Getting Fit

[Fishy]

Yeah 7kg could be easily done, load up on carbs. Army rations have sooooooo many carbs in them it's unreal.

[Simpson]

Well i got an A in GCSE so know all the heatrate kinda shit. Just well cba to go out running.... you just look like a fool.... anyway in going out to the gym.... ill just be hench and non skinny lol i mean im by no means fat or chubby!! just not defined

[Gavyn.]

That would be the 'medical' definition of muscle tone - but that's certainly not what most people think of muscle tone. They're two completely different things. If you say someone's well-toned, you aren't referring to the fact that they're not a spastic*. I'm with Bondy on this - to most people, tone is what the muscle looks like from outside and is a combination of having a reasonably-sized muscle and not much fat around it - I.e. they look healthy.

* Spasticity means an increase in muscle tone which comes as part of certain neurological diseases (E.g. stroke, cerebral palsy).

I don't agree on the "look healthy bit". I do agree with the rest of what you've said but bondy says the only way to make muscle look "toned" is to lose the fat around it. but you have to increase the size of the muscle too otherwise you'll just look skinny and not toned. so a toning exercise is something thats a cardiovascular challenge but also works another group of muscles, Eg - swimming, cycling, running, circuits pretty much any exercise really.

[Fish-Finger-er]

Having a 6 pack doesn't make you a better fighter if thats what you meant

Trials punk do you reckon it would be physically possible for me to put on 7kg on for febuary because I need to make weight to fight at lightweight... and I'm only 57kg :$

possibly not the best person to ask on this, as weight gaining etc isnt really something i read in to(the reason i appear to know a lot about training is, because when i start doing something i tend to do a hell of a lot of reading about it, and talking to people whove been doing it for years etc)

but id certainly say yes. some of the blokes at the gym talk about gaining 2 kg a month naturally, and some of the ones on steroid cycles will gain well over triple that if its one of there first cycles of the off season.

also bear in mind, you only need to make the weight for weighing, you dont need to keep it fighting, drinking 2l of fluid before getting weighed will show over a 4lb weight increase. so if your a kilo or say off its nothing to worry about.

[Bondy]

I don't agree on the "look healthy bit". I do agree with the rest of what you've said but bondy says the only way to make muscle look "toned" is to lose the fat around it. but you have to increase the size of the muscle too otherwise you'll just look skinny and not toned. so a toning exercise is something thats a cardiovascular challenge but also works another group of muscles, Eg - swimming, cycling, running, circuits pretty much any exercise really.

I was just using the skinny thing as an example, its just a thing where if people looked at a big kinda guy that was carrying a bit of fat, he wouldnt be classed as 'toned', yet the skinny guy would be as his muscle has more definition.

I think that increasing the size of the muscle does help show muscle definition easier, but the definition (firmness,shape) of the muscle doesnt matter how big it is, if theres not alot of fat around it, its likely to be pretty firm due to lack of water retained and fat around the muscles and its shape will be more detailed also.

[SQuiT-man]

when you say "get fit", i assume maybe you mean loosing fat, as opposed to just stamina?

ive probs got pretty shit stanima, but im fairly built/slim, and this is PURELY from just building up ur muscles in the gym

if you build up ur muscles you become a LOT less efficient, and just day-to-day living uses a lot more energy and burns off a lot more fat. I never do CV, but after a few months of not doing weights once a week i start to put fat back on

do u mean a powerball? i used to be a powerballer, it's fun/challenging, but doesnt do that much for ur body other than increase grip strength

maybe buy some argos weights to use at home?

[Tomm]

do u mean a powerball? i used to be a powerballer, it's fun/challenging, but doesnt do that much for ur body other than increase grip strength

If you're talking to me, no I mean Powerbar. It's just a chin-up bar, but it says POWER on it so it's cool

[Dr. Nick Riviera]

[Bessell]

sounds to me like u have the wrong atidude any way, you say u want to get fit but yet u say yo cant be bothered with the gym? and u say u want to work your upper body? that wont make u fit u need to work your whole body pushing yourself all the time to improve fitness..

[Matt_Zoot]

sounds to me like u have the wrong atidude any way, you say u want to get fit but yet u say yo cant be bothered with the gym? and u say u want to work your upper body? that wont make u fit u need to work your whole body pushing yourself all the time to improve fitness..

Think you may have me wrong... I'm slim, but got a mahooooosive belly from drinking and eating too much crap. I want to lose the belly and fill out a bit more up top. I don't wanna go to the gym because i'm not interested in being 'fit' as such, just wanna get rid of my tum.

I thought that getting a speed ball hung in the garage would help me work my arms and stomach and its a bit easier just to go in there than to spend money at the gym. Maybe i'm wrong.

[Caleb]

seriously just press up sit ups ab crunches and the odd jog should greatl;y reduce your belly

when im not drinking shorts i drink a lot of water to flush out my system and fruit too, i seem to keep alright except in the mornings