Hey big guys, or former big guys :D

Jaegur

I currently weigh around 392, and when I started REALLY using MFP last month I also started doing 30DS, (barefoot at first), and then C25K. After 5 days of C25K my right foot, above my heel and behind my ankle, was hurting to the point that I finally figured something was wrong and looked into it. I think I have Achilles tendinitis, so I'm not running or doing 30DS for the moment.

I am however going to join Planet Fitness, to take advantage of their weight machines and cardio equiptment, though I really, really miss jogging. (All I have at home is a 25lb dumbell as far as weights go.)


My question to you is this: What type of workout routine or gym routine did you use when you were heavier?

wombat94

I'm currently at 235... started at 347 thirty months ago (april 2010).

What got me started was taekwondo... finally tried and found something that I enjoyed doing physically and kept at it.

So... for the first 20 months, I was just doing body weight exercises... no strength training, and only short cardio bursts. But lots of barefoot workouts - jumping, standing balance positions, etc... that helped to strengthen my feet and lower body. I also started occasionally taking walks.

I lost about 25 pounds from April 2010 to Jan 2012... but I know I gained a lot of muscle as well (maybe another 10 pounds overall).

In January I found MFP and new motivation... I added C25K and took off from there.

So I started running at 310 pounds or so... and have dropped over 70 pounds since then. I don't think any weight is too heavy to begin C25K, but you are doing the right thing to listen to your body. I think I may have been a bit unusual in how quickly I progressed and how little issue I have had with injury (virtually no injuries until I got some tendonitis after my first half marathon a few weeks ago). I attribute that to the strength gained in my feet from taekwondo.

Hope this helps.

Good luck with your progress.

Ted