naturaltan said:Now that's what I'm talking about.Get yourself a skipping rope and you'll be in shape in no time.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do have the skipping rope....
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do have the skipping rope....
P-funk said:
What's doing Mr. P
Please feel free to offer me any free advice that you may want to offer
Seriously though, any criticism from you, as I have told you before, is more than welcome, so feel free to do so...and please don't pull any punches then again, you never do...
Give a big hug to the crazy cuban for me.....
hahaha. Sounds like the story of my life. I now get muscle soreness over a day after lifting. I can't wait for it to subside--gotta work through it.fantasma62 said:
Congratluations on the Heat victory. I followed Dwyane Wade at Marquette--you guys are lucky to have him. Good luck with your lifting and development, your w/os look tough.
Decker said:
Sad, isn't it? The way the body breaks down...
I'll be at the Heat parade tomorrow....thanks....
I have a question folks. What is the difference between the Cybex Chest Press and the Vertical Chest Press? It's mind boggling to me that I could do 9 reps at 190 pounds on the Cybex Chest Press machine but I can barely do 95 pounds on this Vertical Chest Press
Different pieces of equipment is all I can suggest!!! Stick with the one that feels the best, numbers mean NOTHING if it doesn't FEEL right!!! I thought it was a Great return back to the Iron Game, but what do I know??? Keep it up Brother Tony, your gonna be just Fine!!!
Archangel said:
THank you brother Arch. Today I surely feel older than my age. My hammies are sooooooo sore that I decided to hold off until tomorrow because my upper body is doing Ok. I am going to be at the Miami Heat parade and then run to the gym...
Tomorrow will be a great day....
Congrats on the Heat, I like Shaq, so I was happy to see the Heat win!!! Have a Blast tomorrow, and then HIT it hard the next day!!!
Archangel said:
Thanks brother Arch, I hope to be going to the gym tonight after the parade or tomorrow morning early (which I really prefer, as I really don't care for working out at night anymore)...
Well, it all went to hell today. I had 3 (YES THREE) kids parties to go to and just got home. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a very upset batbel curl, an unhappy leg press, and an outright pissed chest press machine....
So, I was finally able to workout, under adverse conditions. Nothing bad happened to me, but, well, let me go into the story.
I woke up ready to go do what I had to do, I played a bit with my kids and waited until my wife woke up before leaving.
Gym seemed empty (optimal conditions for me) and that made me happy. However, as I am walking in, I see that there is a paper on the entrance that read: "Gym is closed today due to unsafe conditions it will reopen again tomorrow Monday June, 26th"
I have seen some weird stuff in my day, but I have never seen a gym closed due to "unsafe conditions". Is there a virus? Ticks? Anthrax? What the hell are unsafe conditions? My first thought was that there may be some machines that are dangerous, but then again, why not close those machines and let people do their thing on the rest? I thought that was strange.
Of course, that was a big downer. See, I knew what I had to do next and what workouts to do, etc. I suddenly didn't want to do my workout anymore. I, however, didn't want to come back to this board (go figure, I felt guilty because of this board) and say: "Sorry, no workout today, gym closed, boo hoo", so I decided to head to the gym inside my neighborhood. My mind, however, was never able to recover....
Here is my workout for the day. I am extremely disappointed with some of the exercises, but then again, I am not sure if that has to do with the equipment I was working with, but it was mostly a letdown.
-Leg Curls: 10 x 110 (same as before, not bad, not good, just average)
-Leg Extensions: 11 x 150 (happy about this one)
-Bench Press: 4 x 135 (utter failure in my part, I couldn't do 5 reps, let alone 6)
-Shoulder press: 8 x 50 (I don't understand how I could be lifting 120 pounds on a Cybex shoulder press, to then do this like a clown)
-Triceps Extension (Not Cybex): 15 x 60
-Low Row Machine: 13 x 120 (never used this one before, so I can't say whether it was good or not)
-Alternate Dumbbell Curls: 12 x 20 (Not too bad, my best had been 35 pounds before, but not HIT)
All in all, I am glad I did the work, I am happy that I was able to find a place to do it at, but I thought it was nothing more than a Mickey Mouse workout.
Is there a possibility that the Shoulder Machine was damaged? Sure, maybe, but that doubt was enough to fuk up my whole day...
See ya'll later....
I woke up ready to go do what I had to do, I played a bit with my kids and waited until my wife woke up before leaving.
