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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Is this thread still goin'??
What I've found with working out -- is that the scales don't really tell the tale... it's the pant size that I've dropped.... last shopping trip they were 33's -- not the 36's I was wearing.
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Originally Posted by Sieg
About 6+ years ago I looked in the mirror one morning and said that's enough.......I was 5'-11" 36" waist and 217 lbs. I've seen a low of 167, went from 36" pant to comfy 34's, L/XL shirts to lose fitting Medium's.
The key elements for myself were
- 40-50% reduction in intake volume
- 20 minute fast high rep weight workout at lunch, 400+ reps Crunches/Curls. Tri-press/leg press/Lat pulls/dumb bell curls.
Find what works for your body and routine then stay the course until it becomes habit, then it becomes easy/normal!  |
Totally agree with both of you!!
Back in January, the company I work for decided to give back to the employees, during our office expansion and built a company fitness room!!
What a great perk, and timely as well. I was looking in the mirror saying to myself....."Damn dude, 55 years old and you are "THAT guy"!!! Middle aged fat ass.
I go into work every day @ 6am, an hour before I start work and do a 20-25 minute workout. Pretty much identical to what Sieg mentioned.....almost exclusively upper body exercises.
Virtually NO diet change, with the exception of smaller portions.....and WOW what a change!!!! At my last annual physical last month, I dropped 6lbs, my cholesterol dropped from 206 to 196, triglycerides down from 178 to 118, good cholesterol went UP and bad cholesterol went DOWN.
I'm not sporting 6-pack abs, and probably never will ......but after 5 months of a religious 5 day a week workout (I do enough around the house and yard on weekends!!) there is definite muscle mass increase. I used to have occasional back ache in the morning when I woke up, that is gone with the muscles in the back being strengthened, my energy level increased.
And like Greg says, the scale does not tell the tale. I made a point of NOT looking at the scale over the last 5 months. Muscle weighs more than fat, so I thought if I start increasing the muscle mass, I might actually gain weight. But that wasn't the case.....pants start getting loose, that's sign enough!!
I really have to thank my company for the great gift to us, the employees in the form of that fitness room. It is so convenient it would be a crime to not use it to improve yourself!!!