Working Out....

[soronery]

Flexibility and core strength away from the gym. Heard it's good for joint strength too. Preparing hard for pre-season at the mo, and my knee is suddenly playing up again, has cost me a week in the gym, so looking for stuff to do outside of it too.

Alternatives: Just don't do it.

take up hiking if youve got someone suitable near you

core strength and flex willbuild naturally and its a good cardio booster

[garethom]

Doing plenty of cardio at the moment, and other than walking the streets, there's nowhere good for hiking within really an hours drive from my house. Plus, I'm just looking to do an hour here or there most nights, rather than spend hours hiking.

Cheers though.

Anybody else got any advice on where to begin?

[magma]

My lady swears by Kundalini Yoga for flexibility, but there seems to be an awful lot of spiritual bullshit that comes with it so I expect there are some better disciplines to find. The stretches/balances are proper good though... I'm always surprised with just how difficult and knackering a lot of the stuff is, especially for blokes.

Hiking wouldn't do much for your flexibility if you're already fairly active, I wouldn't have thought... cross country running might be a shout as you'll be constantly using different muscles to keep your balance. Gareth Bale says so according to the FIFA commentators anyway.

[garethom]

Oh yeah, fuck all the namaste sheeeeit, I'm just about the positions.

[OGLemon]

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/yogasutr.htm

[magma]

Oh yeah, fuck all the namaste sheeeeit, I'm just about the positions.

My (usually pretty level-headed and logical) lady got up from the floor the other day and said "You know, I think one of my chakras is out..."

I can't.

[soronery]

thats how it starts

next thing shell be insense sticking the whole house and cleansing your aura

get her into crossfit before its too late

its the lesser of 2 evils in this case

[OGLemon]

[CreamLord]

I'm just about the positions.

[Jurrecane]

For mobility don't look at yoga, look at gymnastics. Still the masters in strength in big range of motions.
Have a scroll on gymnasticbodies.com

[garethom]

Yeah, it's a good idea, crucial thing that has me leaning towards yoga is that I can do it in my front room, the amount of gymnastics I can do in there is v. limited. Looking for something pretty chilled to do in between gym days/after gym.

Thanks all.

[Jurrecane]

To be honest, i've got a gymnast class once a week. The rest I do in my own room. It isn't just about working on the apparatus. There is so much mobility knowledge, which you can easily do at home.
Not sure where you want added mobility. Some things I do:
Shoulders = dislocates with a stick (you can add some weights, but you don't have to.) or reverse planks.
For legs I usually do some kind of PNF stretching. Either with my girlfriend or with some weights or rubber bands which I have slinging around. I also do weird squat variations, like deck squats, cossack squats, hawaian squats.
I've got a wrist routine which I do.
Your body will feel reborn after some mobility work.

[Molzie]

Yeah Ive got some mates who have done them, as long as you do your PCT properly afterwards you'll be fine. and avoid oral steroids, they fuck your liver up big time, get in in your botty and all's good.

When are you starting your first cycle? Im interested to hear your progress

[ezza]

same

[ehbes]

Eric you need to shave your head and then we'll have a contest to see who can become a hench bald bond villian faster

[wobbles]

started intermittent fasting in this cutting phase, getting so fucking lean

[soronery]

started intermittent fasting in this cutting phase, getting so fucking lean

good going

am on high fat on non training days to get lean for summer

hopefully

getting sick of avocado though

[wobbles]

i love the taste

hate the shelf life

[wobbles]

my bro fats are

almonds
cheese
eggs
sardines

[soronery]

had cut out cheese as on a non dairy kick

not tried it before so will see how it pans out

almonds are food though been smashing the trail mix at work