p90x

[JackTucky]

Who won the pool for when Chad would mention "the run was all uphill"

I won the pool for chad living in a town where they have have a 14 mile stretch of road where 12 miles of it has potholes so bad you can drive on them but not run on them.

pay up missioncontrol!

Damn.  I still think I can win the "Chad says he welded his own bike" pool.

[Malenko]

So, if the dude can run 14 miles uphill...

why did he need to rent a truck to carry a board 2 miles?

He was just practicing his MDF loading technique, which he perfected that day. He was stressed out from power lifting and programming call center software.

[JackTucky]

What about Child psychologist?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74657.msg773784#msg773784

Audio Technician?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74591.msg773463#msg773463

Ethical Hacker/Security Specialist?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74705.msg773381#msg773381

USPS Shipping Rate expert?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74583.msg771980#msg771980

traffic Cop?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74178.msg767279#msg767279

Cable TV Bill auditor?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=73994.msg765326#msg765326

Plasma TV Expert?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=73713.msg762135#msg762135

[JackTucky]

Oooh!!   Hollywood Producer

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74843.msg774937#msg774937

[HaRuMaN]

call center software designer:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85501.msg901386#msg901386

Moo owner / admin

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85501.msg898002#msg898002

powerlifter

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=85209.msg893496#msg893496

[SithMaster]

It was multiple months, thank you very much.  Triathlon was in July, I'm somewhere in the 140s.  Tough age group, though, full of top finishers.

Its good that you are in triathlons at that age.

[AmericanDemon]

Enough Chad bashing and back on Topic. 

I'm going to order this program in the very near future.  I finally have the space and equipment ready to rock just need to invest in the program.  I was really skeptical, but I spent a week watching people's YouTube blogs.  Its an amazing program to say the least.  will power, dedication, and pushing play.   

Anyone who is doing this......  keep up the good work.  I look forward to joining/competing with you in the near future.

[shmokes]

I'm not going to do p90x.  But I did start back into the gym again Saturday and Sunday.  I worked way too hard and couldn't go to the gym Monday or Tuesday cos I was so sore. 

But I'm gonna try to keep going.  I averaged 4-5 days per week for about 7 or 8 months straight a couple years ago.  That was my longest run ever and I looked great.  I'm a skinny sonofabitch, so it's not about losing any weight for me, just building mass and strength and endurance.  But that 7 or 8 month run literally ended the day my daughter was born.  I went to the gym the day before she was born and didn't go again for over a year.  I was already working full time and going to school full time and she just pushed me over the edge.

Anyway, I've started going again and I could use some motivation.  In fact, for the first time in my life I'd say I actually need to lose some fat.  Only about five pounds of it, but it's there on my mid-section making me look weak.  I have a scale that checks body fat composition (roughly) but I haven't stood on it in ages.  I'd guess I'm up around 13 or 14% and I'd like to get it back down under 10%.

[ChadTower]

Who won the pool for when Chad would mention "the run was all uphill"

If you were funnier you would have said the swim was uphill.

The road issue was actually construction due to a broken sewer line.

[JackTucky]

Who won the pool for when Chad would mention "the run was all uphill"

If you were funnier you would have said the swim was uphill.

The road issue was actually construction due to a broken sewer line.

You don't know funny.  You said the run was uphill.  That was funny, and expected..  And I know funny.

[ChadTower]

You don't know funny.  You said the run was uphill.  That was funny, and expected..  And I know funny.

I said the bike was all hills.  Didn't say anything about the run being uphill.

So, since we have three guys now willing to go, along with a bunch of hecklers that could never finish it anyway, should we set a start date?  I need a week or two to get the nutrition aspects sorted out and figure out how to mount a pullup bar to the rafters in the basement.

[ChadTower]

It's not the teeeny spare tire making you look weak, it's the 4" mighty pythons you're sporting.  Just so you know.

Cut the guy some slack, he is fine with legs that size.   

[HaRuMaN]

My T-ball coach used to call me chicken-legs...   

