Who works out ?

[Arch]

Just curious how many people work out and what your weekly schedule is (ex: Monday=chest, Tuesday=legs etc...)

[buttons]

idk what you mean by working out but i do gymnastics and dancing on thursdays and walk 4 miles (shut up thats enough for us) on tuesdays and sundays with my friend.
it would be more but i don't have TIME to when i'm at college plus i walk a lot there anyways

so my legs get the most work out

[PaulMacC]

Me.
I dont do isolation routines. Your body is said to recover and grow far more when it is fully rested, not singular parts rested. I train two days a week on a full body routine consisting of Squat, Overhead Press, Deadlift, Pulldowns, Bench, Crunches.

[Jacob]

I go to the gyms on Mondays but not occasionally. I don't think it's as fun as doing sports to be honest.

[Inseriousity.]

No I don't work out, I need to put on weight!!
I do walk a lot though but that's cos public transport sucks lol

[Oleh]

i do every wed and fri (only times my mate is free, we go together as support)

15min on bike, 5 min cooldown on treadmill, 3 sets of 10 on chest press at 40kg , tricep and lat pull 3 sets of 10 at 40kg, leg press 3 sets of 20 at 100kg and 5 min cooldown on treadmill.

[Misawa]

Not me. No time, no need and fit as a fiddle.

[matt$]

I walk, and play football every now and then i used to go to the gym but the same thing over and over got boring i think ive still got membership though, might go back if some friends join in otherwise i'll stick to walking.

[Jord]

When im at my sisters I use her gym. Just do cardio stuff to get my heart beating faster.

When im at home i do random amounts of weights. I dont keep track because when I keep track I seem to NEVER reach my target but when I dont count the next day im in so much pain :P

[myke]

not particularly but if i get time then i just do stuff thats energetic nd dance when im on my own, like full on, or like if im on skype i just lay on my bed doing exercises for lols, like right now, i have my leg wrapped around my head and my arm holding a 10 ton lorry.
jke jke but i actually do do like exercise fings

[Hiro]

I used to. I went off track and need to get started again, too much lazing about!

[Arch]

Me.
I dont do isolation routines. Your body is said to recover and grow far more when it is fully rested, not singular parts rested. I train two days a week on a full body routine consisting of Squat, Overhead Press, Deadlift, Pulldowns, Bench, Crunches.

O rly i was told to do isolations; currently monday-chest, tues-arms, wed- off , thurs - shoulders, fri - legs, sat/sun -off

My arms/legs have been so sore haha


No I don't work out, I need to put on weight!!
I do walk a lot though but that's cos public transport sucks lol

I thought it was the same for me, but just eat more protein and set your cals better it actually works :)

[Mark]

I use to go to the gym once or twice a week for a few months before xmas, I should really start going again!

[NiallSource]

I don't work out, I just run. For an hour and a half every night (round the park near my home). Been slipping lately though since it's so dark.

[Arron]

I want to get into a workout routine more than once a week (that once a week is in College)

[,Lexiilu]

I do dancing on tuesdays and thursdays. I do some ab work every other day :P
Tuesdays is pretty much a day for everything such as arms, legs, abs, flexibility and stretching. Thursdays is more movement and actually rehearsing our dances so it's morely legs and arms. Then every day I try to do at least 50-100+ sit ups and a little bit of stretching here and there when I have time :) I'm always dancing in general so my legs are pretty toned :P

[Oleh]

You guys should try insanity, im gonna start on feb 1st, cos im a fatty

[Arch]

Instead of making a new thread im just curious when you get soreness after a work out when does that go away (as in stop getting sore after workouts)?
i heard a month but im not sure if thats true anyone else?

