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Fitness |OT4| Squat Booty, Summer Cuts, and Super Swoletrophy
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.7 to 1 g per lb of bodyweight
Eat 100 grams a protein a day.
Bam Bam Baklava
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So what would you need to be eating and how much of it if you weight 200 pounds?
MrToughPants
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.91325g/lb
L0st Id3ntity
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Just an inch or 2 lower to hit parallel (on your 225 set). Otherwise your knees are out and your body is tight, I think you're good.
HollovVpo1nt
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This dude in my brothers' school was showing off with weights and he got over his head and... his balls shot back up :| Whats this phenomenon called?
L0st Id3ntity
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Post Workout buffet:
- Rib eye steak with a baked potatoe
- 8 Chicken wings
- 4 Chicken nuggets
- Large salad bowl
- Spaghetti with some meatballs
- Rice and lamb meat
- Chocolate cake
I'm not even that full.
- Rib eye steak with a baked potatoe
- 8 Chicken wings
- 4 Chicken nuggets
- Large salad bowl
- Spaghetti with some meatballs
- Rice and lamb meat
- Chocolate cake
I'm not even that full.
Wait...what? Ascended testicles?
entremet
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I usually do what Rando suggested, however I always do 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight It's just easier to measure mentally when tracking your intake.
What program are you on? What are you are goals?
Jeez.. I wish I could stomach all of that.
HollovVpo1nt
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Yes :S
HollovVpo1nt
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"The best spotter in the world cannot react quickly enough to save you from a dropped bar. The danger of this cannot truly be appreciated until one sees the effects of a dropped bar firsthand. If you insist on using a thumbless grip on the bench, you need to do it at home, so that when the ambulance comes (if anyone is there to call 911) it doesn't disrupt anyone else's training."
lol
lol
That's not fucking up. Give yourself one day a week to eat dirty. Pizza is perfect.
o.k I need you guys to take a look on this.
the official www.gnc.com site has a "protein" link in their site and it calculates the amount of protein you should be taking according to your goals
Find out your protein number
My stats are 143 lbs. and 5'5.... so...the machine told me I should take 70 gr per day... and suggested foods and distribution of meals to reach that goal, including a sortiment of crappy salads, fruits, no beef to be seen anywhere..
I specifically said I want to gain mass/muscle and that I do strenght training, which I think I do unless 10 minutes on the treadmill count for cardio...
WTF is this... can someone tell me what's going on?
isn't that number quite low?? I thought 143 lbs meant 143 gr of protein per day...
the official www.gnc.com site has a "protein" link in their site and it calculates the amount of protein you should be taking according to your goals
Find out your protein number
My stats are 143 lbs. and 5'5.... so...the machine told me I should take 70 gr per day... and suggested foods and distribution of meals to reach that goal, including a sortiment of crappy salads, fruits, no beef to be seen anywhere..
I specifically said I want to gain mass/muscle and that I do strenght training, which I think I do unless 10 minutes on the treadmill count for cardio...
WTF is this... can someone tell me what's going on?
isn't that number quite low?? I thought 143 lbs meant 143 gr of protein per day...
You'd think they would want that number to be higher considering they sell protein supplements...
I wish I could fit this kinda stuff into my macros.Post Workout buffet:
- Rib eye steak with a baked potatoe
- 8 Chicken wings
- 4 Chicken nuggets
- Large salad bowl
- Spaghetti with some meatballs
- Rice and lamb meat
- Chocolate cake
I'm not even that full.
Studies show bodybuilders and people who practice resistance training regularly benefit from more protein. I think it should be based on your lbm though.
HisshouBuraiKen
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The gods of fitness and the british one got me. XD
I recognize Ripptoe and Scooby but who's the guy on the left?
I don't even know who scooby is. The guy on the left looks like that one guy that died.
FallingEdge
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Those are awesome.
Your squats are super high. And the more weight you add to the bar the higher they are.
I see you are still doing high bar. It seems to me you are trying to implement low bar mechanics into a high bar squat. This doesn't work. In a high bar squat your shins aren't as vertical as the back angle shortens the hamstrings and throws the knees forward. You also need to drive with your chest.
If you are going to switch to low bar, you need to do it now. If you are going to stick with high bar, that's fine, but understand the mechanics are different from what I and others have been indicating.
Your deadlift looks okay. You need to raise your chest a bit more. Think of pointing your nipples to the wall. That usually does the trick. Does your Gym have round plates? Because those hexagonal plates will make deadlifting unnecessarily more annoying one the weights start to get heavy.
HollovVpo1nt
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Those are awesome.
Your squats are super high. And the more weight you add to the bar the higher they are.
Out of curiosity, I watched the vids and I thought the squats were pretty good. Knees out, upper legs horizontal/ parallel to feet in "seated" position. So I don't really see what you mean by super high cause that's how I would've done it.
The minimum bottom of the squat is where the top of the thigh the parallel to the ground, not the hamstrings but the quads. It's slight, but from the top of the knee to the hip is the angle is wider than 90 degrees. He needs to go lower.
EDIT: Like that pic above. Note the "bottom" is where the quad is exactly parallel with the ground. Depending your size, the the same spot where your calves will meet your hams, although with some people they're not big enough for that to occur.
Is this a form issue or a flexibility issue? I still can't seem to get deep enough, are my legs too close together or my feet not pointed outward enough if this is the case?
HollovVpo1nt
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Usually a wider stance with toes pointed outwards and an active effort to shove the knees out at the bottom fixes all depth problems, even in super inflexible people. More flexible individuals can get away with feet pointed inwards more and a narrower stance, but for people with trouble reaching depth, knees out+wider stance usually does the trick.
Try this both as a stretch and to get an idea of what the bottom of the squat feels like:
It can be hard to spot, since your eyes will shoot straight towards the first 90 degree angle from having it drilled in your head so much. So, you see the hams at 90 and your brain goes "thighs are at parallel." Took me a while too, I've just worked with enough people to break the habit.
Two things, one the couch stretch. Google it.
Two, when doing air squats, use your elbows to spread your knees out in the bottom of the pocket. That butterfly stretch you did back in elementary school P.E. will help, too.
EDIT: Noema, you son of a bitch. Posting faster than me.
Perfect, thanks. I definitely see what you mean. So it's the quad that needs to be parallel, not the hamstring. FML lol, while I'm doing them and looking in the mirror it always looks like I'm going properly to parallel, heh.
Thanks everyone!
Here's something I used to do. Those safety bars, put them lower. Then, use them as a guide to check and see if you're low enough. Just looking in the mirror can often be deceiving, as you may not be able to tell if your leg is straight. However, having another line to be parallel to (first the safety bar AND the ground) can give you a better visual aid.
Looks like my gym alright.
Here's something I saw today, but maybe it's legit.
A husband and wife were doing bench presses, with their wrists facing them, with a close grip.
lol those are great
Isn't that just a reverse bench press? Meant to hit the triceps more.
Yup that was it.
Never saw it before and definitely looked a little awkward but glad it's legit
Yup that was it.
Never saw it before and definitely looked a little awkward but glad it's legit
Yeah, for my buddy who's into bodybuilding its his favorite triceps lift. I do them occasionally, but prefer dips and extensions myself.
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