The Workout Thread

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 07:36 AM

Do work son! Aren't you a pretty big kid Utah?

**Utah** · 02-19-2010, 07:49 AM

Nope, I got the short end up the stick (thanks mom). Dad is 6'2 and before he got old, was a solid 220 or so. Mom on the other hand is 5'2 and petite. I ended up right in the middle at 5'8. Fresh out of college I was about 155 or so and felt and looked good. Between 150 - 155 is a good weight for me. Today I weighed in at 172 with shoes and clothes on.

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 07:56 AM

Oh...I got pretty good genetics in that area. My brothers a full on bodybuilder. I never want to be skinny but watching people your size skim makes me so jealous sometimes

**doug** · 02-19-2010, 07:57 AM

how do you guys who work full time have time to get to the gym? I'm about to graduate college, right now I'm busy as hell but I work out 4-5x a week. I wonder if I will be able to keep that up

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 08:01 AM

I always make time. It bugs me when I hear people say "they don't have time". It's usually just an excuse. You seem to be making time. You can pull it off.

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 08:15 AM

Get up an hour earlier. I'm usually up from 5:30 to 11 to fit in all my activities, it's not that hard.

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Ill Perfection

No. I'm more than 15% body fat. In fact, I hate the way I feel right now with the extra body fat. I don't know what my BF% is right now. No. I don't "eat like shit" (uninformed and dumb) Anyone who knows anything about bulking and cutting, knows you can do it without eating shitty. I eat 4-5K kcals a day. All from lean protein, high quality protein shakes, complex carBROhydrates (LOTS of Oatmeal, grains, brown rice etc), fish and olive oil. Some might say that that many calories is unhealthy and equates to eating like shit. Not the case on many levels. My body requires a lot of extra cals to function well in the gym and recover. Michael Phelps eats 12K calories a day because that's what his body uses to function at a optimal leval. In my case (and any informed bodybuilder) knows that you HAVE to have a calorie surplus to put on muscle easily.

Sorry to burst your bubble. Stop trying to find anything I say to make me look like I don't know what I'm talking about. You're doing it wrong. (and making yourself look very dumb and uneducated in the process). You'd have to know my lean body mass to calculate my body fat. Assumed bodyfat figures and LBM aren't going to get you very far here. Another failed attempt but keep trying. *head shakes* I don't mind calling you out though so continue...

I like calling out your bullshit because it seems so ultimately important to you to be an expert on soooo many things. From day trading, to professional body building, bieng a proffesional chef, being a carbon fiber expert, having incredible knowledge and friends in the movie/tv business......did i miss anything?

I have yet to see you post on something that you didnt know everything about. It is fracking amazing. Either you really are the smartest person on the entire planet or you are full of shit on 90% of the stuff you blab about.

I am not the only one to realize this.......

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by doug

how do you guys who work full time have time to get to the gym? I'm about to graduate college, right now I'm busy as hell but I work out 4-5x a week. I wonder if I will be able to keep that up

Like Ill said you have to make it a priority. It sucks some times. Not going to lie.

Hitting the gym after working all day can suck. Some people prefer to train before work and be done with it. I for one cannot do that. I have before and my training suffered. It is the days that you really dont want to go that make the difference. It feels pretty fracking good to me to be killing it at the gym on Friday evening when half of the crowd is out getting hammered at HH.

**Utah** · 02-19-2010, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by doug

how do you guys who work full time have time to get to the gym? I'm about to graduate college, right now I'm busy as hell but I work out 4-5x a week. I wonder if I will be able to keep that up

My schedule varies, but most days consist between 10-14 hours of "work". With that being said, it hasn't been till the last month or so that I finally decided to MAKE TIME for the gym. That means waking up earlier and putting in a morning workout. Sure it is easier to sleep in, but you wont be young forever, and you sure as frack wont have the metabolisim you have now in a few more years. The sacrafice is worth it...

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 08:28 AM

What kind of split are you on mapdash?

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 08:34 AM

Dale, I might come across like that but i certainly don't mean too. Sorry if it bothers you that much. If you want me to prove any of the mentioned things i will be more than happy too. It is not "ultimately important" to me at all to tell about what I've done. i usually explain so people don't think I'm just pulling shit out of my ass. I have done a lot in my life and experienced a lot. when i get into something i like to learn everything i can about it. Maybe it's too much sometimes. I like sharing my experiences with others and help them out or give advice if I can. Didn't mean to offend you. NONE of my posts are BS Everything I post is 100% real. I don't make anything up. i don't understand why you have to be a douche about it all the time. I'd love to hear about things you've done but all you do is seem to look for things to tear people down apart. I don't get it.

**doug** · 02-19-2010, 08:45 AM

Anyway, I'm more of a middle of the day workout type person. I don't mind going in the morning, but I do prefer it over later in the day. That is obviously going to have to change.

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Ammy

What kind of split are you on mapdash?

I have been on a single body part split for some time now. I will combine bi's/tri's usually because 6 days a week makes me start to hate the gym. 5 is my limit.

So I am at Chest, Back, Shoulders, Legs, Bi's/Tris (not always in that order). I will finish each day with abs or calves. I do 10 minutes of pretty intense cardio before i train. Just enough to get my HR up and break a sweat.

**doug** · 02-19-2010, 08:51 AM

what kind of cardio do you do before? when I do that I usually just bust out a quick mile on the indoor track. that can definately fire up a workout

**MDskimmerMAtt** · 02-19-2010, 08:55 AM

during past summers i had to go to the gym every morning at 7am for football workouts, it sucked but i feel like im more productive throughout the day when i workout in the morning rather than after school and shit, i wish i could get up and do it before school but there is no way in hell thats happening.

