February 2012
8 posts
Restarting the season
So I’m not sure why or how, but it looks like a lot of people who joined the challenge this season aren’t seeing their points reflected on Fitocracy. I’m not entirely sure why this happened, but I think fairness dictates that we pick a date to restart the challenge, and season 6.
So unless there are objections, I’m going to recommend February 13th as the new date, and set...
Feeling good.
Hey folks. I am feeling extraordinarily good today. Just thought I’d let you know. My runs are getting longer and faster, my nutritional habits are getting better, it’s a beautiful day and life is good.
Hope you’re feeling strong too.
Paolo - S06E03: Atomic City
Hi, I’m Paolo. I’ve been getting over a flu over the past couple of days, so this round of 60toSexy is more 57toSexy. Just wanted to say hi before crawling into bed again.
We’ll talk again soon.
Status Update
As I mentioned, I’m up here in San Francisco for Sketchfest through the weekend, with no access to the gym or my bike or a pool. So I’ve been running. Nice 5.5 miler through Land’s End past the Presidio, turnaround point as near as I could get to the Golden Gate Bridge. Breathtakingly beautiful, can’t wait to do it again tomorrow. While I’m away from home, I’m...
Season 6 Intro-Andrew Muto
Happy to be back for Season 6. Season 5 turned out well for me. However, the last few months have lead to physical laziness and poor eating due to some awesome projects I’ve been focusing on.
I’m ready to back in the habit of exercising and eating healthy.
Of all the luck, I’m a bit under the weather this week. Should be able to hit the gym this weekend (Monday at the...
60 to Sexy: Announcing Season 6 of 60toSexy →
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How have those new year’s resolutions been coming? If you’re like 80% of Americans, those “commitments to change” just aren’t sticking. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it’s just human nature - we’re prone to make grand gestures, stick with them for 2 weeks or so, but abandon them before the…
PERFECT TIMING. I have had to stop working out due to a 50 hour work week + writing...
Welcome to Season 6 of 60toSexy
The next 60 days are going to be awesome.
Many of you are new, many of you are veterans of our little group. For those who have done this before: welcome back, and I hope you’ll get as much out of it this time as you have before. For those of you who are new to our program: I hope you’re able to make the kind of progress that will help cement new habits in your fitness life.
Each of...
60 to Sexy: Announcing Season 6 of 60toSexy →
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How have those new year’s resolutions been coming? If you’re like 80% of Americans, those “commitments to change” just aren’t sticking. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it’s just human nature - we’re prone to make grand gestures, stick with them for 2 weeks or so, but abandon them before the…
PERFECT TIMING. I have had to stop working out due to a 50 hour work week + writing a...
January 2012
4 posts
Announcing Season 6 of 60toSexy
How have those new year’s resolutions been coming? If you’re like 80% of Americans, those “commitments to change” just aren’t sticking. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it’s just human nature - we’re prone to make grand gestures, stick with them for 2 weeks or so, but abandon them before the habits can form enough to stick.
Good news: we’re...
New season of 60toSexy coming soon...
More info in the next few days…
Question for everyone: my back, mostly lower along the spine has been hurting a lot lately. When I do situps it feels like I’m bumping on my spine, and it’s been a painful standing up and sitting down. Any ideas on how to fix this? Could it be something worse than I’d like?
Help….
December 2011
2 posts
Sorry about the accidental non-fitness post this morn. Human error via tumblr app. But by all means check out my full time blog: blog.andrewmuto.com
A personal victory
If you guys remember, I had a major struggle with fitness, health, and diet in the middle of the year. I was in great shape at the start of June, but between food poisoning, bad diet, and a lack of exercise in Egypt, then a busy schedule in school, I had put on a bit of weight and lost most of my gains from the spring. But I’m happy to say that that’s on a reversal. I’m back on...
November 2011
0 posts
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Seven days of fitness madness.
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So one again, I’ve found myself inspired by Taryn O’Neill to actually act on something I’ve been thinking of doing (damn her and her pesky actioning of items.)