Gym seemed empty (optimal conditions for me) and that made me happy. However, as I am walking in, I see that there is a paper on the entrance that read: "Gym is closed today due to unsafe conditions it will reopen again tomorrow Monday June, 26th"
I have seen some weird stuff in my day, but I have never seen a gym closed due to "unsafe conditions". Is there a virus? Ticks? Anthrax? What the hell are unsafe conditions? My first thought was that there may be some machines that are dangerous, but then again, why not close those machines and let people do their thing on the rest? I thought that was strange.
Of course, that was a big downer. See, I knew what I had to do next and what workouts to do, etc. I suddenly didn't want to do my workout anymore. I, however, didn't want to come back to this board (go figure, I felt guilty because of this board) and say: "Sorry, no workout today, gym closed, boo hoo", so I decided to head to the gym inside my neighborhood. My mind, however, was never able to recover....
Here is my workout for the day. I am extremely disappointed with some of the exercises, but then again, I am not sure if that has to do with the equipment I was working with, but it was mostly a letdown.
-Leg Curls: 10 x 110 (same as before, not bad, not good, just average)
-Leg Extensions: 11 x 150 (happy about this one)
-Bench Press: 4 x 135 (utter failure in my part, I couldn't do 5 reps, let alone 6)
-Shoulder press: 8 x 50 (I don't understand how I could be lifting 120 pounds on a Cybex shoulder press, to then do this like a clown)
-Triceps Extension (Not Cybex): 15 x 60
-Low Row Machine: 13 x 120 (never used this one before, so I can't say whether it was good or not)
-Alternate Dumbbell Curls: 12 x 20 (Not too bad, my best had been 35 pounds before, but not HIT)
All in all, I am glad I did the work, I am happy that I was able to find a place to do it at, but I thought it was nothing more than a Mickey Mouse workout.
Is there a possibility that the Shoulder Machine was damaged? Sure, maybe, but that doubt was enough to fuk up my whole day...
See ya'll later....
started the lady on HIT yet???
Just keep at it Brother Tony, that was a Good lookin w/o my Friend!!!
Billie: nope, not yet. She caught a cold and is now finally getting over it. Worse yet, I just caught the damn thing.....
We'll be working out at the beach next week. They have a nice little gym that's always empty...
Brother Arch: thanks for popping in. Somehow I am not satisfied with these workouts and still haven't really reached failure. Now that I caught a cold, I am going to follow advice you gave me last year and take it light until about Sunday when I want to go at it again. I will post my workout then. I remember getting hurt last year for working out with a cold, instead of listening to the wisdom imparted by you....
On a side note, I am going to begin building my boxing gym in my garage when we come back from Beach vacation. Oh yeah, we are going to the beach on saturday (apartment has a nice little gym, which is always empty). So, I may work out two times a week and do some boxing training a couple of times a week. I want to burn this off faster than I am now. Not because of the weight, but because of the overhanging skin that is resulting from my weight loss. Same thing with the abdomen. I may just do an isolated abdomen workout to see if it burns off....
We'll see. Now, I must rest.....
We'll be working out at the beach next week. They have a nice little gym that's always empty...
Brother Arch: thanks for popping in. Somehow I am not satisfied with these workouts and still haven't really reached failure. Now that I caught a cold, I am going to follow advice you gave me last year and take it light until about Sunday when I want to go at it again. I will post my workout then. I remember getting hurt last year for working out with a cold, instead of listening to the wisdom imparted by you....
On a side note, I am going to begin building my boxing gym in my garage when we come back from Beach vacation. Oh yeah, we are going to the beach on saturday (apartment has a nice little gym, which is always empty). So, I may work out two times a week and do some boxing training a couple of times a week. I want to burn this off faster than I am now. Not because of the weight, but because of the overhanging skin that is resulting from my weight loss. Same thing with the abdomen. I may just do an isolated abdomen workout to see if it burns off....
We'll see. Now, I must rest.....
Can I suggest shadow boxing for round time (2-3 minutes) and do it like your really in a scrapfeast!!! Also, if you jump rope for like 7 minutes at a fairly decent pace, its close to running like 2 miles!!! Just a few pointers my Friend!!! Wishing you nothing but the best!!! Take care of that cold too!!!
Just came back from the beach. One week in Marco Island can definitely help your mental state.....
I still have the cold but was able to work out 3 times during that week. My workouts I didn't really write down because, first, I was at the beach, and second, the apartment building that I was at had a small gym, actually a teeny tiny gym, so I figured I would know what I had to do without writing and do it, thus, maximizing it's use and then some.
Also, nothing like setting up all the umbrellas for 2 families. It was 10 minutes of HIUS (High Intensity Umbrella Setting) which ended up being better than any of my workouts.
Brother Arch: thanks for the pointers, once I build that gym, I'll apply them.
Double D: thanks for the kind words.