[ChadTower]

My T-ball coach used to call me chicken-legs...   

Why were you playing T ball at age 16?   

Dude, when I was 8, our baseball coach used to call one of my teammates buttplug.  At 8 years old.  We didn't even know what it meant until later.

[Ed_McCarron]

He was just practicing his MDF loading technique, which he perfected that day. He was stressed out from power lifting and programming call center software.

You'll notice, that there was not one MDF comment from me.

[boykster]

Don't be ridiculouos; everybody knows you load chipboard and MDF totally differently 

[skippy]

Don't be ridiculouos; everybody knows you load chipboard and MDF totally differently 

As long as you go with the grain it doesn't matter how you load it.

[ChadTower]

As long as you go with the grain it doesn't matter how you load it.

I hear it loads easier if you moisten it.

[JackTucky]

I need a week or two to get the nutrition aspects sorted out and figure out how to mount a pullup bar to the rafters in the basement.

You could probably make a pullup bar stand out of some sheets of 4'x8' MDF.

Can't you just use SCREWS to mount a bar?  WTF?

[Dartful Dodger]

I said the bike was all hills.  Didn't say anything about the run being uphill.

Yeah Jack, we all know the running portion of the triathlon was across the Sea of Galilee.




Day 1:
215 pounds
25% body fat

I have a fat% scale, but according to the website an issue with it is it doesn't know the difference between fat and muscle.

Although I can't kid myself, right now it's mostly fat.

[shardian]

I need a week or two to get the nutrition aspects sorted out and figure out how to mount a pullup bar to the rafters in the basement.

You could probably make a pullup bar stand out of some sheets of 4'x8' MDF.

Can't you just use SCREWS to mount a bar?  WTF?

Walmart has a door frame pull-up bar that supports up to 400lbs. It is like $20-$30.

[ChadTower]

Can't you just use SCREWS to mount a bar?  WTF?

Nope, need to mount some hooks or something, because I want to take it down when I'm done, and it has to be strong enough not to flex, which means galvanized pipe (mostly because I already have some).  Just a trip to the hardware store to pick something off the wall.  No big deal.  The nutrition part is what will take more effort.  Getting it right takes a bit of prep beforehand to make sure it doesn't become tedious and likely to fail.

Dartful, even a cheap bioimpedance meter has an "athlete" setting.  That's for people who "perform 5-6 hours a week or more of intense physical activity".  In the end it doesn't matter whether you measure on normal or athlete so long as you use the same setting the whole time.  Either way it gives you a reasonably accurate measurement of the change even if it's a percent or two off on your actual bodyfat.  For a lot of people the meter is a lot more accurate than calipers - those take a lot of practice to get right and most people aren't good at measuring themselves.

Shardian, I don't really want to pull on the door trim in my house.  The trim-mounted bars do a number on pine moldings.

[Dartful Dodger]

Walmart has a door frame pull-up bar that supports up to 400lbs. It is like $20-$30.

I saw the infomercial for this one:
doorgym

it looks like the p90x one I have, but 80 dollars cheaper.

I put some felt around the parts that touch the molding.
I've got cheap a door moldings and I haven't had a problem with it.

[shardian]

The nutrition part is what will take more effort.  Getting it right takes a bit of prep beforehand to make sure it doesn't become tedious and likely to fail.

I discovered the wonders of fruit smoothies this week. I've never been a huge fan of fruit. I don't know why, but I decided to throw milk, 2oz yogurt, an apple, a bananna, and a handful of Pomegranate in the food processor the other day. I ---smurfing--- loved it! I'm now having homeade fruit smoothies for breakfast. Ideally I am going to try to get to fruit smoothie breakfast, slimfast lunch, and whatever I want for dinner.

BTW, pomegranates are in season and I recommend you try them. I love the things for some odd reason. The seeds are like eating a partially popped popcorn kernel, but they are healthy as all getout.

[ChadTower]

it looks like the p90x one I have, but 80 dollars cheaper.

