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[Sirus]

I definitely need to lose weight. Getting more fit would be nice too. So yeah. This thing might work.

[Spehss _]

Posting so this thread will keep showing up in my new replies list and maybe shame me into getting fit.

Seconded. I don't have to lose weight though, I've got the opposite problem if anything, but fit I am not.

Thirding the verbose posting to watch posts and adding to the inevitable quote pyramid. Also fitness. Eventually. Maybe.

[timferius]

I'm thinking of subsituting something else for the crunches, since my back doth protest a bit, at least until I'm in good enough shape that I can actually do crunches. Looks like there are a lot of exercises to choose from that work the same muscle groups. I do understand that crunches are perfectly safe if you do them right, but my back is a tad delicate as is right now, and I don't wanna risk doing actual damage to it. Maybe I'll some day actually drag myself out to a gym and get someone to show me how to do them right.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

PTWing, I think I might join in on this, though not tonight, but I'll probably go on the Hard course.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Monday is best day for exercise.

These circuits, are we to repeat them 3-5 times per exercise?

why is cardio almost non existant on the list?

As long as you follow the instructions of doing the exercises one after another with only short (30-60s) pauses in-between, you'll get your heart rate up significantly.

If you feel you need some more cardio after all, go ahead and change the routine. It's not like list is cast in stone or something.

Here's a nice overview of exercises that are easy to implement into MZ's base list:
https://toughmudder.com/training/bootcamp

Can always take a quick jog as a warmup, too.

Ya I got plenty of back roads at my house for it (though I'll probably be wanting to carry a knife 'cause some neighbors are a bit sketchy)
Might also add lifting weights and holding weights during sit-ups and other exercises that I can add weight to

[timferius]

I'm lucky, as I've grown a built in weight to lift *pats belly*

[MaximumZero]

Out of curiosity, why is chocolate milk the best thing to drink? Aside from the obvious this-stuff-is-delicious reason, I mean.

Something I learned in college Weightlifting. You need to rehydrate after a workout anyway, and you get protein, calcium, a little bit of electrolytes (it's what plants crave!) and some carbohydrates, which you need to refuel your muscles short-term. If you're not going full bore, though, you probably won't need the carbs.

[Rose]

I managed 30s of planking, 10-ish pushups with rests every couple, and 8 or so crunches, before giving up.

My mattress is pretty firm, so I'm doing it on the bed. It's either that, or a tile floor, or a straw mat (good for watermarking my elbows when planking)

[MaximumZero]

why is cardio almost non existant on the list?

The whole list is cardio. Go faster.

[hops]

I don't go on HabitRPG anymore, so PTW.

EDIT:

why is cardio almost non existant on the list?

The whole list is cardio. Go faster.

gotta go fats

[aenri]

Oh well, I also want to get on this. So, P T W.

[pisskop]

So, how often do you do those?  Do you alternate exercises each day?  We should make charts.

[Sirus]

I thought the idea was to do your chosen routine once per day.

[scrdest]

I thought the idea was to do your chosen routine once per day.

That is very likely to be rather inefficient, at least as far as muscularosity is concerned. Optimum for that seems to be a day's rest after srs exertion, with both more and less achieving not much more.

[timferius]

Well, I did the easy circuit yesterday (we do just do once through, right?) and I'm feeling fine today, wasn't a massive exercise.