2017 Health and Fitness Thread

jrock645- This is another perfect example of how different people are different- some are just build for endurance from birth.

I wonder:
1) maybe your ratio of fast:slow twitch muscle fibers is responsible for both the endurance ability and the challenge gaining strength/mass. Could be just how you`re put together.

2) even if not, combining endurance work with gains in strength/mass is one very tricky balancing act.

One thing I found hard to accept was that I do have limitations, no matter how "dedicated" I am and it`s not really a matter of "wanting it badly enough" or "working hard enough". Scare-quotes intentional and so often that [stuff] is, at root, a means of selling something.
 
Anybody else use a Dynamic Axial Resistance Device ("DARD") to work the Tibialis Anterior?

Link: Dynamic Axial Resistance Device (DARD)

One set, *maybe* with a second using the resistance bands instead of the DARD, every time I work Lower Legs (about once/12-16 days).

It did take me a while to get dialed-in with it, and when *I* say "a while"...well, it wasn`t just a few months. Initially it hurt my left ankle and I had to experiment to find a solution (solution = lightish weight + slow, deliberate motion + slightly angled bench + emphasizing top part of ROM).

After a few years of using it the front of my lower legs has definite muscularity that just wasn`t there before. Can`t say it helped with shin splints since these days I don`t run enough to suffer from them, but I bet it doesn`t hurt in that regard. And having some more muscle there provides a little protection when something bangs into my shins.
 
House of Wax- It`s another of those "no weak links!" things that I try to work on.

How`re *YOUR* workouts going? Is that frequency/volume stuff I`m always concerned about still working OK for you?
 
between rain a few of the mornings and and just being busy last week I only got a couple workouts in, so hard to say volume wise. felt good to run again though, and the couple workouts I did on this new plan I`m doing definitely had me sore. should get a good full week in this week and looking forward to it

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Ronkh said:
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Well standing at the grill IS exercise.
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House of Wax- Heh heh, I actually *like* that you only got in a couple of workouts! And especially that you got sore from them.

And no, I`m not against hamburgers, eat two of `em weekly, every Saturday night...big ones too.

Ronkh said:
I walked into the sandwich shop.
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Well, walking an average of >2miles/day is the #1 correlate for avoiding death from all causes :D
 
I didnt feel too bad about missing a couple workouts, especially upper body. I got 2 in (one of them hitting biceps) and then the 3rd day I had to dig 2 holes at work 30 inches deep and big engough to get down into and fix a phone cable becuase a guy decided to dig post holes without calling in locates. I was pretty wrecked for the rest of the week lol
 
House of Wax- Sounds like you`re getting plenty of work in :D

Sigh...people who don`t think...those were some *holes* you had to dig!
 
Ronkh said:
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Yeah...IIRC and/but I`m pretty sure I do. Anything over two miles per day on average (forget how long the "averaging period" was but I think it was a week), pretty minimal additional benefit (statistically speaking) from more but no downside either.

What, does that sound excessive? I thought it was pretty moderate but then the dog-walks might skew my perspective. Heh heh, the Beaucerons would be holy terrors without enough milage on `em regularly!
 
Had a customer ask for a wax that goes on and off by itself .. told him not a chance as many rely on waxing as their only form of exercise :notme:
 
Any of you guys tried/use any "pre workout" supplements? I got some samples of different flavors of whey protein from a company and they threw a couple of pre workout samples in. I`m not big into taking tons of supplements, but figured I`d try it out. Instructions said to take it 30-45 minutes before working out, which I did. Felt like a million pins pricking me for about 10 minutes after taking it, but after that it quickly went away. No jitters or upset stomach. Proceeded to do my workout and had one of the better workouts I`ve had in awhile. I don`t know if there was a placebo effect (most likely) or there really was a little something to the supplement, but I definitely felt more awake and pushed harder than usual. Nothing crazy, but a lot of nights after working all day I feel like I`m just trying to get the workout in/done. Just felt a little more amped up and more into the workout from beginning to end. Got one more to try....we`ll see
 
Alright......super embarassing pictures time. Sweet baby Jesus, seeing it in pictures really does highlight how big of a fat tub of crap I got. Just shy of 4 months of progress. I`m somewhere in between disappointed and feeling ok. I`ve only dropped from 214 to about 203-204. Been stuck there for a few weeks now. That`s where the disappointment lies......feel like I`ve cleaned up my diet enough to where I should still be dropping. Looking at the side by side pics, there`s obviously progress being made though. Just need to keep grinding and apparently become militant with my diet lol. Got a long ways to go. On to the pics.....try not to laugh too hard fellas:

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