Since I started the Instrument thread I figured I'd see what else we have in common. So does anyone else do any weight lifting? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I first got into it about a year ago...after I was injured in Iraq, I got fat! I went from about 190-240. My cardio is very limited due to injuries.....note the xray to your left, and a torn ACL. So I started weight lifting...it was going great....I dropped to about 235, but a definite difference in appearence. Then I started working and going back to school....so I stopped going to the gym. Well this semester I took weight lifting to MAKE SURE I get some gym time!

I've been good for 4 days a week on average for the past 3 years.
This is a far cry from my mid twenties pre married with children put it all helps.

Helle

Yup, Im a certified gym rat. I lift weights three days a week and on alternate days, I box. Sunday is my only rest day. Two of my weightlifting days are on a H.I.T. routine and the third is mostly plyometrics, interval training and bodyweight exercises with some weighted power movements added in to build explosive power and endurance for boxing.

If you want to get in the best shape of your life, find your local boxing gym. Craziest workout I have ever done, and it has practical applications. Alot of boxers neglect lifting weights, because the old school mentality is that it will make you slow. While true if you only work with heavy weights and slow movements, lifting weights the right way can add power, endurance and speed to a boxers arsenal.

I do more heavy weights than I should. They're just easier than all those reps. I should do more pushups. I only use freeweights right now. with a little jogging and crunches and pushups. I hope to get a resistance trainer to use after I'm done wit my freeweight excercise. I've been weightlifting since I was 12 My brother got me started and I've been doing it off and on since. I did some boxing with my bro once just for fun it is a crazy workout. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Helle,yep.. that's MY excuse right there!
ball & chain + kids = a LOT less gym time!

i'm tryin to back into it right now.. sold my crappy free weight set years ago when we moved.

With this year's tax money coming up.. I *plan* to get a nice bench, olympic bar & some plates.

..but i've already begun to Spend it on knives! DOH!

I curl shot glasses of scotch three times a week for about an hour each time.

I do 3 two minute abb workouts during the week in bed with the wife.


I spend the rest of the time yelling at the kids to stop destroying the house.

when you have a full time job and kids, your workouts are the above if your lucky.

Ah, the good old days. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Helle

I still do even after ripping both peck muscles benching. I was 208 lbs and benched 405 lbs for two reps. The next week both peck gave away. I bench much now but I still keep after it. Be careful cause no matter your experience or knowledge it can bite you fast.

PSG1,
good points.. when blasting a lot of poundage on free weights.. Have a Spotter!
(preferably someone who can actually get the bar off your chest! trust me!)

405 man your a animal, and I hear the be careful part, after 35 you just don't heel up as quick.

Helle

been liftin solo since graduation, before which i was a gym rat as well. hours in the gym and eating maybe around 16 egg whites a day. the entire floor of my dormatory hated me for those eggs. my poor room mate.

i've a pretty nice olympic set at home now but dumbells are expensive. i have hexes up to 45lbs, after that it's pretty much a dollar a pound. to hell with that. i want one of those dip chair/pullup bar/heavy bag towers to round out my gym but i don't have room.