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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2011, 07:45:50 PM »
Whatever suits you. But you know what they say...  The more, the merrier.


I spent most of my free time today sculpting, gluing and cutting miniatures for which I needed a steady hand... So I skipped most of my exercises, but I'm going to do at least the bare minimum before I go to sleep...
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #31 on: September 14, 2011, 07:47:55 PM »
Okay, well I'll do a tad more if I have time, perhaps start and finish 30 mins before and after my normal routine. ^^
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #32 on: September 15, 2011, 12:18:53 AM »
Does spending my days doing an awful lot of heavy lifting count as a workout? :P

In all seriousness though, what I want to do is not lose weight, but lose the excess fat. If that means weight loss, great. Having it converted to muscle would be great as well. :)
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #33 on: September 15, 2011, 01:14:50 AM »
Right on Marcuses.

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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #34 on: September 15, 2011, 02:42:29 AM »
My brother and I exercise now and then. He mostly just plays on his Nintendo DS. I am naturally stick-thin. My brother, not so. He's younger than me, so maybe he'll even out later. Anyways, I do ~25 full push-ups, a few minutes break, than 35 "Knee Push-ups" (I have my knees on the floor, instead of on my toes), followed by 20 sit-ups. I miss a day or 2 now and then, and I'm not particularly strong (I'm a scholar, what can yah say?). Every 3rd day I do 10 min of Jog-In-Place, too. Not much of a "Work-Out", as much as a "Don't get chubby" thing. My High-School has a 2km/1mile square campus, so I get a work-out walking all around with my 20-25lb bookbag+books

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High-School Campus + 20-25lb Bookbag

All in all, not too bad, I think. Opinions on improving the regimen?

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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #35 on: September 15, 2011, 03:55:04 PM »
I think everyone should get up 20 minutes earlier than usual, and go for a mile jog everyday :p except weekends...
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #36 on: September 15, 2011, 04:13:11 PM »
Mother wouldnt let me. There is a bushland down the road and lets say not that safe, plus im a girl/young woman and have more of a likely chance to be overpowered and/or raped. :(
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #37 on: September 15, 2011, 09:58:27 PM »
Wow now that sounds awful... Sometimes it's hard to be a girl...


Anyway...
I did two sets of push-ups and dips.
Skipped squats... My legs are  still in pain because of the last 100 I did. (yes, I raised the numbers)
Did one series of crunches. Might do one or two more.
Only leg lifts left...

And I've decided not to raise the numbers for a few more days... Pain is not what I need at the moment.
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #38 on: September 15, 2011, 10:04:57 PM »
Don't go too fast. If it's seriously hurting, stop. Otherwise you don't get buffed up, you just get torn ligaments or muscle damage.
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #39 on: September 15, 2011, 10:11:16 PM »
Hey, it's "No pain no gain" for me... I know it may sound weird, but I don't feel any improvement if I don't do it that way.
Pain goes away eventually, just as most things in life do, but the sense of accomplishment remains.
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #40 on: September 15, 2011, 10:27:17 PM »
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #41 on: September 15, 2011, 11:10:22 PM »
Are you doing any before-and-after-photographic-evidence, SW?

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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #42 on: September 15, 2011, 11:20:25 PM »
No... My camera is dead at the moment... Might do it later.
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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #43 on: September 16, 2011, 01:34:08 AM »
That's what they all say. :P

I tell ya I'm gonna be feelin' today's workout tomorrow. Probably have a cough too.

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Re: A 60 day challenge : Getting buffed up
« Reply #44 on: September 16, 2011, 10:57:47 PM »
Actually I felt pretty good today - stronger even, like Macho Man Randy Savage.