All you lifters out there, general discussion

vulturesrow · #1 06-26-2005, 12:37 AM

Its pretty obvious from some recent threads that there is a decent sized group of 2+2ers that lift regularly. Just curious about your routines, your training approach, etc, basically anything you want to talk about. Anyway, here goes for me.

My routine is a 3 day a week total body routine. I cycle through the routine twice, with about 30 seconds or so between sets, with the exception being when I hit the end of the first cycle I rest for two. Monday is mostly barbell exercises, wednesday mostly dumbbell, and friday being a high rep day. I do a short ab routine each day too. On the off days, I do some moderate cardio. Saturday is hard abs routine with windsprint type cardio training. My strongest exercises right now are probably lats/back, my weakest being anything that targets my biceps directly. The thing I need to improve most is my diet. I tend to use my workout as an excuse to not eat as well as I can. But I am getting better with this. Anyhow, looking forward to hearing from others.

nbake · #2 06-26-2005, 12:50 AM

I throw javelin so I work on core strength a lot more than anything else. Mondays and thursday consist of cleans or snatches followed by squat (one leg or light jump squats for me as my knees suck ass). After this we always do ham curls and good mornings. On tuesday and friday we do bench, usually with the barbell, but I get better results from dumbells. Pull ups or lat pulls are always good. Pull overs are fun too. We also do some tri ext or push downs and DB shoulder press. This is followed by lots of lateral raises. Finally we finish with curls for the girls.

We supplement lifting with sprinting, running stadiums, and various bounding exercises.

climber · #3 06-26-2005, 12:50 AM

is it bad that i thought you meant shoplift until at least 3 lines into your post?

vulturesrow · #4 06-26-2005, 12:51 AM

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is it bad that i thought you meant shoplift until at least 3 lines into your post?

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No, just really funny. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

theghost · #5 06-27-2005, 03:05 PM

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i thought you meant shoplift until at least 3 lines into your post?

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...saw "training routines" and thought of a shoplifting bootcamp of some sort [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

augie00 · #6 06-26-2005, 01:30 AM

Nice thread.

My routine is 3 days as well, Monday Wednesday and Friday. I do my biceps, back, pecs, obliques, and forearms on Monday and Friday, and my lower body on Tuesday. I also do abs nearly every day (body by jake, tae bo abs, "the firm" abs exercise. I do very little cardio, however I do run on a treadmill Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I am also on the "abs diet" (www.absdiet.com) so my health habits of about the last month have been pretty decent. Ton of protein and low fat food = big muscles.

vulturesrow · #7 06-26-2005, 01:35 AM

Augie,

I have been doing the absdiet thing as well though I havent been too faithful to the "diet" portion of it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] As I said, getting better though. Its hard when you are living out of a hotel room. The workout I described is theirs, with some modifications I threw in. I really like it though.

ptmusic · #8 06-26-2005, 04:02 PM

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Nice thread.

My routine is 3 days as well, Monday Wednesday and Friday. I do my biceps, back, pecs, obliques, and forearms on Monday and Friday, and my lower body on Tuesday. I also do abs nearly every day (body by jake, tae bo abs, "the firm" abs exercise. I do very little cardio, however I do run on a treadmill Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I am also on the "abs diet" (www.absdiet.com) so my health habits of about the last month have been pretty decent. Ton of protein and low fat food = big muscles.

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I went to the absdiet website and it looks interesting. But I'm skeptical, especially when I see the typical hype like "Get Abs like these in JUST 6 WEEKS!" (points to a male model's chiseled 6 pack).

To anyone familiar with the absdiet program:

Why do you like it?

Which products did you buy?

How would you compare it to other options?

Thanks,

-ptmusic, a formerly athletic thin guy

augie00 · #9 06-26-2005, 04:35 PM

I have only been on it for two weeks so far. I have not seen much visible result, but the logic in the book makes a ton of sense and I am pretty confident that in the end I will be happy with the result. A lot can happen in 4 weeks.

Aside from having no visible results, I feel great, always have plenty of energy, and have gained about 6 lbs w/ a weight increase across the board at the gym.

ptmusic · #10 06-26-2005, 07:15 PM

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I have only been on it for two weeks so far. I have not seen much visible result, but the logic in the book makes a ton of sense and I am pretty confident that in the end I will be happy with the result. A lot can happen in 4 weeks.

Aside from having no visible results, I feel great, always have plenty of energy, and have gained about 6 lbs w/ a weight increase across the board at the gym.

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You bought the main "Abs Diet Book", not the "Eat Right Guide", right?

And did you buy directly from their website?

Thanks,

-ptmusic