iSpuggz

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  • Definitely recommend Rudimental - Not Giving In!
  • How about doing the planks/side planks from your elbows. So your forearms are flat on the floor. Works the same muscles, just takes the weight off your wrists.
  • That's why you support Spurs? Thought it was strange to support Arsenal and Spurs! Haha.
  • Sunderland. Getting bad press at the minute over things blown out of proportion but hey... Not sure I can name drop players anyone would know in the US!
  • This reminds me of the South Park episode my cousin had on yesterday, where the internet went down and everyone went crazy without it! Good job the message boards are still here!
  • I'd say I'm an Mesomorph with a little podge around me from my College days :P I'm definitely not naturally slim but I'd have to eat a hell of a lot to put weight on. Think this site helps people understand a little better: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html
  • I recommend this Youtube channel, tons of different workouts. Dancing, Yoga, Jillian Michaels etc. http://www.youtube.com/user/BeFit
  • Do you have sky in your house that you can use when people aren't around? There's a few fitness channels on there that have workouts streaming free throughout the day. I think you can pick up 30 day shred on play for £4.99 if you want to try that. There's post about it all over the forum if you're interested. All you can…
  • In and done! 5 sets of 10, on what's supposed to be my recovery week from P90x. Oops :P
  • If I can remember to do this, I'll definitely give it a go. One at the start and one at the end of every workout for 1 minute should do!
  • I'm with Firedragon. You just need perfect from, a good surface and proper shoes and you should be fine. I have dodgy knees but had no problems doing Insanity. The only injury I did have was shin splints. My knees are much stronger and I've got through P90x legs and back with no problems when I couldn't do many squats or…
  • You really shouldn't work the same body parts every day, they need time to recover and become stronger. As one of the other posters suggested, the 100 push up program is great! Very few people will be able to do 30 proper form push ups when starting, but that program really does help! If you want to continue with your…
  • Well the days you have logged, you're not eating 500 of those calories. Eat them. Starving yourself will have the opposite effect, you'll start storing fat! As everyone has said, eat more protein. Protein is filling and you won't feel hungry for a few hours. 1100 calories is definitely not enough! And instead of three…
  • People saying the Half Marathon is hard, it's supposed to be. Fitness goals shouldn't be something you can do over night. You set yourself big goals so you have something to work towards, you won't progress if your goals are just in reach. A full marathon would be pushing it for those who don't run but a half marathon can…
  • 30 days isn't long to see results. If you want results like those in the adverts you'd need to follow the diet plan to a T. You'd also need to work your *kitten* off in the workouts too. Do you have a HRM to see what you're burning during the workouts. Some people feel they're working hard because they're tired but that's…
  • I had some nasty protein powder too so added some mint aero hot chocolate powder, tasted fine cold and made it taste minty and took away the nasty-ness.
  • The other proteins powders contain 1.5 grams per 25 grams. It contains sweeteners instead of sugar so that could be why there's no nutritional value for sugar for that product.
  • I have 9 similar people! I'll go with Georgie Twigg (GB Hockey), the rest looked grumpy or were men.
  • I plan on starting next Monday if it arrives in time. Hopefully will drop 5 to 10 pounds and get some definition!
  • Have you tried doing upper body cardio (seated punches) or doing some weights? Having a key element of your lower body is a pain in more ways than one but then you just have to switch it to upper body workouts for a bit, as well as your rehab stuff. There's probably a few guys qualified to give better advice on these…
  • Well first off, try to get all of your vitamins, iron etc from natural sources before resorting to tablets. I think most people will say not to take them unless you really don't get enough vitamins daily. Pretty sure you can see your vitamin intake for the main vitamins on MFP or that might just be viewable on the app…
  • Which push ups are you doing? From the knees or toes? If you're doing them from the toes, I'd go down to the knees until you can build upper body strength. You can also try to add in some additional workouts for the shoulders, chest and triceps to improve your strength. You can also try the 100 push ups program.…
  • I leave my bar hanging up on the door all day so when I go past with nothing in my hands, I attempt a pull up. After time I assume I just gained strength and managed one! So I'll continue to do that and see if it helps along with my actual lifting schedule. I started by doing the jumping to get me up in the first place, as…
    in Pull ups! Comment by iSpuggz July 2012
  • Just not many people starting it around now. I'm hoping to start in a month, I won't make you delay yourself that long though :P
  • Are we still good to jump in on this? I really need some motivation to keep working out so this sounds a great idea. I feel the soda will be the hardest part of this challenge!
  • Is this like a side stitch or something totally different? I always get stitches if I've had a drink up to half an hour before I run. If it's not the same sort of pain then I'm not sure what it could be. You can check this out. Not sure if it's the same as your pain but...…
  • Have you asked at reception if someone could possibly show you around the gym? I know at a lot of my local gyms they'll be someone who can give you a guide around the facilities and talk to you about membership deals. It might be an idea so you can see what there is before signing up and paying for something you wouldn't…
    in Fitness 19 Comment by iSpuggz July 2012
  • I've just starting cycling and I've decided to do it on alternative days. I did a 2.5 miles test run this morning and my thighs were killing me, but saying that, I didn't want to lower my gears as I then don't feel like I'm getting a good workout. My plan is to do 6 miles rides monday, wednesday and friday and do light…
  • There isn't really a substitute for the squat. Most people would then suggest lunges but I don't think you'd be able to do those either if your knees aren't great. If you can do partial squats and be comfortable, do those. You don't need to do a full squat for it to be beneficial. If not then try step ups.
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