Big arms. Yeah baby! Can't wait to hit the gym again. Being in this hotel is really cutting my gainz time down. Things will balance out in a week and then I'll pretty much live in the gym. #Fact #Gym #SimmyDizzle #SatelLite #PostHouseFireProblems #BigArms #Gainz #Hashtag #StripedShirt #Beard #Bald #DamnSexy #ForTheLolz via Instagram http://ift.tt/29f7Gdy
Post run #selfie. Man its warm out but it was great. Happy to be #running again. As per always used my @runtastic app to track my run. It wasn't nearly as long as I hoped it would be or nearly as fast. But that's what happens when you dont actually run for a few months. You lose something. All I've done for the past 4 months is lift heavy add weights. And I love it way more than running. But I need cardio. So I'm going to start hitting these runs more often. Weights in the morning. Cardio in the afternoon. Seems like a good balance to me. Oh yeah. Listened to the #Slayer album #ReignInBlood probably the single best album to run to. It helps with the pace for 5km in 30 minutes. Which is my goal to get back to. #ShutUpAndGotoTheGym #JogAwayTheFat #Cardio #TrackApp #FitnessLife #SimmyDizzle #NoFilter #Hashtag #SmallTown #WayTooHot #Drenched #NoRunningPartner #HardToKeepPace #HellYeahBaby via Instagram http://ift.tt/28LWpBo
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After a month of bad dieting my gut really shows. Guess this is the evidence I need to stop eating pizza everytime work supplies it. Which has been a lot lately. Back onto the regular diet tomorrow. Gotta kill that stomach again. With that said. Pressing 90's just became a thing. I feel like I could do 95s but I don't want to press my luck too much. Next chest day I'll go for 95s and hopefully I'll be a little slimmer. Sheesh my side profile looks terrible when laying down. #Gym #Fitness #WeightTraining #SimmyDizzle #ironaddict #IronBorn #gymharderthanme #getrekt #gymstyle #illbesoretomorrow #Hashtag #GoingHam #ChestPress #ChestDay #LotsOfWeight #LiftingHeavy #LiftAllTheThings #AloneInTheGym
Proof that @leedentremont was at the gym!! This is a day or two old now. Was on backday. He started with deaths row. And I finished with it as I was here first Great way to start a #BackDay . One of my favourites. #Fitness #Gym #GymSelfie #GuyInGreenIsLee #LiftingHeavy #LiftAllTheThings #WeightTraining #ironaddict #IronBorn #gymharderthanme #getrekt #gymstyle #illbesoretomorrow #Hashtag #SimmyDizzle via Instagram http://ift.tt/1W84WAo
I was supposed to be working back today but I ended up working arms instead. Just wasn't feeling #BackDay. But I was feeling arms. So #ArmDay it is! I love my #gym 3 specially when its an empty one. Which it was today. Gotta love it. Got a great pump on. #SimmyDizzle pushed his limits with 5 exercises. 5 sets per exercise. Rep out on each set. This pushed my limits for sure. #Fitness is a lifestyle though and u am late to discover that. In my 30s and I am trying to undo the last 8 years of neglect. 60lbs overweight still. Although I've already lost 60lbs. It's time to change my training and push harder again and crush out those last 60lbs. Been almost 6 months maitaining the #WeightLoss so now it's time to start losing again. It's still my set. #ISYMFS. #IronBorn #IronAddict #GymTime #Selfie #GymSelfie #gymharderthanme Let's do this! Follow my #FitnessJourney and see where I go and how I get there. I'm tired of being put down so it's time to rise up, #LiftHeavy and crush the doubters! via Instagram http://ift.tt/1pV2fWq
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#SimmyDizzle training. So yeah. My form is a lot better now I feel. Still room for improvement but it's coming along, I'll step it up to a higher weight next time and focus on keeping my form at that weight. I feel pretty confident at this weight now for my form. #Gym #Fitness #WeightTraining #Deadlifts #BackDay #LiftAllTheThings #AlwaysTraining #AlwaysImproving #loveit #FitnessJourney #IronBorn #IronAddict #GymTime #GymVideoSelfie
#BackDay so obviously it's flex day too. Not sure why but I always choose to do a flex day on backday. The #gym is empty just the way #SimmyDizzle likes it. SimmyDizzle being me of course. Lol. Feel good today though. Focusing on form instead of weight. Trying to get my deadlifts on point. It's a work in progress so I'm sticking low weight but high rep. Maintaining form. It's what people criticize the most about my lifting is my #deadlifts. So I'm working on it. In the meantime. 17" Biceps are still a thing. As seen by the picture. #WeightLoss #WeightTraining #Fitness #FitLife #IronBorn #IronAddict #ISYMFS #FlexTime #Feelgood #Thursday #LiftAllTheThings #BigSexyBackDay #Yup via Instagram http://ift.tt/1o7Yg7F
Well I'm sure nobody has been wondering as I am not exactly popular, but in case anyone out there is following my blog, where have I been, why haven't I been posting things. Well, heres the answer. I'm still here, I just haven't been making blog posts, which is why I started a new IFTTT setup. It will take my Instagram posts (both videos and photos) and make what I am calling MicroBlogs.
