Sly Bald Guys Forum
Confidence and Success => Fitness/Diet => SBG Fitness Challenge => Topic started by: TyMoore122 on October 01, 2012, 09:00:36 AM
-
Team Sly.....Great couple months of working out here! Right on! Septembers top performers awards to Beardman and Warhawk!!
O0
Welcome to the Sly October Fitness Challenge. Seen a slight drop in participation in September, lets pick it up as we are now in the weight gain months in the USA...Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are all on the horizon and with winter rolling in the pounds usually pile on! Lets try going into the holidays lighter versus needing a resolution on Jan 1 to lose it.
Objective: Post your fitness goals for the month, check in with your progress, support others while they march towards theirs and enjoy the fall.
My goals this month are
1) 200 miles on the bicycle (includes 1 65+ mile ride)
2) 3 weight lifting sessions per week
3) Increase Vo2max by 2 points
4) Weight loss? 4 pounds
Sign up and post your October goals….above all have fun and be careful, injuries impact goals….better to go light, than go home.
Cheers,
Ty
-
Hi Ty: I am in for the October Sly Fitness Challenge. I have been keeping my goals of going to the gym atleast 3 times a week. It is a habitual routine that I keep. I hope that we can get atleast more participants in the Sly Fitness Challenge.
It is just a fun way to keep motivated and also keep track of our other sly brothers. Thanks TyMoore for your encouragement. I am no where near your cardio routine but I am feeling great and enjoying the benefits of exercising.
C'mon... fellow chrome domes. Let's get physical and let's hear your stories.
WARHAWK O0
-
Beardman signing in for another month!
I'm really not sure where to start for my goals this month, for so long I've been striving for weight loss goals... and for the most part meeting them. Seems weird it isn't a priority now lol...
Ok, so lets go with these goals:
1) Continue to rehabilitate my shoulder, I would say it is probably back to 90% or more, there are still some things it hurts to do but they are far and few between. (probably going to add so more shoulder stuff to my new program)
2) write a new/get a new training program that better suits my new plan, which is muscle mass> weight-loss
having said that, I might need to rejig some of these other goals,
3) get back 50 kg flat bench
4) get to 80 kg squats
They seem like a good start :D Hopefully when I get my stuff sorted I'll be more clearer on my goals for November :D
-
I had a great workout this morning and I'm feeling the pain but in a good way. I plan on going tomorrow. C'mon fellow chrome domes... share your workout stories to help encourage others and myself. Ty and Beardman keep up the great workouts. You guys keep me motivated. W3!ght W3!ght
WARHAWK O0
-
I'm glad people still do sports.
-
I did not feel like going to the gym this morning but ignored my thoughts and went. I am glad I did. I'm feeling sore but I'm feeling great. O0
WARHAWK O0
-
Not going to lie... I've been getting slammed at work and have only made it to the gym once this week so far (chest/tricep session)... but in saying that... I have lost 1.8kgs (~3lbs) since tuesday... and that is purely from working, I have still been eating the same as always too. how intense is that?!?!?
-
Had an amazing back and biceps night tonight! My biceps are completely spent, I barely have the strength to lift my arms! We kind of got into competition mode... and the rules were that I had to match the same amount of reps my mate or brother could lift, but at one weight higher... and what can I say... I am so much stronger then I thought haha
The heaviest I lifted for the night was 42.5kg (93lbs, full set of 12) single arm dumbell row, 40kg (88lbs, only 3 reps) ez bar curls, 20kg (44lbs, 2 reps) incline dumbell curls, I would then finish each set off on the weight they were lifting. Quite a fun session really!
-
Liking this thread.....have to figure a fitness routine that fits into life on the road in my rig....some good resources out there....I'll keep y'all posted. Doin' dips between the seats, push-ups in the sleeper, using excercise bands for resistance, stuff like that....
-
that works!
-
I am running and using weights at the mo. problem is I seem to lose weight rather than bulk , if I run less I put on round my stomach! Grrrr!
