something like an intro
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exercise_every_dayHowdy all -- I've been commenting on the daily posts almost regularly, so I thought I'd say hello and introduce myself.
Before the cut tag, let me say I really like this comm because it is so damn positive. People post here with triumphs and personal goals, with question about things, with useful information. Posts here tend to be about people who are working, taking action, doing things to make themselves happier. I really like that. Thanks, everybody.
I'm thirty-eight, and have never in my life been what could be termed active. But until about three years ago I always had the fitness to do the things in my life that I enjoyed. I weighed then about 330 pounds, but that didn't prevent me from participating in my life. About three years ago that started changing. My fitness was gradually declining and I could TELL. So about fifteen months ago my partner and I signed up for a family membership at the Y. This particular Y has a great kids' play area and good childcare, and we signed the kids up for swim lessons anyway. So it's a family investment, the Y.
I started out being able to stationary row for about three minutes and could recumbent bike for about ten. I could do five ab crunches. I could benchpress 40 pounds and lat pull 60. I could squat myself, with no extra weight, if I held onto something for balance and to pull back up.
We go to the Y three days a week. In addition I work out on the recumbent bike in our basement once a week, and two week ago I started the Shovelglove program at home twice a week.
As of now I can row 25 minutes, bike 30 or more, and can do this blasted machine called an arc trainer for ten. I do intervals on all of these. I can now lat pull 105 pounds in sets of 10, can shoulder press 45 pounds and can bench 65. I can squat with the 45 pounds barbell in sets of ten. I can do between 20-45 crunches straight through, or up to 100 in smaller sets, depending on what else I've done in a given exercise set.
I am so damn proud of this.
In the last year and a half I have also quit a four-can-of-Monster-a-day caffeine habit. These days it's a couple cups of decaf or green or white tea per day, no soda at all. I've quit almost all processed junk food. I figured out I'm lactose intolerant and have largely quit cheese and dairy. I need to eat low-salt, and have cut MOST salt out of my diet, except for bread products. I am learning to cook. I eat 2-10 serving of fresh fruits and vegetables a day. All of this has meant I am no longer on Prilosec for my stomach every day, but am now taking it as-needed, which isn't very often.
I am damn proud of this.
I want it noted, because this sort of thing get erased or ignored too often in discussions of health and fitness -- I still weigh 330 pounds. Weight loss was never my goal. Greater range of physical accomplishment was and is my goal.
My goals for the future? By January of 2012 I want to: Do a Turkish Get-Up. Get to 100 crunches straight. Do ten minutes on a stairmaster. Get from 4000 meters in 26 minutes rowing to 5000 meters in 25 minutes. Lat pull 130 pounds. Shoulder press 60. Bench 80.
As I said, this comm is really great. It's a place where it's okay to natter on about working out, and I appreciate that. Thanks again!
Before the cut tag, let me say I really like this comm because it is so damn positive. People post here with triumphs and personal goals, with question about things, with useful information. Posts here tend to be about people who are working, taking action, doing things to make themselves happier. I really like that. Thanks, everybody.
I'm thirty-eight, and have never in my life been what could be termed active. But until about three years ago I always had the fitness to do the things in my life that I enjoyed. I weighed then about 330 pounds, but that didn't prevent me from participating in my life. About three years ago that started changing. My fitness was gradually declining and I could TELL. So about fifteen months ago my partner and I signed up for a family membership at the Y. This particular Y has a great kids' play area and good childcare, and we signed the kids up for swim lessons anyway. So it's a family investment, the Y.
I started out being able to stationary row for about three minutes and could recumbent bike for about ten. I could do five ab crunches. I could benchpress 40 pounds and lat pull 60. I could squat myself, with no extra weight, if I held onto something for balance and to pull back up.
We go to the Y three days a week. In addition I work out on the recumbent bike in our basement once a week, and two week ago I started the Shovelglove program at home twice a week.
As of now I can row 25 minutes, bike 30 or more, and can do this blasted machine called an arc trainer for ten. I do intervals on all of these. I can now lat pull 105 pounds in sets of 10, can shoulder press 45 pounds and can bench 65. I can squat with the 45 pounds barbell in sets of ten. I can do between 20-45 crunches straight through, or up to 100 in smaller sets, depending on what else I've done in a given exercise set.
I am so damn proud of this.
In the last year and a half I have also quit a four-can-of-Monster-a-day caffeine habit. These days it's a couple cups of decaf or green or white tea per day, no soda at all. I've quit almost all processed junk food. I figured out I'm lactose intolerant and have largely quit cheese and dairy. I need to eat low-salt, and have cut MOST salt out of my diet, except for bread products. I am learning to cook. I eat 2-10 serving of fresh fruits and vegetables a day. All of this has meant I am no longer on Prilosec for my stomach every day, but am now taking it as-needed, which isn't very often.
I am damn proud of this.
I want it noted, because this sort of thing get erased or ignored too often in discussions of health and fitness -- I still weigh 330 pounds. Weight loss was never my goal. Greater range of physical accomplishment was and is my goal.
My goals for the future? By January of 2012 I want to: Do a Turkish Get-Up. Get to 100 crunches straight. Do ten minutes on a stairmaster. Get from 4000 meters in 26 minutes rowing to 5000 meters in 25 minutes. Lat pull 130 pounds. Shoulder press 60. Bench 80.
As I said, this comm is really great. It's a place where it's okay to natter on about working out, and I appreciate that. Thanks again!