-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Fitness |OT4| Squat Booty, Summer Cuts, and Super Swoletrophy
- Thread starter Mr.City
- Start date
- Status
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Working construction and lifting consistently sucks. I need to start eating more, I'm around 3-3.5k calories to maintain without lifting and I still feel drained after work.
Intercostal sounds about right from looking at the pictures. Guess I'll be taking it easy for a bit
It's not that bad. I've had intercostal strains and its annoying because it can twinge when you breathe or when lying down, but it heals pretty quickly. You should be able to be back in the gym doing light squat weights in no time, even with some residual discomfort.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Am I supposed to "warm up" before weight lifting?
Also a general warmup, maybe 5 minutes of fairly light rowing before you start.
the sauna works wonders for warming my body up, especially when I do some stretching or pushups/dips
I do light shoulder exercises before any of my upper body work outs. Mainly rotator cuff stuff. Before legs, I ride the bike for 5-10 minutes and then do some light sets of leg extensions.
RumblingRosco
Member
A Chinese buffet opened 1 mile from my place.
My winter bulk is going to be a thing of beauty.
My winter bulk is going to be a thing of beauty.
What are good inner thighs exercises?
My skin is kinda of stretchy and I dont want to turn to cosmetic surgery if there can be an improvment. I lost a good 30 pound in a month so that didnt help at all.
I didnt do weights too. I just ran...scold me if you must, but I just want some tips thanks.
My skin is kinda of stretchy and I dont want to turn to cosmetic surgery if there can be an improvment. I lost a good 30 pound in a month so that didnt help at all.
I didnt do weights too. I just ran...scold me if you must, but I just want some tips thanks.
Zero carbs zero fat thousands of grams of protein to prepare for the gallons of straight liquor to awake as a hungover bronze god?
Hahahaha actually I was referring to the New Years Resolution tsunami, but I like the way you think!
Packed gym for first week or so? lol
My gym is making me switch over to Membership Counseling T_T so for part of December and probably most of Jan/Feb I'll be making an extra $1.25 and have better hours, but it's way shittier work.
Membership counseling? Are you one of those people who try to sell memberships? If so that blows dude lol
yeah I'll be going from Service Rep (sit on ass all day and greet people) to Membership Counselor (do tours, sell 'ships, etc). Yeah it sucks lol.
AdventureRacing
Member
We're already getting 40 degree days and summer is just starting, me thinks that will keep people away (in fact the gym has been pretty empty last few days).
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
How real of a problem is this and how long does it take before they give up?
Varies on your gym. Mine is a small independent gym frequented by mostly old folks/moms so for me it's not too big of a deal since they tend to stick with the cardio. However at my university gym after New Years... bros, bros everywhere. Lasted about a month or so before things started to die down, back to normal by end of Feb.
So, I don't have a tonne of friends, so I'm going to give this to you guys. 'Cause you can take it.
I haven't set foot in a gym since July, due to transportation and funds. My fiancee and I are on shaky ground. I'm unemployed. I'm clinically depressed. I'm pretty sure I'm an alcoholic. All I have are my balls, my name, and beating the shit out of myself on the pavement, a piece of shit made on TV pull up ball, and a 100lb barbell.
So, when you're doing squats, deadlifts, bench press, 10 mile runs, whatever... just do it hard. Do an extra rep. Spit on the ground to keep yourself from being sick. Drop the bar and collapse in your knuckles. Because I can't, I need to, and seeing you all murder the steel gives me a moment to smile because I can't touch a barbell right now.
Hit it hard ladies and gents and clean off the steel if you tear something.
Well, they can, but hypertrophy comes in with a combo of both endurance and strength . They can only get you so far. If you don't have equipment, work on one arm.
I haven't set foot in a gym since July, due to transportation and funds. My fiancee and I are on shaky ground. I'm unemployed. I'm clinically depressed. I'm pretty sure I'm an alcoholic. All I have are my balls, my name, and beating the shit out of myself on the pavement, a piece of shit made on TV pull up ball, and a 100lb barbell.
