OUR GOALS FOR 2014
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JW1978 said:
At this point, it's a goal just to get my *** back to the gym at all. Between the flu, car trouble and 2014 being sh*t in general so far, I haven't gotten to the gym one single time, and it's really p*ssing me off.
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No worries Mate, just put on that playlist and bust out some Push-ups or Burpees to take out your frustration. I can't seem to get back on the wagon of exercising/training at all lately. Busting logs is about all the extracurricular activity outside of the daily grind that I've done at all for quite a while now. Keep the faith brother
Spidy said:
No worries Mate, just put on that playlist and bust out some Push-ups or Burpees to take out your frustration. I can't seem to get back on the wagon of exercising/training at all lately. Busting logs is about all the extracurricular activity outside of the daily grind that I've done at all for quite a while now. Keep the faith brother
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Well...I made it to the gym last Thursday, when I posted that, and I'm convinced that I have a workout addiction. I feel, physically and mentally,
so
much better after getting back into the gym. I'm sure part of my malaise had to do with the fact that I was literally homebound for four days between the flu, the weather and a dead car battery. But I've hit the gym five times since last Thursday, and I've got a good case of DOMS going on in my legs, chest and back today, so all is back to normal (and yes, I did specifically schedule my workouts so that my recovery day would coincide with the UFC tonight)!
Another cool thing I realized is that I guess I'm considered one of the "regulars" at the health club. First, when I finally got back there last week, I had a couple of people mention how they hadn't seen me for awhile around there. Then, last night, I was getting a printout of my attendance record to submit to my insurance for reimbursement for part of my membership, and the guy at the desk says after it printed out, "Holy sh*t dude, you're here a lot!" I know that I've been going pretty regularly, but I didn't think that I was going
that
often compared to how I used to go back when I was 19 or 20 (or maybe I'm just overestimating how often I went back then...), so I guess part of my 2014 goals is to never say again, "
back when
I used to be a gym rat..."
It begins.....
#1 get back into Martial Arts.
- Mratial Arts is one of my passions, I love learning but keeping it consistent has always been a problem.
- I've never been a really competitive person, but still have that feeling in the back of my mind. Even if it means I get choked out or whatever in 10 sec I want to have a crack at it.
I went back to my old Taekwon-Do club last night to loosen up and work on my flexibility (catch-up with old mates too) and had BJJ tonight. Over the next few weeks I'm going to visit a few different clubs while I work out my training schedule and find class times that fit.
to be continued....
Competing in Amateur Kickboxing is this years goal. Hopefully place/win a CASK/WAKO event;
Well saturday i finally got my first amateur K1 rules kickboxing fight for a local promotion. Had to go 3 rounds but got the decision win.
Really the hardest thing was fighting fatigue. I knew the only way to lose was to fully gas, so i couldn't get that out of my head. Made me a bit gun shy as the guy i was fighting was a tough dude and probably wouldn't go out so i didnt' want to dump my energy into throwing strikes if they wouldn't count. Body kicks and knees from the clinch won it overall. I am going hard on cardio now, lack of first fight jitters will obviously help the next time around as well. Fun as hell though thats for sure
TheCanuck said:
Competing in Amateur Kickboxing is this years goal. Hopefully place/win a CASK/WAKO event;
Well saturday i finally got my first amateur K1 rules kickboxing fight for a local promotion. Had to go 3 rounds but got the decision win.
Really the hardest thing was fighting fatigue. I knew the only way to lose was to fully gas, so i couldn't get that out of my head. Made me a bit gun shy as the guy i was fighting was a tough dude and probably wouldn't go out so i didnt' want to dump my energy into throwing strikes if they wouldn't count. Body kicks and knees from the clinch won it overall. I am going hard on cardio now, lack of first fight jitters will obviously help the next time around as well. Fun as hell though thats for sure
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Congrats big fella!! How's things going with the new Gym?
coming along good. Putting a lot of time in now with adding classes and we are starting a comp team.
Bjj comps coming up so we are focussing on those, than back to kickboxing end of april...the good kind of busy. If only I could quit my job and do this for life, everyones goal i guess
C-Me-No-More said:
I've a few myself.
In the new year I'm going to start back training again, as I'm injured at the moment and aim towards being ripped for the summer,
Going to take a picture of myself ounce a month so Iil be able to track my progress,
Going to do a 6k run during the summer so I'll be training for that too.
Look at my diet more, and in detail of what foods when to eat and when not to eat.