What the hell is a MicroBlog
A MicroBlog is simply a blog derived from my Instagram, as I always post photos and videos to my Instagram, its not a lazy work around, but it will at least post some content here in between my main blog posts. I have some beautiful and fun posts that I am working on coming up. Some very interesting posts about the things I have learned, the mistakes I have made, and what-not. So the MicroBlogs are just some basic filler so you can see that I am quite literally still around.
Sorry if the MicroBlogs look bad
I understand that the MicroBlogs aren't going to be polished and beautiful, well rounded or interlink to other articles I have posted. And that I may re-use the photos used in those microblogs later on in other blog posts I do. This isn't a cop out, it is simply a fact. But you honestly didn't come here to look at the photos did you? Nah, you came here to get a piece of my knowledge and to follow my weight loss journey.
Thats all Folks
Thats it for this post, sorry I don't have anything more to post right now, but more IS coming, I promise you, and you can all expect some serious content in the near future.
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3 plate is heavy. Been a while since I did it so I didn't go as deep as I should of by a long shot. I was hoping for better. Maybe next time. #LegDay #Squats #3Plate #Gym #Fitness #WeightTraining #ISYMFS #ironaddict #IronBorn #GymTime #SimmyDizzle
My work recently added this new fancy stair machine to our work gym. It has directly influenced and changed the way I proceed about my gym life and activities. Before I avoided the dreaded word Cardio, but now I am more focused on it than ever. With the stair machine I find I get an amazing workout before I even get to my weight training.
How Long
I focus on doing the maximum amount of time the machine lets me go for, it does 30 minutes before entering into the 5 minute cooldown phase. This has been an amazing choice as my warm up before I get into the core part of my workout, which is the weight training.
Intensity
The intensity I use (or speed) for the stair climbing is incremental. Every minute that goes by I increase the level by 1 until it gets too fast for me, this usually happens around the 11-12 minute mark. Then I start lowering the intensity down but on the way down I never go below 5 and from there I will go up and down in intensity until my 35 minutes is done.
Cardio it up
For those whom know my mantra of the gym its that Cardio Sucks and Kills my Gains. And anyone reading this can call me on it, but for me if I train straight cardio I find that my muscles get wrecked by it quickly. I would rather work with the weights than ever touch cardio. But this machine is changing my view on that. The benefits of the stair machine is great and whatever musclemass I would lose from cardio I know I'll gain back or prevent loss of during my next phase of my normal gym routine, which is my weight training.
Killing it
Lately since this machine entered my life I have been killing it, the cardio that is. Which I never do, I gave up running a while back because of the pain in my knee's it caused. I find the stair machine quite a different entity, my knee's don't hurt from doing it, so I am encouraged by that to keep at it. And as a result I'm burning a lot of calories and enjoying every minute I get on that machine.
What about the Weights
Well if you know me, or read my blog you know that I ain't giving up the weights, I love lifting, pulling, dragging, curling and pretty much anything else that has todo with weight training, they ain't leaving my life anytime soon. In fact I May just kick it up a notch now especially if this cardio helps me lose some fat, which I am still struggling with, but thats another story for another blog post.
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Its something kind of special being the only one in the gym. I miss this. The cold iron everyday.
Some day I will get to enjoy a nice empty gym like this again. For now I am stuck with one that always has people in it, dirty people who don't clean the machines when they are done.
It is a terrible feeling getting into the gym and seeing people sweating all over the equipment and not cleaning it up before they leave. Something I cannot stand. I'm a larger man, overweight, and the last thing I want to do is have to clean up some fit persons sweat off the equipment before I can use it, its like they see me, an overweight man entering their gym, and they want me to be uncomfortable and leave.
