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  1. Thanks Mike. I love to do visual art stuff, as it just relaxes me. Do you have particular genre of music that you play? I'm scheduled to do some HIIT cardio tomorrow, so I may try your routine. First i'll try increasing the resistance and see how bad it kills me
  2. Well, other than the protein drinks, the fake meat and the clif bars, almost everything else is whole foods/homemade. as far as calories, I added up everything for yesterday (Tues.) and excluding the roasted veggies/orzo and the burritos, it was somewhere around 1800 calories... mostly fresh fruit, and some nuts.
  3. I'm ~ 150 lbs, with somewhere around 20% BF (I think) trying to gain some muscle mass. It feels like I'm eating constantly. here is my diet for the past two days. Does this sound like enough food/calories? Too many? MONDAY Protein drink 1/4 cup almonds Orange Banana Clif Bar Roasted Veggies w/orzo pasta and almonds Banana 1/4 cup sunflower seeds Trail Mix Bar Protein Drink 2 Dbl decker tacos (refried black beans and fake meat) a handful of corn chips Frozen strawberry fruit bar Protein Drink TUESDAY Protein Drink Grapefruit 1/4 cup almonds banana clif bar plum 2 bean/meat burritos banana 1/4 cup sunflower seeds peach trail mix bar Protein drink orange leftover orzo/veggie pasta 2 rolls pear banana Trail mix bar (maybe once more protein drink before bed)
  4. A friend from Minni just turned me onto Brother Ali. Decent stuff, I must say.
  5. ack. sorry. didn't search before I posted. Please disregard.
  6. I just wanted to get an idea for what type of music the folk on here listen to when working out? Who's on your workout mix tape (or playlist for all the iPod savvy members)? For some reason, lately I've been exercising to some obscure West African bass and drum stuff.
  7. I'll post a review of the DVD after my first workout. I've watched the exercise instructions, and each one seems easy enough, but when you combine them all together, it's going to be rough (but in a good way, I hope). I will wait until Sat. to try it out though. Well that depends on how exhausted my arms and such are after weights on friday. Lower body is tomorrow, so I'll see how ready I feel on thursday to try some HIIT again with increased resistance. As for the b3studios, its something that I've used for a while. Basically it's the moniker that I do all of my artwork (drawing, painting, sculpting, digital, photography and design) under. I've quite been able to do any of the musical stuff (as my wife likes to tell me, I'm tone deaf with no rhythm), but have a great respect for anyone that can play.
  8. Thanks. Maybe I'll try upping the resistance on the bike when I do HIT. My legs are literally moving as fast as they safely can. It's not that it's not taxing, because it is. I just wanted to push a bit harder. I'll up the intensity and try the 20/40 split. I think I will try to add in the calisthenics/DVD and see how I feel. I've watched it, and it really does look like 15 minutes of hell... Again, I just want to thank you and everyone else for all the help and support for a guy who is trying to get back into shape (or actually, get into shape in the first place). This board is great!
  9. I actually did upper body yesterday (as I knew I would have more time) and your suggested HIT cardio routine today. At first I was like, oh this is no big deal. But by the 5th "set" I was definitely feeling it! I went ahead and did one more set just for fun. some questions: would it be productive to up the HIT cardio to 30 sec. fast/ 30 sec. slow? I like the pace, but I feel that I could up it, if i'm only doing 15-20 min. cardio. Also, a buddy just gave me his "15 Minutes of Hell" DVD and it seems to be a good fast paced cardio/body weight/calisthenics routine that I might like to incorporate into mine. Would something like this be okay to do on non-weight training days, or would it likely be too much on recuperating muscles? thanks
  10. I would've died long ago if that was the case. That was supposed to be a bit sarcastic. But really, how is the taste on these that far out? any effect?
  11. Had a good upper body workout this morning. My legs are still a little sore from Friday's lower body stuff. I increased on almost all of my weights from last Wed, so I'm happy about that. I know that the amounts that I'm lifting aren't impressive my any means, but I think they are okay for a beginner, especially considering where my fitness level was at in Dec. My wife commented (unsolicited) that she can tell that my arms are getting bigger and my waist is getting smaller, so that is a big ego boost i guess. I'm still just struggling to increase my daily caloric intake though. Also, my left wrist just isn't as strong as my right and I can tell it on certain exercises. Doing my side dumbbell raises, my muscles are doing fine, but I'm finding it hard to finish my last set because of my left wrist. Any suggestions?
  12. Had a good upper body workout this morning. My legs are still a little sore from Friday's lower body stuff. I increased on almost all of my weights from last Wed, so I'm happy about that. I know that the amounts that I'm lifting aren't impressive my any means, but I think they are okay for a beginner, especially considering where my fitness level was at in Dec. My wife commented (unsolicited) that she can tell that my arms are getting bigger and my waist is getting smaller, so that is a big ego boost i guess. I'm still just struggling to increase my daily caloric intake though. Also, my left wrist just isn't as strong as my right and I can tell it on certain exercises. Doing my side dumbbell raises, my muscles are doing fine, but I'm finding it hard to finish my last set because of my left wrist. Any suggestions?
  13. 02.10.08 Dumbbell Shrugs 3x8x40 Bench 2x8x60 1x8x70 Chest Fly 1x8x20 1x8x22.5 1x8x25 Bicep Curls 2x8x22.5 1x8x25 *couldn't finish last two reps with left arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press 2x8x22.5 1x8x25 Two-handed Overhead Tricep Ext. 1x8x25 1x8x30 1x8x35 Hammer Curls 2x8x20 1x8x22.5 Side Dumbbell Raises 3x8x15 2x8x17.5 Tricep Kickbacks 3x8x17.5 Seated Back Row 3x8x140 Bent Over Dumbbell Row 2x8x35
  14. 02.09.08 Cardio Recumbent Bike 60 min 16.92 mile 900 cal
  15. 02.08.08 Leg Ext 3x8x130 Leg Curls 1x8x60 2x8x70 Dumbbell Squats 1x8x60 2x8x70 Standing one-legged Calf Raises 1x8x30 2x8x35 Dumbbell Lunges 1x8x50 2x8x60 Crunches 1x60* 2x75* * holding two 3lb dumbbells
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