The Official Workout Thread

[Mindy]

Originally Posted by Plankton

Drinking lots of water will help alleviate the soreness. Also, giving your body time to recover is just as important as the workouts. When you exert your muscles enough to be sore, whats happening is that you're ripping the tendons in your muscles apart. When they have enough time to heal, more tissue/protein gets filled into the rips of the muscle and that builds bulk and strength. Thats kinda my amateur understanding of it anyway.

I'm still on my five-day routine of light weights and calisthenics after starting about 16 months or so ago. It's as much a part of my day as anything else, and I don't even want to think about where I'd be if I hadn't pushed myself to keep it going. I sit at a desk for at least 8 hours a day and most times more than that because of my projects, so having something to counter that keeps me moving.

It also gives me that healthy, youthful glow.

Damn doing a routine for 16 months!
I definitely need to eat more protein, roman noodles and apples is basically zero protein lol Thinking of buying peanut butter and bread and eating peanut butter sandos since thats cheap.

That's the bar I'm using^ not much weight but it works to get me tired.

[Plankton]

Light weight for at least a few weeks is a good way to build a solid muscle base.

[Chula Vista]

Ever tell you blokes how I dropped a barbell on my lower jaw while doing a set of bench presses back in the mid 80s?

Thanksgiving dinner through a straw that year!

[Mindy]

Workout #196 ✓


(counting down from 200)

[Plankton]

[Mindy]

[Mindy]

Workout #195 ✓


Not helping that I am eating canned food tonight, might buy some protein powder.

[The Batlord]

I'm just waiting till Mindy throws out his back again cause he refuses to use a responsible workout routine.

[Mindy]

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[The Batlord]

Cool story.

*waits*