Dude, the p90x recommended one is $50 + ship.  Where the hell did you buy it?  My main objection to buying that is having yet another dedicated piece of exercise equipment taking up storage space when not in use.  A couple mounting points and a pipe are much easier to store.

shardian, I lived out of the blender when I was lifting heavy all the time... strawberry protein shakes out the door.  Definitely a lifesaver in that regard but the allure wears off after a while if you're replacing meals with them.  It's not the same to sit down to dinner with my family with a glass while they're eating a meal.

Then again, I also used to eat 2 cans of tuna alone after I lifted, which gets old even faster.

[shmokes]

I went ahead and threw p90x into bittorrent.  I have no idea what it is, but I guess I'll take a look at it.  I still doubt very much that I'll use it cos I just don't have the time for that.  I can go to the gym at school and work out while listening to bankruptcy or evidence supplements on my iPod. 

BTW, I jumped on the scale and I'm closer to 15%.  It got me at 15.1% fat the first time and 14.7 the second.  About 5 years ago I was 8%! so while I'm not overweight by any stretch of the imagination, that's a pretty big shift.

[HaRuMaN]

BTW, I jumped on the scale and I'm closer to 15%.  It got me at 15.1% fat the first time and 14.7 the second.  About 5 years ago I was 8%! so while I'm not overweight by any stretch of the imagination, that's a pretty big shift.

FAT!

[shardian]

I actually prefer drinking breakfast, such as a slimfast or just a tall glass of milk. Lunch, not so much. Dinner is always with the family, so replacing it is out of the question.

I tell you what, with a smoothie breakfast I don't yawn during the day. The extra energy is very nice.

Breakfast is a feast or famine meal for me. It either has to be tons of meat, carbs, & sugar or nothing at all. Eating big breakfasts or simply bad breakfasts (2 donuts and a milk or McD's), are a major part of my problem. Simply replacing breakfast with a drink has allowed me to maintain my weight, no matter how bad I eat during lunch or dinner.

Oh and Dartful, would it help you out if I just lied to you and gave you 'ripped from the web' updates on p90x? Figured I'd offer that up since you off-hand blamed me for your failures. 

[ChadTower]

Breakfast is a feast or famine meal for me. It either has to be tons of meat, carbs, & sugar or nothing at all. Eating big breakfasts or simply bad breakfasts (2 donuts and a milk or McD's), are a major part of my problem. Simply replacing breakfast with a drink has allowed me to maintain my weight, no matter how bad I eat during lunch or dinner.

I'm not much of a breakfast person.  If I'm in training for something I'll put down some oatmeal and juice but if I'm not I usually just get a cup of coffee and wait until lunch.  My major problem is usually waking up in the middle of the night and eating - sometimes I'm barely aware I even did it until that morning.  It is somehow related to the apnea and I haven't ever worked out how.

[Dartful Dodger]

Dartful, even a cheap bioimpedance meter has an "athlete" setting.  That's for people who "perform 5-6 hours a week or more of intense physical activity". In the end it doesn't matter whether you measure on normal or athlete so long as you use the same setting the whole time

This is the scale I use:
Ironman Glass InnerScan
It sends an electrical current through your body to see how dense you mass is.  It knows the difference between flesh bone, and water.

The problem is on week 1 I'm a fat slob, by week 3 I'm an average "athlete". At first my fat% drops, then it started to go up.  I was pist I thought the diet/workout wasn't working.  I did a Google search and found that a combination of fat and solid muscle confused the scale.

I had a solid chest and arms, but I was still soft in the middle.

Since I'm both "obese" and an "athlete" the scale errors on the fat side.

I read the pull-up post after I wrote the above.

I bought the pull-up bar a few months ago it was 100 bucks on their website.  I saw the door gym infomercial for 25 bucks a week ago and said to myself "that figures".

All and all, if I can keep working out, it’d still be worth $100.

I agree with you about having to much equipment.  I have a free weight universal set that's taking up to much room.  If I'm not using it after I complete the 90 days I'll sell it.

