General and Gaming => Off Topic => Topic started by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 07:27:31 pm
Title: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 07:27:31 pm
Anyone here work out? (guess this is an odd question to ask to a bunch of gamer's given the stereotypical gamer) just noticed there was no Gym thread i have just started going back after 2 months of no gym. I am so sore.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: redblaze57 on February 11, 2014, 07:32:39 pm
I have punching bag set up in the garage. Does that count?
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Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 07:45:26 pm
I have punching bag set up in the garage. Does that count?
im thinking about doing that. i would have to get the stand thou. my garage would not take the abuse.
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Post by: bikingjahuty on February 11, 2014, 08:13:47 pm
I have been an off again on again gym rat for the past decade. I currently belong to a fitness club and am working off about 20lbs I gained after not really working out at a gym for around 3-years. I graduated from college, got a career, and just sort of fell out of it for a while. Really happy to be back into it though, I feel a lot better mentally and physically :)
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Post by: karyann on February 11, 2014, 08:18:04 pm
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 08:21:00 pm
I have been an off again on again gym rat for the past decade. I currently belong to a fitness club and am working off about 20lbs I gained after not really working out at a gym for around 3-years. I graduated from college, got a career, and just sort of fell out of it for a while. Really happy to be back into it though, I feel a lot better mentally and physically :)
i want to drop the fat and gain 10lb of muscle.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 08:22:22 pm
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
i noticed in USA a lot more people go to the gym than UK
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: karyann on February 11, 2014, 08:23:46 pm
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
i noticed in USA a lot more people go to the gym than UK
I live in Canada, so I'm off those statistics ;D But that surprises me though.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 08:48:36 pm
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
i noticed in USA a lot more people go to the gym than UK
I live in Canada, so I'm off those statistics ;D But that surprises me though.
i think it is to do with the sports. college sports in USA are huge. most of the sports required strength (american football) where in england is more skill sports.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: karyann on February 11, 2014, 09:34:11 pm
i think it is to do with the sports. college sports in USA are huge. most of the sports required strength (american football) where in england is more skill sports.
Oh, that makes lots of sense indeed!
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Post by: badATchaos on February 11, 2014, 09:44:13 pm
The only gym I know of is in Pokemon
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 09:50:51 pm
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Post by: soera on February 11, 2014, 10:19:36 pm
I used to be a lifter. I needed to do something to quit Everquest so I tried lifting with my gaming buddy. I had gotten up to 175 lbs and able to bench 220. I havent done it in a while though but Ive been wanting to get back into it.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 11, 2014, 10:35:03 pm
I used to be a lifter. I needed to do something to quit Everquest so I tried lifting with my gaming buddy. I had gotten up to 175 lbs and able to bench 220. I havent done it in a while though but Ive been wanting to get back into it.
when I came to USA I was 140lb 6ft1 (yes I was thin) now im 180lb but I did put on fat too. Its had to get the protein as Im allergic to whey. Im going to try hemp.
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Post by: DreamsDied13101 on February 11, 2014, 11:29:06 pm
I used to go the gym 7 days a week until my daughter was born. I started going back now that she is older because I put on about 10 lbs of fat and lost about 10 lbs of muscle.
I have a son due in May so my gym days are numbered. I am already having a hard time consistently going with one kid. I'm sure I'll fall off the wagon with two.
I normally do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight lifting.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: burningdoom on February 11, 2014, 11:40:42 pm
What is this "gym" you speak of?
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 12, 2014, 04:40:25 am
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
i noticed in USA a lot more people go to the gym than UK
That's probably because in America, we are more fatter and probably eat more unhealthy foods ;)
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: 90snostalga on February 12, 2014, 04:41:19 am
I used to go the gym 7 days a week until my daughter was born. I started going back now that she is older because I put on about 10 lbs of fat and lost about 10 lbs of muscle.
I have a son due in May so my gym days are numbered. I am already having a hard time consistently going with one kid. I'm sure I'll fall off the wagon with two.
