Listen to this freakos, Batman has joined a gym.

[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.

[walrus]

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.

I would be on a machine behind you and my eyes 👀 would look like headlights

[TitoFan]

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.

I would be on a machine behind you and my eyes 👀 would look like headlights

[Batman]

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

yeah it's going alright at the moment, I'm trying to go 3 times a week (although I didn't go on Thursday due to being hungover to fuck so I actually went out for a short run on the evening instead)

I'm not doing much at the moment, I've started C25K and have just finished the first week on that so I'm going to be starting week 2 tomorrow, it's worth taking a look at if you are interested on the treadmills and are very much a beginner.

week one is 8 reps of running for 60 seconds walking for 90 seconds, week two is 8 reps of running for 90 seconds and walking for 2 minutes, week three is 2 reps of 90 seconds running and 90 seconds walking then run for three minutes walking for three minutes

etc, the goal is to get you to run 5k in 9 weeks

once I've done that I do 30 minutes on the exercise bike

Its not much but as you say everyone has to start somewhere

[Gandalf]

It sounds good, probably burning a lot of calories with that. You are very brave for going all in with running from the off. Honestly, the guys lifting weights and those running with good technique on the treadmills embarrass me a bit. Keep at it. Totally feeling it after 90 minutes yesterday, need a proper day off to rest.

[p4pking]

You have to enjoy it somewhat, why bother with treadmills? Just limber up, try skipping rope or doing some dynamic stretching and the like. Eat less shit in order to keep drinking and still get results. I would ice all of you mother fuckers, lights out paper champs.

[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?

[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.

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

Yes I do about 4 times per week hard cardio but do not when on holiday.