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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:05 
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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Fucking fucking ugh. After about a year or so of steady and pleasing weight loss due to dropping my calorie intake down I plateaued completely and for ages wasn't able to shift any more of my still sizeable gut. This was only bothering me a little bit until I put a load more weight on at Christmas and now I'm stuck at that new size due to the aforementioned plateau. During all of this I've even ramped up the exercise I'm doing (increasing swimming lengths, adding in HIIT and weight sessions at home) and it's made little to no difference. The extra Christmas weight is now really, really bothering me all the time and I've no idea what I need to do to sort the situation out. Attempting to look up anything online is just a depressingly chaotic mix of difference voices shouting different things (you're eating too much/not enough; you're doing too much cardio/not enough; increase/don't increase the weight you're lifting; fucking etc) and I honestly don't know how to proceed. As far as I can tell I'm eating less and doing more exercise than most of the people I know but continue to be fatter than most so obviously something's wrong but I don't know what. Fuck sake.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:10 
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These are the ones I do, it helps.

Only stretch after exercise

Cheers, none of that is ever going to be a waste of time. I keep meaning to check out some yoga apps or something. Gaining flexibility definitely helps stave off injuries.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:11 
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Do a food diary for a week, make sure you write absolutely everything that passes your lips down, be it food/drink/sperm/whatever.

It's easy to forget about little snacks etc... and they soon make quite a difference to your calorie intake.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:12 
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Also it's not been that long since Christmas, keep doing what you're doing and I'm sure you'll start to see a difference.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:16 
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Trooper wrote:
Do a food diary for a week, make sure you write absolutely everything that passes your lips down, be it food/drink/sperm/whatever.

It's easy to forget about little snacks etc... and they soon make quite a difference to your calorie intake.


I did that with an app last year and kept logging for months. Obviously weekends, especially in the pub, would sometimes push me over my target but I was consistently under my calorie target during the week so I eventually stopped logging stuff as my intake was under control in that regard. Nothing's really changed since that time but I have begun logging my food and exercise again as of this morning. Partially to verify calorie intake but also to check out levels of protein I'm actually consuming as that keeps coming up in chat about weight loss/muscle building. I honestly don't think I can drop my calorie intake any further down though, I'm pretty brutal about it already.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:21 
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Cut out booze for a week, see what happens?

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:21 
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KovacsC wrote:
These are the ones I do, it helps.

Only stretch after exercise

Cheers, none of that is ever going to be a waste of time. I keep meaning to check out some yoga apps or something. Gaining flexibility definitely helps stave off injuries.


I have started yoga about 3 weeks ago..

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 14:26 
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Classes or just by yourself? I keep meaning to give it a go, but I really don't like classes :)


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Classes or just by yourself? I keep meaning to give it a go, but I really don't like classes :)


Classes. I am the only bloke....

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 13:05 
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Was meant to be going for a run at lunchtime but it's blowing a gale and I'm aching all over from skating last night so fuck that. Instead I've gone on ebay and bought 10kg of American style pancake/waffle mix. :belm:


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 13:09 
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It's a reverse double-whammy! I ran in this morning - little bit testing in the open bits across fields.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 14:04 
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I hate running in really strong winds, it seems to fuck with the rhythm of my breathing somehow.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 23:42 
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My running is getting a bit better.

Ran 71 miles this months.

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:40 
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So, I'm a fucking idiot.

After reading stuff up online it seems that doing pretty serious weight training is good for losing weight, and I could certainly do with building some muscle, so I'm going to be trying out this programme. It's well recommended, seems pretty straightforward and has a really, really good mobile app to take you through each session.

I started out last night and it gives 20kg for squats/presses and 30 for rows. While I could do the exercises alright in general, I didn't feel entirely stable when moving the weighted bar around the room. And getting it up to shoulder height for squats seemed like a really bad idea in terms of stability so I just did those with the bar at my waist. This is the absolute starting weight though and I was concerned that it seemed such a struggle outwith the actual reps themselves.

Fast forward to this morning and I'm talking to some folk at work about it. I happen to remark at how surprisingly heavy the empty bar itself is at which point the penny drops in my head. Like a fucking tit I was adding the 20/30 kg to the bar and not taking into account the bar itself. A quick Google shows the the empty bar is likely around 20kg itself so, basically, for my very first foray into free-weights I've accidentally pretty much doubled the amount I was supposed to be lifting. :belm: 40kg for bench presses is bad enough, but going straight to 50 kilos for a row is properly spazzy and I worry I could've really fucked myself up. I'm amused at myself but also pretty horrified.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:44 
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Still good mate...

When i used to do the gym properly, i got up to 140kg on the bench press. Doubt I could do that now

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:52 
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Still good mate...

