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  1. Oct 2, '08 by
    As the old guy in this group, I just maintain what I have. I started lifting in the Air Force 22 yrs ago. I retire next month. I'm in my second week of orientation in Med/Surge. I'll do reps with 300lbs for bench and 800lbs on the leg press followed by dumbbell lunges for legs. I also do 30 min of cardio every other day so I can drink my beer (Samual Adams baby!) without getting a beer gut.
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  2. Oct 8, '08 by
    Hey guys,

    I lift a lot and take it pretty seriously. I am a personal trainer and live what I preach. Just started nursing school and am honestly blown away at how many of these LARGE nurses there are. How do you run around on a hospital floor all day if you smoke and your obese??
    Back to the lifting...

    im 6' 190 lbs and havnt maxed out on anything for years, but im a low body fat and only do cardio 2x week and focus on compound lifts and stretches on my lifting days.

    I could talk for a long time on this post about everything but I will say that living a healthy lifestyle and exercising is the way to go!
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  3. Oct 8, '08 by
    Quote from wlb06
    How do you run around on a hospital floor all day if you smoke and your obese??
    Overweight people tend to have WAY stronger leg muscles than 'smaller' folks and obese does NOT mean out of shape. People talk about squatting 300 pounds... Puhlease, try running up the stairs with 350 pounds!

    As to smoking. In the Army we would sit around stretching and smokign about 4-5 cigarettes then go run 13-15 miles and smoke some more as we cooled down?

    The myth of smoking devastating your breathing is that. By the time smoking really hurts your breathing you are in trouble. Mostly the times you see smokers having trouble breathing is due to them being out of shape as smokers aren't usually exercisers...

    I have lost most of my weight and gotten back to close to my original fitness level with the weights but geez if I still don't smoke like a chimney...
  4. Oct 8, '08 by
    Quote from wlb06
    Hey guys,

    I lift a lot and take it pretty seriously. I am a personal trainer and live what I preach. Just started nursing school and am honestly blown away at how many of these LARGE nurses there are. How do you run around on a hospital floor all day if you smoke and your obese??
    Back to the lifting...

    im 6' 190 lbs and havnt maxed out on anything for years, but im a low body fat and only do cardio 2x week and focus on compound lifts and stretches on my lifting days.

    I could talk for a long time on this post about everything but I will say that living a healthy lifestyle and exercising is the way to go!
    Unfortunatly many nurses do not value their health.
  5. Oct 8, '08 by
    Quote from Stanley-RN2B
    Overweight people tend to have WAY stronger leg muscles than 'smaller' folks and obese does NOT mean out of shape. People talk about squatting 300 pounds... Puhlease, try running up the stairs with 350 pounds!

    As to smoking. In the Army we would sit around stretching and smokign about 4-5 cigarettes then go run 13-15 miles and smoke some more as we cooled down?

    The myth of smoking devastating your breathing is that. By the time smoking really hurts your breathing you are in trouble. Mostly the times you see smokers having trouble breathing is due to them being out of shape as smokers aren't usually exercisers...

    I have lost most of my weight and gotten back to close to my original fitness level with the weights but geez if I still don't smoke like a chimney...
    No disrespect but...

    I not only plan to be a great nurse but, I also plan on being a great role model to the up and coming generation of male nurses. I hope to be a smart up-to-tune-on-healthy guy who is in a great career and hopefully I will contribute to killing this stupid "strange male nurse" complex. To be honest with you, I find anyone but especially a nurse strange for not taking care of themselves and living a healthy life.
    I use to smoke 5 - 10 years ago and since then i have made a full 360 in lifestyle and look back and I am disgusted with myself. I never worked out and didn't care about myself or my body, I look at that as an immature stage of my life. So anyone who is past adolescence and lives like that I consider them strange.
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  6. Oct 8, '08 by
    Quote from wlb06
    No disrespect but...

    I not only plan to be a great nurse but, I also plan on being a great role model to the up and coming generation of male nurses. I hope to be a smart up-to-tune-on-healthy guy who is in a great career and hopefully I will contribute to killing this stupid "strange male nurse" complex. To be honest with you, I find anyone but especially a nurse strange for not taking care of themselves and living a healthy life.
    I use to smoke 5 - 10 years ago and since then i have made a full 360 in lifestyle and look back and I am disgusted with myself. I never worked out and didn't care about myself or my body, I look at that as an immature stage of my life. So anyone who is past adolescence and lives like that I consider them strange.
    Well since you are becoming a nurse (I am assuming you are new to nursing) you will want to start learning WHY people are overweight and that it isn't a choice for everyone. There are more factors involved than you may be aware of.

    Also, addiction is not so easy to shrug off for everyone. There are reasons for addiction and not everyone gets past them.

    When you understand those you won't be so shocked, and you'll be a better nurse.

    No disrespect intended of course...
  7. Oct 9, '08 by
    Quote from Stanley-RN2B
    Well since you are becoming a nurse (I am assuming you are new to nursing) you will want to start learning WHY people are overweight and that it isn't a choice for everyone. There are more factors involved than you may be aware of.

    Also, addiction is not so easy to shrug off for everyone. There are reasons for addiction and not everyone gets past them.

    When you understand those you won't be so shocked, and you'll be a better nurse.

    No disrespect intended of course...
    I understand them, I am well educated...I have a bachelors degree in exercise science which covered health promotion, disease, and psychology in exstensive detail. Another problem with that is people don't start incorporating "health" into their lives early enough and ends up being something that they cant control anymore once it gets past a certain point. I also think that many people use the "i have no control" term when they are overweight wayyyy too often and as an excuse when they are completely responsible. Everyone IS different, and everyone must do what it takes and to be as healthy as they possibly can. Everyone will look different and vary in levels of health due to genetics, but, their is a lot of things we CAN control about our health.
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  8. Oct 9, '08 by
    Another big one is that it is useless to attempt to fix these weight and addiction problems until one deals with the psychological problems associated with such conditions.
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  9. Oct 9, '08 by
    Quote from wlb06
    I understand them, I am well educated...I have a bachelors degree in exercise science which covered health promotion, disease, and psychology in exstensive detail. Another problem with that is people don't start incorporating "health" into their lives early enough and ends up being something that they cant control anymore once it gets past a certain point. I also think that many people use the "i have no control" term when they are overweight wayyyy too often and as an excuse when they are completely responsible. Everyone IS different, and everyone must do what it takes and to be as healthy as they possibly can. Everyone will look different and vary in levels of health due to genetics, but, their is a lot of things we CAN control about our health.
    I am a martial artist who has bodybuilded for 12 years, I totally agree with you. I don't have a B.A. or B.S. but I do have 2 A.A. degree's and have learned so much while in the gym and reading fitness mags over the last 12 years I chould fly through a nutrition or fitness degree. What you say is correct, people love to make escuses because they don't want to put forth the proper time of effort.
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  10. Oct 9, '08 by
    Quote from nursinguy
    What you say is correct, people love to make escuses because they don't want to put forth the proper time of effort.
    I would like to point out that NOT EVERYONE is just making excuses.

    While some do make excuses there are plenty that AREN'T making excuses. As a nurse this should be common knowledge...