Labombadog
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I've been carb cycling lately and man on the days on low carbs I am so irritable and tired haha.
Morning fitness GAF
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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BruceLeeRoy
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That is amazing Coot. Im sitting at 5:45 right now and its feeling a bit like I have peaked. It would take some intense dedication for me to break past that.
Day 2 of the sprints down. Stayed at the 6:30 mark, but felt pretty good (relatively speaking). Sprinting in the morning on an empty stomach other than a cup of coffee is significantly easier than at night for me.
Followed it up with a whale of a workout:
DL 4X8 superset with DB Curls 4X5
Squats 4X12
Power Clean 3X5 superset with Back Flys 3X8
Wide Grip Pull Ups (as many sets to 50, which unfortunately took 6 after all that other shit)
Followed it up with a whale of a workout:
DL 4X8 superset with DB Curls 4X5
Squats 4X12
Power Clean 3X5 superset with Back Flys 3X8
Wide Grip Pull Ups (as many sets to 50, which unfortunately took 6 after all that other shit)
Gotta Go Fast!!!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yup its massive before you eat anything. Your going to be amazed how much it strips your BF while maintaining your overall size.
I keep telling myself I'm going to start running again but always lose the motivation once the day wearse dow.
You did all that after running a 6:30 mile? I don't know how heavy you're going but it almost doesn't matter. Good for you! You guys and your crazy volume routines exhaust me just reading them.
Szu said:
I've got one speed!
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Last night didn't go as planned. I looked up and it was 11:00 and I was full and only at 2200 calories. Called it a day and went to bed. Fully expect to drop to the 177s when I get home this afternoon after a 17 hour fast.
DL: 225
Squat: 205
Power Clean: 135
I focus so well in the morning and I almost have to do volume / Super Set because I only have 45-60 minutes (usually) including cardio so I can't go heavy / take 3 minute breaks
entremet
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Saw this on Reddit.
I always love seeing old school body builder routines.
http://ditillo2.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/three-ways-to-gain-arnold.html
They're almost always full body ones.
Arnold build his foundation on his Golden Six.
Bench, Squat, OHP, Chins, Barbell Curls, and Situps.
Splits didn't become popular until the Weider magazine era, which again, were more fashionable for the roided trainee due to the extension of muscle protein synthesis.
I always love seeing old school body builder routines.
http://ditillo2.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/three-ways-to-gain-arnold.html
They're almost always full body ones.
Arnold build his foundation on his Golden Six.
Bench, Squat, OHP, Chins, Barbell Curls, and Situps.
Splits didn't become popular until the Weider magazine era, which again, were more fashionable for the roided trainee due to the extension of muscle protein synthesis.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I owe the majority of my foundation to Arnolds BB Principles. Classic BB routines still work amazingly well. I also think the only way I got my abs to be the way I wanted was through BB training.
Well you have a great program for stripping BF already. If you can get away with not running and achieve the aesthetic you have live it up I say.
entremet
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Get Runkeeper/Nike+/Strava.
You can track your runs on your phone and makes it more motivating. You can easily set goals on it, either for time or distance. And it's fun seeing your runs.
They also run in the background while listening to music/podcasts/audiobooks, with the computer voice giving you updates on miles run, time, etc.
I started running not for fat loss, but for just variety, being outside, getting in zen mode. I'm addicted. It will be fun to do some races too. Not messing with marathons, though.
Don't want to kill my gains running super long distance!
Psychotext
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Oddly enough, I lost just over a kg yesterday too... no idea why it would suddenly happen though.
SilentSoldier
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Damn that's a good time, I was never a distance runner. And by distance, I mean anything over the 400m. I was a sprinter through and through. All this talk about fast running is making me want to try it out again, I just might do that.
Im a tad obsessed at this point, so i do daily weigh ins, but i know the weight is not linear, so not a big deal.
I used to do once a week, but over the past month I've taken to weighing myself every morning and keeping track of a 7-day average in Excel:
(I'm currently following a CKD so the highlights are the mornings after the high carb refeed, except the first highlight - ran a company-wide 5k the night before to which I attribute the 3lb drop).
On a separate note, on my 5th cycle of 5/3/1 and I'm definitely starting to hit a wall on squats and OHP. 3s week right now, managed to hit my reps on Squat last night (3x195, 3x220, 3x250), but man, that 250 was a grind. I haven't been taking any deload weeks cause I didn't feel the need to, but think this will be the first cycle where I actually do take it.
Dead Prince
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i do weekly. but i forgot to weigh in this week so it's now 2 week gap. lol
Zoe
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On the contrary, I think those fluctuations make weekly weigh-ins less reasonable because you have to compare over a longer period to compensate for the chance of weighing in on a bloated day.
If I were doing weekly weigh-ins, I would totally do it on Friday mornings cause Thursday nights are my tempo runs :lol
Psychotext
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I was won over by the discussion here. I weigh daily and average the week (specifically to avoid being influenced by water fluctuations and such).
Made mathematical and scientific sense to me once explained.
FallingEdge
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I weigh myself every morning because I like to see the weight drop after using the bathroom.
Yeah, I get that. Keep going and post a pic when you get where you want to be so you can show people what one of the top posters can achieve!
It's more for heart health. Like you said, the aesthetics is all diet and weights.
Damn! Thanks for this. I will look into it.
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When I'm trying to lose weight I weigh every day. It's at the exact time of day under the exact same conditions so I know it's an accurate measurement.