Ohh and try learn the planche
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hey bud , im farely handy at gettin in shape and revertin back ill give you few tips what works for me food wise it might help ya,,,,5 small meals every 3 hours, drink 2 litre bottle of water with 2 green tea bags daily,, add chilli flakes to spice up food, when gettin ripped no more than 20 grams of fat a day {can be hard as a tea spoon of ketch up is this} with fruit only green apples or blue berries. healthy fats avacodo , nuts..tip early morning training burns alot more fat on an empty belly...1st thing in morning run 30 mins take bcaa s after so you maintain muscle and your body will keep burning fat...lots of weights circuit training is great working out your bodies biggest muscles example chest and legs in supersets lots reps low weight is great..im 12 stone at the moment broad build by doing this over 3 weeks i cand drop a stone easily if you would like any help with routines or anything i be happy to help
steve hog said:
hey bud , im farely handy at gettin in shape and revertin back ill give you few tips what works for me food wise it might help ya,,,,5 small meals every 3 hours, drink 2 litre bottle of water with 2 green tea bags daily,, add chilli flakes to spice up food, when gettin ripped no more than 20 grams of fat a day {can be hard as a tea spoon of ketch up is this} with fruit only green apples or blue berries. healthy fats avacodo , nuts..tip early morning training burns alot more fat on an empty belly...1st thing in morning run 30 mins take bcaa s after so you maintain muscle and your body will keep burning fat...lots of weights circuit training is great working out your bodies biggest muscles example chest and legs in supersets lots reps low weight is great..im 12 stone at the moment broad build by doing this over 3 weeks i cand drop a stone easily if you would like any help with routines or anything i be happy to help
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cheers bro i'm sick at the moment so no anything for me, consultants orders
I should get back training the some where in mech please god
C-Me-No-More said:
cheers bro i'm sick at the moment so no anything for me, consultants orders
I should get back training the some where in mech please god
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dont let that bring ya down though, by dieting alone and simply walking an hour a day you will see results,,hope ya get better
Today is the three-year anniversary of when I first dragged my fat a$$ into the gym and started on my new lifestyle. It's will also be nine days at noon since I had a cigarette. Quitting smoking wasn't even something I "planned" on doing (from a goal perspective anyway)...the opportunity just kind of presented itself and I ran with it.
Live is pretty good right now.
So it's been three months. I haven't gone as well as I'd like, but progress is still progress (and sometimes I set too-high an expectation of myself
):
- In the habit of training every second day (pretty good at training every day at times, only skipping one day in a row because of work) the only exception being if I've had to go out of town for something (had some family stuff come up in the last couple of weeks, but back at it now). Regular but small workouts (as well as stretching) have meant that recovery is relatively quick.
Just doing half-an-hour on the bag at home practicing my kicks/boxing/footwork/flexibility/stretching. Working in the kettle-bells/body-weight exercises to mix up the routines and for a bit of conditioning.
Still doing Taekwon-Do regularly to be social. I helped a mate train for (and achieve) his black-belt (which was one of the reasons I went back) and now have a few more of those lined-up to help out with. Despite the usual bruising and battering from sparring, only injury has been my foot (a couple of particularly hard hits/blocks) which took awhile to heal, but was only bruising and nothing serious.
- Keeping my body healthy. Not on a specific diet but the consistent exercise has helped me be a bit more aware of what I eat. I've cut down on a lot of the take-away I used to eat (mainly at work for lunch), and I'm avoiding the un-healthy snacks well. Pretty consistent with my vitamins (Fish-oil/Vitamin-B complex) but no other supps at this point.
Muscle has definitely come back, cardio is still pretty s--- (but I'm pseudo-asthmatic, so it's never been good
).
I've lost weight. I used to fluctuate around 87-90kg now I'm 81-83kg (that was a 2-ish weeks ago, scales are broke atm
). It's not one of my goals but it's a bonus and helps with everything else.
Improving well on my posture, muscle cramping, etc (being 6"1' and sitting at a desk for most of the day doesn't help a chronic sloucher
). Had a physio check-up last week and everything is still looking good provided I keep consistently exercising/stretching/etc.
On top of a lot of other life-stuff (for the first time in a long time) too which, while time consuming, has been going really good.
- Expanding on my martial arts has been the biggest thing that has suffered. I blame work mostly but it's hard (and i'm bad at) making the time (especially as my set-up at home allows for a quick and easy workout so I can then get on to study/holiday planning/doing s--- around the house). But I'm now at the point where I need to improve/learn something new and need pushing to improve. Plus I still really want to learn more grappling and consistency is the only way to achieve that.
Plan going forward:
- I've got some money aside to buy some new gear/gym membership so the plan is to set all that up this week and do one or two nights a week of BJJ.
- Work in a bit more conditioning for muscle/strength (and to complement grappling). I'm thinking of adding in a protein supplement (which I have done previously) to help with recovery and muscle growth.
stay tuned....