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My 15-minute workouts
 

Hiyo,

So since I started progaming fulltime I've gained ~8kg. This is just a guess as I can't even remember how much i weighed before, but basically, I've put on a bunch of weight.

I'm sure this is a situation many of us who choose gaming as our recreation face on a daily basis. Especially those of us whom have a penchant to eat entire jars of nutella, with a spoon, in a single marathon session of Firefly.

So I'm kind of dreading the day I go to a LAN and instead of people saying "oh I assumed you would be fat", they say "oh its so fitting you're called pig".

So I'm putting an end to it! MOTIVATION!

In the past a problem has been the crazy hours of tournaments and streaming that interrupts my schedule and I get lazy and stop any schedules. So as a solution I'm implementing my 15-minute workouts! Basically whenever I'm done streaming I will do my usual goodbyes and thanks, and then instead of turning off the stream I will turn my webcam to full-screen and start working out on webcam.

This is basically just a silly way for me to force myself to use my audience judging me as a way to ensure I don't just flop into bed. Instead I will select one of my Starcraft-themed workouts and work up a good sweat.

Here are my 2 workouts so far:

6 pool

• Burpees! - 2 minutes
• Stretch - 5 minutes
• Tricep dips - drag in non-wheely chair - 3 minutes
• Bicep curlsx1, hammer curls x1 - power sets - 2 minutes.
• Fly like a badger - 3 minutes

Ultralisk
• Bicep curls x2 sets
• Stretch upper body!
• Hammer curls x2 sets
• Pushups - arms spread x2 sets
• Flys, x2 sets
• Shoulder press x1 set -25 reps

I will answer any questions in chat and take advice on workouts, technique, diet and such whilst I do so. I don't expect many people to watch. This is just me working on myself in a public arena and using that energy of exposure to force myself to push through and keep schedule.

If an unhealthy nerd like me can get myself in shape over the next months with quick workouts like this (and some jogging) maybe I can motivate a few of you guys out there to put in a little work to make ourselves all feel a little bit better about ourselves. I don't just care about appearance (though my face being fat in the mirror does bug me), but also that lethargy that slowly builds through inactivity, eradicating that is something I really want to do. I miss the days of limitless energy running through me! Time to get it back!

Current weight: 93kg

Aim: 85kg by HoTs!

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Cool haha! I like this

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Oh hello my new workout plan.

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Insert meme about every day being arms and chest day haha

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During your last workout on stream I saw your ass crack.

Thank you so much.

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Lets do it together!
They're actually some pretty efficient workouts by the looks of them, love the names haha


Hopefully by HotS you can do the workouts... with your shirt off

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^brb emailing sponsors

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where the squats at

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squats dont help you get bitches yo, curls for the gurls

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Good point. New workout formulated just now!

Burrow roach micro

• Squats - 2 minutes
• Stretch - 3 minutes
• Lunges - 2 minutes
• Shoulder press - 3 minutes
• Crunch/situps - 1 minute
• Crossover - 1 minute each side (2 minutes)
• Lower leg/pelvis raises - 1 minute
• Superman - 1 minute

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God I love this idea so much. :P
Good work pig.. I hope you can keep to this and reach your goal

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me gusta....gonna try some of these workouts after the big party on NYE @_@

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Consider what you are eating if you are planning to lose weight http://www.weightloss.com.au/weight-...gy-charts.html according to this site moderate weight exercise for 15 min should burn about 210 calories. One spoon of nutella is appox 100 calories. check this site on how much exercise is needed to reverse one spoon of Nutella http://www.calorieking.com/foods/cal...kPTg4NTYw.html

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Oh yeah, meant to mention I'll be cutting most of the crap out of my diet after new years, definitely pointless trying to lose weight whilst eating jars of nutella and whole blocks of chocolate! Thanks for the links super useful!

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I recommend weighttraining.com for workouts. They have workouts for all levels and a bunch of at home stuff which basically only requires dumbells (if that) and your own body weight. I've been enjoying some of their workouts.

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Buy a kettlebell and make sure your ceiling is high enough so that you don't take it out mid-swing.
Awesome for portable workouts. Intense shit, too.

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I'm sure this is a situation many of us who choose gaming as our recreation face on a daily basis. Especially those of us whom have a penchant to eat entire jars of nutella, with a spoon, in a single marathon session of Firefly.

WHY WOULD YOU PUT THIS THOUGHT IN MY MIND O.O

Good call Rossi on the squats, also where da bench at?

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How does he bench in his room, stallion, sometimes I think your drunk stally all the time.

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Benching Dot doesn't count shes tiny unless Dot is doing bi cep curls or seomthing as he benches........... ULTIMATE POWER COUPLE!!!!!!! DO ET i dare you... pics or didn't happen :P

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Overlord:
trying to balance on a swiss ball.

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You called?

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@Stally, with dumbell weights he could do a fly with either swissball or a bench instead of benchpress, or you know, pushups.

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I like your way of motivating yourself! IMO keep the update blogs/videos coming! Motivation is the biggest challenge I have, especially when it comes to balancing SC2 (it's so much easier to hit Find Match than it is to exercise) so if you keep motivated by sharing, maybe it'll help people like me get motivated by your inspiration.

When it comes to bodyweight exercise, I always prefer (or have had people tell me) to break it into high intensity interval sets. I note that yours isn't strictly bodyweight - if I was going to do anything other than pure bodyweight, I'd alternate on a daily basis (so pure bodyweight one day, bars & bells the next, etc)

My personal workout would be/has been along the lines of

Warmup
Stretch/Resistance band set
-- then --
Circuit 1
20* Squats
20* Pushups
20* Jumping Jacks
20* Situps
-- rest 30-60 seconds, then --
Circuit 2
20* Dips
20* Lunges
20* Chins
20* Burpees
-- repeat circuits 1 & 2 --

And basically I aim to get 4 repeats of each circuit. At current fitness level I'd be lucky to finish 1 or 2!

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Best stream iv watched since 'high school dreams!'

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So true!! ASS CRACK FTW!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/JoRoSaR/status/286466507561635840