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Fitness |OT3| BroScience, Protein Dysentery, XXL Calf Implants, and Squat Rack Hogs

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Oyashiro

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snoopen said:
Don't you have trainers?

I'm pretty happy with my gym, i get a very cheap gym membership (10 a week for their 'platinum' package) through work and i get free programs etc.. i'd recommend getting someone (paying) to inspect your form / give program.
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Nah, it's just a college gym. Everyone goes and does whatever they want, it's not like a structured gym really.
 
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WedgeX

Banned
Welp, my regular exercise thats kept me in shape the last few years is out of the question for the next 3-4 months. Went and broke my foot so I won't be running, biking, playing kickball, wallyball, soccer or football any time soon.

I'll ask my orthopedic surgeon for options when I see him next, but thats 3 weeks away.

I guess getting a gym membership might be my best option? What recommendations do you guys have about finding a decent gym? Plus trainers I guess. Haven't lifted on a regular basis since high school and haven't a clue.

Other exercise options? Things that don't require putting much, if any, pressure on my foot is probably the biggest constraint.
 
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IceCold

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WedgeX said:
Welp, my regular exercise thats kept me in shape the last few years is out of the question for the next 3-4 months. Went and broke my foot so I won't be running, biking, playing kickball, wallyball, soccer or football any time soon.

I'll ask my orthopedic surgeon for options when I see him next, but thats 3 weeks away.

I guess getting a gym membership might be my best option? What recommendations do you guys have about finding a decent gym? Plus trainers I guess. Haven't lifted on a regular basis since high school and haven't a clue.

Other exercise options? Things that don't require putting much, if any, pressure on my foot is probably the biggest constraint.
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You could use the rowing machine.
 
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Enco

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X-Frame said:
Wedge, that's an easy one - swimming.
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Not sure if that's a joke or if I'm just missing the point haha

Pretty sure a messed up foot would make swimming tough. At least in certain ways.
 
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IceCold

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Enco said:
Not sure if that's a joke or if I'm just missing the point haha

Pretty sure a messed up foot would make swimming tough. At least in certain ways.
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Of course it would make it difficult. You need to kick your legs to swim properly.
 
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parrotbeak

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Swimming with minimal kicking is great upper body work. I did a lot of that this past weekend because the beach I camped at was rocky and shallow.
 
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MjFrancis

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Enco said:
Don't think my body is liking the leangains method.

Been trying it for around a week but I don't like the morning hunger pains and my chest has been feeling a bit odd too. Time to drop it I think. Haven't worked out for the past two or so weeks thanks to my wrist but I'll try join a gym this weekend. Gotta get back into things.
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How do you do the leangains method without working out? Or are you just intermittently fasting?
 
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mooooose

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So.

Dumbbell Bench 50lbs 3x8
Dumbbell Rows 55lbs 3x8
Skullcrushers + Bicep Curls (Curl bar) 20lbs 3x8
Shoulder press (Smith machine) 30lbs 3x8
Squats (Smith machine) 140lbs 3x8

I'm pretty new to all this. I know I need to incorporate deadlifts. I usually lift anywhere from 3 to 5 days a week. Is this too much? Am I killing my chance of progress?

Am I ok doing dumbbell rows for now or should I force myself onto barbell bent over rows? My form is bad and I never feel it in my back when I do that so I guess I'm doing what works.

I don't know.

Also is this ok for now or should I follow my friends and do isolated muscle workouts? Kind of annoying having no one to go with. I've seen gains (main in my chest) this way but I'm really ready to take this seriously.
 
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Bealost

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I definitely do not recommend doing isolation workouts, unless you are already pretty advanced in your training. I would say what you are doing is definitely not too much.

I would recommend learning to do any exercises that you currently do in the smith machine with a barbell instead.

Some type of squat (Goblet squats are great if you are uncomfortable with barbell squats) and pullups or chinups if you are able, if you aren't then setting that as an early goal is a great idea.

EDIT: Sorry I overlooked the 3-5 day part. Depending on how hard your workout is, 5 days/week could be way too much. I think the standard is 3 or 4 days a week at the most.

EDITED again: I'm not sure I even read your post the first time.
 