-
My mate gym partner has the exact same problem! Every time he hits 70 kgs he just burns it right off
-
I had a great workout today and I'm feeling good. I'm going again tomorrow. :)
WARHAWK O0
-
I had a great workout today and I'm feeling good. I'm going again tomorrow. :)
WARHAWK O0
That's the spirit mate, how many days a week are you up to now?
-
Ok so the September challenge for me failed, all my own doing so can't make any excuses. However my beer and steak in Amsterdam over my birthday was fantastic!! ;D
a bit late checking in for this month I know but this morning out of the blue I got up and did 10k on the exercise bike and actually felt better afterwards. Ok not a massive amount but I havn't done any exercise since about the 90's (and I'm not kidding!) so I was pleased.
So this month I'm keeping it simple, my aims are:
- Start and maintain a daily fitness routine
- Get back on a healthy diet
No figures or goals this month, let's just get the ball rolling........
-
have to figure a fitness routine that fits into life on the road in my rig....some good resources out there....I'll keep y'all posted. Doin' dips between the seats, push-ups in the sleeper, using excercise bands for resistance, stuff like that....
I use such methods at home. I believe that joining a gym or paying for expensive home equipment is a waste. There are so many cheaper alternatives that are just as effective, if not more... I bought an excellent book a while back that really helped me learn some at-home techniques for exercising and weight training, and even had some good sections on the whole mindset of a successful workout.
http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html - unfortunately out of stock. More being printed (or so the notice on the site tells me).
Good luck to all of you with your October goals.
-
Thanks for the link, Nate! That might be along the lines of what I can apply to life on the road! O0
-
Ok so the September challenge for me failed, all my own doing so can't make any excuses. However my beer and steak in Amsterdam over my birthday was fantastic!! ;D
a bit late checking in for this month I know but this morning out of the blue I got up and did 10k on the exercise bike and actually felt better afterwards. Ok not a massive amount but I havn't done any exercise since about the 90's (and I'm not kidding!) so I was pleased.
So this month I'm keeping it simple, my aims are:
- Start and maintain a daily fitness routine
- Get back on a healthy diet
No figures or goals this month, let's just get the ball rolling........
You did set yourself some pretty big goals to fulfil in what was it, 2 weeks? So don't be to hard on yourself, that and you went on holidays, you shouldn't expect to lose weight when you do that! I always expect to put on a kilo or 2 haha, even if I can still go for a run every morning and keep active during the day. Happy belated birthday too, it sounds like it was an awesome one!
As for your goals this month, I think your goals are perfect, you don't want to go big from word go, because that is when you will tire yourself out, or maybe worse injure yourself and then you will stop having fun, and that is when you will ruin your routine. Leave the goals like Ty and mine for when you have established yourself and know what you are capable of safely achieving O0
I look forward to seeing how you go this month and cheering you along!
-
I had a great workout today and I'm feeling good. I'm going again tomorrow. :)
WARHAWK O0
That's the spirit mate, how many days a week are you up to now?
Hey Beardman: Just maintaining my three times a week... which works for me for now. Btw... I had another great workout today. O0
WARHAWK O0
-
That's awesome mate, keep up the good work, I've got a legs session tonight. We have just started doing full squats (going so deep that the hamstrings touch the calves, it is so much more intense, I love it :D ), I can almost lift as much as what I was by going parallel which I am quite impressed with.
-
Thanks for the link, Nate! That might be along the lines of what I can apply to life on the road! O0
Glad to be of assistance. It really is a handy and informative book for people who do bodyweight/resistance workouts. Lots of exercises in there I never even thought of doing, and they have made a difference. O0
-
Sounds like all is well on the Sly fitness front. Back to lifting for me tomorrow, see how the old arm holds up. On the cycling front been getting in 25 mile rides daily and rode my first Cyclocross event on Wednesday, that was a good work out and only crashed once :)
For those who don't now cyclocroos it is ----Road bike +hybrid knobbies + dirt + obstacles + pavement = fun! Ride, run and carry bike over obstacles and ride some more with 30-40 other adrenaline junkies :)
Cheers, Ty
-
Sounds like all is well on the Sly fitness front. Back to lifting for me tomorrow, see how the old arm holds up. On the cycling front been getting in 25 mile rides daily and rode my first Cyclocross event on Wednesday, that was a good work out and only crashed once :)
For those who don't now cyclocroos it is ----Road bike +hybrid knobbies + dirt + obstacles + pavement = fun! Ride, run and carry bike over obstacles and ride some more with 30-40 other adrenaline junkies :)
Cheers, Ty
That sounds like crazy fun!
