nature boy's goals

[joel]

good to hear you are back with it, i am sure you'll be caught up to your previous level in no time.

[nature boy]

hard to say, i've been so busy lately. hopefully with my holidays coming up next week i don't just fall off the horse again. didn't do much over the weekend except for trying to catch some sleep.

[nature boy]

ok, after another little hiatus i've decided to start my late evening workouts again. i took it easy last night with only 2 reps of 10 for everything and 20 mins on the treadmill. felt good to be doing something again.

however, i couldn't sleep until like 5am. the good news is that i'm up to 11 million in poker on my phone.

[joel]

good stuff. Keep at it.

[nature boy]

thanks man, i get pretty lucky on that poker app.

[nature boy]

so i was talking to ben about his chin up bar that he got on craigslist for like $40. i went to winners and saw the same exact one for $30. i couldn't resist, so i bought it.

chin ups are freaking hard man. i think i'm just a lot heavier than i used to be.

[se7entse7en]

Yep, chinups are tough. A tip: Instead of trying to focus on pulling your chin above the bar, focus on pulling your elbows down to your side. This tends to activate the back muscles (lats) instead of the biceps. Also, an underhand grip tends to be easier... at least it is for me.

Good luck!

[nature boy]

thanks man. ben also gave me this other tip: pulling up is as much a workout as holding yourself up as you come down (slow drop), so if you can't pull yourself up anymore, don't be afraid to hop up a bit off the floor and still give your arms that workout on the way back down.

the good thing about this bar is that i can use it for push-ups, sit-ups and that other thing where i lower my butt to the floor.

[geForce]

[nature boy]

lol, it was sort of an impulse buy. which one was it?

[Duncan]

Hey Nathan, just checking up on how your fitness (and any other) goals are coming along.

[nature boy]

whoa, someone has nothing to do at work today haha.

i was going pretty well for a while leading into summer, but then at the beginning of my holidays i felt really sick and skipped a few days which turned into a month and a half lol.

[Duncan]

[nature boy]

i didn't measure my waist since like forever (i don't think i even measured before making that goal lol).
currently at around 187lbs i think, i capped about a year or so ago at 195 i think.
my large pectoral muscles slightly resemble man boobs.

[Duncan]