Getting Toned

Covey's 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People are more personal development/management than gym related but they are still useful:-

habit 1 - be proactive

habit 2 - begin with the end in mind

habit 3 - put first things first

habit 4 - think win-win

habit 5 - seek first to understand and then to be understood

habit 6 - synergize

habit 7 - sharpen the saw
 
Being in the military myself, I can understand Spacecowboy's take on resistance training. To that end, resistance training for muscular endurance (high reps at moderate weight) does produce some modest muscular hypertrophy, while at the same time developing the kind of musculature that is probably most beneficial for military fitness training and testing (a lot of cardio and high repetition resistance testing) and general health. At the same resistance training for strength probably won't increase your bulk too much and the extra muscular tissue will burn more calories, but also will not produce the same mitochondrial adaptation. So really it's up to you on what training style you'd like to pursue based on your goals.

Spacecowboy, you need to focus on your diet. Like Der said, you need to try and normalize your diet. At least three meals a day, preferably 4-5 smaller meals if you can manage. It sounds like your body is trying to hoard calories because it's probably not sure when it's going to see the next meal.

I understand that this may not always be possible, but you also need to stay away from "loading" your meals in anticipation that you will not get the opportunity to eat again. Eating a big breakfast in order to "keep yourself" full if you are going to miss later meals doesn't actually work. It will require more energy to digest, leaving you feeling sluggish. You should also try to add some fruit and whole grains (such as a granola bar) to your snacking throughout the day in order to provide good carbohydrate energy and maintain a "full" feeling as well.

I also understand that most everything in the assembly line military galley is not only fried, but also makes use of the meats rejected by the prison systems... so you need to watch closely how they say the foods your eating are made, because the military produces some of the fattiest stuff out there.

Your current resistance regiment, paired with a good cardio regiment (a combination of HIIT and steady-state training) and an improved diet, should be enough to help you cut your body fat.
 
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tribal said:
Covey's 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People are more personal development/management than gym related but they are still useful:-

habit 1 - be proactive

habit 2 - begin with the end in mind

habit 3 - put first things first

habit 4 - think win-win

habit 5 - seek first to understand and then to be understood

habit 6 - synergize

habit 7 - sharpen the saw
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People pay for this? This is the kind of **** that's get churned out in business meetings across the world by clueless managers who can't think of anything to say other than vague cliche's like 'be proactive' and 'think win-win'.
I mean, who thinks 'lose-lose'? In fact I'd go as far as saying that habits 4 & 6 are practically the same thing anyway
 
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illiniphase4 said:
Being in the military myself, I can understand Spacecowboy's take on resistance training. To that end, resistance training for muscular endurance (high reps at moderate weight) does produce some modest muscular hypertrophy, while at the same time developing the kind of musculature that is probably most beneficial for military fitness training and testing (a lot of cardio and high repetition resistance testing) and general health. At the same resistance training for strength probably won't increase your bulk too much and the extra muscular tissue will burn more calories, but also will not produce the same mitochondrial adaptation. So really it's up to you on what training style you'd like to pursue based on your goals.

Spacecowboy, you need to focus on your diet. Like Der said, you need to try and normalize your diet. At least three meals a day, preferably 4-5 smaller meals if you can manage. It sounds like your body is trying to hoard calories because it's probably not sure when it's going to see the next meal.

I understand that this may not always be possible, but you also need to stay away from "loading" your meals in anticipation that you will not get the opportunity to eat again. Eating a big breakfast in order to "keep yourself" full if you are going to miss later meals doesn't actually work. It will require more energy to digest, leaving you feeling sluggish. You should also try to add some fruit and whole grains (such as a granola bar) to your snacking throughout the day in order to provide good carbohydrate energy and maintain a "full" feeling as well.

I also understand that most everything in the assembly line military galley is not only fried, but also makes use of the meats rejected by the prison systems... so you need to watch closely how they say the foods your eating are made, because the military produces some of the fattiest stuff out there.

Your current resistance regiment, paired with a good cardio regiment (a combination of HIIT and steady-state training) and an improved diet, should be enough to help you cut your body fat.
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Great post illiniphase4.

Sound and sensible advice IMO.
 
sorry for the delay....

I'll try eating throughout the day more....maybe smaller meals and grab a few of the granola bars before I leave the DFAC. Where I'm at, we do have a good DFAC with a health food bar and I mostly hit that up. Sometimes I look at the other stuff and :eek:

I'll be honest, I don't have the natural genetics either for a nice looking body...Everyone else in the fam has the guts, love handles, etc...I just do a better job of exercising and eating alittle more healthy then they do...so I figure this would be a challenge...

Anyhow, thanks for the advice and definately keep them coming...i'll be checking this everytime I can...

Thanks
 
CCR said:
People pay for this? This is the kind of **** that's get churned out in business meetings across the world by clueless managers who can't think of anything to say other than vague cliche's like 'be proactive' and 'think win-win'.
I mean, who thinks 'lose-lose'? In fact I'd go as far as saying that habits 4 & 6 are practically the same thing anyway
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Do those people actually listen to their managers? Not really. They just make fun of them behind their backs, and go back to the water cooler to talk all the negativity of their lives.

I would go as far to say that anyone who continually runs into problems in their lives is thinking lose lose. They just tell themselves otherwise. I, of course, think much differently then most people.
 
the_spacecowboy said:
Ok...I'm guessing Chillen defied genetics and got rock solid?

If so, then maybe I need to adjust fire alittle....or get chillen as a trainer
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Not defying genetics, space cowboy.

Just hard and persistant work. One bad @ss combination: Me, the weights, and the diet. And, you have the same thing--look no further than yourself, brotha! :)

You are the magic pill--one has just has to pay the bill. There IS no choice. IF one wants to continue on the road to their goal--they MUST pay the toll.


ROCK ON!


Yes let yourself SORE!

Feel the fricken thunder!

Peace and happiness to ALL!


Chillen
 
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