View Full Version : How fit is the .ORG?
No VK, we aren't discussing how fit froggy is ~D
In general, what is the state of the .org's fitness? I know there was a push up thread a while back, but that's not really an overall indication of fitness is it? ~:confused:
ok, as I proposed this here's me:
height: 5'7''
weight: 51kg
bmi:17
bench press: 55kg, or about 115lbs? (can't do any more in terms of weight but can do 30+ reps)
no. of press ups non stop: 90+
dips: 17!!! best in my class...of overweight people ~D
pull ups: 10
Bleep test (do you have this in the states?) 9A
100m sprint:15s, as slow as it gets but hey, I never said I was fit or fast?
btw, I do 2 hours of weights a week (which means 1h of weights and 30 minutes rowing and 30 minutes doing laps of the playground)
I consider myself to be quite unfit, but hey one of the advantages of youth is you can eat crap and still be skinny isn't it? ~D
Duke Malcolm
05-13-2005, 19:37
5' 11"
13 stone 12 lbs
bmi, 27.8, last time I checked.
bleep test (that the one where you run across the hall every time it bleeps?) - 41
go to the gym once or twice a week, but only half of the time is spent exercising, because I gossip with my good man the chinaman (as he as asked to be called, although his name is passepartout).
DemonArchangel
05-13-2005, 19:45
Me:
height: 5'8''
weight:125
bmi:19
bench press: 210 lbs (1 Rep Max).
no. of press ups non stop: 104
dips: 26
pull ups: 20
Bleep test: What?
100m sprint:13s
Other Notes: Inverted Leg Press: 660 lbs.
Body Fat: 8% (my pants are currently trying to fall off, because my waist is so narrow)
Six Pack: Yes.
Well I used to visit and atudy self - defense without weapons ( SAMBO ) nowadays I feel I am becoming bodybilding fan.
As for other things I just don't know your length \ weight \ heigth indications.
UglyandHasty
05-13-2005, 20:03
I'm a couch potato, and like my 12 pack on friday night !
The_Doctor
05-13-2005, 20:16
height: 5'9''
weight: 12-13 stone, can't remember, I will go and check and update this post.
bmi:?
I try to do an 8.5Km cycle a day. Sometimes I don't have the time.
I do 25 sit-ups and 10 push-ups a day. This number will increase in the future as I get better at doing them
I am a bit flabby, but only when I sit down does it show. My leg muscles are rock hard.
Well, for a 41 year-old asthmatic, I think I'm doing ok.
5'11", about 190 pounds.
Bench press? Not sure, but I can shoulder a 200lb log and walk a long way with it. Uphill, downhill, don't matter. Then do it again and again. It's what I do.
Body fat - just enough, and all Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk!
I can run the hundred yards in under four minutes. (Ventolin at the 25, 50, and 75 yard lines.)
When it's raining and I'm at home playing games, I do (past few weeks) stress sets of five minute-100 reps of weights (30lb + 40lb handweights) and push ups. I'll do 25 push ups (Real ones. Nose to floor, back straight), then 25 standing curls (30lb), then 25 of lying on the floor arm raises from as far sideways to straight up (40lb), then 25 more standing curls (30lb). Has to be in five minutes, and I'm breathing hard at the end, believe me. I'll do four or five sets a day. (Don't need Ventolin for this or carrying logs, only running.) While I'm sitting waiting for game to load, I play with a chest expander bar sometimes. Good to kill time while sitting.
Mikeus Caesar
05-13-2005, 22:06
Well, i'm age 14, weigh 7 and a half stone, i'm 5'3". I can run forever if i want, just as long as i run at a slow steady speed. I can do 100m in 17-18 seconds and i a fat little git. I spend most of my time on my computer, and the only exercise i get is walking around my school (i reckon that's about 1mile a day) and walking the dog, which is about a mile. I am fairly strong, as i can just about pick up heavy things or drag them, and take them far distances if i want. Fit or not fit?
Crazed Rabbit
05-13-2005, 22:15
I consider myself fairly fit.
