I workout... not really

[swem]

No one ever got strong doing boot camp calisthenics in their living room. Same with P90x, kettlebells or most of crossfit or long slow distance anything. Did you wake up today and say 'hell, I'm way too strong already, almost ripped the door off the car getting in yesterday, think I need to stop lifting'...? I can assure you, you did not. Strength is the most useful side effect of training, period. If you're a fattie fat fat, sure cutting calories is a good idea and those for us in 1st world countries generally have carbohydrates in abundance. Unless you're a single guy/gal living near a beach or movie star, striving to see your abs is utter nonsence and no benchmark for any fitness level. Its benefits to your life are minimal and running sub 8% bodyfat has no positive effect on longevity. Heck read up on the Framingham study.... there isn't even a correlation between blood cholesterol levels and longevity. Paradigms are being shattered. Get strong, flexible and fast. Build bone and connective tissue density. Progressive resistance... live it. Do it properly with good form or even better yet enlist the help of someone skilled. I'm sorry for rambling.

Agreed being "in shape" can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't need to see abs but I'm also happier when I can see them and it's usually an indicator of how "in shape" I am. P90x and the like are great for the average joe who wants to look and feel better. They won't make you super strong, but you will get stronger, relatively speaking. Crossfit is great but it gets a bad rap because all the dip****s that think it's the end all be all. Look at the upper level guys like froning and kalipa they're strong by every standard exempt maybe Olympic lifters (although they're not far off). It's not new, circuit training as been around forever someone just thought they could make a bunch of money on it, they were right. Personally my fitness goals are always changing, though usually they revolve around adding inches to my vertical or pounds to my deadlift or clean. I say eat clean, and be active. Do what you enjoy because that's the only way you will ever stick with it.

 

[kaconga]

Do what you enjoy because that's the only way you will ever stick with it.

This is the key! If you want to get fit then find a fun activity that gets you up off the couch and moving around. I am lucky to have a job that is very physically demanding and I can sit around for my evenings but even then I always am walking or throwing my kids around. Summer is hiking weather and I can easily log 15 miles of mountain trail in 6 hours. I HATE the gym with a passion. It feels so lame running on a treadmill. If I had that as my only option for exercise then I would never get any.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Wow, i found this on a brewing forum? Well I'm inspired to go hit my free weights in the garage that i keep walking past daily. Once you start something you do feel better, are hornier and just all around have a better attitude. Glad i found this

 

[butterpants]

Wow, i found this on a brewing forum? Well I'm inspired to go hit my free weights in the garage that i keep walking past daily. Once you start something you do feel better, are hornier and just all around have a better attitude. Glad i found this

I know... this is so friken off topic it's almost comical

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

One thing i do to sorta keep in shape for dirt biking is i measured the distance between my bars on my bike and place the "perfect pushups" in the same location and go to town. I also do jump rope, you can feel the fat fall off!!! Ha ha

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

My inspirations

 

[butterpants]

Hells YES

 

[cakey]

Biggest problem is that when you go online and ask for assistance taking a small step in fitness everyone treats you like an A-Hole. For example, myself being a skinny guy inquired how I could go from Tobey Maguire beginning of Spiderman to after the bite (spoiler?) I got told I needed to shoot for the terminator look instead. Some people just want to get more fit or defined than they are currently. My opinion is start small make reachable goals and step them up because the more in shape you get yourself, the better you will feel and as a result when you reach one goal, you will feel better about taking the next step where you want to end up.

Start small. Cut some carbs, eat more veggies, get some cardio in. Take advantage of any excuse to start working out. Be it cardio, or weight and resistance training. Heck, do some of the desk/office chair workouts.

Exactly. I think it can be intimidating trying to figure out where to start, especially if you want to bulk up. My recommendation is start slow, its like brewing beer. It takes time to learn how to do it and do it right. Just keep working at it and learn as much as you can. Form and technique are so much more important than how much you can lift (like trying to brew a really strong beer compared to trying to brew a balanced well made beer)

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Biggest problem is that when you go online and ask for assistance taking a small step in fitness everyone treats you like an A-Hole. For example, myself being a skinny guy inquired how I could go from Tobey Maguire beginning of Spiderman to after the bite (spoiler?) I got told I needed to shoot for the terminator look instead. Some people just want to get more fit or defined than they are currently. My opinion is start small make reachable goals and step them up because the more in shape you get yourself, the better you will feel and as a result when you reach one goal, you will feel better about taking the next step where you want to end up.

Start small. Cut some carbs, eat more veggies, get some cardio in. Take advantage of any excuse to start working out. Be it cardio, or weight and resistance training. Heck, do some of the desk/office chair workouts.

you forgot the part about the parasite.

 

[DrunkleJon]

you forgot the part about the parasite.

People have been accusing me of having one of those for years. Now if I could only gain some weight so I have mass to turn into bulk it would be a different story.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

People have been accusing me of having one of those for years. Now if I could only gain some weight so I have mass to turn into bulk it would be a different story.

amen! I weighed almost 140 when I lived at my dad's. throwing hay, hauling logs by hand, chopping wood, shoveling out the barn & llama crap piles. in less than a year of moving back to my mom's, I dropped down to 99 lbs. damn you super ultra fast metabolism!