[ChadTower]

It knows the difference between flesh bone, and water.

What I'm trying to tell you is that it doesn't know anything about that.  It measures resistance to an electrical signal.  It would measure the "bodyfat" of a pumpkin if you put it on there.  It has an algorithm that knows the standard resistances for varying bodyfat levels.  There is probably a variable in that algorithm that changes the coefficients a bit for the "athlete" setting vs the "normal" setting.  It likely takes a resistance reading on your body, looks up that resistance in a hash table, and spits out a value.  You could probably do the same thing with a DMM if you had the algorithm it uses.

I bought the pull-up bar a few months ago it was 100 bucks on their website.

It dropped 50% in a few months?  Ow.

[shmokes]

I discovered the wonders of fruit smoothies this week.

You want to make that smoothie really really good?  Add greens.  Spinach is my favorite, but a good leafy lettuce is good too (just not iceberg, that would be a waste).  Go 3/4 fruit and 1/4 spinach.  It will look like a crazy amount of spinach to put in, but wait till you taste it.  So.  Freaking.  Good. 

I'm dead serious.  Try it.  You won't go back.  And you have the added benefit of getting a really large portion of greens in your diet which, for most Americans, is a pretty big deal.

[shardian]

Did you filter out the pomegranate seeds??

The seeds are the healhtiest part. If you ate a whole Pomegranate worth, you get more than you entire daily intake of fiber.

Any time you just juice a fruit, you throw away the healthiest parts. That's where my problem was - I hate the texture of most fruits. Processing them just makes it a tasty milkshake like consistency. i can handle that,

[shardian]

I discovered the wonders of fruit smoothies this week.

You want to make that smoothie really really good?  Add greens.  Spinach is my favorite, but a good leafy lettuce is good too (just not iceberg, that would be a waste).  Go 3/4 fruit and 1/4 spinach.  It will look like a crazy amount of spinach to put in, but wait till you taste it.  So.  Freaking.  Good. 

I'm dead serious.  Try it.  You won't go back.  And you have the added benefit of getting a really large portion of greens in your diet which, for most Americans, is a pretty big deal.

You know, I thought about that. We love baby spinach. The fresh leaf stuff is great. Most people hate spinach because they think of the canned or frozen stuff that stinks and tastes like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. most people never even know that fresh spinach has no taste whatsoever. We keep a bag in the fridge pretty much all the time.

[ChadTower]

With all that spinach you won't need p90x!

[SithMaster]

shardian, I lived out of the blender when I was lifting heavy all the time... strawberry protein shakes out the door.  Definitely a lifesaver in that regard but the allure wears off after a while if you're replacing meals with them.  It's not the same to sit down to dinner with my family with a glass while they're eating a meal.

Then again, I also used to eat 2 cans of tuna alone after I lifted, which gets old even faster.

Chad was that back when you "won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics" or was it when you "went on to win the WWF and WCW world titles... I just lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Sting"

With all that spinach you won't need p90x!

It looks like all the spinach just makes your forearms beefy.

[shardian]

It looks like all the spinach just makes your forearms beefy.

Who needs biceps when you have a kung fu grip?

[ChadTower]

 

Made it about as far into that as Darftul did into p90x.  Probably about 6 weeks before my work schedule shifted and I couldn't make the classes anymore.   

[NIVO]

just list the things you HAVENT done chad, itll be shorter   

[ChadTower]

just list the things you HAVENT done chad, itll be shorter   

What can I say, I try a lot of stuff.  Life is for those who live it.  Too many people look up at 55 and wonder why they never tried all those things they wanted to do.  They sure as hell remember every episode of 25 different TV shows, though.  I'll be damned if I end up that way and I'm making sure I set that example for my sons too.  When was the last time you did something for the first time? 

Last night my wife and I went to the touring stage version of the Price is Right.     Cheesy, lower prizes, but still worth few laughs.  Hosted by the dude we used to watch do Supermarket Sweep in the 90s.