Man Cave - Any Guys on MFP?

scoleman81

I'm new to the site and am loving the man cave idea.

I just started Insanity and am on my third day. I also have Your Shape Fitness Evolved on Kinect.

I love football and the Texans. I'm the commissioner of a fantasy football league and spend a lot of time at Buffalo Wild Wings during the season. I quit drinking beer, but will have the occasional vodka and water.

I play Kinect Sports with my friends online. Its actually a good little workout.

The staple of my diet is grilled chicken breast and I drink about two gallons of water a day.

markja

No way! Banana cream pie from yogurt? That's wild. I'm gonna try it.

markja

Hey, hey! Here we are!

Yeah... 301 days and counting. Down 65 lbs. Just gotta keep it off!

Good stuff, Man!

markja

Love the Cave....

I've also gotten in the habit of soaking everything in Frank's Hot Sauce: I put that *hit on everything. Really. Bottle says 0 calories...can't beat it.


On the diet side, one of the gripes I've seen on the forums, usually written by women, are the un-supportive husbands. How many men have a supportive spouse? My wife was good when I first started, but in the last few weeks, as I've hit all-time lows in weight, it's as if she's trying to fatten me up again. The meals are less healthy, no healthy snacks unless I buy them, ect. I can deal with it, but it's frustrating!!

Hot sauce, Frank's, Tabasco, Tapatio, some of the other Mexican brands...

To borrow from Ben Franklin, all of these are proof that God really does love us and wants us to be happy!

On support - I think its cyclical. It's a blessing, really because it teaches you to make smart choices even when the deck is not stacked in your favor!

Love the Cave

iplayoutside19

Since TOM and his absurdity is a topic here. Check this out:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/02/pf/o.b._tampons/index.htm?hpt=T2

And, My wife is a member here and very supportive. In fact she pretty much got me back on the wagon.

iplayoutside19

Since TOM and his absurdity is a topic here. Check this out:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/02/pf/o.b._tampons/index.htm?hpt=T2

And, My wife is a member here and very supportive. In fact she pretty much got me back on the wagon.

runningneo122

Sorry, but isn't this the reason the OP started this forum? So we wouldn't have to hear about TOM and want to go kick his *kitten*? :sad: :laugh:

Mobstang

1. Strange/Unusual exercise - Renegade Rows - they are tricky to get started with but wow what an ab workout.

2. I still drink a couple of beers a week and depending on the situation drink a mix of lights and the calorie dense craft beers. Chicken Wings are definitely a weakness but I think I am going to start grilling them more often and come up with my own sauce.

3. Disc Golf is the only sport I still actively participate in on a regular basis. It definitely helps a tremendous amount but until the days get longer I'm not playing it enough to have a huge impact. Racquetball and Ultimate were passions in my life a few years ago but its hard to find folks motivated to play. Anyone in the South Alabama area?

4. Fruit Parfait - 1 cup frozen fruit, 1 cup greek yogurt, 1/2 or 1 cup fiber one - It will keep you full for hours and tastes better than a cake. I eat it for lunch sometimes when I want to save some calories for dinner. Cut the size in half and it is nice right before bed.

Also, canned chicken. It took me a while to get over the taste which is hardly appetizing compared to a nice grilled chicken breast but I find when I mix it with unflavored greek yogurt that it is very tolerable and kinda reminds me of a chicken salad. Convenience is the driving factor here though. I eat a sandwich with lettuce, a slice of cheese, this mixture, and whole wheat bread right after my workouts with a protein shake. Filling and tasty.

Mission4Life

Who's TOM?:laugh:

tooltime185

Hello everyone

I am finding this site so far not to bad and easy to use. I was in the Marine Corps 8 years, got out married, had kids, desk job, you all know.

So I want to run the toughmudder out in VT, plus I want to be here for my kids, gf and just to feel good.

looks like alot of you guys are doing well with the weight loss. I have been doing great with the eating, but alot of food/Beer is tempting. I have 3 months to get to my goal and determined to complete it

runningneo122

Thank you for your service, tooltime!!

bikerbiz

Warrior Dash and some other fun mud races got publicity in the Baltimore paper, today. LOOKS LIKE FUN!! (good clean fun, huh?)

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-mud-races-20110128,0,7385787.story

rileysowner

I'm still considering the Warrior Dash, but an old injury has reared its head. I tore my outside meniscus years ago and had it fixed in 1997. It got re-torn several years ago, but only bothered me once a year. Looking at 4 weeks in a fixed brace, and another 4 with the hinge released but still in the brace (the recovery time it took last time) with the associated muscle atrophy I figured I could live with a little pain for a day or so once a year or less.

