MindFreak

(We need either a new thread or a new thread title?) Well, that was 2012. I have logged every single exercise session on Endomondo to see my activity level and this is the result: I have also added every kilometer that I have ridden on my bike as transport each week, and I'm surprised that it actually amounts to a lot of hours (the yellow part of the bars) over a week. The pinkish parts are crossfit (or actually cross training which I until recently thought was crossfit but it was, in fact, time on cross trainers ) and weight training, and purple is walking, while blue is swimming (not done much of that).

You can buy Live-games from live.xbox.com so the last thing isn't a problem. I think I should just go ahead and buy them without having played the first.

When do you work out? One should be done with the work out at least 3 hours before going to sleep or else it could disrupt one's sleep.

Oh my. Then I have to complete Ep 1 today to see if I want to play the games.

Seems like they are 400 points per game. But the first's free so I got that.

So, just got this for Christmas. Going through it the first time, how do you recommend I play it?

Who says that cardio doesn't involve weights? Kettlebells are actually more cardio-based weights than anything and if you just move them the farthest (not furthest, right?) distance in the smallest amount of time possible, you will automatically get a HBR worthy of a cardio-workout, if not more even. And many people have enjoyed great results from this kind of cardio as it's simply not as 'boring' as ordinary "run 5 miles"-cardio workouts and they are better at pushing themselves. Personally, I enjoy switching between these kind of workouts. For instance, I went indoor cycling the other day, 20 minutes of hard cardio, then the day after that I did a "Fight gone bad", 3 sets of 1 minute work at five different exercises (here it was rowing, KB swings, atomic sit-ups, wallballs, and push-ups) which was very cardio-ish and it pushed your muscles.

The first episode's free on 25th, the rest are 200 MSPoints - or so I've heard anyway. Got started on Mark of the Ninja. It seems really awesome, deep, and it's rather enjoyable.

Heh, right you are. Don't know how I got that word - if anything, I think I wanted it to be 'catastrophical'. But no, I don't mind, thanks!

Ah, had a nice workout today after a "catastrophal" run yesterday - my girlfriend wanted to tag along and while it's good that she wants to run again it's just inefficient for me. I was kind of angry with her for that the entire day - first she spend about 30 minutes getting ready for the run (while I was ready when she started...) and then we spend 30 minutes on 4.7 km! That is just about 10 minutes longer than I would have spend on it alone so I felt that I had wasted my time with that. However, I can't say that I don't want to run with her as she takes that as criticism even though it's just that we are utterly incompatible in this regard. So I decided to go to the gym today. Did my typical 20 minutes of cycling to warm up and have the cardio done with (even though it's hard to compare, I get to about 10 km in that time and having an average of 257 watt) and then did 4x8 reps of backsquat @ 80 kg, with hips below parallel. After that I did my usual pull-up-routine of 5-4-3-2-1 pull-ups, dibs, chin-ups and 2 push-ups (so first 5 of each (10 push-ups), then 4 of each, etc., with resting between sets). So now I'm ready for Christmas shopping!

Picked up Mark of the Ninja for lousy 600 MSPoints. Fits me very well!

I would love to be able to work out at home but living in an urban apartment, I just don't have the space. And frankly, I don't have a problem with going to the gym. I do like it, and here there aren't really any waiting for the equipment as I have three different gyms within a 2 km radius - one for cardio, one for strength (there aren't so many people in that one) and one for crossfit. Furthermore, being a student I have the time during the day to go there so there aren't that many people. Also, I usually shop on my way home so I'll be out anyway. The trick with doing pull-ups with the barbell in the squat rack works. I've done it several times in the gym.

I think I just destroyed my lungs entirely! Did a workout called "Jackie" which is 1000 m row (@ level 7 of 10 for me), 50 thrusters @ 45 pounds (a thruster is a front squat and push press put together in one movement) and then 30 pull-ups. It hurt so much that I couldn't speak. Really not healthy at all, and I'll never do that again! I did it in 11 minutes, the rowing took about 3:30 of the time, the rest was basically breaks to cough. Unfortunately, the training session itself was badly structured as we only had 5 rowing machines available for 26 people meaning that we had to spread out and wait for the first ones to do their 1000 m before starting the work-out. That meant that the ones who rowed first was done with the workout before the last had even started.

Dust and Mark of the Ninja for me! I've been keeping an eye out for those two.

I have the blu-ray but haven't had the time to watch it yet. Won't have time before Christmas I guess but I really want to see it again.

So, there was a new episode yesterday and I personally think it was the highlight of the season. In fact, I actually laughed a couple of times!

Aww, bummer. But if you can (or may) then just walk. Walk, walk, walk. Spend 1.5 hours walking every day until you can train again.

Oh yeah, I have this preordered. I like the new cover!

Good to know, though I won't be going for the multiplayer-achievements as I don't do multiplayer (don't have Gold).

If you are careful, you can do it in three playthroughs but it takes a lot of concentration at times I have heard. I hate those games. The ones that need several playthroughs, that is. Two is OK, three is pushing it but if it's a short game, I can handle it (like Catherine, where a playthrough would take a couple of hours after the first two) but more than that is just ridiculous. I'm still on ACIII, trying to get 100 % and completing the story (at sequence 7 now). Hopefully it can keep me entertained until Christmas as I have zero money for games. Might be tempted by the new Skyrim-update, though.

How about planking while resting between sets? Basically, you only need to rest the muscles you really need in the workout so doing something else in the meantime is effective in every way. And push-ups / pull-ups / plank are perfect in between sets of deadlifts.

Warming up is really essential. Just 5 minutes of joint loosening and some jumping just to prepare the body would be enough. And then some light sets. I usually do about 20-40-60 kg with 10 reps each to warm up and then make the jump to the 90's when deadlifting. Well, plank is incredible all-round. It works your entire abdomen region from the hips to the arms (holding yourself). Also Russian twists works a good portion of the abdomen and thus isn't an isolation exercise. TGU are OK but I find them quite irritating and they don't seem so beneficial. The "back plank" or Superman-plank are good too. If you can hold a plank for more than 1:30 put 5 kg (or more) on your back.

Ah, reminds me of someone I train with. He suddenly had some pains in his back and it was because his back was too trained much! Like when people train their abs too much so they walk about bent over, he was like that but only in the back. I've never met that before but it makes sense. Have you considered doing more core training? Planks, sit-ups, (cross) mountain climbers, etc.? That might help. I myself never stretch after any workout. But that's because I am quite hypermobile and thus I don't need to get flexible. In fact, I mustn't! Furthermore, stretching out doesn't help anything but it feels good - kinda like massage. Actually, if you stretch out after a weight lifting workout you may damage your progress by tearing the muscles further apart. (Or so I've heard.)

It's not like the soreness you experience from other types of lifting? For I feel DL in my lower back too but in the good way where you have just used your muscles.

I hate time paradoxes like the ones you point out. I have also been wondering about those things and it just doesn't make any aense.