Want weight loss? Push your body to the limits

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  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Lol, that's funny, I'm glad everyone likes this! Well, we can't all have drill sergeants, but think about it this way, if you can accomplish it without one, you know it was you and only you. And THAT will feel damn good if I do say so myself.
  • kjllose
    kjllose Posts: 948 Member
    Love ya Banks but I'm not doing it! This girl isn't in good enough shape for any of that. But I believe it because my daughter was in the reserves. But I'll be thinking of you:bigsmile:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Love ya Banks but I'm not doing it! This girl isn't in good enough shape for any of that. But I believe it because my daughter was in the reserves. But I'll be thinking of you:bigsmile:

    That's ok, I still thing your the bees knees. :tongue:
    This ain't for everyone, I'll be the first to admit it. It's a high stress thing, and if you aren't ready for it, you aren't ready for it. For some, it's probably more dangerous to do it then to not.
  • JessicaDeering
    JessicaDeering Posts: 7 Member
    Hey sounds like this is something I could try. My daughter is in the National Guards so she is willing to do it with me. But it will not be this week we are supposed to get more snow tomarrow.
  • sweetnsassyfied
    sweetnsassyfied Posts: 110 Member
    How funny would you look in the middle of a park, crawling on your hands and knees though!
    Hahahahaa!!!

    Boy Banks you hit This nail on the head when you replied...
    No funnier then we used to look, and I look right now. But think about it this way, is it worse to have someone seeing you from a distance and chuckling at some anonymous person doing an odd looking exercise, or you at the beach, overweight, wearing a tee shirt because you never got into shape?

    I've been telling my son who is 10 ( and my morning work out buddy. :smile: ) everyday for the past two months... " I don't Care what I look like now, I do care what I look like later. " We do such things like push ups off slide ladders or the bridge rail. Dips off park benches or fences. Crunches off picnic table tops. We jog backwards or walk on our heels ( heel walking strengthens the muscles around the shin. Strong muscles prevents splints. :wink: ) All sorts of silly significant stuffs.

    The only thing impedeing us is our imagination. Not how we look doing it. :smile:
  • PrincessRitty
    PrincessRitty Posts: 102
    Good Morning,

    Well Banks, I didnt manage it last night. Not due to not trying, but Bcus of this awful rain were having here in Uk. I did however, go for a run and thats the first time in like 4 weeks since ive actually moved my *kitten* enough to be tired.

    Maybe your thinkin, if you can run then y not do the Army Challenge (as i have named in it my Notebook),
    but the park was water logged, and i would of got Filthy!

    So as soon as this rain dyes off, i will begin!!

    __x
  • barefootbabe
    barefootbabe Posts: 271 Member

    Nice! you got a similar end result as me. The only real difference between working to failure with weights as opposed to cardio and circuit type is that the next day, I don't feel sore (well, not AS sore) but that sore is a good thing, it means you worked hard enough that your muscles are still repairing, which means you STILL have a raised metabolism. That's an awesome feeling, I get that in my Quads after a particularly hard body pump class.

    I LOVE body pump- I see such results from it and unfailingly, every monday morning after my sunday class, I can't walk around the office at work because my quads are so severely trashed. I love it!

    As for the "monsters", we call them "suicides" at basketball training, and have to run them the FULL court!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member

    Nice! you got a similar end result as me. The only real difference between working to failure with weights as opposed to cardio and circuit type is that the next day, I don't feel sore (well, not AS sore) but that sore is a good thing, it means you worked hard enough that your muscles are still repairing, which means you STILL have a raised metabolism. That's an awesome feeling, I get that in my Quads after a particularly hard body pump class.

    I LOVE body pump- I see such results from it and unfailingly, every monday morning after my sunday class, I can't walk around the office at work because my quads are so severely trashed. I love it!

    As for the "monsters", we call them "suicides" at basketball training, and have to run them the FULL court!

    Ahh, yes, I have heard suicides before too. Yeah, you guys do all 4 quarters right? Free throw, half court, free throw, baseline right?
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Oh, and for anyone that feels that the wind sprints aren't enough for you (ya right, but it actually does get a little easier after say, 2 weeks of doing them). There IS something worse then either wind sprints OR monsters (suicides...etc). Oh yes, there is. We did them in Rugby, and I hesitate to even mention them for fear of my legs collapsing just out of sympathetic memory of how ruthless they are.

    they are called called 4 corners. very simple concept.

