Well, hit the gym again today. Did the same thing as yesterday, just upped the speed on the elliptical and the treadmill, so I ended up covering a greater distance in the same amount of time. Also increased the reps on the pushups and situps....

i've been hitting the gym after work 3-4 times a week for cardio and some ab work.

the scale hasn't changed, but my clothes are getting looser.

i hate that it takes so long to get results...

Quote from: DuCaTiNi on December 11, 2008, 04:08:43 AM
i've been hitting the gym after work 3-4 times a week for cardio and some ab work.

the scale hasn't changed, but my clothes are getting looser.

i hate that it takes so long to get results...

I've been doing that for a year now.
I feel like I have gotten no where. Every time I look at the scale, it seems like nothing has changed.
However I found a peice of paper w/ my weight and size on it from last year.

I've gone from ~280 to ~235.
From a 40" pant size to a 36-34".

I really didn't notice a change myself. It has been slow.
But I saw a bunch of people that I haven't seen in a year this week. They all noticed right away.
Just keep going.

Quote from: wbeck257 on December 11, 2008, 04:57:53 AM
I've been doing that for a year now.
I feel like I have gotten no where. Every time I look at the scale, it seems like nothing has changed.
However I found a peice of paper w/ my weight and size on it from last year.

I've gone from ~280 to ~235.
From a 40" pant size to a 36-34".

I really didn't notice a change myself. It has been slow.
But I saw a bunch of people that I haven't seen in a year this week. They all noticed right away.
Just keep going.

That's kind of cool - putting it in writing so you don't forget.

mitt

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Three rounds for time of:                                                             Three rounds
24" Box jump, 50 reps                                                                  14" Box jump, 50 reps
185 pound Deadlift, 21 reps                                                          165lb Deadlift, 21 reps
30 Pull-ups                                                                                  30 Pull-ups, All jumping                   30:32

Gym today.  Trying to build pullup with non-pullup exercise.  Tired myself out enough that i couldn't manage the mile run home and walked half of it.

Down to 16% bodyfat  (as read by my scale.  it may not be perfect, but it should be consistently imperfect)  and 158 lb (ugh).

Quote from: DuCaTiNi on December 11, 2008, 04:08:43 AM
i've been hitting the gym after work 3-4 times a week for cardio and some ab work.

the scale hasn't changed, but my clothes are getting looser.

i hate that it takes so long to get results...

Just keep in mind that most body composition changes beyond a certain point are made with changes in nutrition.  A fellow female CFer says, "Six pack abs are made in the kitchen."  You can't outrun the wrong dietary choices. 

Quote from: Ducatista on December 14, 2008, 04:55:41 PM
You can't outrun the wrong dietary choices. 

We'll see about that.

Well, I did my first 2 pull ups yesterday.  My kip is weak, so it was more like a 1/3 kip and the rest was me hauling my ass over the bar.  Then I did it again.  I can't do 2 in a row.  I did them on Thursday and Saturday.

Saturday I did a workout called Fight Gone Bad.  My total was 209 and the only scaled portion was I threw an 8 lb med ball.

Here's a video explaining the idea behind FGB.

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_FGBSCDemoExplanation.mov

Oh, and I made my box's website.  www.crossfitlorton.com  That wasn't a photo from FGB.  That was earlier in the week when I was warming up for a heavy overhead press set. 

Oh, and Kop, never ignore the benefits of ring push ups!  Traditional push ups don't hold a candle to ring push ups.  It's kind of like the difference between using a Smith machine v. a barbell.  You lose out on all the stabilizer work.

^^^^
Good job on FGB. 

I'm now 20 lbs shy of a body weight back squat.  YAY!!!  I thought it would take me much longer to get to this point, but I rocked a 133 today.  I thought I'd only get a PR by 5 lbs after Saturday's FGB burnout, but I was lifting with a beastly partner.  Elizabeth is strong like ox!

Oh, and Kop, you'll appreciate this one.  I was cursing at my coach on the inside, since today's WOD for us was 20 SDHP and 20 box jumps, 4 FRIGGIN' ROUNDS.  GAH!!!  Why do that 2 days after FGB?  Just because he likes to torture us? 

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Good job 

Yeah, I think they like the torture. I don't go to a CF box, so I yell at the computer alot. 

Oh yeah,   WoD                                                                                       Me
Five rounds for time of:                                                                  Five rounds
275 pound Deadlift, 5 reps                                                              205lb Deadlift, 5 reps
10 Burpees                                                                                    10 Burpees                                       15:36

Yeah today I RTIV. +25
Then I JTTG. +10
And then LWUMAE. +35
Then RBTMAAAABB. +10

Quote from: wbeck257 on December 15, 2008, 05:48:45 PM
Yeah today I RTIV. +25
Then I JTTG. +10
And then LWUMAE. +35
Then RBTMAAAABB. +10

Okay, now you guys are just making words up.

Quote from: wbeck257 on December 15, 2008, 05:48:45 PM
Yeah today I RTIV. +25
Then I JTTG. +10
And then LWUMAE. +35
Then RBTMAAAABB. +10

WTF is that?