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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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What's bad about it? I'm doing it too since day 1. Just a really good way of controlling your body composition change.When did fitness become calorie counting
TheOctodad
Member
All you guys talking about looking small is why I lost my motivation. I went from people saying,"dude you are big!" To, "you should eat more." While I knew it wasn't true, that combined with watching my lift numbers decline slightly just made me go back to hitting bigger lift numbers and enjoying the bulk more. This time though, I'm committed to the aesthetic goal even if it means all of that. Hard though.
Hey, dude, welcome back.
It's been a while. I remember that you did Olympic lifting. And for some reason, I also recall that you commented you did it in the buff.
TheOctodad
Member
Yeah, sure, whatever you say.
The reason why maintaining with a large cheat day or two is so satisfying is because you get the best of both worlds. The next couple days after you swell up with some size and get stronger but by 3 or 4 days later you're fairly lean and the bloat is gone. Just a little motivation to work hard and get to where you want to be.
They have a grilled chicken with veggies side dish that's fine and probably has 800 or so calories.
Also, not tomato, but damn close!
Yeah I was just looking they have quite a few healthier fish and chicken options.
Might do that or just go eggs, bacon, oatmeal
I usually get eggs with grilled chicken!
Did you see the ice cream he posted a page or two back??? I feel like he's trying to fatten us out of his own competition...
The thing about the white chocolate PB is it's not much different than natural PB. A few more gs of sugar and some palm oil. I'm good on ice cream Häagen-Dazs has me covered.
Been at it for the last 4 months, and after some back pain two weeks back I reduced my weight down to focus on form, yet again.
So, form check time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvXXD2O_tR8
Also I totally wanted to try the 120fps shooting mode on my phone.
So, form check time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvXXD2O_tR8
Also I totally wanted to try the 120fps shooting mode on my phone.
Forms perfect bud
Had a few days off, just went and burst through my OHP barrier
Absolutely killed the rest of.my workout too. Can't believe how much motivation the OHP gave me. Weight is very slowly climbing up to so good day overall.
Nothing to be embarrassed about!! Congrats man!
Jacksinthe
Banned
Back injury is nothing to play with. I have an enlarged and painful thoracolumbar on my left side from working heavy clutches in drag cars (as street rods because you're young and dumb and don't care how shitty it is to drive them in traffic) and from heavy equipment at the day job. Shit sucks. I can go heavy for about a rep before I cripple over in pain. Most of my squats and deads are lighter in weight because of it but it's all good with more volume.
If I bend over there's a huge hump on my left from it having the shit kicked out of it my whole life. Throws a wrench in a few of my lifts but I go slow and steady. Gotta take it easy with back issues. Your form looks perfect, too. Nice and deep!
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Half a scoop a couple of times a week doesn't seem like very much...I take it you're getting a lot of protein from other sources?
I don't have any protein powder yet, but I was looking at this brand because it's fairly cheap and suits my dietary needs. Have you ever tried it before?
What kinds of protein are you eating?
Thank you for the info. Is it safe to entirely rely on protein powder if one isn't getting enough protein from their daily food intake?
Really, anything. I eat chicken almost daily. Beef 2-3 days a week. Fish 3-4 days a week. Pork 1-2. I eat eggs, beans, nuts, cheese, etc as well, almost daily. Without trying, I'm at 1:1 grams per pound easily, which is too much as is
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
3 months out from my meet in June. Switching to ISSM to get at strength peaking. Time to get in that ME/DE work rotation.
ISSM? Institute of sports science and medicine?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Iron sport strength method.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Link?
Is that sold in Canada?
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Wal-Mart sells it! I'm gonna get some of that. Natural PB is too difficult to swallow so I can only put it in shakes...
"please do NOT bother contacting your physician before embarking on this routine or any other training program. Most doctors generally don't know jack shit about strength training and could not possibly begin to fathom your burning desire to be huge and superior" lololol
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I did it before for a bout a year and I made massive strength gains, but it broke me down. Now with what I have in my garage I can do it properly.
What you have in your garage plus everything you've learned over the last few years.
You think this is worth looking into for the rest of us?? I'll read the pdf, but any highlights?
Edit: holy shit this guy's a psycho! Lmao.
Pretty a good amount of us would just die, but still make great gains.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Whoa, that's a lot! I think I mainly get my protein from peanut butter and beans.
Dead Prince
Banned
Frotn squat felt great tonight. Just did three sets. Third set was 225# for 5 reps.
Olympic grip felt good too.
Olympic grip felt good too.
As I said on here a couple days ago, I love to eat. I'd much rather eat at a surplus and maintain weight by being more active.
I tested my 1RM in paused bench press tonight. Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4p5r5brYK4 (too bad my friend stopped recording the video a little bit too early). 102.5kg/225lbs. I'm more than satisfied with it. After that I did 6/6/7x 80kg/176lbs paused bench press. And some touch and go sets with higher reps.
SilentSoldier
Member
2 scoops in my shakes in the morning for breakfast M-F. Looks like that's on the higher end compared to everyone here.