    Place 4 cones 50 yards (yes 50) away in a box (I.E each cone is 50 yards and 90 degrees of the last cone), now you start by sprinting to the first cone, then jog to the last three, then (no stopping please) then sprint through the first 2 cones, jog the second two, then sprint 3, then sprint ALL 4. Now I know this doesn't sound so bad. Well...try it. It's bad.
    that's 800 yards, or 1/2 a mile, and of that 800 yards you are sprinting 500 of them (go look at a football field and think "could I run to the end 2.5 times as fast as I possibly can?"). Without a rest period. It's like death by the 2nd half of the last stretch. On the upside, it's fast, the pain is over pretty quick, as opposed to wind sprints or monsters which last close to 10 minutes for 15, 30 yarders. For distance runners who want to increase wind or increase their "kick" at the end of a run, this is a huge help.
    I get the shivers thinking about this. More then one rugby player has puked after doing these. We had to do 2 at the end of each practice. Just something to think about. :sick:
  • MargieM
    MargieM Posts: 2,248 Member
    Are you trying to kill us?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Kidding! I can't wait for the weather to warm up a bit so I can get outside and try these. If I tried to do these outside right now, I'd sink to my knees in mud! :noway: Softball season is coming up and I'd like to be able to run the bases without running out of breath! This will definitely help with that. Thanks Banks!
  • cobra1368
    cobra1368 Posts: 90 Member
    Well, I know what my Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays will be for! I currently go to the gym and do strength training classes on Mondays and Fridays, and Pilates on Wednesdays.

    With this in between, I should be ripped in no time! Bikini, here I come!! :)
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    I'm definatly doing this. I've not done anything like this since used to play rugby.

    Guess what my position was....

    Yup, tight head prop lol

    Al
  • barefootbabe
    barefootbabe Posts: 271 Member

    Ahh, yes, I have heard suicides before too. Yeah, you guys do all 4 quarters right? Free throw, half court, free throw, baseline right?

    Exactly. We usually do it after a drill and whichever group does the drill the slowest or gets the least shots in has to do the suicides. Everyone else watches. It's very un-fun. :)
  • jessneill
    jessneill Posts: 380 Member
    Ok, once it stops raining here and is sunny long enough to dry out the ground I'm going to try this!

    I bet it will be a great addition to my half-marathon training!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    I'm definatly doing this. I've not done anything like this since used to play rugby.

    Guess what my position was....

    Yup, tight head prop lol

    Al

    Oh you were a meat head. :laugh: No just kidding. It was funny, I walked into my first practice not knowing anything about rugby, just knowing after a year of college football that I didn't want to take steroids, and that's what they wanted...They almost made me an 8 man (I was 6'2" 205, so I was the right size) Then I got on the sprint line and beat everyone, and they said "oh, ahh, what did you play in football?" I said, Free Saftey, and they were like, Well, we found our fly half. :)
  • cobra1368
    cobra1368 Posts: 90 Member
    Okay, I'm doing this workout after I walk the dogs tonight. There is a big open field that is on church property in my neighborhood. I take my dogs there sometimes to romp around off-leash.

    I am not too terribly out of shape. I just have those stubborn trouble spots that I'm really tired of looking at. And I'm tired of all the days at the gym and the running, and still the cottage cheese butt!

    I'll let ya'll know how it goes tomorrow!
  • skinnydreams
    skinnydreams Posts: 1,178 Member
    I have a nasty chest cold right now but I want to try this, so until I feel better! Bump!!!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    anyone try it out yet? It's raining today so I can't do it outside. But I'm going to do my modefied version inside today. Which isn't as bad as the outdoor but not bad anyway.

    If anyone is interested it's basically just a really hard core circuit.

    the key is to find machines that you want to work on (I do core, to isolate baseball muscles and tone my abs) and test out what you can do for the heaviest weight without failure in your set. Also, don't rest between sets, just go immediately from one machine to the next (except for the 1 minute breaks).

    5 minutes warm up on the tred mill.
    Immediately push the tred mill up to 9 mph for 4 minutes (or what ever is a HARD speed for you)
    1 minute rest
    oblique machine (1 set of 12 from each side)
    fitness ball crunches (15 crunches)
    ab machine (1 set of 12)
    pully machine for side pulls (1 set of 10 from each side)
    1 minute rest

    repeat 2 more times ending with 1 minute on the tred mill at the fastest speed you can go up to and not fall off. (I do 12)

    5 minute cooldown on tred mill

    Make sure you stretch before and after, stretch your back, quads, calfs, Hammi's, groin, and anywhere else you feel tight.
  • cobra1368
    cobra1368 Posts: 90 Member
    Okay, I did it last night. I am not proud of the fact that I didn't push my body to the limit last night. I realized just how hard "hard work" really is!!

    That has to be one of the hardest workouts I've ever done!! The frog jumps I sucked at. I had to keep stopping because otherwise, I would have fallen on my face!

    I did good for the next couple of exercises, but the crab crawl, forget it. I got through about 2.5 laps of those, and I had to quit because it was starting to get dark. I really can't do all of those just yet, but I plan on working up to it!

    Like I said before, not proud of my efforts (I brought my B-game). However, I did wear myself out sufficiently enough to make me wake up sweating at about 2am this morning (I am a notoriously cold-natured person!), and I sweat profusely during my Pilates session this morning, which I also never sweat during!

    And my whole body doesn't hurt profusely, but it feels nice and tight!

