LoneStarBall Fitness Geeks Unite!

by WhipSmart on Feb 17, 2012 2:08 PM CST

In last nite's OT thread, we started an LSB group over at Fitocracy. Fitocracy is a place where you 'level up' the more you exercise. There are several of us already in the mix. You can join Fitocracy here and then join the LSB group here.

/Shameless plug -> Since I need to include more words, why not check out my music (ElectricOkra) on SoundCloud and if you like it you can buy it on iTunes. :)

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I'm not a fitness geek.

But I am trying to get less fat, and I’ve enjoyed logging my activity so far. Hey… anything that allows me to talk about me is okay in my book! Like this post!

by jam0152 on Feb 17, 2012 2:13 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I'm in on the Fitocracy group.

At this point, I have 2 flights of stairs logged. At the very least, this is showing me how little physical activity I do every day.

Also, I can second the plug for the ElectricOkra music. Good stuff!

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by Mike the Grate on Feb 17, 2012 2:21 PM CST reply actions 2 recs

I've recently done the Insanity routine and now I'm on Insanity: Asylum

started just after Thanksgiving. I’ve been ecstatic about having fitness as a part of my lifestyle and love to chat about it.

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by kevinkinsler on Feb 17, 2012 2:28 PM CST reply actions

Shake. Weight.

by sprite on Feb 17, 2012 4:39 PM CST reply actions

I'm in

I’ve slacked off on my workouts over the past 6 months. Gotta pick it back up.

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by Conjunction on Feb 17, 2012 5:15 PM CST reply actions

The Dolce Diet, $29.99

You won’t regret it.

by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 17, 2012 5:19 PM CST reply actions

Have we ever made a thread where people post their workouts?

If not, this seems like it’d be a good one to do it in

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by MayurP on Feb 17, 2012 6:16 PM CST reply actions

How do I sign up?

I hate The Angels so much, it's actually cramping my style. (See RevHaloFans SBN profile page)

by Gay For Feliz on Feb 17, 2012 7:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Just follow the link in the body of the post....

Join us!!

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by GhostofSteveFoucault on Feb 17, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions

I tried but they wouldn't let me.

by casew on Feb 17, 2012 8:14 PM CST up reply actions

Try going to their twitter feed

and click on one of the links there.

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by t ball on Feb 17, 2012 9:26 PM CST up reply actions

It might be that WhipSmart is out of invites.

which might be why his link doesn’t work, I think each account has 10 invites. I know I’ve been out for months now, and keep expecting to get more but haven’t seen any. I think the group LSB might get an invite code of its own, when the average level gets to 7.

Someone who got a new account could step up and hand over their invite codes if they weren’t planning on using them.

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by DJCahill on Feb 18, 2012 4:42 AM CST up reply actions

DJ DAN!

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by Ryin A on Feb 18, 2012 5:26 AM CST up reply actions

yeah, I'm out of invites.

try this link → http://ftcy.co/AeHjUZ

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by WhipSmart on Feb 18, 2012 9:27 AM CST up reply actions

They put out invite codes on their twitter feeds

that’s how I got in.

Casew, I think I can send you an invite. Send me an email to the address in my profile here.

Some see a glass half empty, some a glass half full. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. - George Carlin

by t ball on Feb 18, 2012 12:14 PM CST up reply actions

I signed up using the last link by WhipSmart and joined the LSB group.

by casew on Feb 19, 2012 1:41 PM CST up reply actions

Heh, from the FAQ

Achievements are recognitions for when you do something extra special. They’re designed to be showed off so when you get one, display it loud and proud :)

The folks at Grammarocracy are laughing.

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by t ball on Feb 17, 2012 8:42 PM CST reply actions

How much can you bitches squat?

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by Ryin A on Feb 18, 2012 5:25 AM CST reply actions

I squat

at least once a day.

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by t ball on Feb 18, 2012 8:02 AM CST up reply actions

Only 3 plates

but I’m old and decrepit.

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by DJCahill on Feb 18, 2012 9:59 AM CST up reply actions

Weight Loss-A-Thon update:

Down 65 lbs. since mid-Nov.

I need a new belt.

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by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 18, 2012 8:26 AM CST reply actions 6 recs

dang. Well done, yo.

Que sera, sera.

by scoop16 on Feb 18, 2012 12:32 PM CST up reply actions

Whoah, congrats.

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by philkid3 on Feb 18, 2012 12:50 PM CST up reply actions

An interesting take ahead:

The Rangers losing the World Series the way they did might have been the best thing to happen to me.

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by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 18, 2012 1:48 PM CST up reply actions

I 100% buy that

since, for exactly the same reasons, the 2010 lost World Series might have been the best thing for me.

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by DJCahill on Feb 18, 2012 3:21 PM CST up reply actions

What's going on Dan?

Haven’t seen you around in a good bit.

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by lost in space on Feb 18, 2012 3:30 PM CST up reply actions

Fitocracy recommended I friend

Whipsmart, and I saw he was making a LSB group over there. These days I’m Just getting in some semblance of shape, and spending less time online overall, and what time I do spend online I’m more likely to be on a health&fitness site as anywhere else.

Hope everything is going well with you.

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by DJCahill on Feb 18, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

Wow

that’s 20 lbs. per month, quite a pace.

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by t ball on Feb 18, 2012 3:58 PM CST up reply actions

So your more like 80's Hogan than 90's?

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by LSU Ranger on Feb 18, 2012 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

No one will recognize the svelte fellow at the tailgate

Until a Cadbury egg is unwrapped and you give yourself away by drooling.

by dolphinpuncher on Feb 18, 2012 5:16 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Me and a couple buddies started P90X about a month ago

Its been great.

by bigsteve on Feb 18, 2012 9:20 AM CST reply actions

I've been thinking about doing this, but a bit concerned starting it already out of shape

I’ve heard conflicting reports on whether its more for gym rat types or for a getting itno shape type

by Parker20 on Feb 19, 2012 12:08 AM CST up reply actions

there are plenty of modifications you can make when the specific exercise isn't feasible

the hardest thing to do with P90x is just to keep coming back every day

Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures.

by kevinkinsler on Feb 19, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions

No you dont have to already be in shape to do it

It will get you into shape if you aren’t. The two buddies im doing it with both were a little overweight, not too terribly much, and both have lost considerable weight through the first month.

I, being in the military, was in better shape than them and so I have not lost as much weight but built muscle and gotten in better shape.

if you aren’t in great shape you wont be able to do as much of the exercises and should probably take more/longer breaks than what the videos tell you. But as kevin says above the hardest part is coming back everyday and eating right. Its been easier for me and my friends because we are doing it in a group so we motivate each other. We’ve had a couple skip days here and there but for the most part have stuck to it.

Oh and yoga sucks at first but gets better the more you do it

by bigsteve on Feb 20, 2012 6:40 PM CST up reply actions