[Ian]

Hello all!

I've been reading this board and the CFD forum too for a couple of weeks now. I've been checking out the training logs and nicking ideas for my own workouts and I'm loving it! I've long been into functional fitness and have a few Ross Training books too and thought I'd sign up and get involved in the community!

I do have a quick question - After reading the training logs (which are awesome by the way) I couldn't get an idea for the weekly workout structure that people are using. What I mean is do you just turn up to the gym and do whatever you feel like doing that day or do you have set days for strength training, metcon etc

That's all for now so I'll shut up!

Cheers

Ian

[Chet]

Ian, on Jun 8 2008, 09:48 AM, said:

Hello all!

I've been reading this board and the CFD forum too for a couple of weeks now. I've been checking out the training logs and nicking ideas for my own workouts and I'm loving it! I've long been into functional fitness and have a few Ross Training books too and thought I'd sign up and get involved in the community!

I do have a quick question - After reading the training logs (which are awesome by the way) I couldn't get an idea for the weekly workout structure that people are using. What I mean is do you just turn up to the gym and do whatever you feel like doing that day or do you have set days for strength training, metcon etc

That's all for now so I'll shut up!

Cheers

Ian

Hi Ian - welcome. Good to have you signed up and on board!

Personally, I decide what I'm doing pretty much day-to-day. Currently, most of the time, I follow the basic structure of a metcon in the morning, with skill/strength etc in the evening

A number of folk on here follow the Workout of the Day on www.CrossFit.com

And others with an approach that is somewhere in between - planning each week out , etc.

What do you do with regards to programming ATM mate?

[Davie]

Hi Ian welcome to FuncKey

[Miles CF Hove]

hi Ian-i think it also depends on what hurts and where!

[Ian]

Chet, on Jun 8 2008, 10:39 AM, said:

Hi Ian - welcome. Good to have you signed up and on board!

Personally, I decide what I'm doing pretty much day-to-day. Currently, most of the time, I follow the basic structure of a metcon in the morning, with skill/strength etc in the evening

A number of folk on here follow the Workout of the Day on www.CrossFit.com

And others with an approach that is somewhere in between - planning each week out , etc.

What do you do with regards to programming ATM mate?

Hey Chet!

At the moment I'm deciding on workouts day by day, but I've been away for a fortnight and only done minimal exercise during that time. I will be getting back on the wagon with a vengeance as of tomorrow (sunburn permitting!!).

Davie, on Jun 8 2008, 12:03 PM, said:

Hi Ian welcome to FuncKey

Cheers for the welcome Davie

mileyboy, on Jun 8 2008, 12:42 PM, said:

hi Ian-i think it also depends on what hurts and where!

Hey mate! Right on the money with that - some days I'm so wrecked I don't even want to move let alone go for a deadlift PB!

[Chet]

Ian, on Jun 8 2008, 01:40 PM, said:

I will be getting back on the wagon with a vengeance as of tomorrow (sunburn permitting!!).

Perfect time to start up a new training log...

[Ian]

Chet, on Jun 8 2008, 01:42 PM, said:

Perfect time to start up a new training log...

Absolutely!

[Will Walshe]

Welcome aboard Ian, pull up a barbell and make yourself comfortable.

[Ian]

Will Walshe, on Jun 8 2008, 07:07 PM, said:

Welcome aboard Ian, pull up a barbell and make yourself comfortable.

Cheers Will. Glad to be here

[nickyhusky]

Hello Ian.

I just figure out what I'm going to do on the day, in answer to your workout plan question. But then I'm not a very planned person. Plans are probably good things if you can follow them. If you can you have my admiration.

[sam]

hi mate, good to have you here. As to your question, at the moment I'm following the crossfit workouts of the day, albeit a week(ish) behind. But 3 days on, 1 off is the general idea. At the moment I train at an Aikido school whose sessions, 90% of the time, aren't that intense (physically), so I can get away with them not influencing the rest of my training. And although the footy I play twice a week is intense, I tend not to count it too. When I start training in thai boxing again, I'm going to have to plan around that though as the school I go to up here really does sort the men from the boys...


So, errr, sorry for the rambles, but to summarise - I follow the CF WODs, and if needed tweek slightly for any MA or sports I do alongside them

[Ian]

nickyhusky, on Jun 8 2008, 11:17 PM, said:

Hello Ian.

I just figure out what I'm going to do on the day, in answer to your workout plan question. But then I'm not a very planned person. Plans are probably good things if you can follow them. If you can you have my admiration.

Cheers Nicky. I'm not that much of a planned person myself to be honest. I've been looking at this Zone diet and I'll give it a go but measuring every portion etc just doesn't appeal to me!!

sam, on Jun 9 2008, 07:12 AM, said:

hi mate, good to have you here. As to your question, at the moment I'm following the crossfit workouts of the day, albeit a week(ish) behind. But 3 days on, 1 off is the general idea. At the moment I train at an Aikido school whose sessions, 90% of the time, aren't that intense (physically), so I can get away with them not influencing the rest of my training. And although the footy I play twice a week is intense, I tend not to count it too. When I start training in thai boxing again, I'm going to have to plan around that though as the school I go to up here really does sort the men from the boys...


So, errr, sorry for the rambles, but to summarise - I follow the CF WODs, and if needed tweek slightly for any MA or sports I do alongside them

Thanks for the input Sam. Nice to see you have so much variety in your fitness! I need to check out the WODs more often as part of my routine.

[Chet]

Regarding the Zone - you could measure for a few weeks to get the idea of what the portion sizes look like, and then "eyeball" it after that...

[nickyhusky]

Chet, on Jun 9 2008, 08:28 AM, said:

Regarding the Zone - you could measure for a few weeks to get the idea of what the portion sizes look like, and then "eyeball" it after that...

Or you could say Bollox to the bloody Zone and just eat sensibly

[Matt M]

Zone Zone Zone. Eating just 'sensibly' never worked because I'm not the sensible sort. I need a rigid structure or I've always got my head in the fridge eating dried fruit, nuts and anything else 'sensible' in non-sensible portions.

Regarding workouts. I either dream up a few over the weekend and make mental notes to fit them in. Or I nick or get inspired by other people's workouts. Or I do a CrossFit WOD (recent past or present) or I just invent a metcon on the spot (400m run, 20 KB Swings, 10 Pull-ups x 4), etc... Sometimes it's fun to work opposing muscle groups (press-ups / deadlifts) other times it's fun to torture one particular body part (800m run / 50 squats), etc...

[Ian]

Cheers for all the advice guys - I really appreciate it.