Getting fit with SwordsMaster

**Byblos** · 06-03-2008, 12:50

I really do not have much fat at all, what muscles I do have (not many) tend to show up well, for example my stomach muscles. I think I may need a more accurate weigh. Edit: 8st8

**salemty** · 06-04-2008, 07:40

are you sure that push ups are best for building chest muscles? ive been doin 80 push ups a day for nearly two
years now and it doesnt seem to be helping greatly, perhaps a second opinion?

**Beirut** · 06-04-2008, 11:37

Originally Posted by salemty

are you sure that push ups are best for building chest muscles? ive been doin 80 push ups a day for nearly two
years now and it doesnt seem to be helping greatly, perhaps a second opinion?

Depends on how you're doing them. If you're doing forty sets of two push ups each, you might want to change your routine. If, on the other hand, you're doing all eighty at once, that's pretty darn good. Also depends on the quality of your push ups.

I do sets of twenty-five, but I do slow nose to floor push ups. Not those half descent spring action jobbies.

**SwordsMaster** · 06-05-2008, 19:39

I do sets of 40, slow down, hold for 3 sec, then up. Alternatively do bench presses.

**edyzmedieval** · 06-05-2008, 20:42

Swords, what do you think is better? Bicycle (staying in the same place) or running on the treadmill? Losing calories and training the leg muscles, as this is my focus this summer, along with the upper body.

**woad&fangs** · 06-05-2008, 22:34

can't you go on a jog?

**Ice** · 06-05-2008, 23:18

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Swords, what do you think is better? Bicycle (staying in the same place) or running on the treadmill? Losing calories and training the leg muscles, as this is my focus this summer, along with the upper body.

Squats, other leg workouts, jump roping, sprints, and bike sound decent. I've heard running is hell on your joints, and this coming from a past cross country athlete.

**SwordsMaster** · 06-06-2008, 00:54

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Swords, what do you think is better? Bicycle (staying in the same place) or running on the treadmill? Losing calories and training the leg muscles, as this is my focus this summer, along with the upper body.

I have supplied a decent leg workout higher up on this thread, IIRC it included about 30 min on the bike, on a hillcourse, 20 min run, again, on a hill course, and 10 min row for 3000m.

Go back in the thread for more details.

**SwordsMaster** · 06-09-2008, 19:23

So. SwordsMaster just discovered the new and so far most effective weight loss method. Losing 6 kg in 4 days, this particular one beats Atkins, and what have you.

It's called: dysentery. Here in Lagos most half spicy food will make you drop your ***. African spicy, and middle eastern spicy are in 2 different leagues... I thought i was used to curry, but damn!

Add to that the fact that malaria pills also make you regular, and you can't drink the water that isn't bottled, and you get a bacteria playground that will make dr. Pasteur sweat in his cold grave.

And since about the only thing your body can hold is water or tea, the weight loss is almost miraculous.

That being said, there's some nice food here. Not for the faint hearted...

**Geoffrey S** · 06-09-2008, 23:29

Originally Posted by SwordsMaster

I have supplied a decent leg workout higher up on this thread, IIRC it included about 30 min on the bike, on a hillcourse, 20 min run, again, on a hill course, and 10 min row for 3000m.

Go back in the thread for more details.

Must point out that 10 min rowing for 3000m is pushing it a bit for someone who has little experience with the things. An average heavyweight freshman (75 kilos and higher) on his first 2k trial can be expected to do around 6.35/6.45, with someone higher than 85 kilos probably pushing the 6.30 mark - an average lightweight (67-75 kilos), between 6.55/7.10. Most higher-level heavyweights in the Netherlands going all-out would push just under the six minute mark on the 2k. Not that the Dutch are on top of their game, but on average aren't too shabby.

Certainly for less experienced rowers, extra weight and length make a huge difference on the times achievable on an erg.

Edit: heh, and keeping things on rowing - your post above reminds me of some of the things lightweights do to just edge into their weight category on the last few days. All those herbs to lose some weight at the last minute make the facilities most unpleasant an hour before weigh-in...