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Fitness |OT6| Defying gravity, Quest madness, and Muscle Shaming
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Thanks, every bit helps. Appreciated!
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Should I just keep doing P90 (the original)? It definitely gives me a workout, but I'm worried I'll have that skinny fat look again.
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If it doesn't burn you out, it won't hurt. Losing weight is all about the diet though, so if you end up dying to eat like dogshit due to you being tired or worn out, you may have to make some choices.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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My diet is pretty solid at the moment. I lost a ton of weight before (70 pounds) through diet and walking. It just left me looking like a deflated human.
I really appreciate the advice.
Future PhaZe
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Took a week off and had a few cheat days and I actually feel much shittier than when I was grinding out lifts every other day. Much less energy, worse allergies, etc. The muscle soreness I was experiencing was nothing compared to how lethargic I feel right now.
fuck that
back on the grind, expecting my energy to really pick up after hitting the weights again this evening
fuck that
back on the grind, expecting my energy to really pick up after hitting the weights again this evening
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Dope. You'll be able to do it again then, and at that point, once you've got a good base, your mobility will be up and you can safely do the SS routine in the OP and start gettin STRONK.
SquiddyCracker
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Alright, this will have to do for now, thanks - adding it to the OP.
Zoe
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Hah, that's blocked as adult/pornography at my work.
From what I remember when I glanced at it yesterday, it doesn't let you choose method. This one does even if the interface isn't so great.
From what I remember when I glanced at it yesterday, it doesn't let you choose method. This one does even if the interface isn't so great.
SquiddyCracker
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CROSSFIT
FallingEdge
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wtf
SquiddyCracker
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CROSSFIT
Awww, couple training!
Thrift stores brah.
RumblingRosco
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How much do those large plates weigh in the second clip (girl in the pink sweatpants)? I know those damn sure are not 45 lbs each. I'm guessing they're at most 25 lbs rubber plates?
I train with my fiancee and we sure as fuck do not look that stupid.
God I wish I could do this, My DL is only at 230 with a squat of 315ish.
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You'll get there. You're on the Muscle Train. We've left the station. Feel free to unbuckle your weight belt and get swole.
Choo Choo + Flex
ipitydatfu
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Thanks to better eating, lots of cardio/resistance training, I've dropped about 40 pounds over the last 4 months or so. Now, I've setup a free weight gym in my garage and I'd like to lose another 10 or 15 as well as building on some bulk to look all badass in my old age. Here are the answers to the OP's list of questions:
Age: 42
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
Goal: 195
Current Training Schedule: Weights 3 days a week/ 1 hour per day
Current Training Equipment Available: various olympic barbells, dumbells, weights, curling barbell, and a "Surge Bench"
Comments: I use Quest Bars and Some protien shake powder I got from GNC in the mornings after a work out.
The thing I need to know is about how many calories should I be taking in? About how much weight should I be working with? And I'm also unclear about whether I should alternate working out different parts of my body every day or work out every other day and do a comprehensive full-body workout. My body type is mesomorph, btw.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Age: 42
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
Goal: 195
Current Training Schedule: Weights 3 days a week/ 1 hour per day
Current Training Equipment Available: various olympic barbells, dumbells, weights, curling barbell, and a "Surge Bench"
Comments: I use Quest Bars and Some protien shake powder I got from GNC in the mornings after a work out.
The thing I need to know is about how many calories should I be taking in? About how much weight should I be working with? And I'm also unclear about whether I should alternate working out different parts of my body every day or work out every other day and do a comprehensive full-body workout. My body type is mesomorph, btw.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
RumblingRosco
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Just because I do push-ups with her on my back and she does squats with me on her back and we exclusively refer to each other as "baby" or "baby cakes" and we have matching outfits and she slaps me on the butt after every rep when I deadlift does not mean we look silly! She even agrees!
Spiritreaver
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Someone broke all the dumbbells above 105 except the 125s.
I guess it's back to incline barbell.
I guess it's back to incline barbell.
SquiddyCracker
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Fuuuuck, stomach issues, need to go see a doctor about this - haven't been able to sleep the last couple of days.
Damn you FitGhost!
http://sareyko.net/leancalc/#/g=male/a=42/w=92/h=185/b=NaN/m=1.2/r=-10/t=-10/p=2.5/e=NaN
I used teh following calculator, and it looks like you should consume about 2.1k calories a day (that's on a -10% deficit, which will be slow, but make you less prone to pack on the weight after you've reached your target).