I think I know what I had been doing wrong before I left to the beach. It was actually nothing, I was doing nothing wrong. What I needed to take into consideration was that I had to take the first couple of weeks and get used to working out again. Then start adding routines as I go. I was unhappy with my training when I should have been concentrating on seeing how to make things better and analyzing what I had done. Like I said earlier, a week in Marco Island can definitely help your mental state.
Now to get myself ready for tomorrow's workout....
I still have the cold but was able to work out 3 times during that week. My workouts I didn't really write down because, first, I was at the beach, and second, the apartment building that I was at had a small gym, actually a teeny tiny gym, so I figured I would know what I had to do without writing and do it, thus, maximizing it's use and then some.
Also, nothing like setting up all the umbrellas for 2 families. It was 10 minutes of HIUS (High Intensity Umbrella Setting) which ended up being better than any of my workouts.
Brother Arch: thanks for the pointers, once I build that gym, I'll apply them.
Double D: thanks for the kind words.
I think I know what I had been doing wrong before I left to the beach. It was actually nothing, I was doing nothing wrong. What I needed to take into consideration was that I had to take the first couple of weeks and get used to working out again. Then start adding routines as I go. I was unhappy with my training when I should have been concentrating on seeing how to make things better and analyzing what I had done. Like I said earlier, a week in Marco Island can definitely help your mental state.
Now to get myself ready for tomorrow's workout....
Recharging of the batteries is ALWAYS a good thing!!! Enjoy your time, and get focused for your w/o my Friend!!!
Thanks and goodbye folks....
whoa, whoa, whoa....goodbye?? 
Hello all,
I am going to be starting a new journal where I want to use two different modes of exercise and I will definitely be asking for your imput....
Boy, have I been busy lately. As a few of you know, I have not been active in this forum for a few months and in fact, I have been intermittently active for the past two plus years. I have been working my ass off trying to keep my company in Venezuela at its current pace, while getting a subsidiary going in Colombia. Not easy. While I have been doing this, I have been studying for my Real Estate exam ( I had taken a hiatus from that too) to take it sometime in March. Have I been working out? Nop, I have been doing a lot of traveling since August of 2005 (a lot more than I want to) and it has been tough to get a good schedule going. While I have been getting used to my current schedule, I have begun working out and trying to tweak my workout to make it optimal for me.
My surgery ended up being very successful (Lap Band surgery), and I am all around happy. I am now at a 36" waist (I guess somewhere between 34 and 36 as I fit into my 34's) and my clothes fit me again. I have had no adverse effects from the surgery and in fact, I have not suffered from heartburn or any stomach ailment since my surgery back in May. I have slowed down some in my weight loss, but I also have not worked out at all until very recently. I have to lose another 36 pounds and plan to do so while working out because I have found some lose skin that I am not too happy about ( I deserve it, nobody told me to get fat). Anyway, I have dropped 56 pounds and 3 pants sizes (size 42).
As I mentioned above, I will be starting a new journal called High Intensity...
Well Good Luck Tony, we'll see what happens next
I am going to be starting a new journal where I want to use two different modes of exercise and I will definitely be asking for your imput....
Boy, have I been busy lately. As a few of you know, I have not been active in this forum for a few months and in fact, I have been intermittently active for the past two plus years. I have been working my ass off trying to keep my company in Venezuela at its current pace, while getting a subsidiary going in Colombia. Not easy. While I have been doing this, I have been studying for my Real Estate exam ( I had taken a hiatus from that too) to take it sometime in March. Have I been working out? Nop, I have been doing a lot of traveling since August of 2005 (a lot more than I want to) and it has been tough to get a good schedule going. While I have been getting used to my current schedule, I have begun working out and trying to tweak my workout to make it optimal for me.
My surgery ended up being very successful (Lap Band surgery), and I am all around happy. I am now at a 36" waist (I guess somewhere between 34 and 36 as I fit into my 34's) and my clothes fit me again. I have had no adverse effects from the surgery and in fact, I have not suffered from heartburn or any stomach ailment since my surgery back in May. I have slowed down some in my weight loss, but I also have not worked out at all until very recently. I have to lose another 36 pounds and plan to do so while working out because I have found some lose skin that I am not too happy about ( I deserve it, nobody told me to get fat). Anyway, I have dropped 56 pounds and 3 pants sizes (size 42).
As I mentioned above, I will be starting a new journal called High Intensity...
Well Good Luck Tony, we'll see what happens next
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To clarify a bit, I have a company here in the US, another in Venezuela and in the process of getting my Colombia office rolling, and no, smartasses, I am not selling drugs or women underwears...
