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post #1 of 13
4/29/11 at 1:42am
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Joined a new gym the other day.

I just got finished with the second of two personal training sessions. My ass is kicked.

I'm now 6 foot 240, which is fucking brutal. Had been using a normal gym and working pretty much on my own but had gotten away from that in the last year. So I decided I needed some instruction and a change of pace with someone to kick my ass a bit.
Plan on getting down to 200 even within a year.

Gym is pretty cool, just a big warehouse with rubber on the floor, plates and racks, lots of kettle bells and barbells and a small cardio area. They also have a bunch of pull up stations of various heights with straps of various lengths, rings hanging from the roof, some trapeze looking things, medicine balls, jump boxes, big ass ropes and that's about it.
Some crap to pull around in the parking lot too.

Has several kettle bell classes, offers coaching for barbell and Olympic lifting, spinning, yoga/stretch classes, and several group classes.

It feels good to be back in the gym. I'm paying for three months out the gate so we'll see where I'm at then.
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post #2 of 13
4/29/11 at 1:53am
good luck. watch pumping iron too
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post #3 of 13
4/29/11 at 2:16am
pics or it didnt happen.

jokes. good on ya.
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post #4 of 13
4/29/11 at 3:16am
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Originally Posted by coulomb98 View Post
kick my ass a bit.

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hemorrhoids bleeding treatment

fuck, the spambots have got a better sense of humour than i do
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post #5 of 13
4/29/11 at 11:39am
Same stats exactly and started with a trainer ~4 months ago. Down to 207 with 4 inches gone from the waist. Good luck bro.
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post #6 of 13
4/29/11 at 4:14pm
sounds like a crossfit gym....
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post #7 of 13
4/29/11 at 5:08pm
If you can afford it, working with a personal trainer is really great. Mine motivates me to get way more out of me than I'd do on my own.
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post #8 of 13
4/29/11 at 5:20pm
I always found it was highly motivating if I wrote down in a journal everything I ate for 3 weeks and took weight and measurements weekly.

Good Luck!
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post #9 of 13
4/29/11 at 5:26pm
good luck.


a little piece of esoteric advice - learn to use a kettlebell, even for a couple of simple moves. get a kettlebell, something that stretches you. keep it at home. if, for any reason, you don't get to the gym on a day that you are scheduled to, do 100 one arm snatch and presses with your kettlebell. makes it a lot harder to miss exercising.
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post #10 of 13
4/30/11 at 1:08am
nice- stay motivated and keep going. I just went from about 220 to 200 in the last few months. The key is dont starve your self. You gotta eat and you gotta workout. Get that metabolism going and then slowly start cutting the diet and eating about 2000 calories a day. A few more pounds and Im at my marriage weight from 14 years ago. Now the issue is I gotta get all my clothes altered again as my new bespoke pants and suits (6 months old) are now loose! Worth it though. Keep at it and good luck.
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post #11 of 13
4/30/11 at 1:11am
Good luck!!!
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post #12 of 13
4/30/11 at 2:58am
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Originally Posted by globetrotter View Post
good luck.


a little piece of esoteric advice - learn to use a kettlebell, even for a couple of simple moves. get a kettlebell, something that stretches you. keep it at home. if, for any reason, you don't get to the gym on a day that you are scheduled to, do 100 one arm snatch and presses with your kettlebell. makes it a lot harder to miss exercising.

just dont fuck up and tear your rotator cuff which sidelines you from the gym or any physical activity for awhile

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post #13 of 13
4/30/11 at 8:28pm
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Originally Posted by NorCal View Post
Joined a new gym the other day.

I just got finished with the second of two personal training sessions. My ass is kicked.

I'm now 6 foot 240, which is fucking brutal. Had been using a normal gym and working pretty much on my own but had gotten away from that in the last year. So I decided I needed some instruction and a change of pace with someone to kick my ass a bit.
Plan on getting down to 200 even within a year.

Gym is pretty cool, just a big warehouse with rubber on the floor, plates and racks, lots of kettle bells and barbells and a small cardio area. They also have a bunch of pull up stations of various heights with straps of various lengths, rings hanging from the roof, some trapeze looking things, medicine balls, jump boxes, big ass ropes and that's about it.
Some crap to pull around in the parking lot too.

Has several kettle bell classes, offers coaching for barbell and Olympic lifting, spinning, yoga/stretch classes, and several group classes.

It feels good to be back in the gym. I'm paying for three months out the gate so we'll see where I'm at then.


Sounds great. Now that's a gym.
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