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dralla

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question about fiber on nutrition labels, figured this was the best way to ask. say something has 6g of dietary fiber and 4g of soluble fiber, does that mean 4g of the 6g are soluble or that there are 10g total, 6g and 4g respectively. and neither effects blood alcohol levels, correct?
 
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Maddness

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Alright GAFit, I've been lazy too long and I have decided that I'm going to stop talking about it and just do it. I'm 29, married, and have gained too much weight while being married and I'm just a fat douche. I need to get with the program.

For the past month I've gone to a strictly water only beverage intake and have started eating way healthier foods and thrice meals a day. I just need to get my exercising under control. Since I'm a fat ass I can't start with P90x or probably even P90 level Daniel Craig shit. I guess it's cardio for me. I've always been a big guy since I was a kid, not fat but just a big guy, a big frame.

Anyway what's the best way to just say fuck it all and start a routine? Help me GAFit-Wan Kenobi.... You're my only hope.
 
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EXGN

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Maddness said:
Alright GAFit, I've been lazy too long and I have decided that I'm going to stop talking about it and just do it. I'm 29, married, and have gained too much weight while being married and I'm just a fat douche. I need to get with the program.

For the past month I've gone to a strictly water only beverage intake and have started eating way healthier foods and thrice meals a day. I just need to get my exercising under control. Since I'm a fat ass I can't start with P90x or probably even P90 level Daniel Craig shit. I guess it's cardio for me. I've always been a big guy since I was a kid, not fat but just a big guy, a big frame.

Anyway what's the best way to just say fuck it all and start a routine? Help me GAFit-Wan Kenobi.... You're my only hope.
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I'm certainly no expert, but I think a mix of both lifting and cardio would be best for burning fat. Compound exercises that leverage a variety of muscle groups are key, as they burn calories as the muscle regrows so your actually burning calories long after you workout (or at least that's my understanding.)
 
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Alpha-Bromega

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Maddness said:
Alright GAFit, I've been lazy too long and I have decided that I'm going to stop talking about it and just do it. I'm 29, married, and have gained too much weight while being married and I'm just a fat douche. I need to get with the program.

For the past month I've gone to a strictly water only beverage intake and have started eating way healthier foods and thrice meals a day. I just need to get my exercising under control. Since I'm a fat ass I can't start with P90x or probably even P90 level Daniel Craig shit. I guess it's cardio for me. I've always been a big guy since I was a kid, not fat but just a big guy, a big frame.

Anyway what's the best way to just say fuck it all and start a routine? Help me GAFit-Wan Kenobi.... You're my only hope.
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since i really like your writing style and attitude i'll help a bit and spare you the overwhelming technicalities that many experts can burden a n00b with; just start ANY routine, fucking walking in the morning for 2 weeks just to get you into the habit of working out. You'll probably the feel the immense benefits just of that alone, and as soon as you have a HABIT, then you can modify in all sorts of ways that the experts here can help with.

lifting a bit will help too, even fucking bicep curls i guess, but yeah once you get into the new lifestyle of wanting to be healthy (you can still fall out of it at this point!), then you'll need to be all about some solid compound exercises with lots of cardio

but good on you dude for wanting to be healthy, real talk i was fat as fuck once and all it takes is the mentality and the doing. drinking mostly water only? awesome, get that sugar shit out of your body. this is one of the most important steps into changing your lifestyle and being serious
 
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travisbickle

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So I started another attempt to bulk up. This time it's different I have a routine designed by a friend who used to be a personal trainer, and I have a gym partner who pushes me.

I've been working out for 4 weeks, 4 times a week and I've put on 4kgs. I'm quite happy to make meals and I'm eating 5 times a day. I have a question: I bought a tub of Weider Plus Protein this weekend, to try, and was wondering where to fit it in to my diet? Do I add it to my meal times? or should I just drink it pre/post workout? and how many times a day?

My gym partner doesn't agree with protein drinks, and just tells me to keep eating, so that's why I haven't asked him. I don't want to go heavy on them, so what do you recommend?
 
