The new improved fitness thread

[D6Nutz]

Very wet and extremely muddy 5 mile trail run, in the dark

Fecking awesome....

[Kwacky]

Good sparring tonight. The class dickhead when a bit mental to start with but he got the message when no one wanted to spar with him.

[C00kiemonster]

Good sparring tonight. The class dickhead when a bit mental to start with but he got the message when no one wanted to spar with him.

There is always at least one...

[Kwacky]

Legs and core. Good legs session but I can already feel the aches creeping in. A nice cool shower and some stretches before bed I think

[Itchy]

Arms today.

Went during the afternoon and the gym was rammed, I was having trouble getting the equipment/benches I wanted so I cut it short.

Which, given that my arms were already on fire from the high reps thing, was probably a good thing.

Legs tomorrow, shits about to get real!

[Kwacky]

Back and shoulders last night. Sadly it seemed to be back night for everyone. I had to wait ages for a bar and the weights were hard to find and those not being used were spread out all over the place. When I did get a bar I was struggling with my deadlifts. I don't think my head was in the right place. I switched the routine and threw in some different exercises, including kettlebells which I've not used for a couple of years. Must have worked because my back is very tender today.

[D6Nutz]

10 mile road run today, organised club run so it was fun despite the rain.

Got running with one of the faster boys to see if I could push my pace a bit. Turns out I can, personal record for 1 mile 8:13 and also for 2 miles 8:33.

Really chuffed with that, and was still able to put in a 9 min/mile at the end of the run.

[Kwacky]

Boxercise was speed work and combos. I flagged but that's not surprising given the week I've had.

[Cav]

I ran 5.6km yesterday on a whim.. ran all the way to our football pitch where they have pull up bars, tricep dip bars etc dotted around so did a set of circuits too.

Felt really good afterwards - even if I practically died

[D6Nutz]

5 mile trail Friday and 10 miles trail this morning, it was proper wet and proper muddy

One more run tomorrow and then it's taper time for a half marathon next Sunday

[Itchy]

Chest this morning.

Although I'm getting used to the 20 reps per set, still can't get used to how puny it looks when you're struggling to move weights that some of the girls in the gym can throw around. It's quite humbling.

Hopefully there will be some gains to be made, I'll give it some time and see how I'm getting on. And I haven't had a pump like this in a long time.

[Cav]

Itchy.. with such high reps:
- how much have you had to drop the weight by? (50% of 1RM?)
- how is recovery time? (do you get 2-3 days DOMS?)
- do you find your form dropping?

[Itchy]

- With bench press as an example I've gone from doing 5 sets of 5 at 85kg, to 4 sets of 20 at 40kg.
It's actually lifting more weight in less time, with lower rest periods, which leaves me more time to work more chest exercises.

-DOMS is a belter, as you'd expect. More like 3-4 days, but I've got a feeling that will reduce the more I carry on. I've only done a fortnight, and a few days have been lost due to a niggly knee and a hangover, I'll keep you posted.

-Form itself doesn't drop. Because the weight isn't really high enough to **** you up its not too bad.
Having said that, on the final sets I can find myself trying to get the reps out of the way quicker because I know I won't make 20 if I go slower. Form doesn't seem to suffer, but timing might.

[Itchy]

It's a work in progress though, I'm constantly evaluating how I feel and how my body is reacting.

Apart from the intense burning I'm liking it. Less risk of my dodgy shoulder giving out under heavier weight. I'll no doubt change it at some point but I'm staying here for now.

[Cav]

The reason for the questions is that I was watching a video about Steroids VS Natural and the main thing I picked up was the way they train...

Steroid users recommend high reps and to get the pump going, 20-40 reps. They said they do that because their bodies can recover way faster than when natural.

The max recommended for natural athletes are 15 because of this whole recovery period. I guess this would explain your 3-4 days of DOMS???

It'll be interesting to hear how you get on and progress though - keep us posted !!

[Cav]

Arms being an exception to this btw... arms can cope with some seriously high reps

[D41]

I walked to the store to buy some cigarettes.

Good for the legs, and gives the lungs a decent workout too.

[Kwacky]

lots of circuit stuff tonight. I was feeling knackered before I got there.

[Kwacky]

Did legs and went through it at a fair pace. I'm paying for it now though.

[Cav]

Just finished footy training.. I'm dead. Nearly 900kcals burned and a few of us nearly threw up. 6-aside on an 11-aside pitch - so much running