ILX is really health conscious these days!

or am i just more aware of it because i am?

is there some unifying reason we are talking about these things more? i think it's good, just wondering if anything resulted in the sudden interest.

we are getting old

No public option?

i just started going back to the gym a week ago - after a year lapse.

i was big into the gym at the beginning of the year and then my thesis and some other issues kind of took over. but after i moved and i had lots of unemployed time i made a big effort to do it right, and i'm loving it.

I think we have a lot of interests, life experience and information stuck in our heads and whatever thread is currently going will be the one we post to.

unemployment = exercise

i like the dorky sense of progress when I get to up the weights I can lift ...

i just mean there are a lot of health-related threads going at once. like a few months ago there were a lot of masturbation threads going at once. i like this better. and for the most part, i find it really supportive! good job, ilxors.

And last week there were three dating threads going at once. It's like a subject cloud. Iatee's comment is insightful, but I still think it has to do more with whatever we're talking about at the moment. And certain people with opt out of the conversation, too.

maybe it's because we're all fat from sitting around masturbating

the dating threads brought the most lols though ...

i'd think it a reasonable calorie burner, depending on skill level.
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lol skill level

Everyone wants to get in shape so that they can chow down over Christmas.

i've been slacking on exercise and i'm pretty sure i put on a couple of pounds. being in too many bands + being in a relationship = not nearly as much free time as i used to have, and if i have a spare hour i've been spending it on things like cleaning/cooking/recording/video games.

you don't get a serious workout when you play?

also i'm sorta waiting for it to get cold before i starting going to the gym again, which is kind of a weird rationale, but now i just keep telling myself i'll go for a run or bike when i get home, and then don't.

xp i don't think drumming burns that many calories if you're doing it right?

i mean your ass gets sweaty but it's mostly wrist/finger/ankle movement, not exactly sustained cardio or heavy lifting.

^^^ you should hardly be moving when you play drums if you are doing it right!

I was thinking more along the lines of hauling one's gear ...

one thing i've learned a lot about is the correct muscle movements. i imagine hauling gear is usually done by relying on the kinetic chain instead of focused isolation of the muscle that will really help you haul better. but what do i know. i don't have any gear.

I put all my hardware in a suitcase that ends up weighing between 40-60 lbs, and the wheels are shot. I think I just have un-ergonomic containers for my gear.

we are getting old

everyone is. it can't be avoided. well, it can be, but you wouldn't want to.

besides, getting more health concious as you get older is a good thing, because health is a good thing and bad health is often a cumulative thing. the older you get, the more important it is to slow down that accumulation of harmful actions, caused by bad habits, because you've used up some of your nine lives.

my goal is to a) be healthier b) look better and c) maintain this newfound healthierness so that i am a healther person at 37 than i am at 27.

or even at 30.

i've been eating really terribly lately, but between the gigging (one of the bands i'm in is a 'marching' band) and the working in a sweaty ass restaurant and the bicycle commutes and the bizarre return to somewhat regular sleeping cycles i've somehow reset my metabolism almost back to teenage levels, so i guess my lifestyle changes bring on the fucking fried chicken or something.

^^^ you should hardly be moving when you play drums if you are doing it right!

gotta call bullshit. there's no one way to be "doing it right", for starters.

drumming nazi invades health thread

we are getting old

― dr. johnson (askance johnson), Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:22 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

there are a lot of great drummers that telegraph and move around a lot, but that's extraneous motion for emotion's sake or to keep time between beats. imo their real technique is very relaxed and economical, it doesn't take much wrist/arm motion to bring the stick far back or to be loud.

there are also a lot of great fat drummers.

depending on what style you play in, you might end up moving around more, and doing relatively light aerobic or cardio exercise. I was thinking less of arm motion than the combination of that and fast footwork.

name names, jordan

see i am just picturing brian chippendale here and i don't think it's an accident he looks the way he does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGkxNpP8aU

xp - zach hill drinks an insane amount of water

michael bland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qT_OwjK11E

buddy miles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D1K4S8-3sA

aaron spears is not a skinny man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPCXsVniUj0

^^^ awesome

I'm interested in oddball training regimens and old-school Olympic/powerlifting stuff - kettlebells, squatting, deadlifts, old-time strongman stuff like hitting a tire with a sledgehammer. Farmer's Walks are good because they translate heavily into my daily life (pick up two heavy weights, walk as far as you can, drop. Rest, pick up again and return to beginning). Bodyweight stuff will be more fun once I get my weight down.

Also Crossfit/Gym Jones. I like the idea of varying routines and exercises so it's more like a game, rather than having your entire week planned in advance, but the Crossfit Nazis are off-putting.

gym jones guys (MARK TWIGHT) are so much harder and scary

I liked Twight better before he started mentioning the WINKWINK peoplewhocannotbenamed who are training with him in interviews. The Unit got cancelled, Delta Force is no longer cool, dude.

he has been the raging dickhead of the alpine world for as long as I've gived a shit (15 years at least). this not a bad thing, IMO

crossfit is nuts!

i end up sweating more playing bass or other instruments where i am standing and more likely to shake my ass than when i'm drumming.