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Maddness

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Alpha-Bromega said:
since i really like your writing style and attitude i'll help a bit and spare you the overwhelming technicalities that many experts can burden a n00b with; just start ANY routine, fucking walking in the morning for 2 weeks just to get you into the habit of working out. You'll probably the feel the immense benefits just of that alone, and as soon as you have a HABIT, then you can modify in all sorts of ways that the experts here can help with.

lifting a bit will help too, even fucking bicep curls i guess, but yeah once you get into the new lifestyle of wanting to be healthy (you can still fall out of it at this point!), then you'll need to be all about some solid compound exercises with lots of cardio

but good on you dude for wanting to be healthy, real talk i was fat as fuck once and all it takes is the mentality and the doing. drinking mostly water only? awesome, get that sugar shit out of your body. this is one of the most important steps into changing your lifestyle and being serious
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Yea. That's basically how I feel about the situation. I've been slowly thinking more and more about it over the past couple of months and last night I was watching X-Men: First Class and thought "I'm never going to get any mutant powers if I'm a a fat fuck" so I decided that today was the day where I go 200% Fit mode. The place I live has a 24 hour gym and heated pool etc, so I have plenty of options, but up until this point I've basically been in that position that you sometimes get when you're at the bar and there's some super hot chick about 4 stools down. You really want to just go over there and tear that shit up like some rabid grizzly, but at the same time, god damn that could be a huge waste of time. So you just say fuck it.

Thanks for the advice guys. I won't let your advice go to waste......or waist?
 
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Alpha-Bromega

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Maddness said:
Yea. That's basically how I feel about the situation. I've been slowly thinking more and more about it over the past couple of months and last night I was watching X-Men: First Class and thought "I'm never going to get any mutant powers if I'm a a fat fuck" so I decided that today was the day where I go 200% Fit mode. The place I live has a 24 hour gym and heated pool etc, so I have plenty of options, but up until this point I've basically been in that position that you sometimes get when you're at the bar and there's some super hot chick about 4 stools down. You really want to just go over there and tear that shit up like some rabid grizzly, but at the same time, god damn that could be a huge waste of time. So you just say fuck it.

Thanks for the advice guys. I won't let your advice go to waste......or waist?
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hahahaha


now go take a walk
 
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Scrow

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Alpha-Bromega said:
since i really like your writing style and attitude i'll help a bit and spare you the overwhelming technicalities that many experts can burden a n00b with; just start ANY routine, fucking walking in the morning for 2 weeks just to get you into the habit of working out. You'll probably the feel the immense benefits just of that alone, and as soon as you have a HABIT, then you can modify in all sorts of ways that the experts here can help with.
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sound advice.

the basics are simple. eat less, move more.

figure out the details as you go.
 
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J Tourettes

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Just managed to bite a piece out of my lip when I hit my chin on the bar coming down from a chin up. Have my gf's thirtieth party tonight so will be afflicted with a fat lip for the inevitable deluge of Facebook photos
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Dysun

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Finally hit 280 bench (no extreme back arc, bar to chest with a pause), my goal since I began was to bench 3 plates (315). Not bad for one years work where I started under 1 plate.
 
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entremet

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Dysun said:
Finally hit 280 bench (no extreme back arc, bar to chest with a pause), my goal since I began was to bench 3 plates (315). Not bad for one years work where I started under 1 plate.
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What program? SS?

I'm stalling on my bench, but me thinks I need to eat more.
 
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Rur0ni

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Dysun said:
Finally hit 280 bench (no extreme back arc, bar to chest with a pause), my goal since I began was to bench 3 plates (315). Not bad for one years work where I started under 1 plate.
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The gains you can make in a year are pretty awesome. Makes you a totally different person.
 
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Ovid

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Dysun said:
Finally hit 280 bench (no extreme back arc, bar to chest with a pause), my goal since I began was to bench 3 plates (315). Not bad for one years work where I started under 1 plate.
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Wow, great job!!!
 
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Mully

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Just got back from a session. Went really well today. I can already see some really nice tone in my core.

I changed my routine around a little:

-Shoulder Press: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 80, 80, 90, 90
-Bench: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 185, 205, 205, 215
-Skull Crushers: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 50, 60, 60, 70
-Bicep Curls: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 70, 70, 80, 80
-Squats: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 275, 295, 295, 315
-Pec Deck: 3 Sets, 12 Reps 130, 145, 145
-Rows: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 160, 160, 180, 180
-Lateral Raises: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 40, 50, 60, 60
-Calf Raises: 3 Sets, 10 Reps 180, 180, 200
-Cardio for 30 minutes.

