Fitness

[Darkhunter]

Originally Posted by Asbestos

Ive started a routine recently, or actually restarted after some minor health difficulties. It goes like this
15 pushups (hands at arm width) x3
25 situps x3
25 crunches
5 pullups x2 (only 5 because I dont have a fancy pipe thingy, just a jagged piece of metal).
5 overhand pullups x1
1 leg squats, 3-4 per leg.
Stretching, lots of it. Ive already went through such a routine some time ago and it helped alot, now I added some things to it and raised the number of reps.
BTW, im 16, 6'2 and 143 pounds. Eating as much as I can. No running due to very poor weather.

Mine is similar:
Start off by stretching my legs, doing a half mile jog, then stretch my arms and back. Then I do the following:
10 pushups
20 situps
30 crunches
5 pullups - Would do more but I do mine of a tree limb.
Also every tuesday and thursday I hit the gym and do leg presses and bench about 120. Then I hit the treadmill for about 30 mins and do leg exercises.

I don't consider this bad for a 17 year old thats 6'4" and 220. Do this to stay in shape for football.

[steel-breeze]

I prefer to do weight's rather than any exercise that rely's solely on my own bodyweight, such as push up's. I find bench press and fly's the best for myself although everyone's different.

One thing you shouldn't is force yourself to train, if it's such a chore you should maybe think about changing up your routine you should always enjoy it, well nearly always. :ranger:

[turkey]

sometimes you need to force yourself to train, because you may be a naturally lazy person; like myself.
During an actual workout, I'm pretty sure no one actually really enjoys it, but enjoys it after the work is done and when benefits are reaped.
I myself find that pushups utilising weights and using the grip vertically inline with your body, shoulder width apart allows you to hyper-extend your deltoid and upper pec for a deeper pump, also placing greater emphasise on your tricep are great.
Give this a shot:
30x pushups
30 second break
25x pushups
30 second break
20x pushups
30 second break
15x pushups
30 second break
10x pushups
30 second break
5x pushups
your done!

You will feel sluggish trying to start each new set, but push through it. If you have trouble doing the 30 to start off with, just start from the 25 and work your way down. You may feel sore the first couple of days, but if not do it everyday and come back and tell me how you go after 3-4 weeks of doing it

you should feel stronger and look bigger and as if you would give an excuse to doing this exercise it takes 10 minutes max

[malefic internicine]

I am currently in a wrestling program,
and we use a similiar method to your's turkey
but instead of switching it up along the way we use a constant rate so it looks more like:
25 pushups
10 seconds
25 situps
10 seconds
25 pushups
then repeated until you have done 200 of each.
we are encouraged to do this every night.
we are also encouraged to eat healthy as previouly mentioned.
I usually eat my breakfast with a protein drink.
and eat protein bars daily.
naturally being a wrestler i have to watch my calories and fats to make sure i dont gain or lose to much weight and i think that helps me with my diet.
if you're trying to become fit i would tell you to join a local wrestling club(maybe harder to find in smaller towns) and select a weight group you're going to stay with.
i would also lift weights if you're body weight is of smaller perportion like mine.
i would probably throw about atleast 15 minutes of running for cardiovascular..
i've heard it helps alot in a fight against many.

[masonjar chemist]

I’m a distance runner, I usually put in 5-6 miles each morning before school, then I will do sprint pyramids (300, 400, 600, 800 twice up and down) and mile or two mile repeats in the afternoon. I am encouraged to take in as many calories and carbs as possible, I typically eat 5-6000 calories a day. I will occasional drink protein and creatine supplements if I happen to be going through a particularly hard week of training, but I take B-vitamins and vitamin C supplements every day. We also do intense medicine ball work outs where we do “plyometric” warm ups and other exercises such as running up bleachers while holding a 20kg ball over our head. I am not sure if this will help much in a fight, but if it comes down to endurance… haha…

[delusional_reality]

I do a bit of running, one 3 mile session a week which takes me 22 mins, and 6 lengths of a 30 meter pool at college...I do weights during the week in the college gym but I have no routine...just whatever I fancy.