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Fitness |OT9|...You looked better before
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Psychotext
Member
Did you see the WR at the end? Holy fuck at pressing over 550 lbs above your head, AFTER pulling it off the ground and up to your neck.
ShadowgeistX
Member
Congrats on the lift, what made you change so suddenly though?
Raiden1018
Banned
Anybody know any workouts that you can do at home to build upon your chest?
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Okay I've been sticking to the diet for about 5 weeks now. I feel now is the time to start going back to the gym! Wish me luck gaf, I'm gonna become a new man.
I wanted to know your guys' opinions on breathing during bench press? I've seen multiple places say you should exhale when pushing out the barbell during the eccentric motion, but other places like Mark Rippetoe stating it is best to use the Valsalva maneuver and just hold your breath throughout the whole thing to retain tension.
I've found I'm able to drive more when I exhale, but I'm not sure if I'm just imagining things and whether using the Valsalva maneuver is actually more beneficial.
I've found I'm able to drive more when I exhale, but I'm not sure if I'm just imagining things and whether using the Valsalva maneuver is actually more beneficial.
ExplodingKetchup
Member
I've been doing keto/low carb on and off for about 4 years and I was just tired of it haha. So I found leangains which allows me to have a training day of high carb/low fat, then a rest day of high fat/low carb. So I can eat different types of food each day, which should make it easier to stick to. The real interesting thing will be to see how I stick to the intermittent fasting part.
I don't bench press much, but when I do I do it like a squat. Inhale, brace my abs and push. Exhale at the top when the lift is done.
Only if it's heavy...if I'm doing multiple reps I exhale on the way up.
WolfForager
Member
Morning guys. Got back from a 3 week holiday in the US a couple of weeks back and put on a fair few kilos, it's enough that's its kick started me on a bit of health buzz.
Generally before I lifted 3-4 times a week, my diet was fairly shit, just ate whatever was available whenever I felt hungry.
My current plan is to come up with a diet that I can scale depending on whether I want to lose weight, maintain or add a bit of weight. I'm thinking along the lines of a rough 40/30/30 (carbs/protein/fat) nutrition split. The plan is to eat just below maintenance calories and do more cardio when I want to lose wait, then increase calorie intake and cut back on the cardio when I want to put on some weight.
What is the general idea on nutrition ratios around here? Are they seen as a load of fluff or a good set of rules? Should I change the ratio to something like 40/40/20? Being told by my sister (whose a fan of high & fat protein, low carb diets) to cut carbs out as much as I can.
Thanks!
Generally before I lifted 3-4 times a week, my diet was fairly shit, just ate whatever was available whenever I felt hungry.
My current plan is to come up with a diet that I can scale depending on whether I want to lose weight, maintain or add a bit of weight. I'm thinking along the lines of a rough 40/30/30 (carbs/protein/fat) nutrition split. The plan is to eat just below maintenance calories and do more cardio when I want to lose wait, then increase calorie intake and cut back on the cardio when I want to put on some weight.
What is the general idea on nutrition ratios around here? Are they seen as a load of fluff or a good set of rules? Should I change the ratio to something like 40/40/20? Being told by my sister (whose a fan of high & fat protein, low carb diets) to cut carbs out as much as I can.
Thanks!
Psychotext
Member
It becomes second nature once you've been doing it a while. I've been on intermittent fasting for...
/calculates
...2 years, 1 month now.
Today is the day. I used to work out 5 times a week and had gotten myself into pretty good shape. Then I injured my knee at work and had to stop working out for a while to recover. In that time I started binge drinking beer and eating fast food every day. I now weigh 185 pounds, which I know isn't a lot by most people's standards but at 6' tall and a lanky build I have a lot of belly fat and huge love handles. For me, I look my best at about 165 pounds and that's my goal for now. Getting back on my PHUL (Power Hypertrophy Upper Lower) 4-day split that worked wonders for me before. Wish me luck guys.
I think the most difficult part of this is getting my diet right. I've always loved the gym but eating right is difficult for me. I get so bored of eating chicken breasts and rice day in, day out. I'm not a seafood fan so that's not really an option. I'm going to have to get creative and find ways to hit my macros every day.
I think the most difficult part of this is getting my diet right. I've always loved the gym but eating right is difficult for me. I get so bored of eating chicken breasts and rice day in, day out. I'm not a seafood fan so that's not really an option. I'm going to have to get creative and find ways to hit my macros every day.
I think it's because some of the most hardcore. mofos in FitGaf use IF, like Brolic, Cooter and Psycho.
Psychotext
Member
I'm not sure Brolic does IF.
Psychotext
Member
Fail!
Less time for lifting. 
Arrowgigantic
Member
I can hold my breath for five reps usually. If I have to breathe, I do a small exhale/inhale at lockout.
Jacksinthe
Banned
A-FUCKING-MAZING NEWS! Grats, bud!Hey FitFam, Bum's going to be a daddy again!!!
