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jizzybloke · 23-02-2008, 12:51 AM

I have been on a self imposed diet since coming back from Thailand, i'm 6' and did tip the scales at 110k when i came back

My scales are fecked now too so i don't know what i am now.
I used to go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week but injury and work stopped me, i tried going back but now feel the same as Marmite, the thought of going to the gym fills me with dread and boredom but i do actually enjoy it when i get there!

AntRobertson · 23-02-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jizzybloke

the thought of going to the gym fills me with dread and boredom but i do actually enjoy it when i get there!

Aye, the 'Gym Paradox'. I know exactly what you mean.

Hootad Binky · 23-02-2008, 01:27 AM

Great idea. Better weigh myself to get started!

Actually I just got over the sore throat/cold/flu thing that's been going around, and got a good start from not having an appetite for a week.

Forget Jenny Craig! If I ran my own weight-loss franchise, I'd just inject clients with the flu

works for me...

Also, using a bicycle for your morning commute, rain or shine, gives you that daily 30 min of cardio/aerobic without the expense of a fitness club or the costs of running, servicing or parking an automobile, and it looks like gasoline will hit $1.50 CAN by summer...

Fabian · 23-02-2008, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I need to lose about 20kgs, but I really need a training partner who is going to drag me away from this fucking computer and make me do something.

Ireally think that's the way to do it. Without a training partner I would have never made it to the gym.

MeMock · 23-02-2008, 02:10 AM

Do they have personal trainers in Bkk?

I mean ones that will meet you at your house and drag you out kicking and screaming for a run etc?

Jet Gorgon · 23-02-2008, 02:18 AM

I'd help you Marmers, but I don't think I could drag you outta the house.
Sorry, guys.

I need to gain at least 5 pounds. Preferably in the boobie area (no silicon). Swap considered.
Even if you lose weight, you need to exercise or else your skin sags, worse than being a bit hefty, IMO. I was always partial to the thigh master machine and small weights at the gym, but I much prefer swimming in the ocean. I refuse to get in a chlorinated pool here, and everyone always seems to get athlete's foot or some other manky skin disease.

MeMock · 23-02-2008, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Preferably in the boobie area (no silicon). Swap considered.

Marmite might be interested

Plan B · 23-02-2008, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

but I'm not interested in spending loads at a posh/expensive gym.

Gym memberships are negotiable. Try and bargain for a lower price if you can. When my gym put the price up my girlfriend went round and gave them a rocket. Result: I was paying half of what some others that just joined up were paying.

kingwilly · 23-02-2008, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Hootad Binky

Also, using a bicycle for your morning commute, rain or shine,

i'd love to.but in aisa that just aint possible.

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

I need to gain at least 5 pounds.

me too.

Eliminator · 23-02-2008, 06:34 AM

Jet, I hear massage is good for increasing breast size and I can pop round your place to help you with this.

November Rain · 23-02-2008, 07:38 AM

Sorry, Chi. Although I could do with losing about 5kg, I hate dieting & hate gyms. Lugging dogs around is exercise, isn't it?

Hoping that stopping the booze will get me to drop some weight (it did last time.) That's about all I'm prepared to do towards the goal.

Good luck, though, guys.

Jet Gorgon · 23-02-2008, 07:42 AM

^ Dog-lugging is good exercise.

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Originally Posted by Eliminator

Jet, I hear massage is good for increasing breast size and I can pop round your place to help you with this.

Do you have soft hands?

Ivor Biggun · 23-02-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Eliminator

I hear massage is good for increasing breast size

It certainly works on other parts of the body as well.

Dalton · 23-02-2008, 08:48 AM

^ On a woman.....

... Dont get your wet dreams mixed into this thread...

Dalton · 23-02-2008, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by chitown

I am at 117 kilograms now (257 pounds for my fellow Americans) and want to get to 105 kilograms which is 231 pounds.

Lightweight

.......Anyway I need to drop about 25kg, but cant seem to focus on that right now, to many other problems going on at this moment...

Eliminator · 23-02-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Dog-lugging is good exercise.

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Originally Posted by Eliminator

Jet, I hear massage is good for increasing breast size and I can pop round your place to help you with this.

Do you have soft hands?

I'll bring the intensive care lotion.

mrsquirrel · 23-02-2008, 09:55 AM

I'm back training properly for the first time since I slipped a disk. Went back and did some light training to rebuild my back muscles and strengthen my stomach muscle.

Fucking sore this week though. I've had to include legs in my workout again since I stopped that for aching knees.

