good beer and don't waste your muscles on Bud Lite. I'll happily spend a couple of extra hours in the gym for some 1554, but Bud Lite....seriously?

He must be young :-0?>

I'm thinking he is, but you gotta get wise sometime. Or end up some version of Colonel Taylor.

[JTA]

if I'm going to poison myself I want good poison.

That's what I've been trying to tell JTA about beer. If you're going to blow your healthy diet on beer, at least drink some good beer and don't waste your muscles on Bud Lite. I'll happily spend a couple of extra hours in the gym for some 1554, but Bud Lite....seriously?

My dad came to me one evening when I was a kid, lifted his shirt exposing his beer-belly to me and said "You see this, boy? This is what you have to look forward to."

He also told me eating lots of seafood would put hair on my chest and back, which seemed to have worked, although I think that's more to do with genetics than seafood consumption.

But back to beer, I'll be real with you guys. I've slacked off on the bud lite. I save that for when I'm having people over and want something cheap to get a little tipsy off of. My go-to beers of late have been Yuengling, Budweiser, Blue Moon, and Dos Equis. Reasonably priced > Bud Lite.

[O Really]

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But back to beer, I'll be real with you guys. I've slacked off on the bud lite. I save that for when I'm having people over and want something cheap to get a little tipsy off of. My go-to beers of late have been Yuengling, Budweiser, Blue Moon, and Dos Equis. Reasonably priced > Bud Lite.

That is an improvement!
Original Budweiser was really a good beer until InBev bought it. "After the 18 November 2008 InBev takeover, several cost-cutting measures that were implemented have, according to some sources, negatively affected the flavor of the beer. Whole rice grains have now been replaced by broken ones, and the high quality Hallertauer Mittelfrüh hop has been phased out. A former top AB InBev executive says the company saved about $55 million a year substituting cheaper hops in Budweiser and other U.S. beers."

I like the Blue Moon Belgian White, but you do know it's not really a craft beer anymore, right? Just another MillerCoors brand.

[JTA]

O Really, I finally splurged and got one of those kettle bells. Well worth the money, that thing kicks my ass.

[O Really]

O Really, I finally splurged and got one of those kettle bells. Well worth the money, that thing kicks my ass.

Yep - good all around body work. There are a lot of vids online on how to use them. Way more than just swings. What weight did you get?
Let me know when you learn the Turkish get-up.

[Vrede too]

... Let me know when you learn the Turkish get-up.

I think he's already wearing one.

[JTA]

O Really, I finally splurged and got one of those kettle bells. Well worth the money, that thing kicks my ass.

Yep - good all around body work. There are a lot of vids online on how to use them. Way more than just swings. What weight did you get?
Let me know when you learn the Turkish get-up.

I ended up getting a 35 lb weight. Seems to be just right.

[O Really]

O Really, I finally splurged and got one of those kettle bells. Well worth the money, that thing kicks my ass.

Yep - good all around body work. There are a lot of vids online on how to use them. Way more than just swings. What weight did you get?
Let me know when you learn the Turkish get-up.

I ended up getting a 35 lb weight. Seems to be just right.

Good place to start. Diligent effort on kettlebells will bring some pretty fast progress, though. I first started kettlebells a little under two years ago. Did 25 pounds until I got the form down, then 40 pounds for about 6 months. I do 50's and 70's now. One set of 10-15 with the 50's and two sets with the 70's. I use the 70 for goblet squats and deadlift, 35 for anything that's above my head.

[O Really]

So JTA - how's it going with the kettlebells?

It was a good day at the gym today. Not intentionally, but I managed to destroy the self-esteem of a couple of guys 10 and 20 years younger than me. They were whining about how nothing gets easier or lighter as you get older and how hard they're working. They were wheezing with 230 on a bar to shrug and I loaded it to 320 and shrugged it 15. Told them if it did start to get easier they weren't working hard enough.

[JTA]

So JTA - how's it going with the kettlebells?

It was a good day at the gym today. Not intentionally, but I managed to destroy the self-esteem of a couple of guys 10 and 20 years younger than me. They were whining about how nothing gets easier or lighter as you get older and how hard they're working. They were wheezing with 230 on a bar to shrug and I loaded it to 320 and shrugged it 15. Told them if it did start to get easier they weren't working hard enough.

So far so good, definitely feel like I'm making some progress and i can tell they're working muscles that haven't been worked in a long time.

I still need to sign up to a gym though. Might do that later this month.

[O Really]

There are some advantages to a gym for someone who actually goes regularly. More equipment, making more varied workouts possible and reducing liklihood of boredom; people around to learn from or be inspiration; and, in your case, potential for meeting chicks working on their bodies and not interested in church.

Try to find a gym that will let you go a few times before you join, or that has month-to-month memberships. They like to get the annual membership because the majority of people who join don't ever - or rarely - use the gym. I used to call them the "January people". They's show up and jam up the place right after making their New Year's resolutions and be gone before Feb 1. Wouldn't see them the rest of the year.

[JTA]

Kettle bell update:

It's been maybe a couple months since I've started working out with a kettle bell. I can definitely say my posture has improved a whole lot since I started doing the back exercises.

Also, I started doing this about two weeks ago. So far so good: http://stronglifts.com/5x5/

[O Really]

I've heard of the 5x5 plan. I think it's pretty good, but I like a little more variety. Also I automatically don't agree with anyone who says "only use free weights" or "only use machines." There's room for both, particularly when you get a few years on you and don't want to drop 230 on your chest or neck.

[JTA]

I've heard of the 5x5 plan. I think it's pretty good, but I like a little more variety. Also I automatically don't agree with anyone who says "only use free weights" or "only use machines." There's room for both, particularly when you get a few years on you and don't want to drop 230 on your chest or neck.

I agree. The reason I'm doing the 5x5 is because me and a friend are doing it together. We went in and bought some weights so we figured it would be the best place to start since we always have someone to spot.

[Seth Milner]

I go to the gym to stay in shape too. Also to keep my shape.
Also to ensure I can get a shape. . .also. . .

[O Really]

Nice rendition of a bow. Nice presentation of the girls. Is that really you, Seth?

[Seth Milner]

Nice rendition of a bow. Nice presentation of the girls. Is that really you, Seth?

Hell, if that was me, do you think I would be here right now typing on this keyboard? Going to the gym and looking at bods like that makes me do two things: Wonder what in hell are they doing there, and, uh, well, guess the other.

[O Really]

I use free weights for curls, deadlifts, squats, lunges, farmer's walk, and sometimes shrugs. I use cables for triceps and side bends. I use a variety of stuff for abs. I use machines for chest and leg presses and lat pull-downs. I do dips and pull-ups for body-weight work. I also do a lot of balance work, because us geezers tend to lose balance skills. Current weights are: Curl 80 (or 35 dumbells), deadlift 250ish, chest press 230-250, shrug 320, leg press 300. Kettles, 70lb bell. Sometimes for, ummmm, "sport" I do the crossfit WOD "Cindy" http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/008094.html
But generally, I think the crossfit people are loons.

6', 180lbs, over 60YO.