I can run 3.1 miles in under 19 minutes (not amazing, but pretty good relative to the general population), and have very good endurance.
Fitness, to me, is not so much about how much weight you can lift or how fast you run, but if your able to play a relaxed sports game without panting, and aren't overweight.
Crazed Rabbit
Me:
height: 5'8''
weight:125
bmi:19
bench press: 210 lbs (1 Rep Max).
no. of press ups non stop: 104
dips: 26
pull ups: 20
Bleep test: What?
100m sprint:13s
Other Notes: Inverted Leg Press: 660 lbs.
Body Fat: 8% (my pants are currently trying to fall off, because my waist is so narrow)
Six Pack: Yes.
AKKK someone can bench nigh on 175% of their bodyweight....the best person in our year can do 209lbs...the best person in our school is downright scary and can bench 275lbs...
The Bleep test is where you run between two lines 20 metres apart for as long as you can. The bleeps start very slowly before increasing to crazy levels. Each level is 1 minute...so I can run for 9 minutes at a moderate pace that picks up, not very fit :embarassed:
On your inverted leg press score, I could probably do a lot of that but our school only has a maximum of 500lbs on the thing, I can miraculously do the entire stack ~:eek:
King Edward
05-13-2005, 22:50
Age = 24
Height 6'
Weight = 12.5 stone (around 80kilos i think)
Bench = around 80kilos
Pressups = Prob aroung 60 non stop
Bleep test = till i was the only one left
100m = 11.3 sec
Rugby Position = Glory boy on the wing!
DemonArchangel
05-13-2005, 22:57
I don't think I can bench THAT much. The best in my school can bench 363 lbs. (he's scary).
What's REALLY scary however, is that this German exchange student can bench 250 and she's a GIRL.
Age = 24
Height 6'
Weight = 12.5 stone (around 80kilos i think)
Bench = around 80kilos
Pressups = Prob aroung 60 non stop
Bleep test = till i was the only one left
100m = 11.3 sec
Rugby Position = Glory boy on the wing!
Ahh yes, another winger, I dislike them, they steal all our glory...I am a flanker btw, I am way too light for the position but hey, I get the job done.
11.3 seconds is fast...but great bleep as well!? that's strange. Usually, people in my school are either really fast and average fitness or just scarily fit. There was a boy who got to level 20 ~:eek:
I don't think I can bench THAT much. The best in my school can bench 363 lbs. (he's scary).
I am surprised, is there THAT large a disparity in the strength difference between english and American boys/girl? I thought we'd be slightly lower than yours, are you about 17 then Demon? I am generally talking about 14 year olds as I am that age...
250 lbs!? from a girl...we are all gonna die
Evil_Maniac From Mars
05-13-2005, 23:02
I'm buffed. That's all I know :dizzy2:
Craterus
05-13-2005, 23:19
Height: 5"2
Weight: 6st9lbs (93lbs)
BMI: 17
Bench Press: 60lbs - lots of reps 90lbs - 1 rep (max. lift)
Press-ups, non-stop: somewhere around 90's
Dips: Not many, probably 10 max.
Pull-ups: 10 as well, around there.
Bleep Test: 120 (haven't done this in over a year, i think i can get 140 now)
100m sprint:15s
Body Fat: 16%
Also, I can do level 13 on Leg Extension. I don't know how much level 13 is though.
Me:
Age: 14
height: 6'2'
weight:175
bench press: 180 lbs (1 Rep Max).
Squat Max: 260lbs
Power clean: 145lbs (3 rep)
no. of push ups non stop: 48
pull ups: 10
40yd sprint: 5.46
Other info: 6-day workout schedule. Around 2.5 hours every day. 1.5 hours of lifting, 1 hour of agilitys.
Craterus
05-13-2005, 23:24
Over 40 yds I'm under 5s.