However, the tear in my meniscus (if it is like last time it is like a little crescent) flipped up during a workout. It popped back right away, but about two weeks later did it again doing a totally different exercise. I am thinking if it keeps doing this once I get to my goal weight it will be time to see the orthopedic surgeon again and get it fixed. With all the weight off rehab should go faster and re-injury should be less likely.

With that in mind, this years warrior dash might not happen for me as many of the actions that are part of it would be just the sort of thing to cause the meniscus tear to flip up and me to crash down as I can't bear weight on that leg when it does. I am trying various exercises to strengthen the muscles to stabilize the joint, but it may not be enough.

There is always next year.

TrailRunner

But on MFP - if I read one more post about what bra works best, how to lift my butt, recover from pregnancy, or how to stop weight gain while on your period - I may very well bang my head against the desk.

Sorry to hear about your pain. Made me laugh. Im outta here!! lol

FORKDOWN

Hello dudes. A little late to the party.

markja

Not to worry and glad you're here.

rileysowner

Been quiet here. I guess that happens, we are guys after all.

chrisdavey

Ok, I'll chat

Nutrition wise I am upping cals at the moment to try and gain some muscle. 1.25g P/lb BW. Workout days carbs = P. Rest days, reduce carbs. Bit of carb cycling experiment.

Also, check out this thread for some absolutely delicious choc protein brownies.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/149814-banana-blueberry-protein-bread?page=1#posts-2277712
I just had one then and I surprise myself with my cooking ability :P

Exercise:
still got sprained fibia tendon in ankle but doing what I can (no mma training or squats resistance training)

My regular workout has been
Squat 3 x 10 100kg
Bench press 3 x 8 75kg
Bent row 3 x 8 65kg
Standing overhead press 3 x 8 50.5kg
Stiff leg deadlift 3 x 8 75kg (not maximum yet)
Chinups 3 x 8 +11kg (not maximum yet)

I have reached my maximums (above) that I set in Dec (weighing 79kg) so very happy to have same strength but less bodyweight.

Now I am implementing some undulating progression.
1: 4x4 (4x5 squat)
2. as above
3. 2x12 (2x15 squat)

I figure going heavy some days and lighter others should help overall. (I hate the term muscle confusion :P) See how it goes over the next 8 weeks like this.

Anyone else trying something different?

Craigus351

@MrX8503 - You do eggs or egg whites? And I knew protien curbs hunger, but fiber does too? As for the Weights before Cardio - my trainer turned me on to that. Said the studies are just now coming out and you will just now start to se it in the Fitness magazines. He explained the science to me, but I was too busy cursing at him in my head for making me do more squats.

With weights before cardio, do you warm up first, or just get straight into it?

chrisdavey

I do weights before cardio also.

I do a few mobility drills like these.
http://ausbb.com/strength-training-power-lifting/12639-defranco-training.html

Then do some explosive activation stuff. Things like medium weight snatches, medicine ball slams, pylo pushups, vertical or horzontal jumps.

Then get started. Still start with light weights and progress up.

benitocereno

I recently did a double-red blood cell donation that has completely kicked my *kitten* (about 1.5 weeks ago). The effects were evident in day-to-day activities the first few days, and now they only show themselves when I'm trying to get a nice hard workout in. Had to stop before my fifth set yesterday because I reached that "tunnel vision, oh **** you're gonna pass out!" happy place.

So, now I'm going to go on some iron supplements and casein powder - pretty sure I might be slightly anemic :grumble:. Guess that's the downside of living and eating most of my meals with a vegetarian! Fun fact that most mens' vitamins don't have any iron because people eat so much meat... so that hasn't helped any. Can't wait for the stuff to get here so I hopefully start feeling normal again soon, I miss the workout high!

kevbrinks

Hello. I'm a 25 year old male currently dealing with his quarter-life crisis. I sort of take this quote from Snow Crash to heart:

"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest mother****er in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad."

I'm in the prime of my life, but in the worst shape of my life. I have a job that is not stimulating either emotionally, creatively, physically, or intellectually. It shows. 2011 is the year I'm turning it around. I am doing p90x (almost done with Week 2!), although I have lifted weights somewhat in the past. I also play piano and an obscene amount of video games. Otherwise I'm chilling with my fiance and probably watching Top Gear!

1) I am doing p90x right now, although once done I intend to do a mix of Starting Strength routines and Building the Gymnastic Body/Convict Conditioning exercises for a mostly body weight strength focus. I'd like to do Warrior Dashes and Tough Mudders in the future.

2) I eat whatever I want, whenever I want so long as I'm following the calorie and macronutrient budgets of the p90x diet plan. If I REALLY want a pizza, I plan out how much I'm going to eat, add it in to MFP in the morning, and budget my lunch/other meals around that. I find it is much less stressful thinking about dieting this way. I don't sweat "bad days" but I don't want them to happen more than once a month.

