Listen to this freakos, Batman has joined a gym.

[walrus]

I would think since you are doing something healthy you can even things off by drinking more and all things will even out

[brocktonblockbust]

@Batman

9:15 a.m. pushed really hard and then ***BLAM!*** the spinach you ate really shot out and you felt it take out the steak you ate, it sort of hooked into it and dragged it out.

[Nameless]

Persistence is the key; I started Jiu Jitsu at 36 with a bunch of young angry lions. The first 5 months have been the worst of my life, health wise, now I am about to turn 40 and I would say that I am somewhere in the middle of the pack but still can keep up with the bests (those around my level, that is). Just accept pain as the cruelest and most successful of teachers. Go get it, bud.

[Batman]

7:50 in the AM and on a Sunday and I'm on the bus heading to the gym, by rights I should be in bed hungover right now.

To be honest the only reason I didn't order a meal last night was because I didn't want a vindaloo rolling around in my guts whilst I was running around, that could have been quite nasty and would have probably ended up as an entry in Brocks shit diary.

I'm looking forward to next week when I will already be in town so won't need to keep fucking about with the bus to get there and back.

[Master]

I am in Gran Canaria and eating a lot of healthy food after binging on ice cream and dessert.

[Gandalf]

Good stuff, Batman. I hope you are keeping up with it all. I am finding it all a bit easier now which probably means I need to step it up some more. I have gained a kilo and I can only assume it is muscle as I don't really have any fat. It's too hot and humid to go for my walk outside so I am going to start using the treadmills now. I want to try and do different exercises with the dumbbells, but I haven't practiced them before and I don't want to look like a prat in front of others, so I am not doing as much there as I should. Will go in at 7am and see if I can get some alone time to practice.

[Master]

I am in Gran Canaria and eating a lot of healthy food after binging on ice cream and dessert.

I am doing a lot of swimming very tiring afterwards and gives me a good appetite.

[Gandalf]

I usually go for a bit of a workout every couple of days, but today I was wild and went the second day in a row! 3 miles on a treadmill just walking fast might not sound much, but I was feeling it a bit at the end. Had sweat dripping into my shirt even with a huge fan and the AC on. Yet next to me were these men obviously much healthier than me running pretty fast. It's one of the reasons I have avoided the treadmills, but you have to start from somewhere and 3 miles is better than 1 or even 2. I moved on to a heavier set of dumbbells too. You can feel them more and you can see my skinny arms doing the work with veins popping out all over the place. Would like to lift the bar weight, but I am still too shy to go anywhere near that. Sometimes I wish there was an instructor there to teach me about form and technique. Kind of on your own in there.

Batman how is your gym work going? What kind of routine are you doing in there? As a fellow beginner it might be good to share ideas as I don't really have a clue half the time. Just seem to do a bit on each of the machines, do the dumbells and now brave enough to go on the treadmill. Was in there 90 minutes today! Usually do just 30-40 minutes of weights, but the treadmill takes up time.

[Gandalf]

I am in Gran Canaria and eating a lot of healthy food after binging on ice cream and dessert.

I am doing a lot of swimming very tiring afterwards and gives me a good appetite.

When not on holiday, do you go to a gym?

[sanatogen]

Batman, is this you versus the 140lb boxer?

[Batman]

Well I'm still going, at the minute I've taken to focusing entirely on the treadmill, I'm still doing the C25K thing and I'm going to be starting week 3 when I next go to the gym.

I'm feeling better, I'm still sweating like a stuck pig and getting pretty out of puff (I know people tell you not to get out of breath by the time the walking intervals are up I'm fine and my heart rate has dropped sufficiently) I noticed today that I actually felt more comfortable going at a faster speed than I have been, so obviously something is working.

The pain is feeling much better as well, when I tried running on the pavement the agony was fucking crippling, it was pretty bad when I started on the treadmill as well but that seems to be dissipating pretty fast and I'm left with a good sort of pain.

I've still not lost any timber that I have noticed yet but my leg muscles are growing at a pretty alarming rate, I've always had pretty thick legs, in fact if I wouldn't have discovered cigarettes and alcohol when I was 14 I most likely would have ended up playing rugby but there you go.

Anyways man, I'm feeling pretty good, I know it still isn't a lot that I'm doing but I'm quarter of the way through C25K and within (a minimum) of 6 more weeks the goal is to be able to run 30 minutes non stop, once I can do that I can work on distance and then I can start incorporating other things into this newfound lifestyle.

Also (and @Master you will be very please about this) Thursday nights have always been my prequel to the weekend where I blast my music and down 8 cans of strong lager, today I went to the gym and drank a fuck load of water, I'm trying to give myself 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday) at the minute but it's been a bit hit and miss with social commitments.

Next step when I get paid I'm gunna invest in a semi decent pair of trainers, the ones I'm in at the moment are alright but not really made specifically for running (plus they stink like satans arsehole after a vindaloo)

[Beanz]

Well I'm still going, at the minute I've taken to focusing entirely on the treadmill, I'm still doing the C25K thing and I'm going to be starting week 3 when I next go to the gym.

I'm feeling better, I'm still sweating like a stuck pig and getting pretty out of puff (I know people tell you not to get out of breath by the time the walking intervals are up I'm fine and my heart rate has dropped sufficiently) I noticed today that I actually felt more comfortable going at a faster speed than I have been, so obviously something is working.

The pain is feeling much better as well, when I tried running on the pavement the agony was fucking crippling, it was pretty bad when I started on the treadmill as well but that seems to be dissipating pretty fast and I'm left with a good sort of pain.

I've still not lost any timber that I have noticed yet but my leg muscles are growing at a pretty alarming rate, I've always had pretty thick legs, in fact if I wouldn't have discovered cigarettes and alcohol when I was 14 I most likely would have ended up playing rugby but there you go.

Anyways man, I'm feeling pretty good, I know it still isn't a lot that I'm doing but I'm quarter of the way through C25K and within (a minimum) of 6 more weeks the goal is to be able to run 30 minutes non stop, once I can do that I can work on distance and then I can start incorporating other things into this newfound lifestyle.

Also (and @Master you will be very please about this) Thursday nights have always been my prequel to the weekend where I blast my music and down 8 cans of strong lager, today I went to the gym and drank a fuck load of water, I'm trying to give myself 3 days a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday) at the minute but it's been a bit hit and miss with social commitments.

Next step when I get paid I'm gunna invest in a semi decent pair of trainers, the ones I'm in at the moment are alright but not really made specifically for running (plus they stink like satans arsehole after a vindaloo)

My advice would be to stop sniffing Satan's arsehole, particularly after he has had a Ruby.




(and tell your local's Pub Landlord, that feeding Rottweilers curry, is not very good for their indigestion )

[Master]

Drink plenty of water throughout the day. Detox.

[Batman]

Yoooo just finished at the gym, I'm in bastard agony, the tops of my feet and calf muscles feel like they are going to explode, dunno what has bought this on, maybe time to take a good few days off to recover a bit more thoroughly