The RacerX weight loss thread

[GodOfRhythm]

Are you still doing this Ron?

If so I'm always available to give you some advice, just PM or mail me. (and believe me I know what I'm talking about).

[mm2002]

I haven't been following this thread, but Ron, are you skinny yet?
I can't wait to see pics of you skinny. I don't think it'll look quite right, but ya never know.

[NextInLine]

Too bad for you,she was not born in 1964 :ROTF:

You know who was! Darn, I need to get rid of my uncle!

[Norton]

Way too hot!

Too bad for you,she was not born in 1964 :ROTF:

[Cleveland Metal]

Nicole's just fine

Just about right IMO... I like em like that.

[NextInLine]

Nicole's just fine

Way too hot!

[Norton]

Well I know Ron's reply to this;

Eh, too skinny..

Nicole's just fine

[Cleveland Metal]

Damn dude... Good work... Now watch the mashed potatoes and you'll be stylin..

[RacerX]

I find doing cardio after the weight training better for me...Just a thought, if ya ever feel like changing it up.

OK, interesting...I'll keep that in mind! I know not to get stuck in a routine, whether it's form, exercise or order.


OK, continuing with my Week of Workouts!


Saturday April 28: rested


Sunday April 29: Played tennis from about 9:15 AM - 11:15 AM at a local park with my friend/instructor Clyde. Well, we didn't play an actual game, but we hit it back & forth, practicing our swings. My endurance during tennis is awesome, I only rested once, for about 5 minutes. Got a good sweat going the rest of the time. Drove home & showered.


Monday April 30: Same as Friday: At gym after work for full workout; 4 guys & a gal there when I started; none left when I finished. Extended time on treadmill to 18 minutes for a total of 48 minutes straight cardio. Replaced one set of preacher curl machine with barbell concentration curl set on each arm. I cut out the calf machine. 15 minutes in sauna. Tried weighing myself on the old (slider/ weight balance type) scale. It was fluctuating between 312 - 328, blah.


Tuesday May 1: rested


Wednesday May 2: After work tennis date w/ Lorraine, the 23 year old co-worker who is also starting an exercise routine this spring. I actually talked her into playing for 90 minutes! Local tennis center at a large regional park in the area.
Bonus: She invited her cute friend Claudia, so it was a "tennis a trois"
I got there at 5:50 PM to do pre-stretching and grab a court. Lorraine got there a little after 6 and we started batting it around. Claudia showed up about 10 minutes later. We played 2 against one until one of the girls would tire, Claudia only lasted 30 minutes. Lorraine was a trooper though; we played for a total of 90 minutes exactly. We both got a good sweat but I played straight through and I'm pretty sure I kept my heart rate in the target zone the whole time.


Thursday May 3: rested by trying out my just-arrived Washburn 7 string!


Tonight, Friday May 4: Did some errands right after work, so I got to the gym at 6:25 PM for my full workout. Only 1 guy there, and he was just leaving. Apparently I'm such a regular now - that the dude saw me and said "Hey, you're a little late today! "
So when he left I had my own private gym all to myself!
I figured as much when I was able to park my car right by the entrance door. Sweet.
Did 30 minutes on stairstepper and 20 minutes on treadmill.
Eventually I want to get to 60 minutes of cardio 5 days a week, then maybe every day. I'm pretty close to that already if you include all the tennis.
Did my 3 machines, and am working in more free weights in between (sets of 25# & 30# concentration curls and 30# tricep drops).
Did 25 relaxing minutes in the sauna.
Oh yeah, one more luxury touch I haven't mentioned yet: One of the showers has a flip down bench you can sit down on while you shower your lazy ass! :ROTF:



So, this has been quite the "action-packed" week for me! That's 5 days of exercise out of the last 8! You can see I've increased my cardio steadily and am allowing days of rest between strength training.

[sevser]

Sounds like you are over the "hump"...That’s great! Keep it going Ron...If ya do loose it, you just have to start over again ...I do at least once a year.

Once you get those muscles used to the motions you will find your Strength increase dramatically.

The sauna and all that stuff helps you recover and just feel good…That’s why I dropped $2000 on a personal one.

I find doing cardio after the weight training better for me...Just a thought, if ya ever feel like changing it up.

[RacerX]

OK, guys, I had a great week...here's the update:

Friday April 27: Full workout: Went to the gym directly after work. Only 4 guys in the place. Did my pre-workout stretches (very important), then started my cardio routine:
30 minutes on the stairmaster (the display at the end says I burn around 400 calories) followed immediately by 15 minutes on the treadmill. There's a big screen TV right in front of the cardio machines; I usually watch King of the Hill and The Simpsons.
Total straight cardio time: 45 minutes

Then I did my strength/weight routine: 3 sets of 10 on machines:
-preacher curl
-quad extension
-chest & tri fly
-leg curl

I also experimented with 25 & 30 pound dumbbells for curling, cutting small reps in.

Strength training time: about 30 minutes

Post stretching

Shower time! Then 10 minutes in the sauna. Shower again.


I felt great! I don't know what it is, "the pump" or "adrenaline", that high you get from a good workout, but I was feeling it! I remember feeling very alive!

[fett]

Here's Ron on his date. He's the one on the left.

[kelly user]

You know YOU, Cleveland John, and kellyuser ALL want me!!

STILL SAY YOU LOOK LIKE A CHILD MOLESTER!!!!!:ROTF: good work though, my body sucks durning the summer and springs months im slender but like a bear i plump up in the winter.

[mab8485]

I'm down to about 208 now..it was all that Coke..pop will bloat your ass in no time..

Too true. Back in high school I weighed about 92kg because all I used to drink was soft drink. I hardly ever drank water. I went on a ketogenic diet for 3 weeks, lost 17kg's, and the only difference I made to my lifestyle to keep the weight off was stop drinking soft drink. That was about 3-4 years ago now.

I have the opposite problem now. The way my lifestyle is I don't eat enough. It's impossible to put on weight. I weigh 72kg at 6'2".

[NextInLine]

Yeah! I'll take that as a compliment!! AA Rocks!

I don't think that picture looks like someone from Amon Amarth but it sure looks metal!