[,Lexiilu]

Instead of making a new thread im just curious when you get soreness after a work out when does that go away (as in stop getting sore after workouts)?
i heard a month but im not sure if thats true anyone else?

personally i think this is a lie on whoever told you's part.
i still get sore from workouts, you have to up the repetitions/weight/whatever you use to measure, so it should never not make you sore unless you're taking it easy. there's almost always ways to make something more difficult to work you out more. since the point of a workout is to exercise, i'm guessing you'd want to make it more difficult when it starts getting easy? if that's the case, then never :)

if you mean as in after you do the exact same workout for like however amount of time until it starts hurting (which is pointless and i don't recommend it but whatever lol) then yeah i'd say probably about a month, maybe two for women :P i lifted four pound weights nearly every class last year (shut up i'm weak!!!!) and for about a month or two this year until i went to fives (;l). fours are really easy for me now. same with crunches. we only used to do 200 per class. towards the end of the year we moved up to 250. we took it easy at the beginning of this season and went back to 200, then 250 after about 2 weeks, and then up to 300 after about a month. we're now at 350 - 400 :P so like yeah now doing anything under 350 doesn't burn like hell anymore.

[Arch]

No not that you arent pushing yourself (like you keep uping weight/reps) just eventually over time because your muscle get
use to the lactic acid or w/e that causes the pain it deals with it much quicker and you get less and less sore over time
thats the reasoning i got or something similaar

[PaulMacC]

O rly i was told to do isolations; currently monday-chest, tues-arms, wed- off , thurs - shoulders, fri - legs, sat/sun -off

My arms/legs have been so sore haha



I thought it was the same for me, but just eat more protein and set your cals better it actually works :)
Excess protein turns into wasted energy and in rare cases fat. Eat 1g per body pound.

Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift

Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Press
5x3 Power cleans

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs

Arch, the pain is called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscular Soreness). It usually goes away 2-3 months when you start working out but you may occasionally get it when pushing personal bests hard as your working your muscles so much

[le harry]

Mon: Chest/Abs.
Tues: Back
Wed: Off
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Arms/Abs.

Weekend off. Strict protein/carb diet with creatine and l-glutamine.

Girls don't appreciate legs, no point working them.

[PaulMacC]

Mon: Chest/Abs.
Tues: Back
Wed: Off
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Arms/Abs.

Weekend off. Strict protein/carb diet with creatine and l-glutamine.

Girls don't appreciate legs, no point working them.
Then you look like an idiot with an unbalanced body. Lower body makes up 2/3 of the body's muscle.

[Spuds]

Then you look like an idiot with an unbalanced body. Lower body makes up 2/3 of the body's muscle.

And yet you're as thin as a twig.

[Lost_Addict]

Well i decided i needed to loose some weight.
I don't know how i convinced my body to do this but i do it once sometimes twice a day (i've only been doing ti for a week or so atm.

100 star jumps, 25 sit ups, however many pressups i can manage. 50 weight lifts in each arm (4kg), 25 full runs of the house, and 10 up and down the stairs.

In just over a week i've lost 5 pounds ;) quite happy with that.

[PaulMacC]

And yet you're as thin as a twig.
A twig that probably has had more training success than you will ever. Internet badman.

[Nemo]

Yah i do, nothing special or routines or whatever. Just pressups, situps and starting to do some pull ups toooo

[Conservative,]

I work on my legs a few times a week with my exercise bike - mainly for my skiing - but I can't do much more because I can't sign up to the gym. (Because it's like £30 a month - rip ikr - and I don't have the money + mum wont let me) When I have time I go to the school gym sometimes and do biceps & core strength but don't really have a schedule - just when I find time.

[Arch]

Excess protein turns into wasted energy and in rare cases fat. Eat 1g per body pound.

Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift

Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Press
5x3 Power cleans

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs

Arch, the pain is called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscular Soreness). It usually goes away 2-3 months when you start working out but you may occasionally get it when pushing personal bests hard as your working your muscles so much

Yeah i heard bout DOMS the soreness sucks tho... just did bis/tris today and i can tell tmr is gonna be hell :(


Mon: Chest/Abs.
Tues: Back
Wed: Off
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Arms/Abs.

Weekend off. Strict protein/carb diet with creatine and l-glutamine.

Girls don't appreciate legs, no point working them.

rly should do legs, ever seen those heavy top guys? Looks sooo funny ahaha

[5,5]

Yeah I work out every other day doing 3 sets of the following:
50 sit ups
50 crunches
30 curls
20 of this other ab work out not really sure of the name but yeah..haha
10 leg presses
10 reverse leg presses
10 bench presses

Been doing this for about 2 weeks, did it a long time ago but lost the drive but it came back and I'm starting to see a little progress already.

