Aj west Workout journal

[SociallyChallenged]

just a quick bump. for my diet question and if anyone knows the 2.5lb weight sets

I'm pretty sure bumping your own thread more than once in a 24h period is against the AT forum rules, regardless of forum. Please keep this in mind - wait for people to respond.

 

[alanwest09872]

sorry I apologies. I am actually very manic. Its from my bipolar depression. From what I was made to understand I jump from item to item and I have no patience at all. Its part of my disability. Basically I get super hyper and excited it makes it difficult to wait. You are def right thou I shouldn't have bumped it so quick both times. So I apologies to everyone I will try to be more patient.

One of the def of manic
An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze.
The craze is very difficult to control at times and its like I just cant wait. Its hard to describe.

Its also

 

[polarmystery]

sorry I apologies. I am actually very manic. Its from my bipolar depression. From what I was made to understand I jump from item to item and I have no patience at all. Its part of my disability. Basically I get super hyper and excited it makes it difficult to wait. You are def right thou I shouldn't have bumped it so quick both times. So I apologies to everyone I will try to be more patient.

One of the def of manic
An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire; a craze.
The craze is very difficult to control at times and its like I just cant wait. Its hard to describe.

Its also

His posts read like a Chinese gold farmer trying to steal a World of Warcraft account.

 

[alanwest09872]

yes I know my grammer is horrible. Ever since I was a child my grammer has been less then stellar. Everyone says my writing is like a tm. The weird thing is I am super bad at English but incredible at math. and yes I play wow to but ive never been a chinese gold farmer lol

You have to laugh at your own short comings in life. Im sure you have stuff your horrible at also mine just happens to be proper grammar

back to my questions. Is my new diet ok or do I need to change some of it. Also the weight question Ive searched google amazon and walmart. I cant find any weights that are 2.5lbs that have a hole in the middle exactly 2in in diameter.

 

[blackdogdeek]

um i googled "2.5 lbs olympic weights" and this was the first hit:

http://www.amazon.com/Olympic-2-5-Gr.../dp/B000WMHC9I

 

[alanwest09872]

um i googled "2.5 lbs olympic weights" and this was the first hit:

http://www.amazon.com/Olympic-2-5-Gr.../dp/B000WMHC9I

there not olympic weights. There golds gym. I thought it was bad to mix and match weights.
Ty by the way. I looked up 2.5lbs golds gym weight and all i got was 25 punders. Now I know what to use in the search engine its much easier. Ty.

How do I tell if they have a 2inch diameter in the middle.



Question about my left shoulder. I should mention I have bad shoulders. They havent poped out in a long while but they used to pop out all the time. It hurt like hell. Now when I lift I can feel a stretching in my left arm. stretching and a little bit of pain.

 

[blackdogdeek]

there not olympic weights. There golds gym. I thought it was bad to mix and match weights.
Ty by the way. I looked up 2.5lbs golds gym weight and all i got was 25 punders. Now I know what to use in the search engine its much easier. Ty.

How do I tell if they have a 2inch diameter in the middle.

olympic weight plates have 2 inch diameter holes in them. they are designed for use with an olympic barbell which has a 2 inch diameter on the ends where the weights go.

 

[alanwest09872]

olympic weight plates have 2 inch diameter holes in them. they are designed for use with an olympic barbell which has a 2 inch diameter on the ends where the weights go.

Thats great to know. One question. how the hell did u know that lol

 

[blackdogdeek]

i googled "olympic bar diameter" and this was the first hit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbell

 

[alanwest09872]

i googled "olympic bar diameter" and this was the first hit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbell

Oh lol now see I would have never thought to do that.

EDIT:. thanks to you i have already ordered my plates. Ty for the help

 

[wheresmybacon]

I'm of the opinion that if you're seriously interested in making fitness a lifestyle, you've got to think of it as an investment. So either buy/save for a real olympic barbell set or join a gym.

A one-off Golds or any other brand of fitness center with proprietary weight sizes is, in my opinion, a poor place to put any additional money. I know you already have one, but don't put any more $ into it. My Dad invested in a kit like that when I was a kid, and once I was past about age 17 it was worthless for anything other than very light bench press. There are exceptions, but in my experience, most of that type of fitness equipment quickly becomes useless if you're serious about fitness.

Most cities these days have gyms, and if you're lucky enough to live in or near medium to large cities, you can find one of several different chain gyms that offer very cheap memberships. Fitness 19 is the cheapest I've ever heard of @ ~ $15/month, but even Bally Total Fitness, Golds, and 24-Hour Fitness usually have some reasonable plans available, especially if you're willing to forego coming in at peak hours. I haven't checked out the YMCA lately, but back in the day they were a good option too.

Here's what I would do if I were you:

- Continue to maintain a caloric deficit (AKA eat less fuel than you use).
- Join a gym. If you can't afford a gym membership, then:
- Buy a door-mount pullup bar or find a tree branch or some playground equipment with bars that can serve as a pullup bar. Playgrounds often have parallel bars too which are awesome for dips.
- Do Crossfit bodyweight workouts http://crossfitnz.typepad.com/CrossFitBodyweightWorkoutResourcev2.0.pdf, and/or the exercises therein individually: pushups, pullups, air squats, burpees, etc.
- Run, walk, bike, or swim for pure cardio.
- Save your money.
- Join a gym when you have enough money.

If you can't do a pullup, do jumping pullups. If you can't do pushups, do modified (on your knees) pushups. There are scaled version of every Crossfit exercise I know of. For people interested in general fitness who have no equipment, there's no better way to work out than the bodyweight exercises detailed in that PDF I linked.

Once you have a gym membership or a proper home gym I would suggest doing one of 3 programs:

1) Starting Strength (http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224)
2) Stronglifts 5x5 (http://stronglifts.com/)
3) Scaled Crossfit Workouts (http://www.crossfitbrandx.com/index.php/forums/viewforum/16/)

I haven't read the Fat Loss sticky in a while so I'm probably repeating a lot of what's already been said, but yeah. I'm bored at work.

EDIT: if you have an olympic bar, you're awesome and continue to buy weights for it. I thought what you may have had was some pile of trash like I had when I was a kid.

 

[alanwest09872]

I read the bulk of your post at the end I found it kind of funny. Im no kid. I know my grammer is horrible its equal to about a 5th grader but I assure you I am 28 with lots of money from a settlement from my back injury/head injury I have slight brain damage.

I will reread your post several times before I comment back on it. I just needed to clarify that lol

 

[wheresmybacon]

I'll summarize the main point: I wouldn't buy weights for anything other than a real olympic bar. And it sounds like that's what you have. So you're golden.

 

[alanwest09872]

I'll summarize the main point: I wouldn't buy weights for anything other than a real olympic bar. And it sounds like that's what you have. So you're golden.

Thanks for summarizing it can be hard for me to understand sometimes.

 

[alanwest09872]

just bumbing this no need to reply i just need to move this up a notch under my subscriptions so I can find it easier.

 

[alanwest09872]

just bumbing this no need to reply i just need to move this up a notch under my subscriptions so I can find it easier.

Just doing it a 2nd time to move up my list it keeps going way down and I cant find it