Posts by st_rider

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by yogagirl6853:

If I were a man, I'd be huge by now. 

 Just to point out, it's really hard for anyone (men included) to put on muscle.  It may be easier for men, but it's still far from easy.  Take a look around your gym sometime, I'd bet that at least 90% of the teenage guys in there (who are at their peak in terms of testosterone production) are doing everything they can to build huge muscles.  How many of them look like bodybuilders?

I am a man, and huge still eludes me. 

I'm starting to wish I was one of the cc women who put on 10 lbs of bothersome, bulky, manly muscle by walking past the gym.

I'll add a little too...

That rental+training thing sounds good.  What a great way to get your feet wet, and figure out if you even like it before spending a whole bunch!

On bikes:

While they are neat and fancy, there really is nothing magical about a tri bike vs. a road bike.  There were lots of people finishing, and winning triathlons before there was such a thing as tri bikes.  It's not like somebody becomes a world class triathlete because they buy a world class bike, or some terrible catastrophe will befall you if you finish on a road bike.  In fact (and I fully anticipate I may get flamed for this) - I bet a LOT of people would improve their performance by investing more time in training than money in bikes.  There's also a LOT of people out there doing road rides in uncomfortable misery because they have a very nice, very expensive tri bike that just isn't set up for road miles.

At purchase time, like somebody else said, get properly fit.  And different brands (even different models within brands) have slightly different geometries, so try a couple different ones in your price range.  To get the most for your money, look for leftover previous year models, or check with your local bike club/ classifieds/ CL for a used bike.  A used bike + a hundred dollar tune up at the bike shop may get you on a bike that would be 2-3 times your new bike price range.  Some shops also have a trade-in/ trade-up program, where you can get some store credit when you buy a new bike.

I dunno if I should be embarrased or proud that i know the source of the title. 

987.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

i've been working on the last 5-10 for about...a year and a half. the first ten were so long ago i hardly remember them.

 OK, good.  s'not just me.

I feel pretty ridiculous all the time at the gym, although that has more to do with me than the exercises, but

• mountain climbers
• raised barbell split squats
• medicine ball woodchoppers
• any of the lamaze class positions they do in "amped abs", particularly when my shorts slide up to my hips

all have an extra layer of goofballness in them.

Dang, I'm cool.

Original Post by courtneylauren:

erm, this might be offensive to some women who are naturally top heavy or not proportionate because they're lacking in that department.

I suppose it could be, but you hit on it already.  naturally is very rarely disproportionate.  My rant is not about overall size, it's about people picking cartoonish dimensions, and ruining naturally beautiful bodies.

Yep, "bingo wings" is a new one for me, too.  I've always heard "lunch lady arms"

Yeah, that's sedentary maintenance - but it seems pretty accurate for me at workout maintenance - I've been at 195 ish for a YEAR - (is there some kind of prize for longest plateau?) - Granted, theres been plenty of days over & under - but average probably right around 2400. 

Doing weights 3 x weekly, cardio at least 3 x weekly, but backing off cardio some while trying to build.

oh yeah, duh.

6'2, 197 ish now, maintenance is 2400, trying to get to 2900 w/ 1 gm/pound protein daily.

the Medicine Ball 200 (or 400)...

the page is blocked here, google "Mens Health medicine ball 200" for the description. 

If you don't have a medicine ball, a gallon of water will work.

wow, thanks!

You reminded me that I wanted to put up a few "lessons learned" from this journey...

• You have to eat to lose.
• Healthy weight loss (diet+exercise) is more fun, more doable, more maintainable, and a LOT less hungry (i hate hungry) than unhealthy starvation, bad ideas, and crazy diets.  Not to mention looking a lot better fit than skinny fat.  I mean, maintaining fairly comfortably at <200 w/ healthy vs struggling to get & stay there w/ unhealthy.
• Salad is good.  You can have other than salad.
• Weight loss advice is NOT one size fits all.  Do what works & fits for you and your goals.
• Have a goal.
• Weight loss is a result, not a goal.
• The scale is not the measure of success.  If I eat right and exercise right, I succeeded, regardless of what the scale says.

Hopefully something in there is useful to somebody. 

I thought all crimes were committed by old men in masks.  Thanks, Scoob!

Lots of the kids in the neighborhood thought if we jumped from something high enough with some home-made wings, a large enough balloon, or an umbrella, we could fly, or at least gently float down.  It's a miracle we didn't break our legs.

For way too long to think so, my brother thought babies came out of, uhh, the other side.

He also said once, while examining the night sky, "Man, I bet some of those stars are like 2 STATES apart!"

+1 on eating seeds, but it was apple seeds for us.

ETA (reminded by the "time zone line in the hotel room):  Fun trick to play on kids or gullible first-time flyers - When flying over a well visible road, tell them its a state line.  Make sure you let them tell at least somebody else that they saw the state line from the plane.

Looks and beauty have a dramatic impact on first impression and first interest - but attraction and continued interest hinge on personality.

A beautiful woman with an abhorrent personality will still be beautiful, but not attractive.

A plain jane will become attractive, even beautiful, with an attractive personality.

Original Post by trhawley:

Like Uncle Ernie?

 You wont shout?