Kongamato
05-14-2005, 00:13
I guess this is what happens when I do not update the weight loss thread. I'm going to do that when I get beneath 170 pounds. I'm adjusting to a new schedule for the summer and need to balance out my eating. My gluttony is the only thing which makes me unfit. Underneath the fat I've got a competent physique. The last two weeks have been a disaster, though. I ate too many of my toasted tuna, cheddar, and salsa sandwiches during finals week and also pigged out at dinnertime because the lunch I brought to the workplace was not satisfying enough. I'm now going to try eating richer foods for breakfast and lunch to see if that will curb my appetite and raise my metabolism to something more prone to fat-burning. Hopefully it'll work like a higher tax bracket.
Mouzafphaerre
05-14-2005, 00:19
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Age: No more 29 in less than a month.
Weight: Fattish, with an ugly belly.
Height: Taller than many, shorter than most.
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DemonArchangel
05-14-2005, 00:20
I'm 16, the guy in question is 15.
Remember, the girl is German, (they're all freakishly large like that).
That, and I'm in weight training at school, so I can cite examples of the physically fit.
Age 29
Height 1,83m
Weight 103kg
Can swim 5km with flips and without stops in about 90min
Can carry a 30kg kid around for a decent part of the day
Will not run unless absolutely necessary
The Wizard
05-14-2005, 01:38
I demand Continental measures, not pounds, stones, yards, feet and all that other nonsense! ~;)
Age: 16
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79 kg (lost 11 with jogging and a no-snack diet [self-concieved and -imposed] alone; gonna get to the gym to lose the much smaller belly that remains)
Bench press: What? Is that like, how quick you can destroy a park bench? Takes me about 5 minutes.
Squat Max: I don't like squatting. Gimme a damn La-Z Boi... this ain't Uncle Sam's camping grounds!
Power Clean: I don't clean much, but my mom uses some Indonesian cleaner...
No. of pushups non-stop: 45
No. of situps non-stop: 125
No. of pullups non-stop: 8
100m sprint: 12.twentysomething. Close to 13, that's for sure.
6000m: approx. 25 minutes.
Body Fat: Dunno. Still gotta find that out.
BMI: Is that the 'your ideal weight' stuff? If so I was on my ideal weight. Like 18 or something.
Six pack: Yes. About two or three a week.
The god-damn bleep test: 40something. But then I stopped coming to gym classes. Shrug.
And furthermore I give up.
Gotta get my ass off the tennis court and the roads of running and into the gym before my summer vacation starts. Even though the girls say I look good already. Yeah, there goes your soft pillow (i.e. my belly), baby!
~Wiz
LittleGrizzly
05-14-2005, 02:04
Age: 19
Height: 5"10-11 inches
Weight: 11.2 stone
No. Of pushups non-stop: 50
No. Of Situps non stop : 50
No. of pullups non stop: 14
six pack: if i work out a little bit
Bleep test: i managed to get about 14 on it a few years back now though...
Remember, the girl is German, (they're all freakishly large like that).
And thats an understatement. Compare Till Lindemann (the lead singer of Rammstein, a German band) to any American singer. And he's the short one ;)
As for me, I'm 16 (as of May 9th) and weight 150 lbs. I can do 100 situps without problem, and can do about 10 to 20 knuckle pushups (resting on your first two knuckles, rather than palms).
Tachikaze
05-14-2005, 07:49
Same height and weight as ah_dut.
I'm surprised what my body can do at my age (43). I just had a week full of strenous exercise of all kinds, and I feel good. I'm so appreciative of my health.
Somebody Else
05-14-2005, 09:00
Age: 20
Height: ~1.85 m
Weight: ~85 Kg
Can do about 30 press-ups before calling it a day.
100 metres in about 13 seconds.
Rugby position: Last played No. 3 - I like to get in close and cause some trouble... But when I get round to playing again, I think I'll probably try for something else - definitely not lock though, maybe flanker - if I improve my fitness.
