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Fitness |OT5| Intermittent Farting, Wrist Curls and Hammer Strength Machine Spotters
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Getting back to the gym after a few months of laziness. First time around I bulked up from 140 pounds to 175ish. Think I'm sitting near 155-160ish now, and probably going to cut this time around. I'm sitting at around 20% bodyfat and I'd like to bring that down to 12%. I'm 5'11" btw.
Was thinking of doing the standard Starting Strength weight training stuff Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; then doing cardio (treadmill) on Tuesdays/Thursdays. What do you guys think? How many Calories should I aim for a day? Only meats/greens?
My goal is to actually be able to do 10 pullups in a row this time around lol. I made huge improvements in the 6 months I worked out last year (I had never lifted before), but the one thing that I was never able to do was pullups. Guess my back/lats are just insanely weak. Lots of lat pulldowns this time around?
Was thinking of doing the standard Starting Strength weight training stuff Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; then doing cardio (treadmill) on Tuesdays/Thursdays. What do you guys think? How many Calories should I aim for a day? Only meats/greens?
My goal is to actually be able to do 10 pullups in a row this time around lol. I made huge improvements in the 6 months I worked out last year (I had never lifted before), but the one thing that I was never able to do was pullups. Guess my back/lats are just insanely weak. Lots of lat pulldowns this time around?
Everyone here is so damn big. Bigger than me. Must work harder!
While working harder is always a good thing, you're bigger than me.
I'm under 6' (5'10) and less than 200 (183).
triplestation
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can anyone tell me if steel cut oats really have a lower GI index rate than old fashion oats?
please proof if possible
please proof if possible
Yes they do. The Internet is full of sies giving GI, but as a type 1 diabetic I can tell you with certainty they do. If I wasn't mobile I'd post proof. They case far less of an insulin spike. The processing on your old fashioned makes them digest faster and spike levels.
Everyone here is so damn big. Bigger than me. Must work harder!
when will it be my turn
triplestation
Member
well then i hope you can provide a link when you get onto a computer
i have been googling like crazy and some people say it's a myth and others say its true with nothing factual
i would think so, however since they are the entire grain.. just chopped up
http://www.livestrong.com/article/373887-the-glycemic-index-load-for-oatmeal/
head scratch
Finally got back to the gym on Monday after an almost 9 month "hiatus" (more like I got lazy and rediscovered my love of junk food), and unfortunately had to go back to bar-only squats. 
My thighs are still killing me, which I expected, but for today's squats I'm wondering if I should add weight and do a full 3x5, or stick with an empty bar and do a 3x5 that way.
My thighs are still killing me, which I expected, but for today's squats I'm wondering if I should add weight and do a full 3x5, or stick with an empty bar and do a 3x5 that way.
Finally got back to the gym on Monday after an almost 9 month "hiatus" (more like I got lazy and rediscovered my love of junk food), and unfortunately had to go back to bar-only squats.
My thighs are still killing me, which I expected, but for today's squats I'm wondering if I should add weight and do a full 3x5, or stick with an empty bar and do a 3x5 that way.
as long as you maintain form, add dat weight
BruceLeeRoy
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You beast. You Look great man. That is some impressive size.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I can tell from my own results that steel cut spike my glucose levels much less than regular quick and old-fashioned style oats.
Though apparently reading a bit more, these things tend to be different for diabetics to a degree, so YMMV.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Backs lookin' strong fellas!
Get on a program/routine. Also, read more literature.
This too, although you've posted enough in here you should have already done it.
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High rep everything, especially deads.
Be pretty bad to get a Ware style break while squatting, lol.
Get on a program/routine. Also, read more literature.
This too, although you've posted enough in here you should have already done it.
Welcome to the club. Nice work.
There's a picture of your back in the picture of your back.
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High rep everything, especially deads.
Be pretty bad to get a Ware style break while squatting, lol.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
iAmMaximus
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10-15k calories a day?!
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Forever bulk brah.
Only thing I can recommend is drop the weight, watch some form videos and make sure you're not on the bullet train to snap city.
That's what I did for myself.
=( I was afraid this would be the answer. Thanks!
HisshouBuraiKen
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I don't ever post pics because I have nothing to brag about thanks to my huge spare tire but I feel this is still quite a transformation.
40 long minutes of pure HARD WORK
40 long minutes of pure HARD WORK
Thats the only reality shit I would watch
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Wat?
Resistance training has done nothing good for my medial epicondilitis, care to explain what exactly you mean? Some sort of mobility training or something?
triplestation
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Tesseract
Banned
edited to tendinosis, my bad.
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
I don't ever post pics because I have nothing to brag about thanks to my huge spare tire but I feel this is still quite a transformation.
40 long minutes of pure HARD WORK
I don't get it. What took 40 mins?