I won't let them win. I will always work out, even if I have to clean up the equipment first. But still.. I prefer an empty gym.
And with that said, it is new years, the resolutioners that normally plague my gym aren't here this year. Perhaps they are just late bloomers, or perhaps they decided their way to make their goal was to adjust their eating habits instead of their gym time. Either way it is very odd. Very odd indeed.
I'm finding it quite abnormal to see an empty gym this late into January. Perhaps my manliness is scaring them away, or maybe they forgot how to get into the gym, but this is a tad bit out of the ordinary. Maybe it is because it is a leap year, or that it was a full moon on christmas. But something is extremely off with regards to the gym activity this year.
But I digress.
If you are hitting the gym hard this new year and beyond, whether before new year or after, hit up the comments below and let me know why.
Always being hungry is an issue for this man, especially after a really good workout.
Lately I have been looking back at my time in Masset BC, Canada. I was eating 3 meals a day, 1800 calories a day, and losing crazy weight. Sure the life style was a bit different, and I wasn't starving either.
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Now the complicated thing happens, I come home to Ontario from Masset and my weight plateau's out. And I find it harder and harder to move around, constantly drained. Its the different style of living that I have at home, its far more restricted but it is acceptable for why. But still.
It took me a few months to figure it out but I finally got it on lockdown. My eating habits while different started to go back to the original ones. Which is terrible. Aiming to control that will yield the best result. Then I will be able to enjoy my baby birdie sandwiches again. With it being New Years, my resolution is to get my eating back on track. That means I have to take control of my diet again and really hammer down on it. I already goto the gym daily and work out, now its time to get my diet squared off again.
I also expect people to have new gym resolutions, but I think they need to look at their lives and think to themselves, is this what I really want, or is it I want the convenience of a gym without rarely accessing it. That is a terrible way to live and it is truly a terrible way. At least in my opinion.
I look forward to seeing people in the gym for the next 2 weeks then never again. As per every year. (This is a terrible joke, but I really am looking forward to seeing some new faces)
If you want to be helpful to the new resolutionsers, please see my blog post on how to welcome them, and if you are new to the gym, you should read the post as well, its got my basic rules for gyming. Its nothing special, but its just some helpful hints for all, you can find the link right here: Welcoming New Years Resolutioners.
With that said, to all my new friends who have taken up the call to change your life, whether it is to get fit, or keep fit. To lose weight or bulk up, welcome to the gym, and I look forward to seeing you all there.
I hope everyone is having a great day, Merry Christmas to all!
If you are with your families, enjoy it and cherish it. If you are without your family or don't have a family, or simply not social, well I hope you have a Merry Christmas too! On behalf of all the people whom you do not have or want to have.
20 pounds down, the first of my initial 60 pound loss!
When I started my weight loss journey I was very depressed about my weight. I weighed in at 292lbs. My blood pressure was crazy bad. I simply wasn't well. I struggled with change and fulfilling a promise to get healthy.
The struggles were very real! Everyday was temptation for me, I'll explain why. You see I was drinking 12 cans of Pepsi a day. Not to mention between 4 and 8 energy drinks a day. I was very addicted to the caffeine and the rush it gave. I'm not blaming the drinks though. I blame myself for not having any restraint.
I knew the first thing I had to do was give up the things that were impeding my health so I cut out pop and energy drinks. Juice, Milk, I went to straight water. I even gave up drinking alcohol. It was very hard as I went cold turkey. I was addicted and I had a struggle to go everyday. I still do months later. But I haven't relapsed on it. I've been strong.
So back on track. When I cut the drinks out I also added a new level of fitness training to my life. It was crazy hard but worth it. I added in a 5km walk per day and an hour of weight training at the gym. I followed a simple 4 day routine.
Back
Chest
Arms
Legs
Repeat.
In 2 weeks I lost 20lbs. Crazy extreme. But that was my all diet and influx or physical training. I had a very bad diet and without those energy drinks and pop I basically cut my daily calorie intake by an exponential amount. So I had to adjust my diet more and my weight loss slowed down. But become extremely healthy there on out.
But those first 20lbs were the beginning of the road ahead. The addiction to fitness grew. Being able to breath properly when walking up stairs. Not feeling like death anymore from doing the simplest of tasks. I've learned much about myself from this.