The Blind King of Bohemia
05-14-2005, 12:14
Age:21
Height: 5'9
weight: 12 stone
Press ups non stop: 130
Dips: 30-35
Bench: 200kg(1 rep)
pull ups: 25(close hands) and about 10 on the wide hand
Bleep test: Never done it but i know i could run three miles without stopping at a good pace under twenty mins
sit ups: 100
The rowing machine on maximum endurance for about half an hour is my limit and i'll try to 25 miles a week on the gym bikes
Bench: 200kg(1 rep)
Are you sure you mean 200kg and not 200lb? ~:eek:
SwordsMaster
05-14-2005, 12:39
Age:20
Height: 178cm
weight: 84kg
Press ups non stop: never tried more than 60, cos I get bored, but I think I could do more than 100. My training includes 1x50,1x45 and so one until 3x5.
Dips: 30. Never do more cos my training includes more triceps exercices.
Bench: 60 kg, 3 series of 12 reps each
pull ups: 10(close hands) and about 10 on the wide hand
Bleep test: Never done it but i know i run a mile in 6 mins
sit ups: 200. Never went beyond that, because I get bored again. I prefer to do 50 with a 15 kg weight than 200 without weight...
squats: basically I do a serie of 50 everytime Í wait for a game to load. Apart from that I do 200 a day in 1 set.
100m : 11´83 s.
Rugby position (former): wing
Papewaio
05-14-2005, 12:45
Age = 31
Height 6'
Weight = 93.7kg (206 pounds)
Body Fat = 20.7%
Pushups = 30 normal, then 40 on knees, rest on forearms and tips of toes for a count of 20, repeat 3 times in a row. So 90 normal pushups and 120 'girly' ones in 10 minutes.
Chinups = 7 this morning.
Asthmatic. Running can trigger it. However when I was younger (at school and a Rugby Winger) I could run 10 minutes and then have asthma even after using my inhaler. Could play a full game of rugby without touching the inhaler and be fine.
When I was working in exploration in the rest weeks I would go to the gym 6 days a week for 2 hour stints and my fitness would stil decline compared with being in the field. At the end of each gym session I would do 220 situps.
Nowadays 5 years on just doing IT my fitness in comparison is appalling.
Craterus
05-14-2005, 13:05
Number of sit-ups non-stop: I've done 500 before but then I got bored.
The Stranger
05-14-2005, 13:14
sit ups also 500, push-ups 75. can lift 100 kg. i'm 175 cm and 65 kg
Asthmatic.
Yeah brother! ~:cheers:
Do you do the "pocket slap", where you slap every pocket on you to make sure you're Ventolin is in one of them before you leave the house?
I sound like a drum machine whenever I head out the door.
The Blind King of Bohemia
05-14-2005, 14:18
Yeah sorry i meant pounds, around the 240 mark. In kilos my max is 110kg. Alot of the machines at my gym have kg and ib weights. Made a bit of a mistake there. My bad. Sorry! ~D
The Wizard
05-14-2005, 14:21
Now to answer a question that has been bugging me all my life:
How much kg is a pound?
And for that matter: how much kg is a stone?
Damn island barbarians...
~Wiz ~;)
Now to answer a question that has been bugging me all my life:
How much kg is a pound?
And for that matter: how much kg is a stone?
Damn island barbarians...
~Wiz ~;)
2.2 pounds in a kg, 14 lbs in a stone iirc, I am not good with imperial
I guess this is what happens when I do not update the weight loss thread.
Nah, weight is not the sole measure here...I am very light but not particularly fit :embarassed:
The Wizard
05-14-2005, 15:05
And I'm not particularly light but fit. Even though I got to lose some winter fat that I didn't sleep off. ~D
~Wiz
Well, i'm age 14, weigh 7 and a half stone, i'm 5'3". I can run forever if i want, just as long as i run at a slow steady speed. I can do 100m in 17-18 seconds and i a fat little git. I spend most of my time on my computer, and the only exercise i get is walking around my school (i reckon that's about 1mile a day) and walking the dog, which is about a mile. I am fairly strong, as i can just about pick up heavy things or drag them, and take them far distances if i want. Fit or not fit?