[Metric1]

Girls don't appreciate legs, no point working them.

FALSE, girls love my legs.

twice a week: nordic trac/rowing machine/weights/treadclimber

every night @ 7: p90x

[Ajthedragon]

I can cycle for hours, but I can't be bothered with weights and stuff!

[Spuds]

A twig that probably has had more training success than you will ever. Internet badman.

Are you sure about this? Go ahead, challenge me on your training schemes. PM it me and I'll show you mine and explain how it is inferior than yours. Well, it probably speaks for itself considering it was designed by an ex-Warrant Officer.

[Nikki]

I do dancing every Tuesday & Thursday which I've done since I was three. Then I walk 3 or so miles every day just to get to the train station :( then every Sunday I go to the gym where I just do the running machine, exercise bikes and kicking boxing. I don't really go to loose weight,more to look at boys and chat to my friends (a)

[PaulMacC]

Are you sure about this? Go ahead, challenge me on your training schemes. PM it me and I'll show you mine and explain how it is inferior than yours. Well, it probably speaks for itself considering it was designed by an ex-Warrant Officer.
Try me. I dont use Mark Ripptoe's training scheme but you'd be a downright idiot to disapprove of his routine for foundation strength/size.


1) Limit your routine to "big" movements only. Do not waste your time with calf exercises, arm exercises, or grip exercises. (Rotator cuff exercises are certainly acceptable.) There will be plenty of time for these later. For now, just do what we call "big" movements. Here is the entire list of "big" movements: squats, deadlifts, leg presses, chin-ups/pulldowns, rows, dips, bench presses, overhead presses. You won't do all of these, but if it isn't on the list, don't do it! (Special exceptions - abdominal exercises and shrugs.)

2) Do the same routine every time you workout. Until you become very proficient at doing those few movements, you will get stronger faster if you just keep doing the same lifts, over and over and over.

3) Train two or three times per week, or just train every other day or every third day. Again, you will get stronger faster if you practice the lifts more frequently.

4) For each movement, do two or three work sets with the same weight and for the same number of repetitions. Once again, you will get stronger faster if you keep practicing the lifts.

To illustrate, here is a sample program.

Squat. Three sets of 10 - 12 reps.
Overhead press. Barbell or dumbbell. Three sets of 8 - 10 reps.
Deadlift or shrugs. Three sets of 8-10 reps. See note below.*
Chin-ups, pulldown machine, DB rows, or machine rows. Three sets of 8-10 reps.
Dips, barbell bench press, or dumbbell bench press. Two sets of 8 - 10 reps.
Crunches. Two sets of 10-15 reps.

* If you are just starting out, do the deadlift every time. When you get good at this, you can alternate from workout to workout between deadlifts and shrugs.

[Spuds]

Try me. I dont use Mark Ripptoe's training scheme but you'd be a downright idiot to disapprove of his routine for foundation strength/size.


1) Limit your routine to "big" movements only. Do not waste your time with calf exercises, arm exercises, or grip exercises. (Rotator cuff exercises are certainly acceptable.) There will be plenty of time for these later. For now, just do what we call "big" movements. Here is the entire list of "big" movements: squats, deadlifts, leg presses, chin-ups/pulldowns, rows, dips, bench presses, overhead presses. You won't do all of these, but if it isn't on the list, don't do it! (Special exceptions - abdominal exercises and shrugs.)

2) Do the same routine every time you workout. Until you become very proficient at doing those few movements, you will get stronger faster if you just keep doing the same lifts, over and over and over.

3) Train two or three times per week, or just train every other day or every third day. Again, you will get stronger faster if you practice the lifts more frequently.

4) For each movement, do two or three work sets with the same weight and for the same number of repetitions. Once again, you will get stronger faster if you keep practicing the lifts.

To illustrate, here is a sample program.

Squat. Three sets of 10 - 12 reps.
Overhead press. Barbell or dumbbell. Three sets of 8 - 10 reps.
Deadlift or shrugs. Three sets of 8-10 reps. See note below.*
Chin-ups, pulldown machine, DB rows, or machine rows. Three sets of 8-10 reps.
Dips, barbell bench press, or dumbbell bench press. Two sets of 8 - 10 reps.
Crunches. Two sets of 10-15 reps.