I normally do 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of weight lifting.
i do 1 hour lifting. in summer i take my daughter swimming for the second hour. at the moment she goes to see her grandpa
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 12, 2014, 06:55:15 am
That's not so weird to ask. I mean, I study computer science, which has pretty much the same stereotypes as the gaming community, and half my class goes to the gym every other day. :P
i noticed in USA a lot more people go to the gym than UK
That's probably because in America, we are more fatter and probably eat more unhealthy foods ;)
Its the corn syrup crap you put in everything. Sugar is a lot better for you than that. Its annoying as i really like soda.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: DreamsDied13101 on February 12, 2014, 10:34:48 am
Its the corn syrup crap you put in everything. Sugar is a lot better for you than that. Its annoying as i really like soda.
That whole process started to save money. Funny enough a few years back it started to be more costly to use corn syrup compared to real sugar. I believe that is why you started seeing PepsiCo experiment with sugar "throwback" drinks.
The problem now is that most companies lines can't go back and forth between corn syrup drinks and sugar drinks easily (lots of line cleaning and flushing) so they have to choose the easiest and most cost effective.
Also it would be hard to switch people over to sugar drinks again now that they are used to the corn syrup flavor. I work for Coca-Cola and there is definitely a taste difference between the two.
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Post by: desocietas on February 12, 2014, 11:17:02 am
I go on and off during the year but have tried to get back into it since the year started. A good friend of mine joined my gym, so there's a little more incentive to go every other day or two. I don't have a scale, so I don't know how my weight has fluctuated. Usually I have a hard time gaining or losing weight in general, but I definitely notice that, with age and a desk job, my body's not what it used to be.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: matt on February 12, 2014, 02:52:15 pm
I've been back at the gym every other day since the new year. I'm more of a runner but during this crazy cold winter we've had I needed to find something to keep me healthy.
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Post by: redblaze57 on February 13, 2014, 10:47:57 am
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: turf on February 13, 2014, 11:16:11 am
Congrats folks. You motivated me to get my fat ass on the treadmill. 2 miles last night. It sucked, but I did it. 240 lbs was too much. I got to get down to fighting weight! 215 here I come!
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Post by: 90snostalga on February 13, 2014, 12:32:19 pm
Congrats folks. You motivated me to get my fat ass on the treadmill. 2 miles last night. It sucked, but I did it. 240 lbs was too much. I got to get down to fighting weight! 215 here I come!
Funny you mention that. At Thanksgiving last year (2013), I weighed my highest ever in life which was 260-265. Harsh. I began a workout plan right after thanksgiving and I am now down to literally 215-217! You can do it Turf! A secret that worked for me besides the obvious no sweets, water! I can't stress that enough. Water! I now drink at least 2 bottles of water on a bad day. On a good day 5-8 bottles. I helps tremendously.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: DreamsDied13101 on February 14, 2014, 12:14:44 am
Great responses! I would also recommend eating breakfast. I put on about 40lbs after I got married and one of the things that helped me a lot besides drinking water was eating breakfast. I had always skipped breakfast because I wasn't hungry, but I guess it kickstarts your metabolism so you burn more throughout the day even though you are consuming more calories.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: 90snostalga on February 14, 2014, 08:25:11 am
This was the strangest thing. I actually ate less when I was married because I was so broke. Yet I gained weight! It was as though my body said, "I got myself a wife - now I can make myself look like complete garbage since I'm not in the market any longer."
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Post by: karyann on February 14, 2014, 10:49:21 am
This was the strangest thing. I actually ate less when I was married because I was so broke. Yet I gained weight! It was as though my body said, "I got myself a wife - now I can make myself look like complete garbage since I'm not in the market any longer."
My boyfriend gained a few pounds as soon as we started dating, because he was always finishing my plates for me (he's been raised to leave nothing on the plate, and his parents gave me HUGE amounts of food to make sure I ate enough, but I'm a light eater... So he finished my plate all the time). Also, because he stopped going to the gym when we started dating, so that we could spend time together (between school, work, gaming and the gym, he decided that something had to go haha).