I thought economist readers were all slim, middle class people ~D
Do some excercise mate, I was like you, except I was skinny...then I learned to enjoy weights and rowing
Kaiser of Arabia
05-14-2005, 16:58
Body fat - just enough, and all Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk!
B&Js Gobfather > NY Super Fudge Chunk (but both are good)
Anyway
Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)
Weight - 210-220
Bench press - Not sure
Press Ups - Not sure
Sit ups - 24 in a minute when I'm tired (2 hrs sleep night before up since 5), and stuffed full of nachos.
Mile - 15 mins same condition as sit ups
Pull ups - prob none
Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)
Haha ~D
B&Js Gobfather > NY Super Fudge Chunk (but both are good)
Anyway
Hight 5'10-5'11 (depending on what convience store im leaving)
Weight - 210-220
Bench press - Not sure
Press Ups - Not sure
Sit ups - 24 in a minute when I'm tired (2 hrs sleep night before up since 5), and stuffed full of nachos.
Mile - 15 mins same condition as sit ups
Pull ups - prob none
My friend, you're the epitome of fitness ~D Where shall we arrange a bleep test and cross country along with rugby training? :duel:
Or better yet, a nacho eating contest...I have never won one against anyone in my class and against you I think that trend may continue :duel:
So which convinience store makes you shorter? :bow:
Kaiser of Arabia
05-14-2005, 18:30
7/11s tend to be more on the 5'10 side while Wawas are usually around 5'11
Kaiser of Arabia
05-14-2005, 18:31
Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year, and I might join Varsity Track next year (javalin)
Orda Khan
05-14-2005, 19:31
Personal bests
Bench press........145 kilo
Squat.................170 kilo
Deadlift ..............200kilo
100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days
.....Orda
Personal bests
Bench press........145 kilo
Squat.................170 kilo
Deadlift ..............200kilo
100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days
.....Orda
So how long ago was that? Yesterday? ~D My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?
7/11s tend to be more on the 5'10 side while Wawas are usually around 5'11
Ahh, I see my friend
Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year, and I might join Varsity Track next year (javalin)
Why would they want you for the 1500m? I got the idea from a previous post you're not the next Paula Radcliffe ~D :duel:
I like Jav, but hey...I thought you were more a shotput person
100m ( back in the day ) .....12 seconds
All fond memories these days
.....Orda
My 40yd time is 5.46, would that be around 11.6 seconds in 100m? anyone know?
Oh and I'll add that almost every sport team (track included) has tried to recruit me this year)
Football(American that is) is the way to go Kaiser.
Kaiser of Arabia
05-15-2005, 01:36
So how long ago was that? Yesterday? ~D My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?
Ahh, I see my friend
Why would they want you for the 1500m? I got the idea from a previous post you're not the next Paula Radcliffe ~D :duel:
I like Jav, but hey...I thought you were more a shotput person
they want me for both actually ~;)
Papewaio
05-15-2005, 01:37
Yeah brother! ~:cheers:
Do you do the "pocket slap", where you slap every pocket on you to make sure you're Ventolin is in one of them before you leave the house?
I sound like a drum machine whenever I head out the door.
One of the triggers for my asthma is stress...
One of my stress triggers is not finding my inhaler...
So no inhaler, get stressed, have a mild asthma attack :dizzy2:
SwordsMaster
05-15-2005, 10:48
My 40yd time is 5.46, would that be around 11.6 seconds in 100m? anyone know?
I would say about 13 s, but thats off the top my head.
110 yds is about 100m, you may speed up in the middle to flat out (most peopledon't apart from sprinters, real sprinters in my experiance) so I'd give you a time of around 12.8-9 seconds? that's slower than a boy in my class...British superiority! ~D
they want me for both actually
why Jav? I'd always thought of that as a non brute force sport as I am quite good at it...you may have got the point I weigh very little and despite being able to bench my weight etc, I am not going to be challenging for Shotput anytime soon, I am 3rd best in my year at Javelin which is plain weird...I like it ~D
Kaiser of Arabia
05-15-2005, 11:07
They specifically asked me for javalin first, then later for shotput.
