Fitness & Nutrition [OT]

Trainer trying to get me to do romanian dead lifts and i'm like
how much body control you think i got?

Getting back on creatine. Seemed to help me make progress when I last did it.

This is a godsend

Thats a nice looking kitchen

I really wish I got chalk years ago. I probably would have been lifting at least 4 plates by now. Set a new deadlift PR yesterday with 350x1 at 145lbs.

Of course I finally get that elusive last fifth rep on my heaviest bench workout the day before I go on a short trip and won't be able to workout for a week smh.

Always a good sign of leg day when you walk out the door and fall off the curb

I'm gonna drop sugar cold turkey outside of fruits. Or try to.

What a workout lads. Didn't sleep too well last night so I wanted to bail in the middle of it right before the squats but I resisted.

Weeeeeew another good session. Feeling good today.

I need to find a fitness personality that isn't just constantly posting dumb pretentious motivational shit

By data Go To PostI need to find a fitness personality that isn't just constantly posting dumb pretentious motivational shit

You won't. That's part of the load out for choosing fitness class

My work out went really well today. Was worried my arms were gonna hurt again but it didn't feel bad, should still visit a physical therapist tho :/

By data Go To PostI need to find a fitness personality that isn't just constantly posting dumb pretentious motivational shit

My favourite ones are the guys that clearly roid but keep talking about hard work and dedication.

By SUPER YARAK Go To PostMy favourite ones are the guys that clearly roid but keep talking about hard work and dedication.

Well they still probably work hard and you gotta be pretty dedicated to take roids.

By SUPER YARAK Go To PostMy favourite ones are the guys that clearly roid but keep talking about hard work and dedication.

I don't endorse HGH or anything, but it's not a magic bullet you take, it just increases your gains exponentially. They still have to work theeee fuck out but they gain at a ridiculous level. It's not like you can just inject and not do shit and see muscle growth.

Of course lads. Just wish they'd talk about their regime and cycles as well as the rest.

If you're already pretty active and take HGH, you'll notice the stronk in a week

From personal experience?

By s y Go To PostFrom personal experience?

Yeah. During high school.

I mean, I was pretty active to begin with but after a week it was clear how different things were. For the first two months I don't think I even understood where my limits were.

What was your energy like on them? Guys I've spoken to say they feel like they have unlimited stamina.

Damn where do I get steroids?

By SUPER YARAK Go To PostWhat was your energy like on them? Guys I've spoken to say they feel like they have unlimited stamina.

Naw my stamina was shit.

By s y Go To PostDamn where do I get steroids?

at the gym.

By DY_nasty Go To PostYeah. During high school.

I mean, I was pretty active to begin with but after a week it was clear how different things were. For the first two months I don't think I even understood where my limits were.

in high school damn. were you solo or was the whole bball team on it?

Getting into a really good groove on this go-around of P90X. Loaded up on creatine, have my diet pretty clean, and I'm really pushing myself in the workouts. Got a set of adjustable dumbbells so I'm able to track my weights and reps on the worksheets.

Feels good.

By domino Go To Postat the gym.


in high school damn. were you solo or was the whole bball team on it?

Only a few of us, but we weren't together about it. I only found out two other guys were juicing late into my last year and their regiments/products were entirely different. I was trying to focus strictly on basketball and explosion in general, they were part timing into baseball and football.

I'm not joking when I say it was immediately apparent how much stronger I got. In two weeks, my second and third jump were drastically improved. Recovery time didn't even exist.

In college? Well.... there was more testing when I was high school.

really wish I knew where my random bouts of energy come from

played a game of 1 on 1 with my brother to 60 like it wasn't nothing and I have no idea where the stamina came from

So I do my barbell shoulder press standing up. Everytime I pull the bar down I tilt my head back or else I'd pull the barbell right down on my head/face. I'm not going to say I have an amazing technique, it's pretty okay but I might do one or two bad reps occasionally where I tilt my back. I've only "injured" myself on it once from poor technique, tilted my back too much and ended up stretching a muscle in my upper back/neck so it felt a bit painful but I've improved a lot since. My friend has been telling me to do this exercise while sitting down on the floor instead - the Z-press. Basically what happens then is that you won't need to tilt your head at all because if you do then you'll fall down from the weight meaning it's too heavy for you. What do you guys think or do? Standing or sitting?

By reilo Go To Post

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/887091180827226112

1) So bro
2) Such bro
3) His form at the end was shaky af
4) One dude almost lost his foot
5) Brotacular

I was thinking the same thing, lol.

Be joining in this discussion soon. At the dealership right now.

I don't want to run

Running sucks

I'm two weeks in on my diet and i'm doing good so far. Not tracking weightloss yet and i need to add more exercising but the goal is 15kg till the end of the year.

I'm trying to lose muscles so that won't be easy.

By Switchpro Go To PostI'm two weeks in on my diet and i'm doing good so far. Not tracking weightloss yet and i need to add more exercising but the goal is 15kg till the end of the year.

I'm trying to lose muscles so that won't be easy.