-
it was, and thanks to all the training fitness wasn't a issue....just the lack of skills ::)
The storms have finally rolled into the Pacific northwest, but we are ready as we moved todays training ride indoors, my son likes he cause he can now xBox and ride O0
-
Haha, the skills will come with time! I'd be amazed if you said you won your first event... was it something you were able to train specifically for or did you just go in there not really knowing what to expect?
Xbox and cycling, I'd probably get too distracted to keep riding lol!
-
Its one of those times when you just need to get the experience, lots of seat time in the dirt and mud. I knew what to expect and for the most part it was stay out of the way of the expert riders :). I really picked it for the fitness levels it drives. Had a great lifting session today, elbow held up quite well...
Cheers!
-
Hi Gents: I have been feeling "under the weather" these past couple of days and I haven't been able to go to gym. I'm hoping to feel better after this weekend. Hope everyone's workouts are going well.
WARHAWK O0
-
Doing okay on my end, hit the weights 3 times this week and the cycling 4, gonna have to push the mileage to hit my monthly goal with all the business travel and rain. Had to use the hotel facilities to keep on track but getting it done :) Did manage to gain a couple pounds while on the road....but it sure tasted good :P
Thanks for checking in Warhawk....how's everyone else coming along? Beardman?
Cheers,
Ty
-
I hear you mate, I'm probably going to put on a couple of pounds over the next week or so too, I'm going out for dinner thursday, a halloween dress up party saturday, and then my mates' band is playing sunday. So there is going to be a lot of food consumed and beverages drank, but all in good fun, so it will be worth it!
On the topic of progress though, I probably wont be hitting that 80kg squat, because we've changed from stopping parallel to the floor, to going all the way down. Having said that though I am still squatting 70 or 75 kgs (I forget, so I am not too far off, but I doubt I will hit it in time) I did 50kgs on flat bench last week, and will try it again this week so if I can hit it again I'll cool that challenge complete there too... just need to work on that program still haha! I guess I've still got 7-8 days to go... I might get it done :P
How is everyone else going? How are you feeling now Warhawk? Hope you are well and back in training again, I know it kills me when I have to miss a training day due to illness!
-
@ TyMoore and Beardman: WTG... keep up the great work. I should be back next week. I should be 100% by this Monday. I cannot wait to work out again.
WARHAWK O0
-
Here's hoping mate!
-
Last day of the month, how did u do?
I hit most of my targets. Got my lifting back on track (elbow is still hurting) with 3-4 a week, road average of 100 miles a week with 401 for the month (that's 2 months of over 400 each), 44 hours of total training and 27000 calories burned....and drum roll please....lost 1.5 pounds :). Really wasn't targeting weight loss this month, more fitness and that was what I got. Resting heart rate is doing great in the mid 50's, still need to do a Oxygen check.
Beardman, warhawk, RM?
Cheers,
Ty
-
Congrats Ty, you've done really well! 1.5 pounds without even trying!
It's already the first here for me!
I have surpassed my flat bench goal, Give it a couple of weeks and I should be back to lifting as much as I was before I hurt my shoulder.
The shoulder is doing really well, there is very little that troubles me anymore, so that is a major win!
I changed the way I do squats, but am squatting as much as I was before I changed it up, so that's really a gain...
I never got around to that program, but I have a long weekend this weekend and it is definitely on my to do list!
As for weight loss, it wasn't one of my goals either, but I only gained an average of like .2 kgs, so that's nothing really... If I didn't go out drinking and partying last weekend I probably would have lost close to 4.5 pounds for the month... (goes to show how big my weekend was). I wont be doing that again for a while...
How did everyone else go?
-
Good news on the shoulder Beardman....November post is now up :)
-
Cheers mate!
On my way there now!