Today's workout was...

[John Rauch]

I'm not really sure, to be honest. When I bend at the waist there's definitely some skin that hangs around making me look less than awesome, but I don't know if it's loose skin or just some lingering fat. At a certain point, I had to decide I was small enough, even if I didn't have full-on popping abs yet and that I should put on some more muscle before worrying about getting any leaner. So, I guess once I've put on as much muscle as I think is necessary, I'll try leaning out again and find out if it's loose skin or regular old fat.

[Laura]

Okay, I was just wondering.

Today's workout:
20 min elliptical, intervals
Dumbbell shoulder press*
Dumbbell concentration curls*
Dumbbell tricep extensions*
Dumbbell shrugs
Dumbbell lateral raises
Dumbbell wrist curls*

* - on ball

-- Laura

[Zombie Dave McCaig]

Hey Laura- I've been lead to believe that wrist curls are actually pretty bad for you. If you want to build up your wrist strength, you might be better off doing farmer's walks instead?



see # 4 below:

http://www.criticalbench.com/forearms_g ... h_size.htm

4. Farmers Walks

Grab a pair of heavy dumbells and go for a walk. Literally. Just pick them up and walk until you can't hold onto the dumbells anymore! Gripping heavy objects while walking creates a lot of instability, which will work the forearms very strongly.

And it doesn't have to just be limited to dumbells…there are Farmer's Walk handles that you can buy that work for this. You can also use a couple of EZ Curl bars loaded up and get the benefits of the Farmer's Walk AND the barbell static holds. Heck even walking with a couple of pails of that sand from the first tip is another way to go. Don't limit yourself to conventional items…even a couple of heavy bags of dog food will work!

[Laura]

Huh. Good to know. I just did the workout that Sparkpeople told me to do, but I can customize it and remove that particular exercise.

-- Laura

[Alex Sollazzo]

Wrist curls are fine providing you do them correctly, that said theyre silly to be doing for someone just trying to lose weight and starting out. Less time youve worked out the less isolation you should really be doing, get much better progress just working the main lifts and having a little more recovery time.

[Nick Pitarra]

Basketball @ 24 Hour Fitness last night, one half court game and 5 full court games...took about an hour and a half.

[John Rauch]

More incline dumbbell bench and curls today. Mostly a very productive today. I went up 10lbs on inclines and 5 lbs on curls from the last time I did this workout. I feel like I could've gone higher on the inclines, but the fool who tried to spot me wanted to grab my wrists and pull up instead of supporting my elbows like I asked, so I didn't feel comfortable going for a heavier weight than I was 100% sure about.

[Nick Pitarra]

Man bad spotters are the worst. Hate it when you're squeezing out the last rep on bench and the idiot decides to touch/tap up/ or grab the bar...and you tell them before hand not to touch the fucking bar unless you ask. I stopped asking for any spotters @ the gym...just stop a rep or two short now.

Elliptical today 44 min 750 calories level 17...really didn't push myself...legs were sore today and I wasn't motivated for whatever reason.

[Alex Sollazzo]

Why you need a spot with dumbells, just drop them.

[Zombie Dave McCaig]

Heh, I was just posting that very question.

[John Rauch]

For the first rep, it's awkward to get them into position, but once they're there, I can bang out 5-6 reps no problem. Basically, I need someone to either hand them to me or support my elbows to get into the starting position. It's not uncommon for incline/decline presses.

[Zombie Dave McCaig]

Sure. I wish more gyms had proper dumbbell racks on benches. More and more people are moving to dumbbells, it would make it a lot safer and easier.

[Laura]

Cardio today. Elliptical intervals.

I might switch to treadmill and do interval jogging next week.

-- Laura

[John Rauch]

Lower body for me today; squats, calf raises, deadlifts, and one 50 rep set of leg presses to finish it all off.

[Sixter]

My treadmill was acting up (not responding to presses of buttons), but it behaved today. 3.75 miles 45minutes. Next week is going to be a full week of cleaning pools, so that will be my "workout" might squeeze in a few runs on the treadmill, treadmill willing.

Re: wrist curls, I used to do them along with reverse wrist curls when I was rock climbing. I did medium weight with 20-30 reps. Got nice pair of Popeye forearms from them. I am interested to learn more about why they are bad. Must do me some research.