Not just fat then ?
Doing lots of cardio will help with that. Don't take BCAA's and drink water with lemon squeezed in em.

Why no BCAAs? Because of water retention?

I need my love handles and stomach fat gone by next Summer

I'm going to need to like triple up on my running or something

Changing your diet might be necessary too.

I recommend tracking your food intake with an app, it has helped me a lot.

By Lupercal Go To PostNot just fat then ?
Doing lots of cardio will help with that. Don't take BCAA's and drink water with lemon squeezed in em.

yeah not just fat. i was a pretty good athlete in my youth and i (somehow) still have huge muscly thighs and biceps for some reason. looks weird on my small stature even when i'm fit.

i hate cardio. what are BCAA?

By KingGondo Go To PostChanging your diet might be necessary too.

I recommend tracking your food intake with an app, it has helped me a lot.

i tried that but how would i know how many calories all the stuff has?
i'm not weighing all my portions on a scale before eating.

So I'd like to lose 30 lbs, or trim some similar ratio of body fat since I gain muscle easily. Probably an unrealistic goal since I have not weighed 190 since I was a senior in HS. Last I weighed myself, I was 220.

Thursday, I will have hit two weeks into the South Beach diet, and entering into Phase 2. This is the third time I've done it. I've stuck with it because I know the routine.

I have not exercised like I had originally planned, but that will be changing now that I'm off vacation. The idea is that I plan to do something everyday, even if it's walk or bike the dog 2 mi.

I'm meeting with a trainer at Powerhouse to see what kind of workout that can conform to my goals. This was my original plan:

Day 1
("heavy" low-rep, high weight day)
DB Flat Bench - 95 lbs
Pull Ups
Incline BB Press- 45+25 lbs
HS High Row 45+45+45

(optional)
Lat Pull Down 150 lbs
Hammer Curl 25 lbs
DIPS - body weight
Preacher curl 25 lbs
DB Overhead Press - IDK what the weight for his is because I never did it.

Day 2
Step Ups
smy Kickback Donkey 10+10 -(note that this exercise is both kinda embarrassing and hard to do)
Goblet Squat - 50 lbs
KB Swing - 50 lbs

(optional)
Split Squats
Rotary Hip - 100 lbs
Back Heel Press - (never did these)

Day 3
(lighter weight, higher reps)
Barbell Bench 45+25+5
DB Row 60 lbs
Machine Fly 200 lbs
Precor Row 140 lbs

(optional)
Medicine Ball alt push-up
Inverted Row (body weight)
DB Lateral Raise
Rear Fly - 80 lbs
Cable Curl - 100 lbs
Cable Pressdown -150 lbs

Day 4
LOL IDK BECAUSE I LOST THE SHEET! I know that this was supposed to be the other leg workout that included squats. FK THAT

This was a plan that I had when I wasn't working during the day, so I could drop off the kids and go to the gym 4 days per week (I would just cycle through 3 workouts instead of 4). Now that I work during the day, it's harder to fit gym into my schedule, so I will have to change my workouts. I'm sure my trainer will add squats (FML).

I'll be going hard at it until November. I give up any sense of "nutrition" from Thanksgiving until Lent. Southerners are in bad health because we are not a food culture but a feast culture, and it's not just self-inflected torture to not indulge, but insulting to those offering. Yes, dieting is literally offensive, lol. With a barrage of birthdays after New Years, we're talking pizza and cake and ice cream in no less than 5 weekends spread out over two months. I'll get back on the diet train after we have our annual King Cake, lol.

Barbell Bench 45+25+5

¿que? Are these reps or plates?

Plates, lol.

As someone else said in the politics topic, math is hard.

So you're benching 195lbs? Just say that lol

Best to just list out (weight)x(sets)x(reps) for each workout which will give us a better idea if you're doing not enough or too much.

By Switchpro Go To Posti tried that but how would i know how many calories all the stuff has?
i'm not weighing all my portions on a scale before eating.

Ballpark weights/measures can be good enough. Also, you don't have to weigh everything (healthy packaged foods for example), and my lifestyle allows me to eat the same staple foods regularly so it's easy to input.

At the very least, a food tracker will help keep you mindful of your caloric intake. MyFitnessPal is the best one I've used.

Give it a go and shoot me a PM if you have any questions. I've been tracking for about 6 months now and it has really helped me get in better shape.

One month in and I can't say I'm really impressed with my personal trainer experience.

are you seeing a trainer to push you or just to actually show you how to work out?

for the former just get a workout buddy.
and the latter...well i just i'd say i learned by trial/error but i already had a good knowledge base built up from my mom being heavy into fitness all my life.

latter

Benching heavy while still sore from two days ago is impossible lol

yeah i just hurt my knee doing goblet squats and tried to superset it with a leg press

NOPE

When you have not had fruit in two weeks, grapes taste like Smarties candies.

Is the key to belly fat dropping bread like I'm reading or what

Cutting carbs in general. You can't spot-reduce fat, you need to reduce your overall body fat percentage.