Fitness

Are you the work out type who wants to be all ripped?
Is fitness for you just a "eye of the beholder", in your head thing?
Then again, do you even care?

Being the new fella here, I have this to start with cause I've been doing the work out thing for awhile. I want the ripped stomach, arms that are all tight, and the butt that is a magnet for my womans hands.
One of my goals is to do that cool kung fu thing where I can flip up off the ground on to my feet.
Suggestions, comments?.....

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Will

I do a bit of everything--powerlifting, olympic lifting, and bodybuilding. I want to be big, strong, balanced, and healthy. I love the feeling of cold steel in my hands and a few hundred pounds on my back. Actually, this does a pretty good job of summing it up. I like this one too. We tend to make fun of the guys who want to look like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Eat like Nicole Richie and you'll reach your goal in no time.

Those links were priceless! I like the attitude you guys have here. I'm into the martial arts as well and it feels good to watch some kung-fu flick and say to myself "I could do that."

My girl isn't as pumped up as I am about a work out though. She cringes at the prospect of some pain. It wasn't always the case but I fear shes just did it to impress me when we first got together. Now its been a few years and shes starting to let herself go. Not that its all her fault but her attitude is different now.
Anybody here have some advice on how to inspire your woman without telling her shes uh, fat?
If not women how about you guys with homies who are just not as fired up as they used to be. What do you say?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Terminus

I'm guessing you tried the gym so how about a weekly activity class, hopefully somewhere at your nearest community center (if there's one)?

Honestly I haven't tried a community center like the Y. Such a novel idea! Duh I should have thought of that one. Now the hard part, I gotta broach the subject.
See shes not totally lazy. We have an exercise bike in the basement that she gets on every once in a while. I think its because somewhere inside, the flame within hasn't gone out but its not really hot either.
We talk but when we go there she gets all mad and stuff. I know she doesn't like doing a work out with me cause she says "I'm a drill seargent".
Ooops my army experience comes out every once in a while.

If there are any ladies here, a little help PLEASE?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

I agree.

I feel that a person has to decide for themselves that they want to lose weight. Otherwise:

1. They won't stick with the program.
2. They'll get depressed.
3. They'll hate whoever told them they needed to lose weight.

This is just based on my experience, where I simply decided to lose weight by myself, with no prodding by anyone else. In fact, my family kept saying "oh, but you weren't fat" but I was clearly overweight by BMI standards.

Sometimes, it just needs to happen out of the blue.

I think youre right. I did the open honest thing and she respects my position but she's going to do it her way with some diet book. Eat this and that with a little walking or biking & poof youre a whole new person says the book.
I said I think the book is another one of those diet scams & I will believe it when I see it.
Honestly I feel we have grown apart in this respect and like I told her I miss the days when we did walk together and worked out. I really enjoyed it.
Now we have been together for awhile and I guess the real person has finally come out. Well I love her and her stubborn side is what attracted me to her in the first place. I will keep up my efforts and when she finally comes around I will be ready.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?