* If you are just starting out, do the deadlift every time. When you get good at this, you can alternate from workout to workout between deadlifts and shrugs.

What is this rubbish? Where is your weekly routine? Your monthly routine? Previous accounts of achievements and things accomplished?

[Describe]

I've said I'll start working out for ages now and whenever I actually plan to start going to the gym I'm always hit with an obstacle that completely obstructs physical activity. In saying that, I've been given sixteen weeks re-cooperation where I can't do anything heavy such as go to the gym inside that period for fear of my stomach wound puncturing or for fears of a possible hernia that could occur round my groin area while it's tender. When I'm fighting fit again I hope to start a three day a week routine on the active for life course, a 'pass' if you will for people with health problems that gets you into leisure centres and gyms for around about 60% off the actual price. Prior to ever actually being unhealthy I'd use the rowing machine twice a week in the gym to strengthen my shoulders but this time round I'll be looking for an all rounded routine involving sprints and weights. I'm more interested in building my stamina than anything else, I'd like to be as fit as I was back when I was nine or ten.

[le harry]

paul seems like he has all the theory and has nothing to show irl lol. i played football for 7 years when i was younger so i have pretty defined calfs and hamstrings as it is. i'd love to meet u irl paul so you could show me how much ur leg training would help in a fight...and pulling females

[Arch]

Yeah but to be fair workingout doesnt make you big overnight it takes awhile,
your all being kinda harsh tbh give him a couple months and he'll be up there

[PaulMacC]

paul seems like he has all the theory and has nothing to show irl lol. i played football for 7 years when i was younger so i have pretty defined calfs and hamstrings as it is. i'd love to meet u irl paul so you could show me how much ur leg training would help in a fight...and pulling females
I agree to an extent. But I've had great results since starting. I've put on 20lbs since I started lifting, 3lbs of that being fat and the rest being muscle. In a years time I expect to be at least 150lbs. I started at 110lbs 4 months ago.

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What is this rubbish? Where is your weekly routine? Your monthly routine? Previous accounts of achievements and things accomplished?
My weekly routine is that I posted. 3 times a week. Focused upon strength and size gains. Why does my accomplishments have anything to do with my routine. You said you'd scrutinise my routine, now please tell me what is wrong with it.

[Misawa]

110lbs? I'm 165 and I'm slim and don't even work out. P.S. To whoever made the pretty moronic comment about fighting needs to know that a fight has nothing to do with muscle or size, it's knowing how to fight.

[5,5]

I agree to an extent. But I've had great results since starting. I've put on 20lbs since I started lifting, 3lbs of that being fat and the rest being muscle. In a years time I expect to be at least 150lbs. I started at 110lbs 4 months ago.

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My weekly routine is that I posted. 3 times a week. Focused upon strength and size gains. Why does my accomplishments have anything to do with my routine. You said you'd scrutinise my routine, now please tell me what is wrong with it.

How tall are you because aren't you like 16? 110 lbs is like anorexic..

[le harry]

110lbs? I'm 165 and I'm slim and don't even work out. P.S. To whoever made the pretty moronic comment about fighting needs to know that a fight has nothing to do with muscle or size, it's knowing how to fight.

How often do you come up against someone who's trained in a martial arts? 90% of fights are two amateurs on the street, and size will win you that fight pretty much everytime.

Edit: 110lbs? 49kg dude WTF! That's not normal for a guy. I'm 155lbs/70kg and still thin as hell.

[PaulMacC]

How often do you come up against someone who's trained in a martial arts? 90% of fights are two amateurs on the street, and size will win you that fight pretty much everytime.

Edit: 110lbs? 49kg dude WTF! That's not normal for a guy. I'm 155lbs/70kg and still thin as hell.
I know, I was seriously underweight. I plan to get bigger But it's an improvement on my part.

[Spuds]

My weekly routine is that I posted. 3 times a week. Focused upon strength and size gains. Why does my accomplishments have anything to do with my routine. You said you'd scrutinise my routine, now please tell me what is wrong with it.

