http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan...teins-20130122

Haha I knew someone would post something about that. I'm living in Switzerland and the level is kind of soft so I am not too worried about those injuries

I did injure myself guess I forgot to mention this but I was wearing shoes that weren't running shoes that might have been partially why and I found a way around it where I haven't gotten injured:

Get good running shoes and warm up a bit before your run and get a really good stretch for all your leg/ankle/foot joints after doing this I haven't had an issue since.

Those numbers aren't completely accurate as if you jog in the morning for instance your metabolism has increased throughout most of the day and is burning additional calories through out.

The reason I said jogging was more effective for me is because I don't eat/drink snacks, sodas or junky processed food and I don't eat big portions, but I still have fat to burn.. so dieting isn't really going to do all that much but be unhealthy as I don't eat that much as it is.

Everyone's body is different.

But I do agree with you though.. I mean if you're drinking sodas and eating fast food it's a pretty no brainer what you need to do.. cut the bad food and sodas + exercise.

Nah...I know what to do. I've been in incredible shape in the past, so it's more a matter of discipline and inertia now. I haven't done anything in a long time, but I was a pretty serious athlete in high school and maintained pretty high levels of activity into my early 30s. I know proper form, and have always had great results, especially with strength training. I could bench press 330# once upon a time, and that was almost twice my body weight. The last time I was really in good shape, I was taking spin classes 3x a week then doing 20-30 mile trail rides on the weekends. That was probably when I was in my best overall shape, and that's what I want to get back to. I have old football injuries which keep me from running...I just can't take the angle of impact. But I can cycle all day without any type of joint pain.

As far as my back goes, it's definitely an issue of inactivity. When I'm sedentary all day, my hamstrings tighten up like a muther****er, and that tightness leads to pain in my lower back. When I'm diligent with stretching and get even a little activity, I'm usually pain free. If I don't stretch, here comes the pain.

Two 10km runs done this week. Slight foot numbness/pins and needles while running at times lately. Think I will have to go and get a run style analysis done as I could be wearing wrong style running shoe.

Doing 10km in 56 minutes .

I'm 6'1", 220 lbs., 33 yo.

I eat less now than I ever did, and healthier, but I'm also now heavier than I've ever been.

Just started lightly jogging again on the treadmill last night. (1 hour at ~3.7mph)

Going to incorporate some pushups also.

Want to lose at least 10lbs, preferably 20lbs.

why so much poker players so huge??


is it okay to post b4 & after photos?

Go for it dude. It's a fitness thread would be good to see some before/after pics, i doubt anyone would object.

I wouldn't consider myself huge, but the last 4 years or so it's like my metabolism decreased by half.

gogogo

Be careful with that. There's a ton of marketing bs around. I did a gait analysis, got sold some shoes to control my apparent over-pronation, and I'm fairly confident that it was those shoes that caused my IT band injury that kept me out of running for like 2 months. Imo you can run in anything, it's more important to be flexible, mobile and strong in the areas that matter. The barefoot/minimalist running movement is very popular atm and there's a fair amount of evidence around that shows that having less cushioning and support is actually better for injury prevention than more. There's a reason why you'll never find an advert for any running shoe that explicitly states that it reduces injury.

I did my first real tough running session tonight since getting injured in December. Two fast laps of a 3-hill/2km course. Felt good but goddam I'm stiff and sore now. Hoping I haven't ****ed myself up again. Will find out in the morning I guess!

Funnily enough when I bought my last pair of running shoes I bought a pair that help over-pronation as my old ones had worn in the outsides.
I have only ran 100km in the new ones so maybe my numbness is due to them.

A friend of a friend ) told me before that a barefooted run on the beach once a month is good for your feet.


Good stuff on the run, hope you're not too sore tomorrow.

pretty much gonna post my first set of pics i use to take when i tracked these things

5'7.5 125lbs was my starting point back around age 19-20(no photos of this online right now)

my first failed bulk attempt hahahah

5'7 & a half inches 185lbs of pure fat eww hahaha


2years ago 145lbs & i looked better irl than this photo, alil more muscular but pretty bad camera




^^^ year is not correct


& im about 150-155lbs now, gonna bulk until end of june or longer depending on how i look/feel & then cut weight b4 the summer parties start in august so i can look presentable at the beach

dont have camera now so prob wont have pics until summer, last 1.5years i slacked & only maintained my size more or less so really need to keep on getting bigger!!!


would love to see how other 2+2ers coming along looks wise too, the summer is soon approaching




& of course no ho-mo

Pull up your pants Exo.

If you were to believe the running companies, you should already be thinking of replacing those shoes fairly soon! Hint: Don't believe them!

Your friend is talking sense. A lot of running injuries (in fact a lot of sports injuries in general) come from having weak or inflexible areas such as your feet/hamstring/calves etc. There are a million companies out there trying to sell you things that will mask these problems (ie motion control shoes for overpronation) but the real way of fixing yourself is to find the source of the problem (eg weak calf muscle) and deal with that.

I'm not too worried about being sore, as long as I'm not too sore to put in a bike and swim session tomorrow, it's more the worry of waking up with yet another injury as I always seem to do after tough sessions recently. Did 10.5km in total which is further than I've been running recently, and I've not really pushed my pace recently either, especially uphill, so it was a big strain on the body.

gj exo!

how did you do Andre?

good work Exo

I lost 87 pounds a year and half ago, now doing a little more weights and trying to gain some muscle lml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0si0G...ature=youtu.be
I really think this is the most complete type of workouts anybody can do, Im setting up a set of bars at my place as soon as I complete it, funny cause actually wanting to have this setup and not having where to put it, is what motivate me to buy my own place.....

search BarStarzz on fb
so I always come back to my favorite mantra* Whatever a man wants a man achieves. never has disappointed me



this is my log fwiw
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/85...-tris-1274070/

Did anybody tried this http://www.speedtrainingchallenge.com/?

I'd like to increase my speed but just don't know how to do it efficiently. If you guys have any good program/exercices to do so I'd be more than happy to try it.

Website looks a bit scammy. For example this is bs:

That said, it's prob still got some good stuff. I can't see how they make their money though - do they give you the first vid then make you pay for the rest?

I would imagine a good Google search would come up with the most standard methods of improving sprinting speed.

Yes they give you one exercise for free and you pay 30$ to see all the other.


I searched on youtube and google and there is a ton of info there the problem is that I never know if those infos are always good. That's why I'm posting here, asking if someone was in the same situation as me and found a good solution

Can't really help I'm afraid. Tbh I wouldn't have thought isometric strength exercises with resistance bands would be the best way of improving speed, but they'll prob help in some way. My best guess would be squats and deadlifts to drastically increase your leg and posterior chain strength, coupled with power exercises like olympic lifts and resisted sprints.

Yeah I'll start with that, thanks for the advice!

might have to with potency, Ive been trying and reading about isometric exercises and theyre so simple yet so usefull that you should have a closer look imo, a guy like you can probably squeeze 1 or 2 workouts a week and improve a **** load