OT: Summer Fitness Thread

[Chytilmania]

Those are good points. I may have to add more muscle but I have limited my lifting since I ran in to some problems (injury). I have mostly been doing 30-45 minutes a day biking. I'm fortunate not to have much stress nowadays but I do not sleep well. I wake up at 4 am often (bathroom).

Your body could be getting used to the biking and now not burning as much. Lifting would be a new stimulus, put on some muscle and burn more overall. Hopefully not a serious injury!

Would you call yourself skinny fat? Or you still have muscle?

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Haha best way to fight the love handles are wider chest, back and shoulders. Works for me. Haven’t figured out the lower abs trick yet which annoys the s*** out of me. I’d probably have to drop 10 lbs I’m not willing to drop.

Oh for sure, but that doesn't mean that the lower back/LH fluff doesn't exist!

I've gotten over it though and the amount of work that it would take to get lean enough where it's basically gone isn't worth it - I've done it and I felt like ass.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Your body could be getting used to the biking and now not burning as much. Lifting would be a new stimulus, put on some muscle and burn more overall. Hopefully not a serious injury!

Would you call yourself skinny fat? Or you still have muscle?

Definitely not skinny fat. Have muscle. Arms and legs are muscular. Its just those last inches of fat on my ab area that are stubborn. I may follow your advice but with lower weights.

 

[Chytilmania]

Oh for sure, but that doesn't mean that the lower back/LH fluff doesn't exist!

I've gotten over it though and the amount of work that it would take to get lean enough where it's basically gone isn't worth it - I've done it and I felt like ass.

Agreed! It ends up being a full time job or like you said you feel like ass. Not worth it to me either.

Definitely not skinny fat. Have muscle. Arms and legs are muscular. Its just those last inches of fat on my ab area that are stubborn. I may follow your advice but with lower weights.

Do super slow eccentric movements (lowering the weight) you’ll build muscle without lifting heavy. Form and strength will also improve from this.

 

[NickyFotiu]

After months of great discipline I cracked earlier this week. I ate around 1600 extra calories one day. Back on the grind though. I'm going to lose those 3 pounds even if it takes me 3 years to do it lol.

 

[NickyFotiu]

After 2 weeks with no positive movement and some negative movement the scale started moving again. 160.4 this morning. Close to that 159 goal. Also starting to see some of that crazy stubborn ab fat going finally. Tried on my 20 year old suit. I fit although it was not as loose as I would like so I'm lowering my goal to 156. I started this around December 20 2022 so its taken a long time.

 

[Chytilmania]

After a month I’m starting to see and feel a difference since I have started taking the gut peptides and cutting out the foods that were irritating me. Lower abs are very slowly getting better, not as much bloating as I used to have. Hoping after the 3 month mark I see a more noticeable difference.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I found something that motivates me to work out 365 days a year. If I don't, my old hockey knees hurt. My coach was my (born in 1934) dad. I tried telling him that having all our practices and games outside in -20 weather (before the wind chill) wasn't healthy. We could hit as hard as we wanted (PIMs for hitting too hard were unheard of in our 1970s league) and not feel it due to frostbite, we won the city championship, and that was all he cared about.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Since I started my new job a month ago I’ve gained like 5 pounds of pure fat. I’ve been playing hockey less and not going to the gym.

I’m thinking of starting orange theory any one have experience with that?

 

[NickyFotiu]

After over eating and water weight I was back in the 162's this week but this morning I hit 160.2

Still pushing to get to 159.8 since my goal was to be in the 150's

Then I will aim for 152-156 and see how that improves my ab fat. Last time I was at 156 was around 2007.

 

[duhmetreE]

After a month I’m starting to see and feel a difference since I have started taking the gut peptides and cutting out the foods that were irritating me. Lower abs are very slowly getting better, not as much bloating as I used to have. Hoping after the 3 month mark I see a more noticeable difference.

What peptides you on?

I just started cjc ipamorelin

 

[Chytilmania]

What peptides you on?

I just started cjc ipamorelin

BPC 157 and Larazotide

 

[NickyFotiu]

Finally hit my next goal of 159.8 this morning. Now setting new goals of 156 and 149. 156 was the lowest I have been in 17 years. 149 would be where I estimate abs would appear.

 

[Bob Richards]

anybody deal with elbow tenderness from weight lifting?

had my right elbow flare on me a little last night. The outside of my elbow. A small, mild, pulse of pain that stopped after like 10 minutes for the rest of the night.

Happened again this morning albeit with less pain and for a much shorter duration.

Tips? Tricks? Voodoo? Figure it’s best to deal with it now before it gets worse. Started weight lifting last summer and it’s really fun and I’ve got a routine down and I’d hate to derail it so soon with this.

 

[NickyFotiu]

anybody deal with elbow tenderness from weight lifting?

had my right elbow flare on me a little last night. The outside of my elbow. A small, mild, pulse of pain that stopped after like 10 minutes for the rest of the night.

Happened again this morning albeit with less pain and for a much shorter duration.

Tips? Tricks? Voodoo? Figure it’s best to deal with it now before it gets worse. Started weight lifting last summer and it’s really fun and I’ve got a routine down and I’d hate to derail it so soon with this.

I have had my share of ulnar tendon pain over the years. Often when sleeping. I do so exercises I found on line that seems to help. Hope your issue goes away fast!

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

anybody deal with elbow tenderness from weight lifting?

had my right elbow flare on me a little last night. The outside of my elbow. A small, mild, pulse of pain that stopped after like 10 minutes for the rest of the night.

Happened again this morning albeit with less pain and for a much shorter duration.

Tips? Tricks? Voodoo? Figure it’s best to deal with it now before it gets worse. Started weight lifting last summer and it’s really fun and I’ve got a routine down and I’d hate to derail it so soon with this.

Where exactly on your elbow?

If it’s your forearm/elbow it sounds like mild tennis elbow in which case I'd highly advise backing off for a bit. Grab a theraband flexbar (available on amazon, they're f***ing awesome) and there’s at number of things you can do to help mitigate/alleviate the issues.

Also dead hangs from a pull up bar just tend to take care of everything in that region so if your shoulders are healthy and you can do them I’d work them in.

I’m on my phone or I’d send you a few videos. Shoot me a DM and I can send you some stuff when I get home if you’re interested.

 

[Cmox]

I had tennis elbow a couple of years ago and light weight kettle bell swings actually helped (10 mins a day 30 seconds intervals). But obliviously everyone is different. Tennis elbow suckkksssss.

So, I got a fitwatch for $10. Could pass up the price. It took me a month to realize it doesn't work correctly over tattoos. Certain features were reading and my BPM was all over the place. I switched arms and it works perfectly but I guess you get what you pay for. And yes, I'm constantly checking the stupid thing.

 

[Boris Zubov]

anybody deal with elbow tenderness from weight lifting?

had my right elbow flare on me a little last night. The outside of my elbow. A small, mild, pulse of pain that stopped after like 10 minutes for the rest of the night.

Happened again this morning albeit with less pain and for a much shorter duration.

Tips? Tricks? Voodoo? Figure it’s best to deal with it now before it gets worse. Started weight lifting last summer and it’s really fun and I’ve got a routine down and I’d hate to derail it so soon with this.

I'm no doctor, but don't do this...