For a start I said PM it to me as I'm not willing to scan in the details and post them publicly of what I was going to show. You said you've probably had more training success than me. This means you've had more success across the board, be it muscle growth, duration of stamina, improved sprint speed - the lot. With your silly little weight scheme then I highly doubt you're as fit as me, actually I'd be willing to bet that you're not as fit as me. Your accomplishments have everything to do with your routine. When you don't feel motivated then you look at your accomplishments and get back out there. You're simply stood around lifting a few weights, that is a laughable schedule when you're comparing it to that of an acceptable standard to an ex-Warrant Officer.

[Misawa]

How often do you come up against someone who's trained in a martial arts? 90% of fights are two amateurs on the street, and size will win you that fight pretty much everytime.

Edit: 110lbs? 49kg dude WTF! That's not normal for a guy. I'm 155lbs/70kg and still thin as hell.

Like I said, if you know how to fight, size doesn't matter...

I'm a former county judo champion and I've defeated people twice my size. That's all I'm saying.

[PaulMacC]

For a start I said PM it to me as I'm not willing to scan in the details and post them publicly of what I was going to show. You said you've probably had more training success than me. This means you've had more success across the board, be it muscle growth, duration of stamina, improved sprint speed - the lot. With your silly little weight scheme then I highly doubt you're as fit as me, actually I'd be willing to bet that you're not as fit as me. Your accomplishments have everything to do with your routine. When you don't feel motivated then you look at your accomplishments and get back out there. You're simply stood around lifting a few weights, that is a laughable schedule when you're comparing it to that of an acceptable standard to an ex-Warrant Officer.
Go ahead, by all means publicly show me the errors in my routine or is it that you lack the knowledge to scrutinize my routine efficiently. Tell me whats wrong with it, I'm all for it. I've trained in cross-country and football since the age of 8. I do regard myself as extremely fit cardiovascular wise. My accomplishments thus far in four months, I can bench my bodyweight, I can squat/dead x1.5 my bodyweight, I can OHP x0.5 my bodyweight. My silly little weight scheme is regarded as a variation of one of the best foundation routines out there.

[Spuds]

Go ahead, by all means publicly show me the errors in my routine or is it that you lack the knowledge to scrutinize my routine efficiently. Tell me whats wrong with it, I'm all for it. I've trained in cross-country and football since the age of 8. I do regard myself as extremely fit cardiovascular wise. My accomplishments thus far in four months, I can bench my bodyweight, I can squat/dead x1.5 my bodyweight, I can OHP x0.5 my bodyweight. My silly little weight scheme is regarded as a variation of one of the best foundation routines out there.
Why would I post the scans publicly when I'm currently trying to get Jin to delete my previous information from the database? To post public information on myself at this moment in time would be madness. Plus I don't use this site and only come on when I have an e-mail saying I have a PM. If you wish to see a weeks work of mine, PM me and I'll scan it in and send it you.

So you believe your previous training in cross-country and football means you're as fit as a routine which is used upon those in the armed forces, alright then. Now then, I recall posts of yours saying you have a strict diet. Why? You need to put fat on. Your silly little weights scheme is useless to you. Then again you are from Northern Ireland, I don't know why I'm bothering with your kind.
If you want to see a weeks worth of my work, PM me. You shouldn't expect anymore fast replies as I've had to cave into the fact that Jin will not erase previous data and I'll have to manually do that even though the accounts are banned.

[Misawa]

Then again you are from Northern Ireland, I don't know why I'm bothering with your kind.

What an unpleasant little boy you are.

[PaulMacC]

What an unpleasant little boy you are.
I agree. He's not worth a reply anyway.

[RedStratocas]

protein is more about when you consume it than it is about how much. protein shakes are good for immediately after a workout because muscles will start absorbing it as soon as possible after breakdown. and before you go to bed because that's when muscles do a lot of their rebuilding, but also the period when you're consuming the least amount of protein. if you have a balanced diet of 6 small meals a day with a fair share of protein, however, protein shakes are probably unnecessary.

i'm a vegetarian, so i kinda need protein from powders etc if i want to gain any muscle mass at all.