    So, I'm going to try it again on Saturday. And this time, I'm doing all the crab crawls and not stopping on the frog jumps if it kills me!!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Hey, it's all about the burn. It doesn't matter if you finish or not. I can tell you straight up, the frog jumps are my most hated part. the crab crawls suck too, but more for the fact that I am already exhausted then how bad they are. Keep at it, I bet by the 3rd or 4th time you start to realize that it is getting easier, and by 5 or 6 you'll notice that you can make it through the whole thing. That's when you really start to notice changes. Leg muscles actually showing definition, LOTS extra wind. Stomach a little smaller, you realize you have a little more balance...etc
  • wildcatmom2u
    wildcatmom2u Posts: 31
    I got to thinking about this. I have not read all the replies as of yet so I don't know if anyone has suggested this. But forget the park, try the local school football field. The lines are already drawn and most people (from a distance) will think you are just an athlete working out.
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    I got to thinking about this. I have not read all the replies as of yet so I don't know if anyone has suggested this. But forget the park, try the local school football field. The lines are already drawn and most people (from a distance) will think you are just an athlete working out.

    Yep good one, if they let you on, sure, plus, you can be pretty sure that their won't be any hidden pitfalls in the field too (unless it's a really bad field).
  • wildcatmom2u
    wildcatmom2u Posts: 31
    My son's football team went to state and they used the money to put on astro turf, so no pitfalls there. We live in a small town, and coming from Texas, everything centers are football so the field is always open. Plus, I plan on adding walking the bleachers to this routine.
  • cobra1368
    cobra1368 Posts: 90 Member
    Hey, it's all about the burn. It doesn't matter if you finish or not. I can tell you straight up, the frog jumps are my most hated part. the crab crawls suck too, but more for the fact that I am already exhausted then how bad they are. Keep at it, I bet by the 3rd or 4th time you start to realize that it is getting easier, and by 5 or 6 you'll notice that you can make it through the whole thing. That's when you really start to notice changes. Leg muscles actually showing definition, LOTS extra wind. Stomach a little smaller, you realize you have a little more balance...etc

    Thanks, man! That makes me feel better! I get mad at myself if I can't finish something. But I will keep at it! I do like the euphoric feeling afterwards. I went home, ate dinner, took a shower, and felt like I was floating on the way to bed! I was so tired!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    :happy:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    ouch, did the full workout today. Well, ok, minus 1 of the frog jumps. My quads are woefully weak! Man I'm beat, little bit of a heat headache, but I expect that with the weather being 28 degrees and windy. Man that is brutal. I needed it though, I had chinese last night (wife's birthday, she wanted something yummy). Hope everyone else is doing it as well. I did notice, it wasn't quite as rough on my wind as it was at the beginning of the week, this is the 3rd time I am doing it this year and already my wind is already ramping up. Cool!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    OK, I'm gonna try 3 times this week. I'll have to modefy it for the shorter time span because I can't take a full hour off work, but I should be able to do that.
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    WOW, its awesome and so easy

    YEAH RIGHT! lol, i felt like my legs were drunk/ made of rubber lol

    I drove my car to the university and used one of the playing fields, omg, i struggled to lift my legs to operate the pedels when i drove home lmao.

    Awesome work out banks!, I think i missed alot of this sort of stuff when i was rugby training as i think its more of a backs type routine.

    I can feel my groine aching slightly, but i think in the morning the true extent of the work out will be revealed lol. I plan on swapping 2 out of my 5 gym days for 2 days of this.

    Anyway, i'll check in in the morning, (if i can get out of bed lol)

    Al
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    WOW, its awesome and so easy

    YEAH RIGHT! lol, i felt like my legs were drunk/ made of rubber lol

    I drove my car to the university and used one of the playing fields, omg, i struggled to lift my legs to operate the pedels when i drove home lmao.

    Awesome work out banks!, I think i missed alot of this sort of stuff when i was rugby training as i think its more of a backs type routine.

    I can feel my groine aching slightly, but i think in the morning the true extent of the work out will be revealed lol. I plan on swapping 2 out of my 5 gym days for 2 days of this.

    Anyway, i'll check in in the morning, (if i can get out of bed lol)

    Al

    Nice Al! Is there any better feeling then knowing you left EVERYTHING out on the field? Knowing there is nothing more you could have done today to improve yourself gives you a giant sense of self-satisfaction. Great Job! BTW, I hear ya about the groin, for me it was lower back, but it was all muscle soreness, not the pain you get when you injure your back. The nice thing about this workout is, you work so many muscle groups so hard, that the next day, you KNOW which ones are weaker then they should be and need more work!
  • cobra1368
    cobra1368 Posts: 90 Member
    Man, I can't wait until I can do this again! It has been raining almost every day since I decided to start doing this three times a week. LOL Figures. I will get out there and kill myself again eventually. My goal is to at least accomplish half of my crab crawl laps this time!!

    Oh well. I'm off to do my Body Works class at LA Fitness right now. I'll check y'all later!
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