When i used to do the gym properly, i got up to 140kg on the bench press. Doubt I could do that now


I'm more concerned at the moment about getting the form right because I've never done proper heavy weights before and I don't want to start with dodgy technique that'll mean I fuck myself up once the weights increase; which they do by a couple of kilos every single session in this programme so shit will start getting real sooner rather than later.

140kg is pretty impressive, I can't currently even imagine being able to lift that kind of weight.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 23:10 
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Getting faster....


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:54 
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In context, the run for 10 miles was quicker than my 10k pace last year..

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:57 
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That's bloody good.

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:59 
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Excellent stuff Kov.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:07 
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That's really, really good kov. I'm still floundering in my attempts to recover some pace. Yesterday was slightly better and I've been going out and doing some interval training, basically sprinting full speed until I can sprint no more then walking until I feel I can do it again. Determined to beat my own 5k and 10k PBs this year.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:11 
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10 miles! That's a decent distance - and from the figures on the right, going up and down some undulating terrain, too, so the splits are pretty even given that. Nice.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:12 
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Cheers... there is nothing flat near where I live

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 13:01 
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Obligatory "your mum's chest" joke.

;)

I'm just jealous that I can't do that kind of stuff without running out of puff.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Obligatory "I can't do your mum without running out of puff"

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 13:22 
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Looking back last year, I found running for 20 mins was hard....

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Obligatory "I can't do your mum without being high on puff"


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Nothing about 20 mins being hard? Only some of it being hard? Genuine disappointed. Or in yoof speak, literally disappointed.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Pretty sure that's the correct usage of "literally".

And the wrong usage of "genuine" ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Am use own woods. Meaning truthfilled. Yay.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Pfff... did I ever pick the wrong day to start running again. Still, despite the hurricane, I did 1k and felt OK. 9 months to the Mo Run...


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Actually, 1.4k. Even better!


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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What is the MO run

Well done

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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What is the MO run

Well done

https://www.mo-running.com

It's a movember thing


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:52 
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That looks fun...

Which distance are you doing?

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:17 
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I'm aiming for the 10k.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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You will be great.. what plan are you following?

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:12 
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No plan. Gonna run a lot until 10k is easy


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:14 
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Ok... I did a 10k plan, lots out there. They suggest runs you should do each time, with a 10% increase each week.

I did that, I am up to 10 miles now.

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:21 
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No plan. Gonna run a lot until 10k is easy

It never gets easy, you just get quicker.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:22 
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:) I'm not that organised. I run when I can :D


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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ok.. it is easier with a plan :) you can swap days around...

Does your large noggin slow you down?

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Bamba wrote:
After reading stuff up online it seems that doing pretty serious weight training is good for losing weight, and I could certainly do with building some muscle, so I'm going to be trying out this programme. It's well recommended, seems pretty straightforward and has a really, really good mobile app to take you through each session.


+1 for stronglifts, I progressed quickly with it last year :)

:belm: for the bar mistake, though ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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The 7lbs I put on over Xmas is proving harder to shift than I thought, it went down to start with but as of today I've shifted nothing!

Still getting plenty of steps in during the week, but weekends are proving harder.

I used to be able to put my son in a buggy and go for a long walk, but now he has far more opinion on what he wants to do. This tends to be going somewhere outdoors in the car where he walks around and so I do a lot less steps

Weather doesn't help either as some days its so crap we don't go out at all at the weekend, he has also become far more interested in playing with his toys in the house as well.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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:belm: for the bar mistake, though ;)


I was in the gym on Sunday and managed to fuck the weight up again as well! Not quite as bad this time in terms of over-weighting, but arguably more stupid because I fucked up some basic maths. I was supposed to bench press 22.5kg, so that's 2.5kg with the weight of the empty bar thus 1.25kg on each side. Except I momentarily forgot how to count and put 2.5kg on each side like a fanny, and never even noticed my mistake until afterwards. Generally speaking I know how to maths pretty well so fuck knows why I completely fail at it in this context.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:59 
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If it makes you feel any better, I do that all the time. My bar is only 7kg and the oddness of the number messes with my head when I'm trying to concentrate on not killing myself under massive weights. (Downside to working out at home alone...)

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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Jem wrote:
If it makes you feel any better, I do that all the time. My bar is only 7kg and the oddness of the number messes with my head when I'm trying to concentrate on not killing myself under massive weights. (Downside to working out at home alone...)


The oddness of the numbers is definitely a factor I think. Yesterday's session saw me switching the weights on the bar around three fucking times at one point before I hit the number I was after because I'm such a goddamned idiot. The other guy in the room must've thought I was mental. It really shouldn't be that difficult to take 20 off something then divide it by two.


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:38 
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Weight*... the bar is 20kg on its own?

*clever wording I know, cheers


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 Post subject: Re: Middle Age Spread
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Weight*... the bar is 20kg on its own?


I haven't actually weighed the one at my gym admittedly but apparently the standard bar is 45 pounds so yeah.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/45745 ... fting-bar/


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