Health and Fitness Thread

[snubbyfan]

Another low gravity day at the gym today. So, I bumped up my workout weights a bit. I'm still doing 3 sets and reps to failure or near failure and an extra drop set or 2 after the last set.
Still gotta keep mindful of my shoulder, don't want to push it too hard and reinjure it again.
Gotta make sure to get my protein and clean carbs.

 

[pasound]

Here's an old cartoon that made me think of you, snubbyfan.

 

[snubbyfan]

Here's an old cartoon that made me think of you, snubbyfan.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSC6dgGHmWo[/ame]

 

[snubbyfan]

Went for a hike today. The parking lot at the trail head was packed so I took my truck to the top of the ridge and started there. It was comfortably warm and there were lotsa friendly people on the trail.
I didn't take my Garmin watch but my hikes on this trail are usually around five miles.

 

[SweetMK]

So, how do you equate "Work" to "Exercise" ?

Not an actual "steel plate and bar" type lifting question,, but,,,

I was wondering,, how much weight would be considered a decent workout?
Stacking a cord of oak firewood? (That is about 5,000 pounds)

Moving bales of hay?

Today, I hand loaded rock for a landscaping project into the loader bucket.
The pieces ranged from 10 to 50 pounds each ( a few were heavier )

Anyways, when I calculate the volume of my loader bucket, and the weight per cubic foot of limestone rip rap,, I loaded over 8,000 pounds of stone by hand.
( I could not "scoop" them with the tractor, I did not want the dirt )

So, considering the equivalent lifting of steel plates, and reps,, how many pounds TOTAL is a good workout for a day?

I am just wondering if this type "lifting" is even considered a "workout"?
I know I was tired after the project! LOL!!

Give me your thoughts on total pounds
versus a GYM workout,, PLEASE!

THANKS,,,

 

[snubbyfan]

So, how do you equate "Work" to "Exercise" ?

Not an actual "steel plate and bar" type lifting question,, but,,,

I was wondering,, how much weight would be considered a decent workout?
Stacking a cord of oak firewood? (That is about 5,000 pounds)

Moving bales of hay?

Today, I hand loaded rock for a landscaping project into the loader bucket.
The pieces ranged from 10 to 50 pounds each ( a few were heavier )

Anyways, when I calculate the volume of my loader bucket, and the weight per cubic foot of limestone rip rap,, I loaded over 8,000 pounds of stone by hand.
( I could not "scoop" them with the tractor, I did not want the dirt )

So, considering the equivalent lifting of steel plates, and reps,, how many pounds TOTAL is a good workout for a day?

I am just wondering if this type "lifting" is even considered a "workout"?
I know I was tired after the project! LOL!!

Give me your thoughts on total pounds
versus a GYM workout,, PLEASE!

THANKS,,,

Interesting question. I used to work warehouses and factories. Constantly moving and lifting. Things from short blocks, transmissions, bins of brake parts and other heavy things. When I worked a plumbing supply warehouse, I've stacked, by hand, pallets of stuff that ended up being too heavy for the forklift and I'd have to stack half on a separate pallet. After work or on weekends I'd go rollerblading, biking, hiking, backpacking and other fun stuff.
I could eat whatever I wanted and still stayed fit. Never really equated it to exercise.
I didn't havta go to a gym.
Some jobs I equated to doing 8 to 10 hours of cardio a day.
I remember days when I'd havta use both hands to lift my after work beer.
After I retired, I've had to restructure my diet and exercise on a regular basis. That's when the gym and cardio equipment came in.

 

[snubbyfan]

Pretty good workout today. I added weight and did more drop sets on my last workout and this time, it felt like it was a bit easier than last time.
I do havta keep in mind that I'm doing higher reps and less weight.
Anyway, I have a reassessment scheduled for June.

 

[snubbyfan]

The gym I go to does assessments and reassessments.
I usually schedule one for every 3 months to see how I'm doing.
For the last 3 reassessments last year, I've either haven't changed or lost some lean mass.
I just figured that between my degenerative peripheral motor nerve condition and getting older, I wasn't able to build more lean mass.
My last reassessment last year was in September and I weighed 159 pounds and had 12.6% bodyfat.
Not too bad but I still hadn't increased my lean mass.
This year, my reassessment was in March.
Here's the interesting part.
My weight was 164 pounds and 12.2% bodyfat. Somehow, I put on 4 pounds of lean mass.
Groovy.....
This morning I weighed 168 pounds and at the gym, I felt I needed to increase my workout weights
What changed to allow my body to build 4 pounds of lean mass? I'm basically doing the same workouts and eating the same foods.
Talking with people at the gym today, we came to the conclusion that it could be a great reduction in stress.
The last coupla years had been very stressful.
Now though, my stress levels are much lower.
Could it be a reduction in cortisol and an increase in serotonin?
What could my next reassessment show?

