Kyle P
Level 6 Valued Member
Hi, everyone. To start, I want say again that I absolutely love this site and it’s abundance of resources. Thank you in an advance for sharing your knowledge, past, present and future.
Any tips for helping my girlfriend to fall in love with training the way I have, with the goal of just overall better health and quality of life? She hates exercise.
I’m big on back story for giving or receiving advice, so sorry for the dissertation to follow:
Full disclosure, I’m not a beast. Lots of you are beasts. My God. It’s incredible. But I love strength training and good health and in my mid forties, I look and feel much younger because of it. My girlfriend is 13 years younger than me and I want her to get the same benefits. Currently she does very little for health. We are both a bit overweight, but not too bad. We eat pretty healthy (whole foods) most of the time but still eat junk (pizza, fried food, etc) 1-3 times per week. We love to drink! Vodka, gin, whiskey, (very occasionally) beer.
I’m telling you all this because we love our lifestyle and don’t feel a need to change those aspects. I feel that I am able to enjoy these indulgences and still feel generally great because I exercise properly (IMO) and regularly. My current programming (any thoughts are appreciated):
M/W/F: GTG pushups (roughly 100/day). Swings with a 40kg KB, 10 sets of 10.
T/Th: GTG push ups. Snatches with a 32kg KB, 5 sets each arm of 10/8/8/6/6.
I feel good after sessions and almost always recovered the next day. If not, I do less or skip a day (rarely).
I know I need some steady cardio but hate jogging with all my heart, no pun intended. Probably going to start doing some moderate intensity heavy bag work starting next week.
Just wanted to let you know goals and current state. Thank you again for everything, Strongfirst community!! You rule.
Any tips for helping my girlfriend to fall in love with training the way I have, with the goal of just overall better health and quality of life? She hates exercise.
I’m big on back story for giving or receiving advice, so sorry for the dissertation to follow:
Full disclosure, I’m not a beast. Lots of you are beasts. My God. It’s incredible. But I love strength training and good health and in my mid forties, I look and feel much younger because of it. My girlfriend is 13 years younger than me and I want her to get the same benefits. Currently she does very little for health. We are both a bit overweight, but not too bad. We eat pretty healthy (whole foods) most of the time but still eat junk (pizza, fried food, etc) 1-3 times per week. We love to drink! Vodka, gin, whiskey, (very occasionally) beer.
I’m telling you all this because we love our lifestyle and don’t feel a need to change those aspects. I feel that I am able to enjoy these indulgences and still feel generally great because I exercise properly (IMO) and regularly. My current programming (any thoughts are appreciated):
M/W/F: GTG pushups (roughly 100/day). Swings with a 40kg KB, 10 sets of 10.
T/Th: GTG push ups. Snatches with a 32kg KB, 5 sets each arm of 10/8/8/6/6.
I feel good after sessions and almost always recovered the next day. If not, I do less or skip a day (rarely).
I know I need some steady cardio but hate jogging with all my heart, no pun intended. Probably going to start doing some moderate intensity heavy bag work starting next week.
Just wanted to let you know goals and current state. Thank you again for everything, Strongfirst community!! You rule.