Quite right, I was being too general. I was trying to advise someone who indicates he feels out of shape (I'm not suggesting he is). My advice wasn't for someone wanting to be a high-level athlete.

You realise when you come to London in the holidays I'm going to ask to see your muscles, right? And your girlfriend coming too won't stop me ;)

It's quite alright with her, I'm sure. She's always trying to get me to show off.

I have to say that from the picture i remember of you, perrywinkle.(grant)..I'm thinking of you as rather thin and wiry. And you say that machines don't have enough weight available? Am i mis-remembering you, or are you like spiderman or something?

I've put on some weight since the picture you're thinking of. I'm still fairly thin and lean, but my upper-body strength has caught up to my lower-body strength.

I cap out leg machines and press machines across the board. Some of the other machines, like bicep curl and lat pulldowns, still have some room for me to grow.

My next goal is to build more of a V shape... That means I'm going to focus more on my back and cut some of the non-lean weight I've put on. Right now I'm a little too much like parallel lines.

You know if you're trying to put on mass there are also specific rules, right? Especially about eating habits before and after working out. Sorry if I'm preaching to the converted here.

Yup. Which is how I put on (mostly) lean weight.

Don't worry about me. I'm don't have professional level training and nutrition knowledge, but with Google I'm close enough for my purposes.

:yum:

wtf are you on about jimbob?

I jogged on my treadmill with the speed set at 8kms per hour, I jogged for 5 mins at this speed...wanker :p

kms= kilometers per second. just dicking around....i was bored.....

lick it.

Whoa, wtf? I was just wondering the other day what happened to grant. Last I remembered,he had gotten a new girlfriend, then dissappeared. He just changed his handle?

Damn you people. Knock it off!!

bend over

ew, no.

i worked out yesterday. same shit....different weights. then we did 45 mins on the treadmill.....then we swam.

i was pretty tired by the time we got home.....but then i relaxed with the kids and watched the cowboys beat the snot out of the Iggles. It had been too long since the last time, I guess.....I'm a bit stiff today.

Red joined a local club last week and had a meeting with a personal trainer today. They did some basic stuff (push-ups, crunches) to get a basal level of fitness, then made him a work out plan. He was a little depressed with how out of shape he is...but hopefully he'll be posting here in short order.

Do you guys have a specific plan, log, etc. or just kind of do whatever is open?

I waited in all day today for a call that didn't come, so didn't do Water Workout as planned. So it should be:
Tuesday - Gym
Wednesday - Gym (got an appointment at the time I usually take classes)
Thursday - Yoga
Friday - Water Workout
Saturday - Rest
Sunday - Gym

And a sneaky peak at the scales to see how I'm doing.
I did notice I was able to take the hill up to Blackheath on Saturday pretty much in my stride. It's almost San Franciscan in its grade, and it still takes effort, but not stupid-effort.

And now for something completely different!
 

Last Sunday It took me an hour to complete the following.
five rounds of ten kipping "commando" pullups (this just means one hand was palm out, one hand palm in), ten (five each leg) fourcorner one leg assisted squats, ten (five each side) side clean and jerks with a 24kg kettlebell, ten bench jump.
about five mins rest between each round.
I've been working on this for about two months. My primary goal is to be able to do a dead hang strict pullup someday. I get this routine in maybe twice a week.