Any suggestions? I'm going for tone.
 
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Bealost

Member
Mully said:
Just got back from a session. Went really well today. I can already see some really nice tone in my core.

I changed my routine around a little:

-Shoulder Press: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 80, 80, 90, 90
-Bench: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 185, 205, 205, 215
-Skull Crushers: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 50, 60, 60, 70
-Bicep Curls: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 70, 70, 80, 80
-Squats: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 275, 295, 295, 315
-Pec Deck: 3 Sets, 12 Reps 130, 145, 145
-Rows: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 160, 160, 180, 180
-Lateral Raises: 4 Sets, 12 Reps 40, 50, 60, 60
-Calf Raises: 3 Sets, 10 Reps 180, 180, 200
-Cardio for 30 minutes.

Any suggestions? I'm going for tone.
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Judging by those numbers you don't need any suggestions from any of us.

Just a little bit shocked someone as strong as you is "going for tone"
 
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kylej

Banned
switching over to Fitocracy permanently I think. If anyone's on there lets be e-fitness friends

username: kylej
 
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IceCold

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I'm 5'7"-8" and weigh around 145lbs and would like to gain mass while gaining the least amount of fat possible. What's would be the optimal rep and set range for lean bulking? Lately I've been doing 4 set exercises at around 10-12 reps each with a lot of super sets. But lately I have not noticed any noticeable increase in strength or muscles growth. I feel like I hit a plateau when I gained 10 lbs after around 6 weeks of working out. Right now school is making harder for me to eat properly and go to the gym as often as I'd like (sometimes I go 3 times, but I'd prefer to go 4 times).
 
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Mully

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Bealost said:
Judging by those numbers you don't need any suggestions from any of us.

Just a little bit shocked someone as strong as you is "going for tone"
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I'm an endomorph, so I really would like to not look like one. Ever since I was told I couldn't play soccer anymore I've gained a bit, so I'd like to lose that, plus a little more.
 
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Dysun

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entrement said:
What program? SS?

I'm stalling on my bench, but me thinks I need to eat more.
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I bulked all year and gained like 30-40 lbs, obviously some was fat as well but I pretty much just pushed my 1 rep max every week and it would usually go up slowly plateauing for a bit here and there but as long as the food intake was high it just kept going. I'm a big guy (6'5, 290) also so it's only a 1:1 bench:bodyweight
 
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rando14

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IceCold said:
I'm 5'7"-8" and weigh around 145lbs and would like to gain mass while gaining the least amount of fat possible. What's would be the optimal rep and set range for lean bulking? Lately I've been doing 4 set exercises at around 10-12 reps each with a lot of super sets. But lately I have not noticed any noticeable increase in strength or muscles growth. I feel like I hit a plateau when I gained 10 lbs after around 6 weeks of working out. Right now school is making harder for me to eat properly and go to the gym as often as I'd like (sometimes I go 3 times, but I'd prefer to go 4 times).
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Bealost

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thanks rando, was just about to go looking for that picture.

I guess if by toning you mean getting to a low bf% diet is way more important than your lifting. You need to lift so you have muscle to show off once you get your bf% down.

Lifting makes you bigger in all the right ways, your diet makes you smaller.
 
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DAVIDHUXLEY

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Friday am Workout
intervals on the rower for about 10 minutes then
Rower Burpees
100m 5
200M 10
300M 15
400M 20
500M 20
400m 20
300m 15
200M 10
100M 5

Pm workout
Intervals on rower for about 10 minutes
Then do the following 3 times
10 squats with 36 lb sledgehammer
10 Sledgehammer lifts
10box jumps
10 pushups
10 situps
10 step ups
10 MB vups
10 Mb slams
400 m row
 
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parrotbeak

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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
Nah, will have a manky toe nail though for a bit. Pretty glad I don't have Vibrams now.
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That's good, glad you aren't hurt. How far up did it drop from and what kind of shoes were you wearing?
 
EviLore

EviLore

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Oh wow, this Fitocracy site is really cool. We should get a separate thread going with a NeoGAF group. Best use of operant conditioning ever ;b
 
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