Question for short recoil!

[Dog--]

Ok, for some reason I've been having alot of extra energy (and I don't mean a little bit), and it's like I'm hyper on tons of suger with ADD, I was thinking of ways to expend this energy, and then I thought working out, so naturally I made the connection. Anyone (especially short recoil) have any tips on working out, what I should start at, blah, blah. (I've never acually lifted weights in my life, I usually get exercise from doing construction work (lifting and hammering, and what-not)

 

[bvasgm]

If you don't have any weights or equipment you can do some of the following:

Flutter kicks for abs, much harder than regular crunches.

Push-ups, obviously. It's ok if you can only do like 10 or 20 to start, just do lots of sets during the course of the day. Like, do sets of 20, but set a goal to do like 300 a day. You get better at this really quickly.

Another great excercise for shoulders is to just hold your arms out to the side for as long as you can. Gets really hard after about seven or eight minutes.

Running, obviously. I'm not much of a runner so my advice is to just start off at 1 mile as often as you like and go up from there.

A GREAT excercise for using up energy (you said you were really hyper so this may be a good idea for you) is to lay on your stomach, and lift your upper body as high as you can, holding your arms directly underneath your chin so that your fingers are pointed and touching and lifting your legs just high enough so that your knees are off the ground. I guarantee at first you'll want to quit after about thirty seconds, but hang in there. Always try to say, like, I'm going for 5 minutes. Then do it. eventually work your way up to longer times. Awesome exercise, you use your entire back, your neck, your shoulders and your hamstrings.

Pull ups are always good.

Can't really be arsed to think of more stuff tonight, I'm sure somebody else can help you out better than I can anyway.

 

[DeusExMachina]

If you don't have any weights or equipment you can do some of the following:

Flutter kicks for abs, much harder than regular crunches.

Push-ups, obviously. It's ok if you can only do like 10 or 20 to start, just do lots of sets during the course of the day. Like, do sets of 20, but set a goal to do like 300 a day. You get better at this really quickly.

Another great excercise for shoulders is to just hold your arms out to the side for as long as you can. Gets really hard after about seven or eight minutes.

Running, obviously. I'm not much of a runner so my advice is to just start off at 1 mile as often as you like and go up from there.

A GREAT excercise for using up energy (you said you were really hyper so this may be a good idea for you) is to lay on your stomach, and lift your upper body as high as you can, holding your arms directly underneath your chin so that your fingers are pointed and touching and lifting your legs just high enough so that your knees are off the ground. I guarantee at first you'll want to quit after about thirty seconds, but hang in there. Always try to say, like, I'm going for 5 minutes. Then do it. eventually work your way up to longer times. Awesome exercise, you use your entire back, your neck, your shoulders and your hamstrings.

Pull ups are always good.

Can't really be arsed to think of more stuff tonight, I'm sure somebody else can help you out better than I can anyway.

How long would it be until we see results for that? I started doing push ups and crunches, usually about only 50 a day each or so. I mean I imagine 100 would be the target area, but 300? Whoa. I better get to work.

 

[Shodan]

Sex?

 

[bvasgm]

Always a good idea.

I really don't know how long it'll take to see results. I started doing that stuff on a semi-regular basis last january (four months ago). Never really stopped to say, hmmm, last week I could only do sets of forty pushups, but this week I can do sets of fifty. Cool.

I guess just keep pushing yourself to do a little more. Your body can do a lot more than you think, so even if you're hurting really bad, and you don't think you can keep going, just go for the extra thirty seconds, or the extra ten pushups, or the extra fifty feet. Just keep pushing yourself and you get better. [/short recoil]

 

[short recoil]

I don't know your age so i can't recomend weights or anything mate but if you start doing some circuit training that will expend the energy and build up your stammina and strength at the same time.

Like others have suggested the classic push ups, sit ups and pull ups are good ex's

If you've got strong joints and legs running is pretty good, especially uphill runs where you can push it to the limit, i run a lot but being a 14st 7lb hulk it limits how much i can do before i start damaging joints e.t.c

If you tell me your age, build and what you are trying to achieve as far as physique/fitness goes i can give you some useful tips/workout plans.

EDIT: just seen your bday thread, 15 is too young to start on any weights imo (doing weights can stunt growth and cause deformations in bone structure at young age), wait till you're 16.....but if you concentrate on bodyweight ex's you'll get mighty fit by the time you are 16 then you could pwn everyone in the gym.

 

[Dog--]

15, little chubby (But not out of shape, I think it's my metabolism!), I just want a medium to large build, I'm a small kid for my age, I'm 5'4'' and pretty much every friend of mine is 5'9'' and over.

