Overweight Divers

[cummings66]

Another sport worth checking into that is very physical is Judo then.

At any rate, IMO anything that's live and real is better than a machine, but for now I'm using machines until the weather changes a bit more to my liking, then I'm going to start doing sprints up hills. I think this year will be the first year since I got married that I will lose my gut. I'm working hard on it anyhow. It's just that sometimes I think I'm not working hard enough, but I know I'm supposed to rest and recover because working out hard everyday is actually harmful. So the conventional wisdom goes.

Anyhow, good for you and the kickboxing. I know it's good and much more fun, plus has a practical side to it.

[BouzoukiJoe A.K.A. wrecker130 AKA Chuck Norris AKA joeforbroke (banned)]

Originally Posted by Lulubelle

Not that I won't continue to bat my eyes and try to get some guy to carry them!

She has eyes and she knows how to use them...

I wish I could bat my eyes and get some chick to carry my double 120s...


On second thought, no I don't - Don't want to mess around with anyone who can kick my ***.

[cummings66]

Double 120's are fun, I dive them and wish somebody would carry them, especially when it's time to fill them. So much heavier after a dive than before it, so it seems.

[BouzoukiJoe A.K.A. wrecker130 AKA Chuck Norris AKA joeforbroke (banned)]

Originally Posted by cummings66

Double 120's are fun, I dive them and wish somebody would carry them, especially when it's time to fill them. So much heavier after a dive than before it, so it seems.

Yep- taking them to be filled is the worst.

[fanatique]

Originally Posted by cummings66

Double 120's are fun, I dive them and wish somebody would carry them, especially when it's time to fill them. So much heavier after a dive than before it, so it seems.

Holy crap. And I thought stepping out of the water with a single tank was a bitch already. Diving doubles must really blow when it comes to going back on land.

[kat]

Originally Posted by fanatique

Holy crap. And I thought stepping out of the water with a single tank was a bitch already. Diving doubles must really blow when it comes to going back on land.

I agree with you on that!

[litenyaup]

Originally Posted by easyrider003

I am what most people would consider overweight, and definitely have somewhat of a gut. Not long ago I was in recruit school for the fire department and could run 11 miles, every step in Jordan Hare stadium (Auburn Universities Football Stadium) and al kinds of other thing. Our pt instructor was a former NAVY SEAL drill sergeant and I could run and keep up with the best of em. With that said, even though I have a gut and would appear to be fat and overweight, it doesn't mean that you are not in shape,afterall... round is a shape, and that you can't handle some of the more physically demanding dives out there.

i am a fire fighter and being "in shape" is pretty important. i am 6'1 and am about 235 pounds. i dont have abs and by doctors standards today would be considered overwieght. i am very active and do a lot of physical sports...paintball, hunting, running, swimming, bike riding....as long as you are healthy, and you dont have the dicky-do going on, you are good! i have ran into people who are skinning or "in shape" and are in horrible health. as long as you stay active and eat right you should be good.

[cummings66]

Actually it's not a big deal for me to manage my doubles, and as my buddies would attest I do not have abs or other large visible muscles. On the machines I can do more now than I've been able to for a long time, but you can't see them through the fat.

I'm not obese, but I'm not thin either. I'm near average IMO.

[BubblesMcGinty]

I think there is a major factor being overlooked here. Genetics dictate body shape, but physical activity can minimize or maximize that Genetic code.

Healthy lifestyles will give you the best of what you were dealt. Thank you for loving all of us not so fortunate to be dealt the cards that allowed you to be the person you are.

[cummings66]

I'm not sure I got what you said, but speaking for myself only I am not the kind of person who judges another based on outward appearances, within reason that is. I am a realist and will dive with anybody of any size as long as the dive is within their skill set. My only requirement to dive with you is safety first and fun second.

I know my body is capable of more than it is currently putting out. Back in High School I was fit and trim. I could run a marathon back then and not be winded, and I did those distances so I have a foundation to stand on. I didn't have hardly any fat on me, but I never had a visible 6 pack. So for me personally I know that my body can be better than what it is and I am working off the fat I have picked up over the 30 years or so since High School. It took a long time to get where I'm at and I know it's not going to be a fast road back. I'm willing to put in the effort to do so and I will.

For example, today at lunch time I'm either going to lift weights or swim a mile. Not sure which I'll do, but I will be doing one of the two. Probably swimming since I lifted yesterday and I need a day off to regenerate the body's muscles. Continuous daily work like that doesn't do well for the body if you want to grow it's health. Lift hard one day and rest the next, or at least work a different muscle group. I'm trying to help my shoulder, I fell off a roof a few weeks ago and hurt my shoulder pretty bad when I hit the ground so I'm kind of back to square one on it. I'm working it, but lightly so it doesn't regress and I don't hurt it more by overwork. Like the doctor said, if it hurts don't do that.

So I'm lifting weights and then I do cardiovascular work on the off days.

Have I lost weight in the 3 months I've been doing this? Not more than a pound. But, I can lift much more weight now so I've added muscle mass somewhere underneath the fat. I have greatly increased the amount of weight I can lift on most of the machines now. For example, when I started I couldn't budge the 100lb mark on the ab machine. I don't know what I can't budge now, but I can do 170 lbs on the ab machine now. I couldn't do 70 lbs on one of the leg machines abulator? and now I do 130 lbs. I couldn't do more than 150 lbs on another leg exercise and now I'm doing 220 lbs on it. Almost every muscle has increased it's strength quite a bit over the last 3 months. I feel better most of the time as well. My back has shown drastic improvements. It used to hurt all the time, every minute of the day. It hurt pretty good, enough that I had to take ibuprofin in order to sleep. I rarely do that now. My knees hurt all the time and now they don't hurt hardly at all, in short many of my aches and pains are now gone or reduced in intensitity. I feel better.

So, I know my body can rebuild itself if I work it. I merely want to get down to maybe 12% body fat and have the ability to lift at least 200 lbs with every muscle group and whatever body weight I end up at is where I'll be, I don't have a goal there. I'm slowly gaining on the desired results and I know I can be like I used to be in high school with time and effort. I never had bulging muscles and I don't really want them either. I want a lean physique that's healthy, and I know with time I will get it back.

But that's me and my body. Not anybody elses.