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Hey FitFam, Bum's going to be a daddy again!!!
That's awesome Bum!
Hey FitFam, Bum's going to be a daddy again!!!
Oh crap, Cooter's daughter is about to get a run for her money.
Congrats, Bum!!!
velociraptor
Junior Member
Test is done!!
I ate a shit ton of sushi and drank a bunch of dog fish 90 min to celebrate!!
Now it's time to relax, pack and head to New Orleans tomorrow for the weekend and eat and drink more. Probably doing a vanity workout today and then when I get back it's full on serious training again.
I won't know if I passed until around September 20th or so. But I did my best and I lean more towards that I passed, but there were definitely some tricky questions!
Happy to have that over with and fingers crossed I won't be testing again in November.
I ate a shit ton of sushi and drank a bunch of dog fish 90 min to celebrate!!
Now it's time to relax, pack and head to New Orleans tomorrow for the weekend and eat and drink more. Probably doing a vanity workout today and then when I get back it's full on serious training again.
I won't know if I passed until around September 20th or so. But I did my best and I lean more towards that I passed, but there were definitely some tricky questions!
Happy to have that over with and fingers crossed I won't be testing again in November.
Psychotext
Member
Lots of good stuff going on in here.
Psychotext
Member
Done carefully though, you can hit your macros and calorie targets even using fast food. I've done it at KFC and McDonalds before now... though yeah, certainly not Five Guys. lol
ShadowgeistX
Member
Nice, the leangains system is pretty awesome. I use it myself. Don't think the fasting part matters all that much though, it's just easy mode for diets lol.
I'd actually be surprised if there were a lot of people in this thread that DON'T do IF, to be honest. But maybe I'm not here enough to really notice.
Psychotext
Member
I'd do the carb cycling... except, well, I don't actually have any rest days.
I don't.
I am in a weird phase of caring but not caring about my diet. Somedays I eat not so terrible for your body food (and control my energy drink consumption) and then days like today where I had 3 bags of chips, 4 energy drinks, Reeses, Sour Airheads, and Taco Johns.
God Dayumm
Banned
I don't do the carb cycling either because then I have to to increase my protein to difficult levels. Let carbs be the fuel, let protein become the muscle.
Spiritreaver
Member
No way! Congrats big guy!Hey FitFam, Bum's going to be a daddy again!!!
A friend of mine has for the last year been on a strict diet from her trainer. It currently looks like so:
250g protein
104g carbs
88g fat
Around 2200 calories total
Now my problem is, she's a 23 year old girl who weighs 60kg.
Those numbers seem way out of proportion to me and to every study I can find, but whenever I suggest to her that it's too much protein she talks about how her trainer really recommends it.
Any help?
250g protein
104g carbs
88g fat
Around 2200 calories total
Now my problem is, she's a 23 year old girl who weighs 60kg.
Those numbers seem way out of proportion to me and to every study I can find, but whenever I suggest to her that it's too much protein she talks about how her trainer really recommends it.
Any help?
Way to much protein and probably too many calories if she's looking to cut weight.
FallingEdge
Member
congrats to the new pappy
congrats to the birthday boy
celebrations!
congrats to the birthday boy
celebrations!
That's pretty much what I'm saying. She's trying to slowly put on some weight though.
Yeah, there's a nice mix of us.
For example, MTP does the opposite of IF. I think it's called FI. Forever Intake. The guy just never stops eating.
Psychotext
Member
It's true. They literally have to take the empty plates away from him before he starts on those.
God Dayumm
Banned
MTP only has a 4 hour window in which he doesn't eat.
And that window is reserved for gravy injections.
Splash Wave
Member
I've been plugging my height, weight, and age (6', 165, 27) into various "calories burned per day" calculators, and they're all saying I'm spending ~2500 without doing anything. That seems high, no? Even on rest days I'm biking ~5 miles to and from work, which makes me think I don't eat enough...
Psychotext
Member
2,500 is given as the average for men in the UK... so I'd have thought it was fairly normal.
Splash Wave
Member
Fair enough. I just always hear the 2000 number thrown around, so I've internalized it as "normal."
Congrats dude! Have fun in Nola.
So I forgot to report the birthday feast results. Me and my two oldests kids killed 2.5 large pizzas while the other 7 people finished the other 1.5. lol We estimated I had about 15 slices. The server was legit impressed. He thought I misspoke when I ordered four. Nope. Bring it! Gone.
Psychotext
Member
I've packed my resistance bands!
...that's all I need for a trip right? No clothes or anything.
...that's all I need for a trip right? No clothes or anything.
Lol this is one of my favorite posts in here.
Yup! all set. You can pretty much wear what you want in NY
Arrowgigantic
Member
That's an incorrect picture. A large fries at Five Guys is about a grocery bag full of french fries.