 

[short recoil]

What's your diet like at mo?

 

[bvasgm]

Another important thing is, no matter what you do, always remember to stretch. Always, always, always remember to stretch before doing any physical activity. I know that you always hear it, but it really does help you to avoid injuries.

 

[Dog--]

What's your diet like at mo?

Acually I don't eat alot, I don't eat breakfast (for some reason ever since I can remember I get sick if I eat breakfast), I eat lunch sometimes, I have a snack between lunch and dinner (like a bag of buttered popcorn). And sometimes a snack before bed.

For those meals I usually have:
Lunch - grilled cheese, Kraft Dinner, y'know - lunch stuff
Snack - Popcorn, bowl of chips, that kinda thing
Dinner - Mashed potatoes, corn, meat (Usually chicken or pork), but I never eat my greens, only broccolli.
(I don't take alot of food either, like 1 grilled cheese sandwhich for lunch. A spoon full of mashed potatoes + corn, but usually a full chicken breast/porkchop for dinner)

I don't know if this will help, but I sleep from around 12:00PM - 7:20PM
(I usually have trouble sleeping, I go to bed at 11:00PM but fall asleep at 12:00PM). I try to get at least 8 hours sleep.

 

[short recoil]

Well i did a lot of running before i started to muscle up, your bones and joints thicken up if you are heavy set so long as you go into it LIGHTLY (it's something i've done for years) i've always been naturally very strong in the legs so i'm lucky.
It's my ankles that take the battering but a supplement i take called Glucosamine sulphate helps a lot to rebuild cartilage e.t.c (i recomend it)

 

[bvasgm]

Go easy on the running Short Recoil. Given your muscle mass, you're likely to develop stress fractures in your legs if you run more than four or five miles a day.

 

[Dog--]

Well, my legs are strong, when I flex them theres all kinds of muscle (For a kid my size I can run pretty darn fast, but not far, I'll probably be good in 100m races but not like 1500m.), it's my upper body I need to worry about.

 

[short recoil]

Acually I don't eat alot, I don't eat breakfast (for some reason ever since I can remember I get sick if I eat breakfast), I eat lunch sometimes, I have a snack between lunch and dinner (like a bag of buttered popcorn). And sometimes a snack before bed.

For those meals I usually have:
Lunch - grilled cheese, Kraft Dinner, y'know - lunch stuff
Snack - Popcorn, bowl of chips, that kinda thing
Dinner - Mashed potatoes, corn, meat (Usually chicken or pork), but I never eat my greens, only broccolli.
(I don't take alot of food either, like 1 grilled cheese sandwhich for lunch. A spoon full of mashed potatoes + corn, but usually a full chicken breast/porkchop for dinner)

I don't know if this will help, but I sleep from around 12:00PM - 7:20PM
(I usually have trouble sleeping, I go to bed at 11:00PM but fall asleep at 12:00PM). I try to get at least 8 hours sleep.

In fitness and bodybuilding i have always put diet BEFORE training.......many many people put it the other way round but imo that's like trying to build a house out of sawdust.

You seriously need to eat breakfast mate, if you can't eat straight away get something in as soon as you can, mabye something like a liquid shake made from oats and whey protein might go down easily?

Obviously i'm not gonna treat that diet like you are a body builder (i'd rip it to shreds if you were) but make sure you are getting plenty of decent complex carbs early in the day (oats are IDEAL) and protein throughout the day if you can. Eat your greens.........they are so important mate.

You will get out what you put in, if you eat shit your body will be shit, if you eat perfectly your body will be PERFECT.
You can find plenty of info on a balanced diet on the net so i will not go into it here.

 

[Dog--]

So I'm guessing I should try eating oatmeal?

 

[short recoil]

Go easy on the running Short Recoil. Given your muscle mass, you're likely to develop stress fractures in your legs if you run more than four or five miles a day.

What's that?



My gargantuan calfs

 

[bvasgm]

O_O

eek...

But seriously, being muscular doesn't have anything to do with preventing injuries like stress fractures. I know you probably don't want to hear this, but really really really fat people have the same problem. You weigh a lot, granted, it's muscle, but you're putting a lot of pressure on your legs (your bones, not just your muscles). Running a lot (4-5 miles a day), over a long period of time (several weeks in a row) will put an enourmous ammount of strain on your legs. Somebody who's really muscular, such as youuself, runs a serious risk of developing that kind of injury.