BruceLeeRoy
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I have gained a whole new appreciation for people that are elite swimmers.
I have been trying to get good at swimming long distances lately and it is easily one of the most difficult things I have ever tried especially if there is chop in the water. Running has helped my lungs but the burning you experience in your shoulders is a whole other level.
I have been trying to get good at swimming long distances lately and it is easily one of the most difficult things I have ever tried especially if there is chop in the water. Running has helped my lungs but the burning you experience in your shoulders is a whole other level.
entremet
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I used to swim in college. I love it, but I don't have access to an Olympic pool right now. I got too spoiled swimming in those in college.
Swimming is very technique based. The best swimmers actually use the less energy. They're hyper efficient.
If you really want to get into it, getting a coach helps. There are many of them due to the triathlon craze.
You can also try a seminar. Total Immersion Swimming is a good one.
Will do. I'm sort of in a "before" stage right now, which (oddly enough) feels kind of cool. Gives me something to push for in the next month or two.
Wife and I went to Hawaii 5 years ago and I jumped off a 4 story cliff into "DO NOT SWIM, RIPTIDE PRESENT" type waters (Kauai by the way). I have been swimming pool laps throughout my life and figured I'd have no problem swimming the 200 yds or so that it'd take to get back on solid ground. It was the single hardest thing I've ever had to do, cardio-wise. Swimming is no joke.
entremet
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Here's the GAF Running thread, which has some FitGaffers in it as well.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436255
Psychotext
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What sort of weight loss per week do you guys go for when cutting? I'm concious of the fact that I don't want to risk too much muscle loss, but I also don't want to spend the next 4 months on a cut, as I think I'd rather just give up on the aesthetics than go through that.
entremet
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I find 1.5 to 2.5 pounds pounds per week very sustainable. Usually, my initial weight loss is pretty quick, due to water loss.
But it slows down to the range above. I find losing more weight per week kills my performance.
Can one of you share what your numbers looked like when you shifted from Starting Strength to an intermediate program? I know you're "supposed" to do three resets on each lift before moving on, but I am curious.
Also, does anyone have recommendations on weighted gloves? I'm considering a shift to dumbbells for bench and press, and I'd like to get gloves that weigh five pounds total yet fit within the dumbbells.
Also, does anyone have recommendations on weighted gloves? I'm considering a shift to dumbbells for bench and press, and I'd like to get gloves that weigh five pounds total yet fit within the dumbbells.
Admittedly I know nothing about weighted gloves, but why wouldn't you just use DB that were 5 lbs heavier?
Once a week when I work on my back. Initially I did twice a week when I was doing starting strength. I'm going to focus more on reps and less weight while trying different exercises.
To clarify, what I mean is gloves that weigh 2.5 pounds each. The search I did last night found some 3 pound gloves and some 1 pound gloves (each).
I'll echo eating more. Another thing to consider is whether you're doing too much volume. I do seven reps total of deadlifts a week. Two to work on form, and 5 in my working set. This is assuming your body is still warmed up from squats. Refer to Starting Strength.
Also, if it were me I'd stick to an established program instead of trying different exercises for now. Unless you mean adding bent-over rows and pull-ups to your programming, a great supplement allotted for in Starting Strength.
Psychotext
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Goddamnit to hell. Been a week since leg day, try to do another one today and my legs are still shot to shit. I've tweaked something in my left quad now and I'm going to have to find something else to do. God knows how I'm going to get on top of this pain / damage if I can't even do it once a week.
Meaning 2000 a day is the lowest you want to go or 206 as a bodyweight?
Dead Prince
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Hey now! I bottom out at 1800 a day if I really feel I need to go low.Lowest calorie, I'm not a crazy man like you or ilovebish
Spiritreaver
Member
I hit just over 194 today. Oh yeah, this was even after a bad weekend of cheating. I'm happy.
BruceLeeRoy
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That is so crazy bro cause almost the exact same thing happened to me about 5 years ago in Kauai(Which I swear is the most beautiful place on earth) I jumped into the ocean and got into a rip-tide thought I could swim against it and ended up burning so much energy that I let it take me a half mile out from the beach before I wizened up and swam perpendicular to the current and made my way to shore. By the time I got to the beach I was spitting up sea water and my lungs were burning so bad each time I inhaled I would immediately start violently coughing.
You are correct. Swimming well is no joke.
Dude, are you just effing with me? Did I mention that story on here a few OTs back?? It's like we lived the same exact day 5 years ago in Kauai.
Operation 209.9 is underway.
Ok, this is some kind of Twilight Zone shit.
I'm nervous about hitting the gym today fasted. By the time I get there it will have been 24 hours fasted, I'm not hungry, but I'm just not sure what I'm in for. Less then an hour till it's go time....
Psychotext
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I think I got so pissed off about my legs that I managed to set a (small) PR in deadlift... and yes, I know that's technically a leg exercise too, but I didn't feel any pain in my quad doing it so I carried on.
I think from now on I'm not going to even attempt a leg day unless I've had a full rest day (including no cycling) beforehand.
I think from now on I'm not going to even attempt a leg day unless I've had a full rest day (including no cycling) beforehand.
He's a bit taller than I am and he has the sweetest women's superman sweats ever, but otherwise, yeah.
Psycho, has overtraining ever been an issue for you? Reason I ask is because I could NEVER in a million years cycle half as much as you and attempt DL or Squat PRs. Maybe as you get older your body needs more breaks??
Nothing a little
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