So there can be a whole lot of reasons why! He's lost a few pounds since we started eating healthier, too.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: fazerco on February 14, 2014, 01:20:08 pm
No need for me for a gym. I have a job.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 14, 2014, 06:06:56 pm
Great responses! I would also recommend eating breakfast. I put on about 40lbs after I got married and one of the things that helped me a lot besides drinking water was eating breakfast. I had always skipped breakfast because I wasn't hungry, but I guess it kickstarts your metabolism so you burn more throughout the day even though you are consuming more calories.
yup breakfast is important. high protein breakfast
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: foxhack on February 16, 2014, 11:19:04 am
I've been thinking of going to a boxing gym since last year, but the urge came back after some recent happenings. I'm 210 lbs, but I'm also 5'11", and I walk -a lot- because of my uh, work. I'm not very fat (I do have a belly) but since I walk about 3-5 miles a day at least four days a week (and 6-8 on Wednesday) my legs are pretty muscly. Combine that with 95+ degree heat in the Summer and I lose -a lot- of weight then, but I don't have much muscle tone above the legs. I'm pretty scrawny.
Since I consume like 3000 calories -a day-, I'm surprised I'm not that much heavier. My metabolism is all sorts of weird.
I tried lifting weights a few years back, but all I got outta that was back aches.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: turf on February 16, 2014, 11:50:29 am
I've been thinking of going to a boxing gym since last year, but the urge came back after some recent happenings. I'm 210 lbs, but I'm also 5'11", and I walk -a lot- because of my uh, work. I'm not very fat (I do have a belly) but since I walk about 3-5 miles a day at least four days a week (and 6-8 on Wednesday) my legs are pretty muscly. Combine that with 95+ degree heat in the Summer and I lose -a lot- of weight then, but I don't have much muscle tone above the legs. I'm pretty scrawny.
Since I consume like 3000 calories -a day-, I'm surprised I'm not that much heavier. My metabolism is all sorts of weird.
I tried lifting weights a few years back, but all I got outta that was back aches.
Do it! If you have the urge to take up a combat sport, do it now. If you wait, you'll wish you always had. Starting will be harder every day. The first year or so in any combat sport is the most physically demanding. You don't know what your doing, so you're body is having to work harder. The longer you wait, the more it takes to get your body to do that stuff. Then, once you have the skill set and mind set your body isn't in as much demand. I wish I had started Jiu Jitsu when I was 15. I would be a black belt by now. My body took a beating for the first year or so, but it put me in the best shape of my life. Now, I'm a little older and slower, but I know what I'm doing so that's ok.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: foxhack on February 16, 2014, 12:48:34 pm
Do it! If you have the urge to take up a combat sport, do it now. If you wait, you'll wish you always had. Starting will be harder every day. The first year or so in any combat sport is the most physically demanding. You don't know what your doing, so you're body is having to work harder. The longer you wait, the more it takes to get your body to do that stuff. Then, once you have the skill set and mind set your body isn't in as much demand. I wish I had started Jiu Jitsu when I was 15. I would be a black belt by now. My body took a beating for the first year or so, but it put me in the best shape of my life. Now, I'm a little older and slower, but I know what I'm doing so that's ok.
I used to take Shotokan Karate classes back in college, about twelve years ago. I liked it, but I never got a yellow belt because my legs have never had much flexibility. I did OK with arm and torso stuff, but kicks? Nope.
That's why I'm considering boxing. You don't need to stretch your legs all the way up to your head to be okay at it. :P
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: badATchaos on February 16, 2014, 06:28:32 pm
In high school I was a decent cross country runner. Senior year I was doing 60 miles a week. Now that I've finished college I don't really do jack. I still do a bit of cross country (skate) skiing. Now that's a good work out.
Title: Re: Gym
Post by: stethebubble on February 16, 2014, 08:13:38 pm
have not been as ive been sick the last 3 days :( this sucks. damn man flu