So, when you're doing squats, deadlifts, bench press, 10 mile runs, whatever... just do it hard. Do an extra rep. Spit on the ground to keep yourself from being sick. Drop the bar and collapse in your knuckles. Because I can't, I need to, and seeing you all murder the steel gives me a moment to smile because I can't touch a barbell right now.
Hit it hard ladies and gents and clean off the steel if you tear something.
Well, they can, but hypertrophy comes in with a combo of both endurance and strength . They can only get you so far. If you don't have equipment, work on one arm.
Bigger muscles and strength go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other. If you get stronger you will also get bigger. And if you get bigger you will also be stronger.
Push ups problem is that they are extremely hard to load which means that you will just end up doing longer and longer sets with more reps. They will only get you so far because of this. They are a good accessory exercise though but can't really be used as a primary exercise unless you find a way to do them loaded.
I couldn't do it. This is one of the big reasons I like to workout at home. I wouldn't have the patience. Good luck to all of you guys that go to the gym.
I've been looking at weighted vests recently. Does anyone in here have experience with vests and callisthenics? If so, How much weight is too much?
L0st Id3ntity
Member
Since switching to 3 reps in bench press instead of Starting Strength's 5, I made a 15lbs increase in a month, reaching 167 after plateauing so long around 150.
I also did my first weighted pull ups today, did 3 sets to failure with 12lbs, felt different.
Also Deadlifted 291lbs 3x5.
Definitely a good day.
I also did my first weighted pull ups today, did 3 sets to failure with 12lbs, felt different.
Also Deadlifted 291lbs 3x5.
Definitely a good day.
Justin from 70s Big recommends switching to sets of 3 when plateauing on either SS or the Texas Method. It's definitely a good way to keep adding weight to the bar.
While I do hate having to wait to use the squat rack or the flat bench, since I train at a university gym it also means that there will be a shitton of fresh new hot chicks in Yoga Pants.
I'm ready.
Squats.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Fuck gyms in January. I can't wait till I get this new house and make my own gym.
Frank, why you no fat?!?
Dem asian genes.
Frank, why you no fat?!?
Dem asian genes.
parrotbeak
Member
That old lady is creepy.
Luscious LeftFoot
Member
Her lifting weights in the background cracked me up.
I wonder if he supplements any type of fiber or even laxatives during his crazy bulk sessions.. His Shits must be epic
Martin Berkhan has addressed this a few times on Leangains.com. Do a search for 'BCAA' and tons of articles will pop up.
TLDR; BCAAs are awesome if you're training fasted. Don't bother with them if you're training in a fed state.
Edit - Saw this on Reddit a few days back. Pretty badass.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/13r5fc/this_is_why_you_run_a_novice_linear_progression/
Dude gets fat but also gets strong as hell. He goes from 290lbs to 340lbs and ups his deadlift from 315 to 635 in the space of 6 months.
I'd love to do that.. Except for the whole getting fat thing. Yeah.
entremet
Member
Nope.
You can't gain muscle and lose fat at the same time unfortunately. You should probably bulk first. Cardio should really just be used as a means to reach your goal caloric deficit/or mitigate a surplus. I'd also recommend that you do it low intensity.
You know whats funny is I noticed that you're friends on facebook with Steven Williams who's doing it pretty big on the youtube fitness tip. You ever watch any of his videos?
You've heard of Steven? He went to my high school so I know him pretty well. I've watched his stuff and I'm mad jelly with how he got to where he is now. In high school he looked nothing like that haha.
And I need to focus more on cardio/diet because right now Im crazy overweight(Last year I was 185, this year I'm 265) Unless I can just focus on strength and dieting and hope that the dieting and activity from working out helps me shed the weight. I know if I stick to not eating out I should lose weight pretty fast, as I've done it before, but I would assume adding cardio to the mix would speed things up/focus more on the excess fat on myself.
dat body composition......
- Status