I make post-workout protein shakes in the morning and usually an after-dinner/before-bed shake too. I add about 2g of Creatine Monohydrate to the morning shake. During this season I go snowboarding a few times a month too, and hopefully when it gets warmer I'll have some outdoor/home projects to work on to stay active throughout the days.

rileysowner

This topic disappeared off of my topics and it took a Google search to find it. Man the search tool here are MFP really stinks. So now I post this to bump it back on my topics.

StuAblett

I'm bumping this too, I just found the thread! :bigsmile:

JohnnyNull

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Anyone else trying something different?

Well, I'm finishing up my last leg of my workout routine, and I'm spending far, far too long. Especially seeing as how I'm planning on starting Aikido soon. Can't spend hours and hours working out. So, I'm going to figure out how to trim the fat, and push myself harder in a smaller timespan. Also make time to run. I've done far too little this past year.

Also planning on putting together a sandbag of some sort. I think throwing around a hundred pounds or two in a field could be fun.

JohnnyNull

On the aforementioned topic of running, this being the Man Cave an' all, let me just put out there for the non-runners that are active in the bedroom:

Run.

Do it.

Not a marathon, per se. I like to hit six miles three to six times a week.

But run. Not jog. Not a boxer-run. Run.

Your partner will thank you.

And you'll thank me.

AmeMahoney

Oh THANK GOD, i mean i love ya ladies and all, but if i read or lay eyes on one more post about TOM, i will cave!

I dont know why all these girls are talking about TOM. Isnt he that guy with all those friends on MySpace!

hahah

He's my bodybuilding friend that I killed in a horror movie we did together. But he just moved to Florida. I miss him!
My husband laughed at me, because I had no idea what TOM was - he knew, and I didn't. How messed up is that?

Sorry, I was just poking my head into the man cave to pass out wings and beer. I'm leaving now.
Err...maybe not. Now they're all about birth control. I'll just back out of here r-e-a-l s-l-o-w.

grnyammer

I am doing the HMR meal replacement diet (lifestyle change). Also have my Daughter on it too. Seems to be going fairly well so far. This is our 7th week. I have only lost 12lbs. so far, but, I am not able to exercise loke I need too. (bad back). Need to burrn atleast 2000 calories a day to really get the weight off. FYI - this goes against the grain if you have reached a plateau and dont seem to be losing any more weight, try having a real meal. I know, I know crazy but it works. I beleive your body gets use to a certian (caloric intake, fat burning routine, or weight regimine) and neeeds a kick start to get everything back to where it needs to be. Just like you have to vary your work-outs to acheive the desired results. Sorry bout the spelling - -ain't me strong suit. Max

Caerphilly75

now we're talking - good thread.

- i think my approach is a little different that MFP advocates, i'm trying to bring in some tips/tricks used by bodybuilders. The main difference is doubleing up the protein and trading carbs. Also, i lift weights 3-4 times a week and only do cardio 2 times. The reason for this is cutting weight by cutting calories can cause you to lose muscle you have (even if you weren't "muscular" you probably have more just from carrying around a heavier body) and by upping the protein and reducing carbs, your body will tend to preserve muscle and burn fat for energy rather than burning fat AND muscle. I've just started (jan 11) on MFP, but prior to joining lost about 10 lbs first, so i'm down about 14 total.

My weightlifting consists of the basic compound movements all done with an inexpensive bench and dumbbell freeweights.

Chest - 4 sets incline dumbbell, 3 sets pushups
Back - 4 sets wide grip pullups (i am not light/strong enough yet to do these without assistance, so i use a stool and assist a little bit with my legs), 3 sets bent dumbbell rows
Shoulders - 4 sets seated dumbbell press, 2 sets lateral raises, 3 sets shrugs
Legs - 4 sets dumbell squats, 3 sets dumbbell deadlifts
Arms - 3 sets dumbell curl, 3 sets reverse dips (using the side of the bench)

Adding muscle and dropping the LBs at the same time is rewarding - i've already noticed a huge difference in my arms and shoulders, and the added lean muscle mass helps you burn more calories everyday!

I've tried to really cut out the booze, they are a killer for mainting a caloric deficit. Anyone else trying to work in weights instead of cardio? results and other ideas?

I took this approach and have been very happy with it, I just finished a year long program from a book called 'the new rules of lifting'.


I do strength training 3 days a week and cardio 2 or 3 times, but always leaving 1 rest day.

Down 60+ so far, i've 3 5k's this year and plan on a triathlon in the near future, I feel like I went the right direction.

rileysowner

There is some wisdom in what the Bodybuilder's do, but having done that in my youth I know it is not what I want to do now. I do use some of the stuff I learned back then since it simply works.