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2017 Workout/Weightloss Accountability Thread

Funny thing is I've been busy with work and work outside of work and haven't made it to the gym as much. My appetite dropped significantly and I just barely ate dinner for a few weeks. Lost a couple of pounds. Some of it was probably muscle, but lost some waistline too.
 
jhmd2000 said:
F3 Raleigh did a modified version of that on Monday. I can't do 100 pull-ups in the same month from each other and that was a shared sentiment, so we did "Australian pull-ups". Climb underneath a hand-rail in an inverted push-up position and pull your body upward. Not as bad, but plenty bad enough.
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100 pull-ups is pretty insane.
 
61raddeac said:
100 pull-ups is pretty insane.
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It's not as impressive as it sounds once you see how they are usually executed.

It's not "dead hang" pull-ups... Most people do them butterfly-style or by kipping.

I can do more than 20 in a row by kipping... But struggle to do more than 6 or 7 from a dead-hang.

For me, it is the 200 push-ups that make that workout awful.
 
100 dead hang pull-ups would take me all day. I am wondering which is better for those 100, kipping or doing dead hang with a band.
 
How much ya bench?

Most I've done in last 12 months is 225.

I usually work out with sets up to 185.
 
A few thoughts:
1- I lose weight like crazy for a few days after a big training or racing block. But then I get confident and eat some junk, which brings it back because... I'm not working so hard those days. Recovery + junk food is no bueno.
2- I cannot get into the F3. I swear, if feels like a bunch of rich white dudes who wish they had served in the military. Way too much hoo-rah for me.
3- I worked on weights for a whole year and eventually benched 250lb. And even then I could do about 10 pull ups. 100 is insane.
 
I looked at a Peleton, but for $2k, I can get a very good bike that works outdoors and $600 more gets me a trainer that lets me ride indoors.

Why ride indoors if you can be outside?

Zwift is $10/month if you want some sort of interactive training.
 
WhatUTalkinBout Willis said:
A few thoughts:
1- I lose weight like crazy for a few days after a big training or racing block. But then I get confident and eat some junk, which brings it back because... I'm not working so hard those days. Recovery + junk food is no bueno.
2- I cannot get into the F3. I swear, if feels like a bunch of rich white dudes who wish they had served in the military. Way too much hoo-rah for me.
3- I worked on weights for a whole year and eventually benched 250lb. And even then I could do about 10 pull ups. 100 is insane.
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1. Trooth
2. Where do you live? I can only speak for Raleigh, but it's nothing like that at all. I help lead one of the Monday workouts and it is more like overgrown jv football practice. I won't deny the (mostly) rich (mostly) white dude part, but there isn't an ounce of hoo-rah involved. More look "This hoo-urts." PM me if you'd like. If I'm wrong, you can tell me. I'm not, though. Check out @n2noutreach ‏ Twitter for the F3 turnout in a great service project.
3. I am going to try to get to 10 legit pull-ups. You obviously get to break the 100 into subsets, so my plan is to get to 10, and then 20. If I can get to 20, I can break it up into fifths over the course of an hour workout.
 
bym051d said:
I looked at a Peleton, but for $2k, I can get a very good bike that works outdoors and $600 more gets me a trainer that lets me ride indoors.

Why ride indoors if you can be outside?

Zwift is $10/month if you want some sort of interactive training.
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A: Not getting killed by somebody texting and driving.
 
bym051d said:
I looked at a Peleton, but for $2k, I can get a very good bike that works outdoors and $600 more gets me a trainer that lets me ride indoors.

Why ride indoors if you can be outside?

Zwift is $10/month if you want some sort of interactive training.
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My understanding is that there are lots of ways to get one heavily discounted through credit card promos and various club memberships
 
jhmd2000 said:
Try being a red-head. Inside and predawn is our domain.
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My kid's a red-head. He's getting ready to leave for an afternoon at the pool. We should've bought a sunscreen company.

It took him one really good sunburn for him to believe us how necessary it is.
 
bym051d said:
My kid's a red-head. He's getting ready to leave for an afternoon at the pool. We should've bought a sunscreen company.

It took him one really good sunburn for him to believe us how necessary it is.
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I moonburn.
 
Took a bit longer than I had hoped (got stuck at a plateau about 1-2 pounds above my goal), but hit my weight goal this past weekend- since Dec 30, down 17.5 pounds and 5% body fat. It's been great, I can now wear pants that I haven't been able to wear in years. Going to keep it up to make sure I don't backslide and put the weight back on.
 
Quick update...

Jumper's knee has put running on hold for a while... Still planning on running the Ragnar Trail - Carolinas event in early October, so hoping if I take a month or two off from running, I'll be healthy enough by August to train a bit.

Weight in range of 193-196, which I think is good... Trying to add strength now, but it has been slow going. Doing 1RM lifts this week to set a baseline... DL was 365, Bench 215.

Had body fat tested yesterday (hydrostatic weighing)... No idea what I was in January at 210+lbs, but in the past when I've been working out a good amount it has been between 11-14%. I have to think it was well north of that to start the year because I was pudgy and soft. Anyway, it came back at 8.5%, which is ridiculous... But we did it 3 times and it came back the same all 3 times. I'll assume that number is incorrect (way too low), but at least it is an improvement and probably justifies that I need to be eating and lifting more (vs. any kind of cutting).
 
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