 

[GnarlsR2]

This year, my reassessment was in March.

Did your "reassessment" include a CBC?

 

[snubbyfan]

Did your "reassessment" include a CBC?

Nah, that gets done at the local clinic as part of my annual old man checkup.

 

[snubbyfan]

Good day for a bike ride. Took my new bike out and went 30 miles in 3 hours.
I took some tools with me so I could make some trail side adjustments.
Got it pretty much dialed in now.

 

[snubbyfan]

Went for a hike yesterday wearing my new boots.
At first I was thinking of parking at the top of the ridge and hiking the trail in bits. Then I thought I should just park at the trail head and do a regular hike.
So I asked Lisa.
Parking at the trail head and doing a regular hike popped into my head, so off I went.
The new boots were comfortable and I ended up going 4.64 miles. The temps hit a pleasant 95 degrees.
I spent most of the trail time talking to Lisa.

 

[snubbyfan]

Pretty good workout today.
I've changed a coupla things.
Instead of starting with hanging leg raises, I've started using the weighted crunch machine. I was getting kinda bored with the hanging leg raises and found myself just trying to get them over with.
Also, I've switched from standing dumbbell curls to using the preacher curl machine.
Otherwise, my workouts are pretty much the same.
Tomorrow's looking really good for a nice bike ride.
Wednesday, I'm planning on a range day. I fixed my target holder and it's in bad need of having holes shot through it.

 

[snubbyfan]

Change of plans. I had intended to go on a bike ride today but my yard really needed cutting.
I figured that I could go for a ride afterwards but then it started raining. So I adjourned myself to the front porch for a cigar break.
Tomorrow's still looking good for a trip to the range and I've already started packing my gear.

 

[snubbyfan]

Really nice day today. Mid 70's and sunny. Got my bike out and went for a 24 mile ride out on the C&O Canal Towpath.
According to my Garmin watch, I burned 993 calories.

 

[snubbyfan]

I had bunches of errands that I had planned to get done today.
Surprisingly everything worked out, went smooth and I was done way earlier than I had planned.
So I figured that gave me lotsa time for a nice long hike.
When I started out, it was beautiful warm and sunny but 'bout half way through my hike the clouds started rolling in and I could hear the thunder of an approaching storm. I turned around and started heading back to the truck.
Didn't make it back before the storm hit and I got inundated.
Still I did go 4.41 miles.

 

[snubbyfan]

Dunno if it was the four days off from the gym, the spicy bison chili, yesterday's bike ride, the weather or if it was a low gravity day but I felt great, had a really good workout and increased my workout weights across the board today.
It'll be interesting to see how I do on my next gym visit on Friday.

 

[snubbyfan]

The idea today was to ride my bicycle out on the C&O Canal Towpath for 2 hours then turn around and come back home. I ended up going 36.26 miles.
Tomorrow it's off to the gym.

 

[snubbyfan]

Because of my motor nerve condition, I use mostly the machines at the gym for my workouts. I feel very uncomfortable holding a free weight above my head or over my chest. I always feel like my gimpy wrist could give out and I'd drop the weight either on my head or on my chest.
For shoulders, I've been using the overhead press machine. Today at the gym, that machine had been removed. Apparently people have been injuring their shoulders with it.
I'd do partial reps on it because of an old shoulder injury but I figured that partial reps are better that no reps and that the shoulder soreness was just me.
Talking to a staff member today and with my motor nerve issues he recommended that I could use the Smith machine over in the free weight area with the safeties in place so if my wrist did give out, the weight would hit the safeties instead of me.
I've always felt kinda uncomfortable in the free weight area. I'd feel like I'm getting in the way of the real bodybuilders and weight lifters.
Anyway, I got the Smith machine all set up and I did get a pretty good shoulder workout. Just hope that I remember how I set it up for my next workout.
Planning a bike ride tomorrow and another trip to the range on Wednesday. I got a 4-12x40 scope and muzzle brake on one of my AR's and I wanna get it zeroed.

 

[pharmer]

Keep on......if'n you keep moving, you tend to keep moving. Conversely, if you stop moving you tend to stay stopped. Joe