Workout(bro protein111! 11111 steroids) thread!

[azeth]

Ya Straif I've been doing p90x for about 3 years now, I'd say between 5-6 total 90 day cycles on it. I've heard a lot of people griping about how it doesn't build muscle, or is too high impact etc.

Like you have said in posts above, if your doing work and seeing results then it's for you. My background is athletic, baseball and soccer in highschool and college, currently doing MMA so doing high impact work outs for an hour a day is what my body is use too.

A lot of friends come from more of a Football/Beach body background and I tell them p90x is probably not for you. Hitting the gym with free weights and playing the beefy role versus the flexible role is just what their bodies are use to.

I like when people pick up working out again, or even start for the first time because they see immediate results. Anybody who I've pushed p90x on comes back after like 2-3 weeks with a washboard saying "wow thanks man"

[Straif]

The funny thing is in all of this is that physical conditioning isn't new. The only difference is that we went from a civilization that had it built in to our everyday lives to living a homogenized lifestyle and trying to make time for it.

Training isn't anything more than picking shit up and putting it down. Plus working genuinely hard at it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Rellika]

It isn't new, but with advances in medicine and technology its been much more tested and studied over the past 4 decades as far as what is most affective. Fitness now spans a wider range of diet and training techniques than it ever did.

[Straif]

Originally Posted by Rellika [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It isn't new, but with advances in medicine and technology its been much more tested and studied over the past 4 decades as far as what is most affective. Fitness now spans a wider range of diet and training techniques than it ever did.

This is true, which is why most elite professional athletes train in secret and notable coaches are highly sought after. But in a very broad sense of fitness and conditioning, most people don't need to complicate things as much as they do. I used to fret over specifics, luckily I met a coach who brought me down to earth. I know a few people who take training down to a science, and they work to gain only a tiny improvement. However most of them have a training history that spans 7+ years. Fractions of a second means a win or a loss in their world.

I spent a year building a solid foundation before I was allowed to start formal training.

[nalkin]

Originally Posted by Straif [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I spent a year building a solid foundation before I was allowed to start formal training.

If you don't mind my asking, what is it that you train for?

[Straif]

Originally Posted by nalkin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't mind my asking, what is it that you train for?

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Began practicing 3 years ago. Florida just recently passed a bill authorizing sanctioned amateur Kick Boxing / MMA so I figured I'd go full steam.

Dabbled in Kendo, Boxing, and Taekwondo in high school. But I was a fat kid with low self-esteem. So my competitive nature was discouraged.

[Itchybottom]

Originally Posted by Straif [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dabbled in Boxing, and Taekwondo in high school.

That must have been confusing as all hell. "Keep your hands at your face, guard your grill!" and "Keep your hands center mass, shift your weight to your other foot, kick!" I was in aikido (Northwest Defensive arts) for 7 years, and taekwondo prior to that in Korea as a child. I had similar confusion with keeping both feet on the ground. I never understood the whole guard your grill bit in boxing. Hands go easily into the face with a palm grip and a shove.

The only thing I really do any more for physical fitness is basically don't drive anywhere. Biking places (aside from having to find a secure place to lock it up) keeps me fit enough. My heart rate stays plenty high even though it's low impact, because I ride with traffic, and I tend to ride straight down the center divider (safer than the shoulder in most places here.) The constant honking always sends my pulse through the roof. I still squeeze a tennis ball, and lift weights when I need a mid-day energizer but 90% is keeping sugar out of my diet and staying hydrated. Used to like climbing, but a car accident busted my right clavicle in two places and I just can't get the leverage I need anymore without having to chew Vicodin ES like they're candy the next day. I loathe cars.