Current Regime is as follows

Monday
Warm up 30 mins level 6 - 9 elipitcal trainer
Barbell Benchpress
Barbell Incline Bench Press
Barbell Decline Bench Press
Overhead dumb bell pull
Dumbell flyes
Cable Crossovers
8-10 reps each x 4 sets
30 minutes running upto 10km/h + 5 minutes warm up + 5 minutes warm down

Tuesday
Barbell Curls
Dumbell hammer curls
Bent Bar curls
Alt. Dumbell Curls
Preacher Curls
Concentration Curls
X 8 Reps x 4 sets

Same warm up and running as Monday

Wednesday
Squat - 8-10 x 4
Leg Press
Roman Deadlifts
Leg Extensions
Leg Curl
Calf raises

Warm up = 15 minutes level 1 eliptical trainer
Finish Fast walking - 7km hour 20minutes +5 up +5 down

Thursday

Straightbar pressdowns
Skull crushers
Overhead dumbell extensions
Rope Press down - hate this one
revers Grip Pressdown
Dips
100 situps with 5kg weight
80 side stretch thingies with wieght for side stomach muscles
x8 x4

Warm up and running as monday and tuesday

Friday
Military Press
Dumbell Front raises
Lat Pulldowns
Single Arm Rows
cable Rows
Shoulder Shrugs (superset)
Neck - evil machine but works
x 8 x4

Warm up and running as rest of the week

I changed my routine this week. added a few new ones and took a couple out that i didn't think worked so well.
I will try this one for a few weeks.

Bodybuilding.com - The Future Of Bodybuilding! Huge Bodybuilding Site. is a great resource for routines and how to do exercises.

I am currently 95kgs. Which is gain of 12kgs in the last three years. I went up nearly ten since coming to Korea. 2.5kgs going back to see the folks and eating crap for three weeks
Ideally I want to be back at 90kgs.

Spin · 23-02-2008, 10:50 AM

I dont believe a word of this, all foreigners in Thailand are sexy handsome men

ps. If you wanna lose some weight, do it the proper way. Get a couple of mai nois.

Loombucket · 23-02-2008, 11:59 AM

23-02-2008, 12:51 AM	#21 (permalink)
jizzybloke Special Member Last Online: Today 05:46 AM Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,483	I have been on a self imposed diet since coming back from Thailand, i'm 6' and did tip the scales at 110k when i came back My scales are fecked now too so i don't know what i am now. I used to go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week but injury and work stopped me, i tried going back but now feel the same as Marmite, the thought of going to the gym fills me with dread and boredom but i do actually enjoy it when i get there! __________________ I can only please one person a day..... .......and today ain't your fuckin' day!

23-02-2008, 01:27 AM	#23 (permalink)
Hootad Binky Elite Member Last Online: 30-11-2008 05:54 AM Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West Coast Canada Posts: 2,921	Great idea. Better weigh myself to get started! Actually I just got over the sore throat/cold/flu thing that's been going around, and got a good start from not having an appetite for a week. Forget Jenny Craig! If I ran my own weight-loss franchise, I'd just inject clients with the flu works for me... Also, using a bicycle for your morning commute, rain or shine, gives you that daily 30 min of cardio/aerobic without the expense of a fitness club or the costs of running, servicing or parking an automobile, and it looks like gasoline will hit $1.50 CAN by summer... __________________ Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. -Oscar Wilde

23-02-2008, 07:38 AM	#31 (permalink)
November Rain Just whistle... Last Online: Today 06:26 AM Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South of Paradise City Posts: 6,014	Sorry, Chi. Although I could do with losing about 5kg, I hate dieting & hate gyms. Lugging dogs around is exercise, isn't it? Hoping that stopping the booze will get me to drop some weight (it did last time.) That's about all I'm prepared to do towards the goal. Good luck, though, guys. __________________ It is far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

23-02-2008, 08:48 AM	#34 (permalink)
Dalton Mea-Culpa Last Online: Today 05:42 AM Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the sticks. Posts: 7,108	^ On a woman........ Dont get your wet dreams mixed into this thread...

23-02-2008, 02:10 AM	#25 (permalink)
MeMock That ain't my truck Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: bop Posts: 7,608	Do they have personal trainers in Bkk? I mean ones that will meet you at your house and drag you out kicking and screaming for a run etc?

23-02-2008, 02:18 AM	#26 (permalink)
Jet Gorgon What the Dormouse Said Last Online: Today 05:04 AM Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rabbit Hole Posts: 7,488	I'd help you Marmers, but I don't think I could drag you outta the house. Sorry, guys. I need to gain at least 5 pounds. Preferably in the boobie area (no silicon). Swap considered. Even if you lose weight, you need to exercise or else your skin sags, worse than being a bit hefty, IMO. I was always partial to the thigh master machine and small weights at the gym, but I much prefer swimming in the ocean. I refuse to get in a chlorinated pool here, and everyone always seems to get athlete's foot or some other manky skin disease.

23-02-2008, 06:34 AM	#30 (permalink)
Eliminator Elite Member Last Online: Today 06:14 AM Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Thailand Posts: 1,857	Jet, I hear massage is good for increasing breast size and I can pop round your place to help you with this.

23-02-2008, 10:50 AM	#38 (permalink)
Spin Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,950	I dont believe a word of this, all foreigners in Thailand are sexy handsome men ps. If you wanna lose some weight, do it the proper way. Get a couple of mai nois.

23-02-2008, 11:59 AM	#39 (permalink)
Loombucket Cacoethes scribendi Last Online: Today 06:02 AM Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In the studio Posts: 1,872