Originally Posted by
cal415
Suunto is great, i do suunto classes at the Gym, you should find a gym that does them, I do the cycle classes. They setup a data projector and it shows everyone in the classes heart rate and the zone they heart rate is in based on there level of fitness/age/weight/sex etc. its quite good and very good motivation to make you push yourself, my heart rate usualy goes between 155-175 depending on how hard im going at the time and my heighest peak so far has been abou 188 in a big sprint section.
My resting heart rate is around 50-60, BTW im 30 and i have always exercised alot and been heavily involved in martial arts since i was a child.
I also do alot of weight training, 80% of it freeweights i rarely use the machines, some times i use the upright cable machine(standing type) I avoid the machines because they arnt much good for core strength i find, not to bad for focusing in on a small area though. Weight training starts out for me on free weights all the time and sometimes i finish on a machine to get a bit of extra burn.
Bench has always been one of my favourites, and always freeweight bench. At the moment i usualy start at 20x 60kg, 15x100kg 12x120kg then finish with 2-3 sets 8-10x140kg, at my best(about 12 months ago) i was doing single reps at 200kg and working weight was 160-170kg usualy 6-8 reps, i was pretty please with this as im not that big a guy(at that time i was 88kg) I had to change my training last year when i was getting ready for my wedding, I had to shed a few KGs and stop the super heavy stuff to fit my suit properly and also had to cut the suppliments(creatine, protein powers etc) for health reasons.
And yes, I think we all love watching the ladies work out - there is some incredibly hot women at my gym...