Protip: When somone asks you a question, they want the answer to that question. If you don’t have the answer and can’t be civil, it’s sometimes best to keep it to yourself because the person you are speaking to may more know then you think, in which case they’ll just write you off as an fool.
Thanks pretty much what I’m doing. Currently I’m using a couple of videos that last 30-38 minutes then going for a walk so that I get at least an hour of exercise 4-5 times a week. I didn’t start trying to eat healthy until this week though. I weighed in at 238 two and a half weeks ago and when I hopped on the scale a few minutes ago I was at 235, so, I’m already on the right course. I researched and plotted out my course before I posted here. I was just asking for suggestions on some harder videos so that when I became conditioned to my current ones I could up the intensity a little without injuring myself and everyone went health guru on me, lol.
I’m aware of this. My words are being misread. I’m saying I want to lose weight FIRST, then work on muscle. I want a workout that will build light muscle all over and burn calories. That way when I get around 200lbs I’ll be in good enough shape physically and mentally to push myself to work on sculpting my body. As well as being able to see the results as they happen and not have them buried under fat. And I want a DVD to keep myself motivated. If I try and do it on my own I’ll just quit in a week like every other attempt.
Thank you. At least one person offered some help. I wanted to avoid staring at Billy Blanks crotch but I will if I must. Now to pick one of the 8 million Tae Bo videos to go with …
Working on muscle will help you lose weight. It can help make the entire progress faster for the goal you’re trying to reach. You won’t be fat on the outside and muscular underneath. All that fat will get burned off because of the increased activity.
By all means do what you enjoy, but if you want weight loss to happen quicker & more efficiently/easier, then give resistance training another thought for the present.
I don’t see anything wrong with lifting, provided you’re not lifting big. A good cardio routine, combined with clean eating and lifting/calisthenics should get you were you wanna be Ryu.
Look into circuits, but a lot of the advice here looks spot on.
I love how people think theyre going to get huge like immediately just by doing weight training lol It would take you years to get to a “juice head” size lol (unless you do steroids)
This is why I completely lose it when fat slobs spew this kind of ignorant garbage, and not just this disciple of ryu guy. I’ve helped and trained a lot of people in in the past, family, friends, random people in the gym, and my blood boils everytime they say that shit. It’s 100% pure ignorance and pompous.
Like I said, the audacity these people have… not only are they out of shape, lack motivation, and have no discipline, they act like they’re big shit. Like they are absolute genetic freaks that as soon as they come within distance of any real iron, they would somehow magically blow up overnight into some sort of huge, walking mountain of muscle. Like, bitch please. If you had THAT kind of genetic, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A FAT FUCK IN THE FIRST PLACE.
For the guys, it annoys me to no end. As a man, what the fuck is wrong with having muscles on your body? What is wrong with being a little bulky? Why are these bitch asses coming to me to help them “get toned, but not muscular”. 100% bitch ass mentality. It’s not like I demand that they train to look like steroid freaks; I much prefer the lean, athletic look. Someone like GSP. But nope, these bitches would rather look “tone” and “cut” like Brad Pitt in Fight Club, though I’m willing to bet they will never have the patience or the ethic to weight train and diet like Pitt needed to look like that for that one scene.
As for women, this is a far more serious concern because it has a lot to do with health. But I digress, since I doubt there’s any female readers in this thread.
Definitely. Women really need to take it seriously. I’m not sure how many ladies I’ve told for their future health, but almost all decline to do any serious weight training.
You basically hunted for an answer that matched your own preconceptions of health, fitness, and the process of weight loss. You’re posting in the weightlifting thread, for god’s sake - of COURSE you’re going to get recommendations for actual, you know, lifting. It’s because resistance training is the optimal exercise for building muscle, which is VERY metabolically expensive (you burn calories during the training itself, and the increased muscle mass expends more calories to maintain). that combined with high intensity interval training (google it) and a disciplined diet is exactly what you need.
Problems with motivation? You don’t need a DVD for that. Pull your goddamn life together and learn to give a shit about your body and your health - that should be motivation enough. Want to see results? Those numbers on the plates your pushing around should be perfect indicators of results. And you think that you’re on the right track because you weighed in at 238 2.5 weeks ago and you’re at 235 now? Your body weight can fluctuate as much as 5-6 POUNDS over the course of a DAY. Unless you’re keeping a very strict weighing routine, you don’t really know shit about your routine except that it’s more active than you were before - which is, of course, a start, but it’s like posting ‘Teach me how to play Ryu’ in the HDR forums and then flaming people because they’re giving you combos and zoning tips and what you really wanted to hear was “jump rh, crouch rh all day” or “do adoket”.
My guess is that you’re too intimidated by weightlifting to give it a real shot and would just rather do DVD workouts in your living room because you’re embarrassed of looking like you don’t know what you’re doing in the gym and/or embarrassed of your body. Which sucks, because it’s holding you back.
This hits especially close to home for me. My sister’s got a back problem, I forget what it’s called, curving of the lower spine/back. Anyway, I try to tell her to do some strength training as it will help her out in the long run. Nope, not a chance. No matter how much science and proof I present to her, she’s brainwashed by the typical fitness guru bullshit. You know, it’s all about cardio, cardio, and more cardio. She has terrible posture and, excuse me if this sounds a little weird, absolutely no ass. Like, pancake. I try to tell her, doing some lunges and squats will definitely strengthen her posterior chain, which could only help her back problem in the future. Again, not a chance. “Weight training will make me bulky and manly like those steroid she-hulks in the magazine” and “Stfu, you don’t know what you’re talking about”
My 8 years of weight lifting experience and knowledge is trumped by random bitches in magazines telling her she should bike everywhere she goes. Note: if you’re a woman and you love your ass, please don’t bike.
Box Jumps, bunny hops, squats, single legged squats, power cleans, pull ups, grip exercises, stretch every day, yoga and balance exercises.
Focus on plyometrics and not lifting too heavy.
Other than that, you basically just want to practice doing what you do, parkour. I think the key to this sport is training your body to absorb impact and working on precision. Start off slow and work at your own pace. You can go to local parks/playgrounds and just jump from shit to other shit. monkey bars can be real useful. Also the sand/barkbox/grass helps to get your body used to absorbing impact if you;re jumping in to it.
open to anyone: is there a way to strengthen hand muscles? Grip, lift, and size? Or am I fucked passed the age of 21? i’m a medium guy, but i’ve always had a puny/lean (bony) hand type. It’s affecting my overall form when i’m lifting really heavy free weights. Can’t grip properly, slips often, and it’s causing me to over extend my wrists in uncomfortable positions. They tremble after a cycle of lifting. how much is hand strength important to lifting? i’m kinda worried I’m at a disadvantage. Also, I had surgery done on my right thumb when I was a kid (bad accident), so it’s kinda misshapen. dunno if that helps any with the evaluation.
I have pretty lean fingers and small wrists. I had troubles with grip strength when I first started but after I stopped using gloves and concentrated more on deadlifts and compound movements I noticed my grip strength went up.
pinwheel curls build good forearms strength which transfers to hand strength, you should try some.
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I also bought a pair of those hand-gripper squeeze things and just squeezed them randomly through the day, while I was driving, or watching tv…pretty cheap and effective.
thanks for the tips, i will try them out tomorrow. how fast do the hand muscles grow, if any?
It’s and area I need to improve on. I went bowling recently and I used the lightest ball (8lbs). My hands fatigued very quickly, and i couldn’t keep my form up during the 3rd set. My wrist and grip slackened, so I wasn’t able to follow through with the movements. My hand was sore the following day.