Ever since I joined blip, I’ve been slacking off on my workouts. When I was in total control of my schedule, I had a routine of 10am workouts scheduled into my calendar. But that’s the thing about routines - they can get...
September 2011
4 posts
Muto-Final Progress Report
This was an interesting 60 days. Judging by the above progress pics, it’s clear that I gained some weight. I found that upping my workout schedule from 2 full body days to 3 (so that I could rack up points and keep up with everyone) resulted in a BIG increase in appetite…. and while I’m demonstrably stronger in bench press and pull ups, the overall cost was muscle...
August 2011
21 posts
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To make the last couple days of this season fun, I’ve added a cleanse for the next 3 days. Should be fun.
Cleanse was great. Didn’t lift, and besides one cardio workout on the first day, took it easy. Massive headaches on the first day, but tons of energy the next 2. Now, re-entering normal eating by stepping in.
To make the last couple days of this season fun, I’ve added a cleanse for the next 3 days. Should be fun.
Was chilling in the mountains this past weekend. No lifting, but enjoyed a couple great hikes (photo from summit) and a challenging 10K on Sunday through the hills and light rain. Good fun.
10 days left.
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I haven’t been working out because I herniated a spinal disc - what’s your excuse? Whatever it is, you’ve got 10 days left to get back on track and back in the game.
That’s a valid excuse, sad to hear. Sorry to hear about Barrett’s injury; incredibly tough to handle. Backs are serious.
10 days left.
I haven’t been working out because I herniated a spinal disc - what’s your excuse? Whatever it is, you’ve got 10 days left to get back on track and back in the game.
12 Days To Go...
Sorry to hear that Barrett is out. Hope he heals up quick. The lifting has been going great but the eating hasn’t subsided. I still can’t figure out if it’s my will power or if the increased lifting and schedule is making me legitimately hungrier. On this last leg I’m going to focus more on eating and less on a crazy lifting schedule.
Whelp, it's official...I'm out.
So you may remember that I hurt my back in early August. I decided to take a couple weeks off from lifting to let it heal. Tuesday was my first day back in the gym and whaddaya know, I promptly herniated a spinal disc.
So seemingly dramatic statements aside, it looks like I wasn’t as healed as I should have been, and even a short gym workout after two weeks of rest was enough to have either...
Working out got a bit harder...
Well, I have a jorb now. It’s a good jorb. It’s a mostly enjoyable jorb. (yes, a jorb is a job).
This is a very good thing, but there is one tiny problem with it. Work is tiring. I don’t mean in the normal work is tiring way, because you were working all day and you just want to get home. I mean it’s one of those on my feet for 8 hours a day and only get to sit down...
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Been battling a horrible crick / pull / knot in my left shoulder blade over the last week. * At first I couldn’t turn my head or lift my left arm very high, but after that first horrible day it’s just been more of a constant companion in my left shoulder (“hello!”). Been resting it, but wondering: is there a better way to treat it?
* At first I thought I got it from sleeping wrong,...
Been battling a horrible crick / pull / knot in my left shoulder blade over the last week. * At first I couldn’t turn my head or lift my left arm very high, but after that first horrible day it’s just been more of a constant companion in my left shoulder (“hello!”). Been resting it, but wondering: is there a better way to treat it?
* At first I thought I got it from...
Only 16 days left!
You may not have done everything you wanted, or you might have done better than you ever expected. Either way, there’s time left for the final push to get you just a little bit farther. A lot can be accomplished in 16 days - a whole lot more than you might expect. Time to prove it to yourself.
Wherever you go, there you are
I spent the last few days at a psych ward, if anybody has been wondering where I was off to. I got discharged this Tuesday. I’m on new meds, and they are making me super tired all the time.
I’d like to apologize to the group for the drop off in participation this season.
With the last few days left, I’d like to at least try to eat better, if working out is a no-go for me...
Easing back into the swing of things
So apparently, you use your back for a lot of things. Like movement. Or stasis. Or breaking inertia in either direction.