Well FitGAF this is my first post ever in a fitness thread. Have lurked in a couple of these for a while and I just want to say what an inspiration so many of you have been to me. Finally convinced me to get off my ass in August 2015 and start back working out. Now I've had many stints throughout my life where I have started exercising and only kept it up for about 3 months so results never really lasted. This is easily the longest I've stuck with it and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. It's worth mentioning that I have a condition called Pectus Excavatum which causes the left side of my chest to be sunken in compared to my right side. It makes it really hard to make much gains in the chest area and is also the reason I've always been ashamed of taking my shirt off in public. But it's something that I've finally began to get over, hell I even posted my first ever shirtless selfie on facebook the other day, something I've always been terrified of doing. Just wanted to say thanks to you guys, despite not talking directly to any of you, your posts have hand a hand in keeping me motivated to continue pushing forward.
I never really planned to keep working out for as long as I've stuck with it this go around, so I don't exactly have proper progress pics. So I'll just post some shot from back in august 2015 and now and hopefully you can glean how much my body has changed.
Also sorry in advance for the shit quality of some of these pics.
August 2015
March 2016
Probably the closest thing I have to a comparison since I'm in the same position in both.
I never really planned to keep working out for as long as I've stuck with it this go around, so I don't exactly have proper progress pics. So I'll just post some shot from back in august 2015 and now and hopefully you can glean how much my body has changed.
Also sorry in advance for the shit quality of some of these pics.
August 2015
March 2016
Probably the closest thing I have to a comparison since I'm in the same position in both.
Welcome and you look great. Look forward to seeing you around. Any short-term or long-term goals?
Jacksinthe
Banned
I eat a LOT of eggs (whole), chicken/pork daily with a few slabs of red meat thrown in weekly. LOVE LOVE LOVE PB, almonds, milk (whole), not so big on fish (never had a taste for it), bacon, beans, lots of milk products, etc.
If it has protein, I'll eat it. I tried substituting some to move around some macros and take a single shake daily but I miss food too much. So a few times a week I will make a shake. Now that I have a blender I'll make a monster shake: oats, ice cream, PB, milk, eggs, scoop of powder. GAT DAYUM is it good when you go deep with making a killer shake. I do 1k total calories for my shakes. Down the fucker in like 15 seconds they are so good
I use those as more of a treat, tho.So pretty much what Bum says.
Food is usually the best source of everything and if you have a large enough library of recipes tastes good as fuck and never boring, to boot.
buy teh haloz
Banned
Got a 1 kg OHP PR today
Got a 1 kg OHP PR today
You mean you passed your previous PR by 1kg?
buy teh haloz
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lol yeah.
I made a summary video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHo23nO4z8
Bench press: 102.5kg (1.22xBW)
Frontsquat: 130kg (1.55xBW)
Squat: 150kg (1.79xBW)
Deadlift: 180kg (2.14xBW)
Really successful first year of lifting. I'm wondering where I will be after a second year. This year I'm definitely going to participate in 2 powerlifting contests. First one in May and the second one in October. I won't break any records (aside from my owns), but it will be a valuable experience.
Bench press: 102.5kg (1.22xBW)
Frontsquat: 130kg (1.55xBW)
Squat: 150kg (1.79xBW)
Deadlift: 180kg (2.14xBW)
Really successful first year of lifting. I'm wondering where I will be after a second year. This year I'm definitely going to participate in 2 powerlifting contests. First one in May and the second one in October. I won't break any records (aside from my owns), but it will be a valuable experience.
What's up man? Welcome to fitgaf. You've made a ton of progress and you look great! What's next?
Dead Prince
Banned
Good stuff. Good luck on the powrlift meet. Id like to do one but going to wait for my friend to move down here first and then I'll consider.. And I need to get a singlet.lol worries how I'll look in one.
Lol, me too. But it won't be that bad because I'm already lifting in my sexy leggings
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Thanks guys! In terms of progress, my chest is definitely an area I want to build a lot. Due to my condition, it's been a slow process but I can see improvements in it from when I first started. I also did the dumb amateur thing and didn't focus on legs enough for the first couple of months so now I need to work on em. My calves have always been an okay size as bigger calves seem to run in my family but if you saw my thighs I pretty much got Popeye's arms for legs. So I did a damn good leg workout the other day that I felt for pretty much the entire week (Had me swearing up a storm whenever I had to take the stairs). Gonna work on em some more today.
Main focus overall is pretty much just to build more muscle, lose more fat and of course up my strength. I'm currently at 171 lbs, and I'm around 5'8". Goal right now is to shoot for 180 lbs and maybe even go up from there.
I read a lot of the 50+ page pdf last night while I put the baby to sleep. Great read. Love his philosophies and will definitely take a few things away...most certainly NOT the whole program.
Dude says that when he tears a muscle...a full on tear...he switches body parts and finishes his workout.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
He's got a unique view for sure. He's also been injured a lot, but also very successful. He was one of the first competitors for worlds strongest man, and pro Highland games.
Is that where you got the idea for incorporating chains / bands into your routine?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Not the idea, I've known about it from reading about west side, but it's how I got the idea of how to implement it. Well that and reading Brian shaw's book.
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