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 09:01 AM

I feel much better when I get up and swim in the morning. Much more alert.

**doug** · 02-19-2010, 09:01 AM

I'm the same way. If I start my day with a run or a workout, I feel like I accomplished something already and the rest of my day usually turns out productive.

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Ill Perfection

Dale, I might come across like that but i certainly don't mean too. Sorry if it bothers you that much. If you want me to prove any of the mentioned things i will be more than happy too. It is not "ultimately important" to me at all to tell about what I've done. i usually explain so people don't think I'm just pulling shit out of my ass. I have done a lot in my life and experienced a lot. when i get into something i like to learn everything i can about it. Maybe it's too much sometimes. I like sharing my experiences with others and help them out or give advice if I can. Didn't mean to offend you. NONE of my posts are BS Everything I post is 100% real. I don't make anything up. i don't understand why you have to be a douche about it all the time. I'd love to hear about things you've done but all you do is seem to look for things to tear people down apart. I don't get it.

I bag on people who deserve it. Go back and look I am very consistent.

Whether you realize it or not you do put down tons of BS.

For instance you dabble in day trading.....yet you made a post like you were Gordon fracking Gecko and you were a genius who couldnt pick a loser. Only after me and others tore that shit apart did you start to speak truth.

Same thing with the training......i actually can tell you know quite a bit but you cloud up what you know with your own bullshit.

**doug** · 02-19-2010, 09:04 AM

you BSed a BSer... GOOD FOR YOU! Why don't you lay out two lines of your selfishness, which is your blow, draw the shades, take the phone off the hook, grab a straw, and SNORT!

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by doug

what kind of cardio do you do before? when I do that I usually just bust out a quick mile on the indoor track. that can definately fire up a workout

Yeah short and sweet. A ten minute jog. 10 minute recumbant bike, or if i am doing arms or shoulders i will do eliptical.

It is literally just to get my HR up and warm up but it makes a world of difference to me. I sweat 10x more throughout the entire workout just from that 10 minutes of cardio. It sets the tone nicely.

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 09:08 AM

I feel like such a flamer whenever I am on an elliptical.

**MDskimmerMAtt** · 02-19-2010, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Ammy

I feel like such a flamer whenever I am on an elliptical.

i fracking love the eliptical

**Mapdash** · 02-19-2010, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Ammy

I feel like such a flamer whenever I am on an elliptical.

Yeah you feel pretty manly up there.

Deadliest cardio machine there is........the stair mill. frack those things. death.

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 09:21 AM

Never done it, but my ex gf would crank out on an hour on that thing at a time. Looked so damn boring.

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Mapdash

I bag on people who deserve it. Go back and look I am very consistent.

Whether you realize it or not you do put down tons of BS.

For instance you dabble in day trading.....yet you made a post like you were Gordon fracking Gecko and you were a genius who couldnt pick a loser. Only after me and others tore that shit apart did you start to speak truth.

Same thing with the training......i actually can tell you know quite a bit but you cloud up what you know with your own bullshit.

Well, I don't want to keep this going any longer. Sure I dabble in day trading from time to time to keep things fun (with good success usually) along side my other long term trades. I NEVER claimed to pick my own stocks. Never claimed to be anything like Gekko. This is the kind of shit I'm talking about. YOU make up BS, skew what I say and try to tear it apart. i responded to everything you called me out on in that thread quite well. you spewd 90% bullshit in that thread. do i have to bring up the 6 year old nephew again? fracking dumb. If I "put down tons of BS" give me a few examples. You never respond to 90% of the bullshit you put down that i call you out on. i think you need to go back and look

**Ill Perfection** · 02-19-2010, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Mapdash

Yeah you feel pretty manly up there.

Deadliest cardio machine there is........the stair mill. frack those things. death.

yeah, those things are brutal. I don't feel like a fag on the elliptical at all. As long as you're muscular and not some skinny queer looking dude. It's one of the best cardio machines there is. It involves much more of your body than other machines. The rowing machine is my favorite though. That is pretty damn taxing

**Ammy** · 02-19-2010, 10:00 AM

just something about the bouncing up and down and simultaneous arm/leg movement makes me feel like a douche.

**MDskimmerMAtt** · 02-19-2010, 10:12 AM

stair stepper is the fracking worst though

**CasterTown** · 02-19-2010, 11:01 AM

I luuuuuv the girls at the gym that do the eliptical for an hour with their makeup on and then go home. If one more girl bitches to me about how hard it is to lose weight...

**RUM_RUNNER** · 02-19-2010, 11:09 AM

Haha I know these two fatties who come in, sit on the stretch chair for half and hour and go home it's like they think they can stretch themselves out so the fat doesnt look as noticeable?

And with the mere mention of the stair mill on this page, I am hitting that tonight. I love that thing. So much sweat

**RexSkimmer** · 02-19-2010, 02:14 PM

I wish a had a 20 story building to climb the stairs. i'd do that shit daily. The best i have now is 6 flights when i have class in the tallest building on campus.

**Icej** · 02-19-2010, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Mapdash

Like Ill said you have to make it a priority. It sucks some times. Not going to lie.

Hitting the gym after working all day can suck. Some people prefer to train before work and be done with it. I for one cannot do that. I have before and my training suffered. It is the days that you really dont want to go that make the difference. It feels pretty fracking good to me to be killing it at the gym on Friday evening when half of the crowd is out getting hammered at HH.

I wish I could gym it before work. Waking up at 4:45am is already hard enough. Not even sure the gym is open that early.

I have been wanting to just take my shit to work and hit the gym right when I get off. If I go home and want to go to the gym at 6 it usually happens at 7 or doesn't at all. Going at 4:30 straight from work would leave out all opportunities to not go.