MonsieurMonkey

I've never ran more than 1km in my life, I'm aware I'm dire lol. What do we mean by slow? I can't really go much slower than 10kph without it feeling incredibly awkward and even then I don't feel comfortable at that speed. I have no problem with harsh constructive criticism as long as it helps Edit, was that 2 weeks apart thing a suggestion? Should I split them that far? Because I did 4k in about 30 mins on Wednesday and I did about 3k's worth of running today then another 2k on a rower and 5k on a bike, don't want to overdo it if it's slowing my progress.

Just a quick question, how long did it take you guys (Those amongst you that can run for long distances without trying) to get to the point of being able to run for about 5km or so. Also, I'm not sure whether I'm pushing through pain, or pushing through to my second wind, anyway to tell the difference between the two? Sorry if these are retarded questions, but I know this forum generally can cover all fields with great expertise

My attitude may be common, but I'd like to think I'm a little more informed than most But I think you don't quite see the full picture of the problem, why would I want to sacrifice anything for a society that won't listen to me? (By this I mean, "Hey, Africans, this is science, it's working really well for us, wanna try it?" "No thanks, we've got religion.") Anyway, I typed out a rambling post, then I couldn't be arsed. So here's the short version. Africa is not a hospitable place, yet people continue to live there, having numerous children when they can hardly feed themselves, why has natural selection not killed them? Because we perpetuate their life cycle by dumping money into it, I'm sorry to say but these people are living in a place that just cannot sustain life. That's basically the end of my opinion on Africa now, I got bored of the argument a long time ago. I'm fully aware that "we", and I use that term very loosely, could help Africa. Can you imagine if for the next 5 years, every company in the world gave half of their profits to third world countries, they'd all be dragged out of the dark ages, but is that what we should do? Basically creating benefit cultures in these places, where people expect to carry on as they are while being bailed out by other nations? Very much in the same way some people live in this country, knowing that the tax payer will carry them without having to return anything. PS. I'm in no way implying that Africans are like benefits scroungers, I'm saying that continuously bailing out a country that has way more problems than what most people see then they'll never get anywhere. Remove all corrupt leaders, cap the expansion of population, sustain support as we do now, in 2 generations they may be able to work within the country they have. But do "we" think "we" can do that? It's incredibly unlikely. Sorry if any of this has been covered.

If you want one man dead, you need one man to do it. I don't know how people watch stuff like this and then don't think how much America spend on their military. Oddly enough they have some people who are pretty good at f**king shit up. And people that don't give a shit until they see some 30 minute video, wake the f**k up. People are dying unjustly constantly, the world isn't fair, there's very little any of us can do. Unless one of us somehow slips into power in China or Russia.

Monster build, expensive clothes, spends ages on the way he looks. And I'm gay.

I think you can psych yourself into the friend zone, but it's not psychological. It's all about the way you present yourself, if you come across as "boyfriend" material to that girl, then you're in, but if the way you come across isn't what that girl wants, you're never gonna get in there. There is an extreme the other way though, I've got a mate who can pull birds constantly, like, they come to him. But he can't get a bird, because birds don't want a serious relationship with someone like him, he just looks amazing and knows how to charm a bird.

I just bought a pair of Karrimor running shoes from sports direct, should have been 60 but they were 30. They're a massive improvement on my previous pair, dunno how good they are in the grand scheme of things. (Gone from pain in the tops of my feet after 5 mins to pretty much unlimited running time up to now, say 30 mins or so.) I've got a pair of New Balance running trackies (They're like parachute pants, but me warm but not sweaty) for the winter and shorts for the summer, add a t-shirt to either of those and I'm good to go. Like Tom said, there's really not much to it, you're moving in the most basic form, and as a beginner running 3 times a week you don't need an amazing pair of shoes.

You know you should.

No way, if you didn't have to work and could buy anything, full gym, climbing wall etc, you could have total wipeout rigged up in your back garden. Why not make the most of the opportunity, well, I know I would want to My body isn't about pulling birds, it's more for me, just want to see my body and I am capable of.

Yeah I completely agree with the longer duration thing for pure weight loss, but I'm looking to get a lot of size and definition too and being able to burst out acceleration is only going to benefit with sports etc. (Think of all the bursts of power required by trials for example.) So I kinda like the all round aspect. I'm still generally doing 30-40 mins of cardio, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, but about 5 or so mins of that will be going at full pace as well. I do agree I need something to bosh a few more carbs into me after a work out. But I'm trying to get it through my diet, instead of relying on another supplement of some sort. I think I did pretty well today, 8ish, Porridge, 9ish, Gym, 11ish, Shake + Poached eggs on brown toast, 3ish, tuna and cheese on brown bread, 6ish some sort of cod in batter with a few potatos and just had another protein shake. I'm fully aware that it's not that great, but it's better than it was before I'd love to have a nutritionist and a cook, they'd definitely be two essentials if I won the lottery. Cheers for the advice, I'm quite happy to be told how to do this better, considering as I have little to no experience with it. Especially the cardio side.

