I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work if you want more resistance and to build more strength. Just make sure you have the weights strapped in properly, so they don't move around on their own while you are riding.Does anyone have any experience with riding with weights? I'm more interested if such a use is at all practical/at all purposeful.
Does anyone have any experience with riding with weights? I'm more interested if such a use is at all practical/at all purposeful.
Soooo, I'm mostly not hurt at the moment and decided to start working out a bit more again. Problem is, I'm really out of shape. Really, really out of shape. I just haven't cared for a while and it's gotten to the point where I get winded at ridiculous moments. I'm also much, much, much...erm, fluffier?...than I'd like to be at the moment. I guess the biggest thing I'd like to start working on is losing weight. I'm just not sure how to start that. I try to avoid eating really fatty things and a lot of junk food, I've cut wayyyyyyy down on the number of cokes I drink, and I'm still annoyingly rotund. I usually spend an hour working out a few days a week - mostly on bikes, treadmills, and the stair machine. Occasionally the rowing machine if my shoulders aren't giving me hell (they have a bad tendency to lock up). I'm trying to start off kind of easy since I get winded just running for a short distance, grr. Eventually, I'd like to be able to run the trail that goes all around campus (a couple miles in length, I think), but I can't hardly make it down the block without pooping out. I sweat like a pig whenever I'm at the gym, which is a bit embarrassing because I'm surrounded by tiny freshmen who don't ever seem to break a sweat, grr. It's helped a bit, though--my face looks a bit thinner than it did, which is nice--but I seem to be a bit stuck. Is there anything I should try that's different or that might work a little better? I don't want to do any crazy starvation diets or anything--I'd just like to see my weight go back down to normal as healthily as possible. That being said, I will admit that I'm a bit annoyed at how long it's taking for anything to happen. I know it's not an overnight thing, but I'm quite tired of being a puffalump that gets really tired really quickly.
I'm at ~170 lbs now, which is a bit embarrassing to admit on the internet. Ideally, I'd like to be lose 30 or 40 lbs because this has just gotten ridiculous. And that's embarrassing to admit on the internet, so I may edit this part of my post out soon.
5'4".
Don't be worried that you will turn in to a muscle monster overnight, you won't.
YES !! 175kg/389lbs - a personal deadlift record and officially over 100kg my own weight. I am happy. Next up, 200kg !
YES !! 175kg/389lbs - a personal deadlift record and officially +100kg over my own weight. I am happy. Next up, 200kg !
Couple of my friends have been telling me great things about P90X, so I'm gonna go pick up some equipment this weekend (chin-up bar, resistance bands, etc.) and start on that throughout this summer plus my daily jog. My main goal would be to lose the extra bit of flab around my gut and trim down from 195lbs~200lbs down to 175lbs~180lbs and build some muscle mass and upper body strength.
Who wants to hear my routine.....I'll take the silence as acceptance which is legal under US law.
Monday and Friday: 30 minutes stationary bike then 30 minutes Arc Trainer; 3x12 triceps cable press downs, 3x12 seated bicep curls, 3x12 triceps extensions, 3 sets of barbell 21s, 3x12 triceps kickbacks, 3x12 reverse barbell curls, 3x12 bench dips.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 30 minutes Arc Trainer; 3x15 leg press, 3x15 front squats, 3x15 standing hamstring curl, 3x15 weighted calf raises, 3x20 bench step ups, 3x12 side lunges, 1/5th a mile of lunges, 3x12 hip adduction, 3x12 hip abduction, 3x15 seated hamstring curls, 3x15 seated leg extensions.
Wednesday: 30 minutes stationary bike then 30 minutes arc trainer; 3x12 dumbbell flys, 3x12 resistance band swimming type motion, 3x12 resistance band row, 3x12resistance band snow angels, 3x12 body bar one arm flys, 3x12 seated row, 3x12 lat pulls downs, to failure bar bell front shoulder raises, 3x10 shrugs, 3x12 bent over row.
Sunday: Rest
You're way more organized than I am:
Monday/Wedensday/Friday: 30-45 minutes of trail running, mountain biking, or rowing.
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday: Always 10x10 pullups, 2x30 lunges, 2x50 squats, 2x30 dips, 2x30 hanging leg raises, 2x30 crunches, 15 minutes of finger training, and whatever dumbell exercises I feel like throwing in.
Nope, nothing is weighted. My friend has a weight vest that I've played around with, but I'd have to change up my reps if I started using that seriously. I do squats with the dumbells though about half the time, every so often I'll do some power lunges with weight. Mostly though, I hate squats and I hate lunges, more hate for the lunges though.