Follow the full-body workout in the OP for best results, which combined with a minor calorie deficit should also result in some strength gains.
Damn you FitGhost!
http://sareyko.net/leancalc/#/g=male/a=42/w=92/h=185/b=NaN/m=1.2/r=-10/t=-10/p=2.5/e=NaN
I used teh following calculator, and it looks like you should consume about 2.1k calories a day (that's on a -10% deficit, which will be slow, but make you less prone to pack on the weight after you've reached your target).
Follow the full-body workout in the OP for best results, which combined with a minor calorie deficit should also result in some strength gains.
Someone broke all the dumbbells above 105 except the 125s.
I guess it's back to incline barbell.
Get to work with the 125s.
Splash Wave
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When doing a reverse-grip DL, which hand should I reverse? My strong hand or my weak hand? If it's the latter, I'm going to feel very stupid.
HisshouBuraiKen
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You alternate so you don't build up an imbalance.
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Deleted member 47027
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Got back from France last night, and look what's waiting for me.
Excellent. Now, go train some people right!
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
GTA V + Shoulder Injury + Knee Injury = Good-Bye Gainz
I read that in Vince's voice.
I read that in Vince's voice.
Got back from France last night, and look what's waiting for me.
How long did it take you to get it?
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At least it's a fun goodbye, you'll be back before you know it! Oh I gotta make sure it's in Vince's voice.
TAKE A GOOD SIX TO NINE WEEKS OFF. MAYBE MORE. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL BE BACK, GIVING OUT POWERSLAMS AND CLOTHESLINES, GODDAMMIT.
I'm not going to take on clients. :lol
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Yknow, I bet the clients are half of the reason trainers give no fucks and make people do insane shit. I know customers in any profession can drive people insane, but it could just be a wonderful, cruel form of torture to see what kind of shit you can make someone do, and pay for it. And thank you after.
I always reverse my right hand. I am right handed. I have never alternated in all my years of deadlifting.
Thanks, I'll give it a try. Any guidance about my other questions, like how much I should be lifting, etc?
I always reverse my left hand, and I'm right handed. Never switched either. I don't feel imbalanced haha.
What the fuck? What are they attempting? Are they trying to do OHP's while cleaning from the ground or are they doing clean and jerks?
Straight scary
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Deleted member 47027
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Start SUPER LOW and work your way up. Get yourself a schedule on how you're going to progress and stick to it. What you think you can lift? Chop that in half and each workout, raise the weights by a small amount. You've got time. You'll get to the right spot very quickly.
If the weight is so heavy that you can only lift it with a mixed grip, it is your weaker had that should be underhanded.
I recommend using standard double overhand grip for all your sets except for your heavy work sets.
This is very odd. Are you sure you are squatting to at least parallel (femur parallel to the floor)?
Captain Knutsman
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I like how the guy at around 3:30 uses his belly as a resting point for the bar - I need to learn that technique! At my crossfit gym they only teach doing cleans, push jerks and stuff like that, in the vein of Rippletoe.
Being at a proper crossfit gym, the general attitude towards crossfit in this thread annoys me a bit, but I must admit that the GIFs amusing
Splash Wave
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Cool, thanks--it sounds like I should switch hands, then. I should keep a double-overhand grip for all of my warm-up sets?
Thanks, yeah you're right, I'll probably do Back Squats on one of the lower body days. I really enjoy doing Front Squats tho, I feel much more comfortable than doing BS.
Yes. Mixed grip should be reserved only for when it's warranted; i.e, when the weight is so heavy you won't be able to lift it otherwise.
It's a legit lift. It's a variation of the Axle Clean and Jerk. It's just being do very poorly.
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It'll even out. Glad you're back as a part of the unstoppable machine that is Fit-GAF!
Nothing stops this train.
I like how the guy at around 3:30 uses his belly as a resting point for the bar - I need to learn that technique! At my crossfit gym they only teach doing cleans, push jerks and stuff like that, in the vein of Rippletoe.
Being at a proper crossfit gym, the general attitude towards crossfit in this thread annoys me a bit, but I must admit that the GIFs amusing
They are trying to do axel bar cleans which is a legit strong man exercise. They just look goofy as hell doing it.
Here is a beast doing it
http://youtu.be/q6agvB5mBvY
Captain, you are the second Crossfit person I've met to call him "Rippletoe"
Is that like universal Crossfit speak or something?
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