Fitness Regime

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by Spaniard

accumulating humidity on your lungs ? Isn't that like a wet t-shirt competition??

dont startttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Erik]

Hooyah!
Dips are prefromed by holding your body suspended vertically with your arms extended straight to your sides. Your hands grip a horizontal tube on either side that is fixed to the floor or on a sturdy stand. Your feet are off the ground, your knees bent at approximately a 45 degree angle back up towards your butt. Then you lower yourself by bending at the elbows, to a point where your arms are bent at a 90 degree angle. Then push your body back up into a locked position. That's one dip.
If you can't do those yet to any significant amount, you can do 'girl-dips', in which you get 2 chairs, put your feet on the edge of one chair out in front of you and your hands just behind you on the edge of the other chair. Your legs are now in a horizontal position and your upper torso is upright, with your hands behind you on the edge of the chair. Now lower your body to the point where your elbows are bent, again at a 90 degree angle, then push back up to an arms-locked position. That's one 'girl-dip'.
I don't have a dip rack at home, I use 2 chairs on a carpetted surface so they don't move around. I also wear a pair of gloves as the chair backs are thin and painful to use. A proper dip-rack in a gym is more stable, but use what you've got. The beauty of the SEALS workouts are that you don't need a gym.
Dips are the equivalent of squats for the upper body. They work triceps, pectorals, shoulders, even back to some degree. If you can get to the point where you're doing 5 sets of 20 dips, you will have excellent useable and practical strength.
Peace,
Erik Y.

[pat fish]

hi eric

besides "the beauty of the navy seals workouts" I would recommend one or two cardio workouts 2hours+... gives you some extra red blood cells

[island_sands]

i do 30min bicycle, then the situps, push ups but haven't been doing the dips as there is no facility, but will try doing them off a bench.

then i do a cardio step class (one hour) or hi-lo aerobics class.

this week, i have been following the training in this book Look Great Naked , starting with 30mins bike, then those exercises, then one hour cardio class.

it's been a two hour workout every night with a rest on fridays.. i am loving it.. it gets close to six o clock in the afternoon and i am gagging for the gym...

[Spaniard]

Do you look great naked yet??

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by Spaniard

Do you look great naked yet??

Far from it dear! but promise a full length bikini photo on first of September.. that's my goal and i have a bet on with someone.. guess i have to stick to it...

oh god what have i done...

[Spaniard]

Roll on the first of September then, now you've done it!

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by Spaniard

Roll on the first of September then, now you've done it!

oh tits that's done it! hahahahah
ok... what colour bikini?

[Spaniard]

Have you got one of those furry ones a la "1 million years B.C." ?

[marginatus]

Now we have more people interested in this thread... See you (literaly) in september (we hope).

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by marginatus

Now we have more people interested in this thread... See you (literaly) in september (we hope).

hmmm i have a selection of colours.. photos to follow soon

[BennyB]

Originally Posted by island_sands

but promise a full length bikini photo on first of September..

That's my Dad's birthday! He'll be turning 82 so I don't think he'll be getting that picture for his birthday I'm sure his heart's still pretty good but we don't want to test it out...

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by BennyB

That's my Dad's birthday! He'll be turning 82 so I don't think he'll be getting that picture for his birthday I'm sure his heart's still pretty good but we don't want to test it out...

82?? aww bless him

[Merlin]

anyone mentioned bikini?


......bookmarking page for September 1st........ done

[robbyzuniga]

Nice thread. Thanks for the tip of the two chairs, I kind of have limited space here in my efficiency in Miami.

I kind of like Mentzer's HIT program and have always followed it, at least I put 20 pounds of muscle mass in my frame with this program and I'm 6'3!!!

Nowadays I kind of like to add pullups, lunges, pushups and dips in my house. One of Mike Mentzer's all time favorite exercise was palms up pulldowns, great for mass and strength. I prefer lunges than squats and recomend it better for girls; especially if one has hips, adding squats with or without weight is a no no.

Well anyways, cool thread!!!!

Roberto