Orda Khan
05-15-2005, 16:06
So how long ago was that? Yesterday? ~D My best is yet to come (I am 14, so if I don't have any major accidents I have a lot of space to improve) and what is a deadlift?
Before you were a twinkle in your father's eye ~;)
Deadlift is where you grab hold of the barbell from the floor and stand upright with it. It is one of the three powerlifts
.......Orda
Before you were a twinkle in your father's eye ~;)
Deadlift is where you grab hold of the barbell from the floor and stand upright with it. It is one of the three powerlifts
.......Orda
Thanks for the description...then I can deadlift about 2kg ~D
DemonArchangel
05-15-2005, 19:11
I have this obssesive fear of squatting, so i just use the leg press machine.
I have this obssesive fear of squatting, so i just use the leg press machine.
Why? I swear they're about the same...I can do much more on the leg press though, it depends...our school has really low limits on the machines I mean only 85kg on the squat? I can do like 3x30 of that and i am not particularly strong ~D
Orda Khan
05-16-2005, 01:14
I have this obssesive fear of squatting.
Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.
The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep. I can offer two suggestions that will overcome this.
A sensible training partner to spot your exercises ( remember the Bench press is equally dangerous )
Perform your Squats in a Power Rack. Should you be unable to ascend from bottom position there is no danger because bars are set to your lowest point and these will take the weight of the barbell. You can walk away in complete safety. The Power Rack is invaluable if circumstances dictate that you train alone.
Above all free weights are far more beneficial than any machine because you must use muscles to stabilise the exercise and your body will move according to your leverages.
You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine ~;)
.........Orda
Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.
The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep.
I dunno, I do mine on a machine as well as a cage thing because I can't actually life 85kg...seriously, I can squat it but have no chance of lifting it
You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine
Been there done that with a rack and an 80kg barbell...it's a miracle I survived ~D
SwordsMaster
05-16-2005, 17:36
Most people do, which is why they do not reach their potential. The leg press machine appears to be a safer bet but it is a machine and therefore is set to work in a particular way. We are all different, our skeletal structures and leverages are unique, so whereas the press machine feels 'safe', it may not be suited to your leverages. In fact it could be potentially dangerous.
The Squat is THE exercise when it comes to both strength and muscle building. No exercise will match it. But with a huge barbell across our shoulders we fear not being able to complete the rep. I can offer two suggestions that will overcome this.
A sensible training partner to spot your exercises ( remember the Bench press is equally dangerous )
Perform your Squats in a Power Rack. Should you be unable to ascend from bottom position there is no danger because bars are set to your lowest point and these will take the weight of the barbell. You can walk away in complete safety. The Power Rack is invaluable if circumstances dictate that you train alone.
Above all free weights are far more beneficial than any machine because you must use muscles to stabilise the exercise and your body will move according to your leverages.
You have never trained unless you have tried the Twenty Rep Breathing Squat Routine ~;)
.........Orda
Thats about right. I have to add that machines are better for isolation exercises, such as one leg at a time, on your toes, etc... I usually squat about 80 kg and then get on the machine and do sets of 45kg each leg separately as when you squal you are always using one leg more than the other and want to level them up.
On the bench 70 kg, not my strongest point, but I can do 50 pushups without much effort.
lenghth 1.86
weight 85 kilo
Overall I am in pretty good condition.
tibilicus
05-16-2005, 20:00
I weigh about 8 stone can do 100 sit ups per night (most ever was 500) and about 50 pressups. Dont know the rest. Oh ye im 13.
DemonArchangel
05-16-2005, 20:37
I actually dropped a weight on my face bench pressing before. I almost fractured my orbit.
I weigh about 8 stone can do 100 sit ups per night (most ever was 500) and about 50 pressups. Dont know the rest. Oh ye im 13.
how tall are you? just asking...
