Reading this thread wears me out!   I need to get back in shape.

Back in the day (college) I lifted weights a LOT. Benched 300 pretty regularly at the peak, and so on. Then I mangled my right hand at work and it all more or less ended because I didn't have the grip strength anymore and had to hang it up for safety reasons. I'm still rather large in stature, but the tone I had is gone.

Flexing in front of the mirror is still a hoot at times though.  

I plan on walking more and riding the mountain bike more this year than last. I should get a small set of free weights again too and max out on reps.

Quote from: kopfjager on January 02, 2009, 06:35:16 PM
You gotta be able to clean it to jerk it.

This thread is going nowhere good....

I like it 

Quote from: elTristo on January 02, 2009, 07:02:47 PM
This thread is going nowhere good....

I like it 

Oh gawd.  It can't go anywhere that the "CrossFit pick up lines" didn't go already.   

Quote from: Speedbag on January 02, 2009, 06:38:45 PM
Reading this thread wears me out!   I need to get back in shape.

Back in the day (college) I lifted weights a LOT. Benched 300 pretty regularly at the peak, and so on. Then I mangled my right hand at work and it all more or less ended because I didn't have the grip strength anymore and had to hang it up for safety reasons. I'm still rather large in stature, but the tone I had is gone.

Flexing in front of the mirror is still a hoot at times though.  

I plan on walking more and riding the mountain bike more this year than last. I should get a small set of free weights again too and max out on reps.

Not pushing a program, but I know a guy who does CrossFit who is missing all but 4" of one of his arms.  You can work around grip strength.  The thing that you really have going for you is that you have a fair amount of lean body mass.  There are some people who don't have anything under the squish.  You're starting in a place that isn't all that bad from that perspective.

Please, let's not even talk about injury keeping us from working out. 

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitJournal_KyleCertDay2Pre.wmv

Quote from: Ducatista on January 02, 2009, 07:07:20 PM
Not pushing a program, but I know a guy who does CrossFit who is missing all but 4" of one of his arms.  You can work around grip strength.  The thing that you really have going for you is that you have a fair amount of lean body mass.  There are some people who don't have anything under the squish.  You're starting in a place that isn't all that bad from that perspective.

Hmm, I'll have to check that out.

And there is some squish, thanks to beer. 

Quote from: kopfjager on January 02, 2009, 10:20:12 PM
Please, let's not even talk about injury keeping us from working out. 

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitJournal_KyleCertDay2Pre.wmv

sweet jebus.  i'm going for a run now.  and maybe a swim.

Quote from: kopfjager on January 02, 2009, 10:20:12 PM
Please, let's not even talk about injury keeping us from working out. 

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitJournal_KyleCertDay2Pre.wmv

no.




excuses.





that's awesome.

Run:
(220m on, 50 slow x2, 440 on 50 slow x2) X5

HRM says 1050 calories.  body just says tired.

Since my B-day on the 28th of Dec, I've been working on implementing a bit of a fitness routine.  I don't have a scale, so I can only go by how clothes fit.  Here's what I'm doing:

1.  Pushups, currently 3 sets of 20 (plan on going up five every couple weeks)
2.  Situps while holding a 20lb weight on my chest, all the way up where it touches my chin, 3 sets of 8 currently, trying to add 1 rep every session.  I can feel these for sure.
3.  Monkey rounds, 3 sets of 13, adding a couple reps each week.

At the moment, I'm in "throttle up" mode, working every other day.  After I've done that for 2 weeks, I'm planning on trying to get this in at least 5-6 days a week.

JM

few questions:

how much $ does joining one of these crossfit gyms cost yall?
how much $ does a normal gym cost yall?

just wondering..

pull up bar $20
push ups and sit ups and lifting 40lb bag of dog food in strange ways and running up and down your stairs....free.


ok..seriously...it's dependant on your area.  gyms here are running $80/month but some folks will chime in soon with numbers in the 40s in different locations.

The local crossfit place is part of a big gym, but some people get together and rent storage space to build their own for a small group cheap.

The goal is to get into a lifestyle that is sustainable by yourself or with your friends.

What are your goals?

I just do curls with the wife, as in, she's the weight.


Sometimes I don't warn her. The look on her face is priceless.

Quote from: wbeck257 on January 03, 2009, 06:56:10 PM
few questions:

how much $ does joining one of these crossfit gyms cost yall?
how much $ does a normal gym cost yall?

just wondering..

Mine costs me $115/month for up to 6 hours of personal training per week.  If I actually could go to every session, that would be about $4.50/hr for my coach.  I actually go 3-4 days/week, so that works out to be $6.75-9/hr.  Most gyms in the area from what I have seen charge roughly $40/hr for a personal trainer. 

I equate the level of coaching I have received to a personal trainer, because I don't NEED someone there EVERY rep saying, "There ya go.  Keep pushing."  I need someone there to kick my ass when I'm taking a break that's too long and to correct my form.  He also gives me personalized nutritional counseling, goes over my personal goals and helps me adjust them (heavier and lighter) and achieve them, and tracks my progress pushing me to take on more weight safely.  Some might say that I should equate the level of instruction to a "class instructor", but I don't think that a class instructor at a corporate gym would give me all I have listed above. 

My coach does this because he loves it.  I do not believe he makes a profit from it other than the personal satisfaction of making a few DC suburban residents a little (or A LOT) fitter.

Quote from: Ducatista on January 04, 2009, 03:05:16 PM
Mine costs me $115/month for up to 6 hours of personal training per week.  If I actually could go to every session, that would be about $4.50/hr for my coach.  I actually go 3-4 days/week, so that works out to be $6.75-9/hr.  Most gyms in the area from what I have seen charge roughly $40/hr for a personal trainer. 

I equate the level of coaching I have received to a personal trainer, because I don't NEED someone there EVERY rep saying, "There ya go.  Keep pushing."  I need someone there to kick my ass when I'm taking a break that's too long and to correct my form.  He also gives me personalized nutritional counseling, goes over my personal goals and helps me adjust them (heavier and lighter) and achieve them, and tracks my progress pushing me to take on more weight safely.  Some might say that I should equate the level of instruction to a "class instructor", but I don't think that a class instructor at a corporate gym would give me all I have listed above. 




My coach does this because he loves it.  I do not believe he makes a profit from it other than the personal satisfaction of making a few DC suburban residents a little (or A LOT) fitter.

Now that sounds like a good instructor!  You know there good when they work for the love of the job!  Awesome.