Fitness and shit

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by derf

Well damn thats a huge transformation.

I've been going to the gym 3x a week, plus a modified version of crossfit 3x a week. Mon Wed Fri I do the modified crossfit, basically crossfit without the weights and more running. Then Tu Th and Sat I lift weights. I haven't made the progress that Josh has made, but I have seen a difference in my body.

For running I wear the reebok realflex shoes. I've probably got 200 miles on them now and they are great. Its like a minimalist shoe with extra padding on the sole. When I first bought them I made it a point to strike with the balls of my feet. I had a ton of pain in my shins, and read that it was because you use different set of muscles. I started to stand on a curb with my heels and lift my body by lifting my toes and rotating over the heels. After 2 weeks of doing that the pain went away. I am noticing that I have less knee and hip pain than I used to have with traditional running shoes.

Awesome man! There seems to be a big trend now going on of people taking responsiblity for their health and getting out to do something about it. It'd be a really nice reverse in the laziness trend if its happening. I wear the Nike Frees or Five Fingers when I run, you're right, its hard at first!!

Originally Posted by shmike

If you aren't flexing in the last pic (especially your neck), then HOLY SHIT! You are one vascular fucker.

Hahaha, I'm basically flexing my abs some in the last pic, like a half-flex. If I want to go crazy vascular I put my hands together and flex my arms and shoulders for a few seconds and everything pops out. My arms stay pretty vascular like that during the warm months. My son started laughing while we were getting groceries the other day and I asked him what's up. He said a kid was watching me pick up a bag of chickens, looked at my arm with all the veins popping out, got real big in the eyes and ran off.

I never had a single visible vein anywhere before I started Jiu Jitsu. After about 6 months new ones started popping up every day. Funny thing is, I'm still a small, skinny fuck, just really lean now. Beach body is 90% getting your diet dialed in right.

Great advice Turbo! Thanks man. I definitely have aches and pains in my shoulders, especially the right one, that weren't there before. Between the shoulder-submissions, weight lifting, and being a side-sleeper something is going to have to give.