I actually dropped a weight on my face bench pressing before. I almost fractured my orbit.
OMG how did you do that? Well I only ever do bench on a smith machine so it ain't going to happen to me any time soon but still...owww :help:
Orda Khan
05-17-2005, 21:45
Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises
......Orda
DemonArchangel
05-17-2005, 21:53
Bad Spotter Ah_Dut.
That and I'm afraid of herniating my back the most, not that i'll drop the weight (my legs are already very strong).
Bad Spotter Ah_Dut.
That and I'm afraid of herniating my back the most, not that i'll drop the weight (my legs are already very strong).
My bad I guess...just most people I know seem to have real issues with dropping the weight...my mistake.
Herniating your back? I swear you're going to injure yourself just as badly if you muck up on the leg press...well at least on the one at my school :grumblesabout thepatheticgymequipmentatschoolbutknowshe'snotgoingtogetanybetter:
~:cheers: sorry bout that...I squat on a machine personally or get someone to give me the weight on my shoulders as I can;t actually lift my squatting weight :embarrased:
Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises
......Orda
I agree with you to a certain extent. The only problem is the world of American football is really competitive. If I at 14, did not lift free weights before and after the football season, I would never survive my sophmore year.
Seriously guys, I don't want to sound all matriarchal but you should not even be considering training with weights at ages of 13 and 14. At your tender ages you should stick to calisthenics and leave the barbells until you are more mature, around 15 - 16 years old.
It is part of the growing up process with young men to want to build strength and the best approach when starting off is through exercises like push ups, chins and sit ups.
As for using isolation exercises, forget them, your body does not work this way. Compound exercises like bench press and squats use multiple muscle groups and are much better at building strength and size. Worth remembering is the fact that arms are used directly in the upper body exercises and so become easily overtrained. When using a good training routine there is no, or at least very little reason to train arms at all since they will be getting all the work they need from the other BIG exercises
......Orda
Put it this way...my school says that and I have to comply...I am only allowed to bench/whatever my maximum at the ''fitness challenge'' where we have bleep, shuttle runs and weights testing...
After school, I am limited to using a 20kg barbell which can get a bit restrictive but I can work within that...If I am caught doing any heavy weights...I am going byebye as my weights teacher will rip me apart ~D
I DO press ups and chin ups...but I do crunches instead of sit ups ~;)
Orda Khan
05-18-2005, 21:24
If I am caught doing any heavy weights...I am going byebye as my weights teacher will rip me apart ~D
I DO press ups and chin ups...but I do crunches instead of sit ups ~;)
I like the sound of that guy ~:) It's nice to know that your gymnasium has a competant instructor. Supervision is the key and you are getting sound advice
........Orda
I have to be able to carry a 45 lb pack 3 miles in 45 minutes.
Called the Pack Test.
I usually finish under 40
ichi :bow:
I like the sound of that guy ~:) It's nice to know that your gymnasium has a competant instructor. Supervision is the key and you are getting sound advice
I know, we have light barbells, truly a miracle
Ichi, you do that in the states as well? I thought that was errr child abuse they heaped on us during rugby training because they're sadists ~D
Age: 20
Height: 6'1
Weight: 175pounds / 12stone 7pounds / 80kg
I don't really do weights or running, but I swim a lot and play competitive waterpolo so I'd say I'm pretty fit.
Does anyone else swim much, or do people here only really do land training?
Age: 20
Height: 6'1
Weight: 175pounds / 12stone 7pounds / 80kg
I don't really do weights or running, but I swim a lot and play competitive waterpolo so I'd say I'm pretty fit.
Does anyone else swim much, or do people here only really do land training?
I swim a bit (once a week) but do more land training as it's easier (my school's swimming pool is 17m and I am never allowed in)
I play water polo but only for fun and only about once a week. I rely on my land training to keep fit ~D
Ichi, you do that in the states as well? I thought that was errr child abuse they heaped on us during rugby training because they're sadists
We do it as a physical fitness test for my work.
