Are you tracking calories? If you have any left, use emKeep up the good work guys.
Day 2 of my cut and I'm pretty fucking hungry right now but I guess that's my body adjusting, huh?
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You guys ever see this when you shopping? Shit is good as fuck and it's got 88 fucking grams of protein per dish? That just seems wrong, but holy shit if it actually does.
You guys ever see this when you shopping? Shit is good as fuck and it's got 88 fucking grams of protein per dish? That just seems wrong, but holy shit if it actually does.
Get bigger
Lose body fat
Are these things possible to do at the same time? I'm around 8-10% body fat currently, trying to go back to my naturalP) state of 7%. But I usually do that by hitting the gym early in the morning and relieving myself of 300 calories for a few weeks. I tend to shrink from 175-165 doing that though. Tips?
Will be ready for basketball this summer, getting my bounce & explosion back, moved away from heavy squats and do box squats with an emphasis on moving the weight quickly. Some fools are gonna get dunked on like it was 2004 all over again.
Its horse meat?That's because horse meat contains more protein than beef.
Also, what's the general consensus on crossfit here?
To basketball fitness GAF, what do you recommend for leg explosiveness? I've just started training, and I'm at a 30" vert. I was thinking plyometric exercises, but would i have to do normal strength training first? And for how long? I'd like to push my way up to a 40", if possible.
Also, what's the general consensus on crossfit here?
To basketball fitness GAF, what do you recommend for leg explosiveness? I've just started training, and I'm at a 30" vert. I was thinking plyometric exercises, but would i have to do normal strength training first? And for how long? I'd like to push my way up to a 40", if possible.
Also, what's the general consensus on crossfit here?
Box squats and plyometrics. And CF is fine if done right. Just like anything else.
see, that was my plan too, and then I broke my leg blocking a shot.
everything just got delayed by 3 months for total recovery + 1 month to get my strength back. so lets say I'll be dunkin' on fools in my winter league. haha.
That's because horse meat contains more protein than beef.
Damn, sorry to hear about your leg, at least the bone will be stronger when you recover.
So far, I haven't told anyone about my new routine, so I plan to half ass it in games and then surprise someone on a break or put back.
I love when people ask this. Unleash the gifs.
To basketball fitness GAF, what do you recommend for leg explosiveness? I've just started training, and I'm at a 30" vert. I was thinking plyometric exercises, but would i have to do normal strength training first? And for how long? I'd like to push my way up to a 40", if possible.
Also, what's the general consensus on crossfit here?
Does anyone else find that their appetite diminishes greatly after lifting? And only lifting? If I go the gym and lift hard, whether it be squats or bench, I find it difficult to eat the rest of the day. I have to force myself to get in enough calories and protein after lifting, sometimes feeling like I want to vomit if I eat. If I lift in the morning, I can easily go all day without thinking about food. This only occurs after anaerobic workouts with heavy weights. This is weird because normally I have a very strong appetite and could put away a large pizza without a problem (for example). My easiest time cutting has always been when I lifted heavy, and that is largely because it controls my appetite so well.
I don't really get the huge uproar with the UK horse meat scandal recently personally. Sure paying for what's advertised as beef but really isn't is worth getting upset about but I'd happily eat horse. Probably not the majority view though hey.
Does anyone else find that their appetite diminishes greatly after lifting? And only lifting? If I go the gym and lift hard, whether it be squats or bench, I find it difficult to eat the rest of the day. I have to force myself to get in enough calories and protein after lifting, sometimes feeling like I want to vomit if I eat. If I lift in the morning, I can easily go all day without thinking about food. This only occurs after anaerobic workouts with heavy weights. This is weird because normally I have a very strong appetite and could put away a large pizza without a problem (for example). My easiest time cutting has always been when I lifted heavy, and that is largely because it controls my appetite so well.
Nope, in fact I'm always hungry. ALWAYS hungry. This makes cutting especially difficult.
Is your BF% low (like under 15%) or is it higher?
I wonder if my lack of hunger has to do with going from a state of poor insulin sensitivity (I have a history of high triglycerides and diabetes runs in my family) to higher insulin sensitivity. I imagine if your insulin sensitivity is already high, you might experience increased hunger after a workout instead.
