Official Gym Thread...

[adidasgrandad]

need your advice people.

out of necessity i only have access to a shitty little safety gym full of machines midweek. on weekends when im at home i have free weights and do a chest and back day and then a shoulder day with abs on a free day. these days i do what you would pretty much expect a simple workout of these muscles to consist of (e.g 4/5 exercises, 3-5 sets each, as much weight as i have) so i won't bother explaining (im pretty well covered on this part of things).

now, heres where you lot can help me... the machines at the gym consist of a chest press, a shoulder/overhead press, a lat pulldoiwn/low row machine and a fly machine. i do all 5 machines for 3/4 sets for 6-8 reps.

also, i dont have that much weight at home for my dumbbells to work with so it ends up being only a moderate workout at home unless i throw in more sets. the plus side of the machines is that i can really target a specific muscle with really heavy weight so would i be right in thinking that im pretty much doing 2 light days at home and then one really heavy day at the gym?

im aware this may make little sense but try and give me some feedback lol

[zen]

Don't mean to sound like a hater lol.

But still 180 for your first time in ages is just too good lol

[adidasgrandad]

high intensity morning workouts >>>>>>>>>>

wake you up nicely.

[Philip]

Been getting bigger and feeling much more healthier and full of energy due to this

Burberry Jumps
Bunny Hops (feet of ground)
Tuck Jumps
Squats
Press Ups
Sit Ups
Parachutes
Squat Thrusts
Star Jumps (touch toes)

1st round is 100 each of those
2nd round is 80 each of those
3rd round is 60 each of those
4th round is 40 each of those

What happens is you get one person holding the punching pads/mits
One person strikes the pads not too soft but can be as hard as they like as long as they can keep it up. While everyone else performs one of the exercises on the list. When they've finished, on to the next exercise and someone else comes up to the pads.
Very intense, but the amount of satisfication you get from completing this without cheating too much >>>>>>>>>>>>>

[zooby]

Got abit gassed and squatted till i got a nosebleed.

[Burden Durden]

Got abit gassed and squatted till i got a nosebleed.

Lol i threw up out the window of my gym doing legs on Monday.

[eggfacol]

I saw a couple of people reply saying they were students and struggle to buy enough food so I thought I'd just give my input
Budget of 30 quid sees me do pretty well out of tesco, they have a 4 for 12 deal on packets of meat, my normal weekly shop is:
raisins
48 weetabix
16 eggs
2 whole chickens
900g steak
brown bread
brown rice/past
tomatoes
milk
salad
bananas

my daily meals are
6-7 weetabix with raisins
2 yolk 4 whites omlette sandiwch (tomato+lettuce) or chicken if i have some left over from the roats
meat (1/3rd of a chicken/ 225g steak) lettuce+ tomato rice/potato/pasta

at the moment I can't afford supplements but I'm just sustaining the gains I made last year where I used shakes in between breakfast/lunch and lunch/dinner until the next student loan comes in and I can buy some more protein. I generally snack on bananas or raisins or additional weetabix if I'm really hungry before meals.
I go to the gym 4-5 times a week and play rugby once or twice and am rarely hungry. The key is to make packed lunches if you go into uni, a lot cheaper and healthier/richer in protein than the ready made shit you buy in tesco

[zooby]

Lol i threw up out the window of my gym doing legs on Monday.

lol throwing up during a workout <<<<<<<<
happened to me once during a HIIT session

[Burden Durden]

lol throwing up during a workout <<<<<<<<
happened to me once during a HIIT session

Yeah it was fucked, first time its ever happened to me, only the mate who i was training with noticed though.

[Francisaso_8]

If you already start working out at the gym do not stop the program, just continue the exercises, everyday much better to maintain good health. I have an experience stopping my work out program for more than a month. And so I eat a lots and drinks, look at me now I am having a problem with my blood pressures. So now I have return to the GYM regularly.