But, I'm very interested to find out if others have to do it, like what do you call it and why is it required of you?
ichi :bow:
Kongamato
05-22-2005, 07:32
You could call me the opposite of fit. While I've been doing moderate weightlifting and constant exercise bike riding, it has yet to overcome my incredible eating prowess. Beware my awesome hunger. Come nightfall, I will eat all of your tortilla chips and salsa. But before that, I'll empty your candy jars for you. I will eat skittles by the handful; a half-pound a night is nothing to me. Remember, I'm just getting started. After your candy, chips, and salsa are gone, I'll move on to the microwave popcorn. I'll burn it too, but that doesn't matter to me. When those are finished, I'll move on to the year-old bag of stale pretzel rods and take that off your hands. Now here comes the fun part, when it looks like all the snacks are gone. I will now move on to bread and cheese. Or possibly cold cereal. Finally, to conclude everything, I'll consume the half-bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips that's been lying around the cupboard since the last time cookies were made.
Well, that was long-winded. It takes some serious work to control my snacking. I'm making some progress. I figure if I start going to bed earlier, I won't turn into a vicious eating machine. Maybe I should've posted this in the weight loss thread...
We do it as a physical fitness test for my work.
But, I'm very interested to find out if others have to do it, like what do you call it and why is it required of you?
ichi :bow:
We do it as an excercise in the rugby team to build fitness...it's jsut cruel, I amm quite happy I dropped out of the team now...No more 1 hour long sessions of shuttle runs ~D
Kongamoto, you need to meet one of my friends...he's ptobably a match for you ~D
Wait a minute, do we measure it from the top or the bottom? Makes a big difference in inches.
Wait a minute, do we measure it from the top or the bottom? Makes a big difference in inches.
Measuring the wrong thing.... =P
stratigos vasilios
02-09-2012, 02:31
What's a bleep test? Is it the same as the beep test?
No not sarcasm, I actually have no idea
a completely inoffensive name
02-10-2012, 09:13
Wait a minute, do we measure it from the top or the bottom? Makes a big difference in inches.
Doesn't matter. Just make sure your measuring tape follows along the curve or you will be shorting yourself.
Centurion1
02-10-2012, 18:51
Doesn't matter. Just make sure your measuring tape follows along the curve or you will be shorting yourself.
a curve must be depressing
Montmorency
02-10-2012, 19:10
Curve?! Just how firmly have you been gripping it?
Vladimir
02-10-2012, 21:11
a curve must be depressing
It's angled to reach a certain spot. You're too young to know about that though.
Wait, we're talking about strength training, right?
Centurion1
02-10-2012, 23:14
It's angled to reach a certain spot. You're too young to know about that though.
Wait, we're talking about strength training, right?
a. no im in my prime
b. not necessarily cannot say how it curves
c. the spots existence is questionable. ive had individuals enthusiastically announce the discovery and others say they dont know where it is (20 individual sample size)
d. if a curve was needed to reach one should go to the doctor for girth issues or stop spelunking in such large caves.
e. dont patronize
ot: these threads are silly we dont know each other in rl.
LeftEyeNine
02-11-2012, 01:17
1.75 m / 72 kgs.
Love handles and a comparably thin layer of fat under the bellybutton. Frustrating as hell. Hopefully to be terminated through exercise as soon as I have the funds to.
21,
~6ft tall
~175 Lbs.
I'm not particularly fit or unfit. though I do need to exercise-to build up some stamina. problem is I am always busy when not here :(
Rhyfelwyr
02-11-2012, 15:39
I'm currently the worlds fattest person to have a four-pack. Must be due to raw deadlifting I guess.
stratigos vasilios
02-13-2012, 06:57
183cm, 88kg. No aerobic fitness whatsoever, anaerobically reasonable.
a completely inoffensive name
02-13-2012, 07:21
Curve?! Just how firmly have you been gripping it?
It's not how firmly that I have been gripping it. :(
Also, I must be the thinnest guy in here. 6ft 1 inch, 165 pounds.
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