In the first pic, you're wearing a T-shirt.
In the next pic, you're not.
I don't see the transformation.
Tesseract
Banned
i have subscapularis tendonosis. best treatment is rubberband resistance training, vitamin e and nitric oxide patches.
yeah i guess it's mobility training, i don't know a lot about it. i pull on a stretchy band like you would a slingshot.
*edit* i'm a little drunk, apologies.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
It's all sorts of Right!
triplestation
Member
its only a matter of time before those kids snap some shit up in their body dont u think?
What? why? wish that could be my job lifting all day long. So jealous.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
So you never got hurt as a kid? Kids snap shit up anyway. Altletes get hurt anyway. It's all a part of te lifestyle. Better this than obese lazy kids.
Those kids have better form than most of the "bros" at my gym.
I'd say it's fine as long as they aren't on steroids like that one dude did to his little kid..and these kids are definitely not on any steroids. They look like normal kids.
omg. I'm gonna have nightmares. that would be the worst.
triplestation
Member
some adults permanently injure their backs doing deadlifts
iirc i don't think bones fully develop until early 20s
if nothing happens and all goes well then thats great but they are kids its kinda risky business imo
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
HisshouBuraiKen
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MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Fuck
Ate a medium pizza and drank a whole cow of milk now I just finished off half a strawberry cake. My broceps exploded like im injecting synthol from the calorie erection they got, wtf i dont even train them...
#forevebulk
#swoletoffy
Ate a medium pizza and drank a whole cow of milk now I just finished off half a strawberry cake. My broceps exploded like im injecting synthol from the calorie erection they got, wtf i dont even train them...
#forevebulk
#swoletoffy
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Haha in that boat. Last night 2 pizzas and today a premium mc wrap, mc double medium fry and I just drank 2 20iz glasses of milk and ate a bowel if moose tracks ice cream. *bulkfist*
I knew it, this picture was wrong.
Bahahahaha
I had (what I like to think) a mrtoughpants dinner last night. 12oz of salmon, 3 servings of brussel sprouts, 4 pieces of bacon and 4 eggs. I hadn't eaten much all day and was starving after dead lifting :-x
My back is probably the best defined part of my body and its my favorite part to workout. I can't wait to get back into a gym again because while my back looks fit and looks well rounded, I'm in serious need of mass. No flex, except slightly for my right arm because of the camera pose.
Again, I'm in serious need of building mass. I'm lean because I've been running approximately 15 miles give or take per week in addition to walking a few miles to and from class in addition to working as a food runner in a high volume restaurant. My endurance is progressing at a quicker pace than I thought possible and that is what is most important to me.
Height: 5'11
Weight: 138lbs
Gym: Currently no
1.5 mile: 10 minutes
Once I get inside a gym again I plan on building 20-25lbs of lean mass. However, I need to completely rethink the way I workout because I'm essentially training to become an athlete. So I need to incorporate functional moves that are dynamic, strenuous with a lot of mobility. I will supplement those exercises with moves that focus purely on strength like powerlifts, squats, bench press, etc.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Again, I'm in serious need of building mass. I'm lean because I've been running approximately 15 miles give or take per week in addition to walking a few miles to and from class in addition to working as a food runner in a high volume restaurant. My endurance is progressing at a quicker pace than I thought possible and that is what is most important to me.
Height: 5'11
Weight: 138lbs
Gym: Currently no
1.5 mile: 10 minutes
Once I get inside a gym again I plan on building 20-25lbs of lean mass. However, I need to completely rethink the way I workout because I'm essentially training to become an athlete. So I need to incorporate functional moves that are dynamic, strenuous with a lot of mobility. I will supplement those exercises with moves that focus purely on strength like powerlifts, squats, bench press, etc.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
It's a floor press bruh. The father is just giving encouragement.
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
The original is too funny not to post, off topic or not. Obviously they got the feeding one mixed up though.
Looking at all these back pics made me think of something. Out of curiosity GAF, what do you think your genetic strengths and weaknesses are? Obviously everybody is different and therefore things will grow easier for some than others but I was just wondering.
I guess I'll go first:
Strengths:
Back
Traps
Calves
Chest
Neutral:
Forearms
Legs
Triceps
Weaknesses:
Shoulders
Biceps
I guess I'll go first:
Strengths:
Back
Traps
Calves
Chest
Neutral:
Forearms
Legs
Triceps
Weaknesses:
Shoulders
Biceps
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Strengths:
Back
Chest
Biceps
Neutral:
Forearms
Shoulders
Triceps
Legs
Traps
Weaknesses:
Calves
Calves
Calves
Back
Chest
Biceps
Neutral:
Forearms
Shoulders
Triceps
Legs
Traps
Weaknesses:
Calves
Calves
Calves
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