March 2015 Question #8
Mar. 23rd, 2015 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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mort_83:
"When did you start lifting weights? What kind of equipment do you have (heh!)? What is your program like?"
I started lifting weights back in 1994 when I joined my first gym. However, I usually did the weight machines and didn't change my diet at all, so the results were pretty weak. I joined a fancier gym in 1996 in Kansas City during my time there and I started to see more progress, but I also did the "body pump" classes which helped. I actually remember getting ogled (for lack of a better term) by a female coworker or two at the time.
I felt back into old habits when I moved back to the Cincinnati area in 2000 and my weight and state of fitness fluctuated.
In 2011, my gym "lost" my membership and I decided not to renew as the gym was falling apart. In response, I bought a set of adjustable 50 lb weights, along with two sets of 25 lb and 15 lb free weights. I also bought the P90X system for a program. I shed a lot of fat and gained good muscle in the right areas. I think I was in the best shape of my life with that program.
I still follow the program in a sense. I still do the workouts for arms, shoulders, chest, and back. I admit, I slack off for the legs part, but I tend to run outside for my cardio. Right now I lift two to three days a week with two or three days of cardio on alternating days. I seem to be maintaining muscle in the right places, but I need to get rid of the thickness of my midsection that has crept up over the last couple of years.
Lately, I have thought of rejoining a gym so I could have access to heavier weights and different cardio equipment.
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mort_83:"When did you start lifting weights? What kind of equipment do you have (heh!)? What is your program like?"
I started lifting weights back in 1994 when I joined my first gym. However, I usually did the weight machines and didn't change my diet at all, so the results were pretty weak. I joined a fancier gym in 1996 in Kansas City during my time there and I started to see more progress, but I also did the "body pump" classes which helped. I actually remember getting ogled (for lack of a better term) by a female coworker or two at the time.
I felt back into old habits when I moved back to the Cincinnati area in 2000 and my weight and state of fitness fluctuated.
In 2011, my gym "lost" my membership and I decided not to renew as the gym was falling apart. In response, I bought a set of adjustable 50 lb weights, along with two sets of 25 lb and 15 lb free weights. I also bought the P90X system for a program. I shed a lot of fat and gained good muscle in the right areas. I think I was in the best shape of my life with that program.
I still follow the program in a sense. I still do the workouts for arms, shoulders, chest, and back. I admit, I slack off for the legs part, but I tend to run outside for my cardio. Right now I lift two to three days a week with two or three days of cardio on alternating days. I seem to be maintaining muscle in the right places, but I need to get rid of the thickness of my midsection that has crept up over the last couple of years.
Lately, I have thought of rejoining a gym so I could have access to heavier weights and different cardio equipment.
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Date: 2015-03-24 12:40 pm (UTC)I think you ought to rejoin a gym--you've been going at it for some time with what you have and I'm sure you've maxed out the equipment you have (heh) and the heavier weights will do you good.
You need access to a barbell for some compound movements, like presses, squats and deadlifts. Those multipoint movements will do great things for you.
:-)