I pushed myself too quickly from my initial injury, and paid the price by re-aggravating something that was healing. I’ve not been able to get back into the gym since Tuesday because I’ve been moving like an old man and groaning when I get into and out of chairs,...
Spent the morning enjoying Summer Streets in NYC, cycling up and down the center of Manhattan on roads usually packed with cars. Good times. Hardest part was dodging pedestrians that pay no attention to cyclists (dodged a lot of zombies), but all in all, 21.5 miles of good fun.
Rediscovering Routine
I’ve been moving to a new apartment and I missed 2 consecutive training sessions. It was tough. This week was all about getting back into a groove with this new apartment and my training sessions. I think I’ve got it. I need to find another gym closer to my apartment (4th St. Santa Monica ((BOOM)) ) so if anyone loves any gym west side, please let me know.
Paolo - S05E35 - I'll Be Seeing You
Death in the family, going out of town for the weekend for the viewing/funeral.
1044 points from today’s workout. Three more big workouts to go this week. I’m definitely going to break the top five. That’s the goal, now to get to work on it.
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He wasn't kidding.
Me, showing boyfriend my Fitocracy profile: See, I've been working out almost every day.
Boyfriend: Wait, you've been working out?
Weighed myself this morning: 150 lbs.
Up from 145 lbs at the beginning of last season.
Success!
(I might be the only person on 60tosexy that wants to put on weight :)
Goals
Now that we are approaching the halfway point, I should probably list my official lifting heavy stuff goals.
Bench - Current PR - 155. Current 5x5 - 135. I think I need to do a new PR on this one. I would be pretty happy to nail something around 180-190.
Deadlift - Current PR - 255 Current 5x5 - 195. Similar thing, I feel like I have gotten much stronger on my deadlift. Looking to break...
July 2011
76 posts
31 Days To Go
Tomorrow marks the halfway point fo this season, and with only one person dropping off thus far (though a few on-the-cusp at the moment) I consider this the most successful season of 60toSexy thus far.
There are back-and-forth battles for third and fifth places, and a lot of passion and hard work going into your fitness. There have also been setbacks for some of us - which there inevitably will...
Where I've been
So I’ve really dropped the ball.
Excuses suck, but I at least have to try to explain. These last two weeks have been kind of brutal on me. Last week I went to San Diego for Comic-Con, where I didn’t work out, but did an unbelievably amount of walking with a 30 Lb. bag on my back all day. I would have entered that into Fitocracy but I had next to no Internet access and was running...
Rules and Regulations
Got a couple people bumping up against that week of inactivity limit…
Are we gonna be losing anyone else this week?
Paolo - S05E28 - Press Start
You can read my last entry on 60toSexy if you want to know how this week went.
…You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole.
So Frustrating
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My back is getting better but it’s not there yet. It’s been a very stressful week. Works has been insane and Chloe is in her 3rd week growth spurt. This is totally normal but it means she’s been feeding every two hours this week. Even at night. So I am exhausted, stressed and in pain.
I have not been to the gym in seven days. My head hurts. I feel like I am going to...
So Frustrating
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My back is getting better but it’s not there yet. It’s been a very stressful week. Works has been insane and Chloe is in her 3rd week growth spurt. This is totally normal but it means she’s been feeding every two hours this week. Even at night. So I am exhausted, stressed and in pain.
I have not been to the gym in seven days. My head hurts. I feel like I am going to implode....
So Frustrating
My back is getting better but it’s not there yet. It’s been a very stressful week. Works has been insane and Chloe is in her 3rd week growth spurt. This is totally normal but it means she’s been feeding every two hours this week. Even at night. So I am exhausted, stressed and in pain.
I have not been to the gym in seven days. My head hurts. I feel like I am going to...
Bad form leads to injuries.
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I say it all the time. I tell other people - bad form plus weights leads to injuries.
Today I’m a victim of not following my own advice. My squat form isn’t great, due to having to take some time off for a knee injury, but I hoped to correct it as I added weight.
Well, today I just my lower back due to bad form. Nothing serious, just enough that I notice it when I move. My brother...