Now I'm not saying running is bad, or that you'll break your legs in half by running a couple of miles every once in a while, it's just that running excessive distances regularly, given your current physical condition will put an unnecessary ammount of stress on your bones and could eventually develop into fractures.

 

[short recoil]

Yeah, you are very right.
I run a LOT less than i used to like back in the marine training days.
I'd guess i average about 3 miles a day at mo, i do A LOT of walking though, like power walking, 6 miles everyday in the morning.

The bones in my legs have toughened from the running and my diet quite a lot, it's a bit of a problem because i LOVE running and i also LOVE being built like a tank, meh, gotta stay somewhere in the middle....just shit hot fit.

 

[bvasgm]

Yeah, it's a fine line you've gotta tread. I remember in another thread you once said "You can't be the world's strongest man and the world's fastest runner at the same time." That's very true. I really only bring it up because I'd hate to see you wind up in a hostpial bed or a wheelchair for five or six months healing up.

Good luck maintaining your training regime Dog--. I'd wish you luck too Short Recoil, but you really don't need it.

 

[short recoil]

Thanks for the concern dude :cheers:

 

[Dog--]

Wait, wait, wait, don't guys in the army, who are bigger (In muscle size, not necessarily in strength), run like 10 miles up hill or something like that?

Oh ya, I just remembered, I used to be really weak (I'm weak now but I used to be weaker), and I did push ups + sit-ups before I went to sleep, and I did as many as I could until I could physicly do no more, and when I finished and just lay there in bed my arms and abs really hurt for like 20 minutes, like REALLY hurt (I think I exherted them to much), is that how it's done?
I did this for about 2 weeks, I noted it on paper, I did 20 push ups the first day, then 30 then 40, and I eventually got to 140 push-ups and 80 sit-ups by week 2, and then for some reason I stopped, maybe I should start back up? I didn't do these things during the day, just for about an hour before sleep.

 

[Gargantou]

short recoil, can you choke people with your legs like that babe in Goldeneye?

 

[JNightshade]

Short Recoil + Goldeneye Babe + a sheep = hottest leg-choking sechs EVER

Anyway, just for a random thing, I skateboard on average 2-3 hours a day. I'd estimate that I skate well over 3 miles total during that time. While my running is kinda lame, it's notable that I can jump higher than anyone I know.

 

[Gargantou]

I also need to start going to the gym again..
My school used to pay for everyone to go to the gym and work out(Our form of gymnastics) but now they have regular gymnastics classes instead, bah! DUUULL!
Anyway, what is the best way to plan your workout if you just wanna get strong LOOKING, i.e. I don't wanna look like a ****ing mountain of muscles ala a dude I know who aspires to look like the young Sylvester Stalone?
I just wanna have so you can see the muscles somewhat but not hugely
If you get what I mean with my lame descriptions!

 

[CyberPitz]

HA! I only get my excersize at work, and I eat unhealthy *bad diet....no energy, guh* and I'm contempt with my body.

Well, really, I had nothing to input, but good luck Dog, hope everything goes well.

 

[Dog--]

Meh, At lunch in my school they let people in the gym (tradmills, stairlimbers, weights, blah, blah..) maybe I should try it...

 

[Kamikazie]

alittle exercise never killed anyone...right?

 

[Pesmerga]

HA! I only get my excersize at work, and I eat unhealthy *bad diet....no energy, guh* and I'm contempt with my body.

I think you meant to use the word 'content'.

 

[Smoke]

I are like exercise ^_^

 

[drunkymonkey]

Short Recoil is a machine. Do not take tips from him, because you will turn into a machine yourself.

Srsly.

 

[sinkoman]

In fitness and bodybuilding i have always put diet BEFORE training.......many many people put it the other way round but imo that's like trying to build a house out of sawdust.

You seriously need to eat breakfast mate, if you can't eat straight away get something in as soon as you can, mabye something like a liquid shake made from oats and whey protein might go down easily?

Obviously i'm not gonna treat that diet like you are a body builder (i'd rip it to shreds if you were) but make sure you are getting plenty of decent complex carbs early in the day (oats are IDEAL) and protein throughout the day if you can. Eat your greens.........they are so important mate.

You will get out what you put in, if you eat shit your body will be shit, if you eat perfectly your body will be PERFECT.
You can find plenty of info on a balanced diet on the net so i will not go into it here.

QFMFT

During wrestling season, I kept my diet clean and healthy, and at minimum calories daily.

Felt like I was in the best shape of my life. That's sans lifting.

Now that the seasons over, I eat like a cow, and feel like a cow.