Kris, what's your ab destroyer technique? There's a lot of progress there for a short amount of time, especially if you've only been working on it properly for a few weeks I've got 5kg of this shit (Nutrisport 90+ in strawberry, yum yum....), it goes down easy enough, it's just powdery, I'll try it with more water next time. I'm 6'3, so I can carry off excess weight pretty comfortably, just don't want to anymore, I'm 24, I should be in peak physical shape in my mind. My dad looked like Stallone in Rambo when he was in his early 20s and he always gives me shit about it. I'm doubting I'll ever look as good as he did, but I want to be able to at least tell him to get f**ked.

I agree with the partner thing, I don't go to the gym with anyone, sometimes my bird but she can't really compete lol, so I'll go on a bike/rower/treadmill next to someone who looks like they're better than me and try to keep up. The only advice I can give is do your legs, don't neglect them. Not only will you end up looking like 2 people stuck together, it'll limit your training as you get bigger. I know a lot of people say stick to a rota of when you do each body part, but I've heard people saying that mixing it up can work, not so you're doing back to back work outs on one body part, but just so it's not always Arms, Chest, Back, Legs, repeat. I have cardio questions for you How well does cardio transfer from machine to machine? Eg, you can do 30 mins on a bike, how well would that transfer to running? Because I've been doing a lot of bike work, but not much on treadmills, but I want to get into running a little more, including street, but thinking more of doing cross country type running. And I have never been a distance runner, amazing sprinter, shit at anything over 400m, so if anyone wants to shine some light on it, feel free to

Okay, so I've finally decided to put some work in on my diet as well as the gym. Today being the first day, the protein shake was like drinking chalk, but whatever, it's cheaper than eggs and tuna Kris, from what I remember (Although it was a few years ago) you were a monster, you can be like what the rest of us can aspire to be Your photo will be like the after ones of all our befores

He's gay. I feel I fit into the first category of Dan's friend types. But I take a while to warm up. I come across as the moodiest fanny ever at first.

I'm gonna kidnap you both, and keep you in my Fritzl style sex dungeon until I've anally pummeled your blues away.

Definitely, probably well worth the money then.

I misread your post, didn't realise you meant your ex. In that case, it is residual love, it'll be there for ages. Bad times, but it's learning how to deal with it, the second part of my post was for weird, it wasn't weird advice On the topic of birds f**king people over, and sorry for anyone that knows this story, I was with my ex from 16 to 20, I moved to Kent to be with her, within 2 months I found out she was having like a full blown secret relationship with someone else, because I wasn't attentive enough. Even though I'd just moved 250 miles away from my family and friends, got a job etc. Spent my 21st and 8 months literally on my own. It's always f**king shit, it always hurts, you always think you'll never do better, and you always still love then. Luckily with time, it gets better, it doesn't hurt, you find someone better and then you realise you don't give a shit about them. Winning. JD, you need to tell her to get f**ked. She didn't give a shit about you. I went into mega rant then but felt it was overly harsh, after typing my story out I think I'm in "women hating" mode.

If you wanna go for it and don't mind the cost then go for it, it's not gonna do you any harm and will only help. But don't expect it to be massively better than the gains you're making now. Battering the gym will produce the best results

It's just lust! It's just lust! Keep saying it over and over you pussy. And weird, new advice for you, take control of the situation now, let her know the score. Then if she's still being a 'tard, finish her. Taking control of the situation will make you feel like you're not the loser. Hopefully avoiding some of the mope you might have to suffer.

I have nothing against what you think or your opinions, it's just the usual, no facts or reasons, and if people don't agree their immature/naive/childish. I'm not a big fan of conspiracy theories, but the fact there's one about Facebook doesn't surprise me. Feel free to write a reason filled response and prove us all wrong, but remember, most of us older cynical wankers are gonna want to rip you apart rapid

That Hurricane stuff looks great. But it's 3 times the price of the normal whey, all you're getting for that really is carbs and creatine. Creatine won't really help you with what you want, and you can get carbs elsewhere for a lot less

The time line is to record the destruction of human kind at the end of 2012 by the Illuminati.

Get some oats or porridge down you, pasta etc. Can get carbs pretty easy, and they don't seem to be very price effective when bought in weight gain type things.

I do believe that, but I also know that sweatshops generally pay good wages compared to most other employment opportunities in those areas. I believe in exploiting other peoples exploits while I can. If I don't buy Nike's it's very unlikely they'll go out of business, so I might as well keep buying them. But I assume your delusions of grandeur make you think that as a 1 in 7,000,000,000 (is there 3 more 0's or is that it?) statistic your opinion or actions matter to this planet?

You do understand your point is, being signed up to Facebook will somehow affect your life. I heard that wearing Nike's makes you hallucinate about oranges attacking from the sky. Beware dudes, beware. The last bits are even funnier. Your telepathy abilities are nearly as good as my hallucinogenic Nike's.