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The Official Health and Fitness Thread

My clubs are about 5 years old. When I shopped for my latest set of irons I would have paid top dollar for a good set but as it turned out the ones I liked the best were also the cheapest.

My first set of clubs (irons, 3w, 5w, driver, putter, golf bag) cost less than Ping putter I have in my bag now.
 
I honestly couldnt tell you.

My irons brand new were only $200 at golf town 5 years ago. They were at one point I think $800 U.S but I guess the were not popular and were not selling. I am playing with a set of Ben Hogans. I love them. I almost went back a week later to buy a second set and just store them in the basement... Kind of wish I had done that now.
 
I'm playing with Clevelands (hate 'em.) Even though the Mizunos I had prior to them were even older, I preferred them.  - Never should have gotten rid of them.   
 
If you get a chance check out the Burner 2.0 irons. They are very forgiving and can be found online for a decent price. Took slice out of my game and shaved probably 5 strokes off. I now rarely don't hit my irons straight.
 
Just ran a few miles in the pouring rain. I haven't decided if that was wise or not but I skipped my last work-out and was feeling sluggish so I figured I needed to get moving. I had to stop short as my feet were soaked right through and I've learned my lesson about running with wet feet. Anyway, I figured I had gained a couple to a few pounds so I reluctantly hopped on the scale and was surprised to see that I'm still losing.  I'm about a half inch shy of six feet and I'm down to just 155 lbs. I'm not really dieting and while I know the dangers of sugar, I'm not exactly avoiding it either. I'm crediting this all to a very simple routine;

Day 1: ~30 minutes of HIIT training (I use a stationary cycle.)
Day 2: Off.
Day 3: ~30 minutes of HIIT training.
Day 4: Off.
Day 5: Go for a run. I try to go for at least an hour.
Day 6: Off.

Repeat.

That's it. No diet, really. Just the odd healthy choice when I can. When the mood strikes and I have the time, I might lift a weight or two after my HIIT training but that's really it. I think our bodies just respond better with routine (as simple as it may be.) Anyway, if anyone's interested, give this a try for a couple of months.
 
Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that. I just hopped on to the scale and I'm still only at 157 lbs after stuffing my face with chocolate for the past few days and drinking a good amount of rum. - Fine chocolate and a fine rum are a match made in heaven, BTW.  :) Anyway, like I said, I try to build mass when I can but if I don't find the time, I'm not really concerned with it.
 
190 is as heavy as I've been. As long as you're healthy and carry it well, it doesn't matter much. I'd gladly put another 30 lbs on if meant it would help my blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart... All three of which could be better to say the least.
 
I just stepped on my scale for the first time in months and it's pretty bad...232.  I'm 6'1 and heavy set but there's still quite a bit of flab and beer gut.

190 would actually be a target weight for me, although if I put on some more muscle I could probably look and feel pretty good at 200.

I'm just so bad at forcing myself to exercise.  I enjoy it when I start doing it but it's hard getting over that hump and actually go to the gym you know?  Things are slowing down at work, I really don't have any more excuses...there's not even any hockey to watch!

The negative effects are starting to pile up though, besides my appearance and inability to play sports (I get winded real fast) I've been outgrowing clothes and started getting random aches and pains that I probably shouldn't be getting yet at 30...I really need to get it together!
 
Rob L said:
Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that. I just hopped on to the scale and I'm still only at 157 lbs after stuffing my face with chocolate for the past few days and drinking a good amount of rum. - Fine chocolate and a fine rum are a match made in heaven, BTW.  :) Anyway, like I said, I try to build mass when I can but if I don't find the time, I'm not really concerned with it.
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Im 5'6" and 155. Jesus! Now I feel fat! lol.

 
pnjunction said:
I just stepped on my scale for the first time in months and it's pretty bad...232.  I'm 6'1 and heavy set but there's still quite a bit of flab and beer gut.

190 would actually be a target weight for me, although if I put on some more muscle I could probably look and feel pretty good at 200.

I'm just so bad at forcing myself to exercise.  I enjoy it when I start doing it but it's hard getting over that hump and actually go to the gym you know?  Things are slowing down at work, I really don't have any more excuses...there's not even any hockey to watch!

The negative effects are starting to pile up though, besides my appearance and inability to play sports (I get winded real fast) I've been outgrowing clothes and started getting random aches and pains that I probably shouldn't be getting yet at 30...I really need to get it together!
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I outlined a routine that's a whopping 2 hrs every 6 days. Can't you swing that?
 
If I can speak for pnj, it's not the time, it's the motivation. Everyone has time. I'm getting more and more out of shape everyday and I hate it, yet I can't get over that hump -- as pnj said -- to actually do something about it.
 
Ah. Okay. Maybe start with a small goal and reward for setting it? Say, decide to lose 5 lbs and reward yourself with a night out or one of your favorite bottles of wine or whatever you're into?
 
Rob L said:
Ah. Okay. Maybe start with a small goal and reward for setting it? Say, decide to lose 5 lbs and reward yourself with a night out or one of your favorite bottles of wine or whatever you're into?
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But than I have to get the wife to agree to whatever I'm into  ;D
 
See, the trick there is to convince her its a reward for her.

"as a reward for being such a great wife, you get the pleasure of........."

let me know how it works out for you.
 
don't know if this has been mentioned on here but I think regular weighing of oneself is quite the motivator.  for me regular is once a week.  I pick the same day and roughly the same time (after my workout on wednesdays).  I try to keep it as consistent as possible because there are other factors effecting your weight at any given time.  Because of that I think of the weight more as a ballpark figure then an exact sign of where i'm at. 

Marking the weights down over time will give you an idea of the overall trend and rule out other factors like water weight or just what you physically ate that day and isn't yet digested.  This is why i don't weight day to day as the numbers move around too much to really be helpful. 

Early on the motivation from this seems obvious.  The number goes down, you feel good, you keep going.  However as long as you keep weighing yourself whether you've continued to workout and or diet or not, chances are you're going to fight harder to stop that upward trend.

I can't speak for everyone, but for me, I found ignorance to definitely not be my friend.  While I don't think anyone should obsess about their weight, to stop measuring it is only going to make it easier to sit on your ass and not do anything about it.
 
Weigh-ins work. That said, I'm not sure it's fair of me to question one's motivation or lack there of. 3+ years ago I was still smoking and 25-30 lbs heavier and I wasn't motivated at all. It took almost drowning in front of my family because I swam out too far and was to unfit to swim back to realize I needed to make some lifestyle changes.
 
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