Does anyone else find that their appetite diminishes greatly after lifting? And only lifting? If I go the gym and lift hard, whether it be squats or bench, I find it difficult to eat the rest of the day. I have to force myself to get in enough calories and protein after lifting, sometimes feeling like I want to vomit if I eat. If I lift in the morning, I can easily go all day without thinking about food. This only occurs after anaerobic workouts with heavy weights. This is weird because normally I have a very strong appetite and could put away a large pizza without a problem (for example). My easiest time cutting has always been when I lifted heavy, and that is largely because it controls my appetite so well.
At McDonald's today, I was looking at the nutritional information of several items trying to figure out which one has the best bang-for-the-buck value in terms of amount of protein.
The winner (at least in Mexico):
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Highest amount of protein total goes to the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, with 48g per buger.
Strong first youtube comment.
One of these days I'm gonna try the Dave Tate thing where you go to McDonald's, order 4 McMuffins and 4 hashbrown potatoes, drench the hashbrowns in mayonnaise and then stick the hashbrowns in the McMuffins.
I already know off the bat that that is over 2,000 kcals. I'm not sure what to think about the fact that I know that.
People like to know what they eat. The fact that there's horse meat shows that there's poor quality control. Plus I believe some horses are pumped with hormones and other substances that are dangerous for humans. So there's a health risk involved unless these horses were fit for human consumption. There were also other instances where they found fecal dna in these packages, and others where there wasn't even meat. It's a big clusterfuck.
Looks like he's about to wipe out right before the gif loops at the endWhat would his imagined purpose for that even be...wtf
I guess he could do a mean Irish jig?
I seriously don't get the whole cross-fit hype. It's a sure invitation to get hurt..
*twitch*
Is that the sweet siren song of Crossfit Confusion?!?!?!?!?!
Short answer, cause I'm not fired up enough to rant, people associate volume and how tired you are with how much of a workout you had. Combine that with simply brilliant marketing and your brand's top athletes calling themselves the "fittest athletes in the world," and you have a recipe for success.
Now, the fact that it's a pyramid scheme that sets most gyms up for failure is beside the point.
To be fair, Crossfit style training, also known as circuit training or barbell complexes, aren't really a bad thing and are fantastic for building conditioning and assisting with hypertrophy. Too much of that shit or doing it the wrong way is how you get injuries. For examples, see their very own injury page.
I guess it's the fact that whenever you see Cross-Fit you see crazy jumping and throwing of weights. Definitely wrong education on my part.
I am doing and love circuit training. Both Body weight and with free weights for example, don't get me wrong
I just know for a fact that wrong posture can really hurt and with the high impact a lot of cross-fit exercises seem to have it's just that much worse.
I am not saying it's a bad thing to do but it needs proper supervision more than anything else from what I can tell.
Happy to learn more though.
no because if crossfit is done right, you're doing olympic lifts for time - form be damned. not to mention the slap tears from all the kipping shit they do. it's very dangerous if done "right".
oh and on the box jumps, make sure you step off the box, don't jump off. saves your ankles a lot of wear and tear.
Form be damned isn't a tenet of CF. I'd be willing to the form on all my lifts up against yours even after I've done fucking 30 of them for time. And I learned how to lift at a CF gym. Sweeping generalizations are dumb regardless of what you're talking about. There's a million people doing CF now so of course you're going to have idiots but don't dismiss the whole program because of them.
This just makes you sound ignorant.
You aren't going to do 30 reps of any lift FOR TIME and keep your form during those 30 reps. Might you be able to then do a lift AFTER with proper form? Sure, when you're no longer going for time.
Sweeping generalizations make sense when the very core foundation of a training method is both poorly designed and dangerous.
This just makes you sound ignorant.
You aren't going to do 30 reps of any lift FOR TIME and keep your form during those 30 reps. Might you be able to then do a lift AFTER with proper form? Sure, when you're no longer going for time.
Sweeping generalizations make sense when the very core foundation of a training method is both poorly designed and dangerous.