Woooooooooow. Dude you look incredible. Keep up the amazing work as always.
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Fitness |OT9|...You looked better before
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Woooooooooow. Dude you look incredible. Keep up the amazing work as always.
Shiiiiiiiit. That physique.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
How tall are you? 155-160 is my target weight, but I doubt I will look even close to that at that weight.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Bro I'm so sorry I saw that meat and my brain shut off. Congrats!! That is incredible news.
Aww thanks Bum.
6"2.
You know whats crazy this weight is a complete accident. I haven't been able to lift for about 5 weeks and I have just been running and doing the odd pushup here or there.
Spiritreaver
Member
You look fantastic bud. Top notch really. Keep it up.
Psychotext
Member
lol, if I didn't lift for five weeks there would be precisely no muscle left on me (and there's not a lot to start with).
Psychotext
Member
Oh god, there's two diet related threads in OT at the moment, and they contain pretty much exactly the sort of crap you'd expect.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Oh. I am 5'10 and currently 153 or so. I'm no way as lean as you but I'm pretty confident that once I am there is no way I will look as muscular as you. Probably my old man fat built up around my organs.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Bro so minimal.
Short eating window from about 2pm - 5pm.
Probably had about 1500 calories yesterday.
Thanks Spirit. As always that means so much coming from you. You hewn out of marble greek god.
I wasn't going to lift today, but your pic inspired me to get it done. Thanks bud!
And damn... 3 hour windows daily...thats dedication.
FallingEdge
Member
I am late to the party but I want to say congrats to everyone who posted in the last 5 or so pages, for their personal achievements, both fitness and life related. It's nice to read that so many fitgaf members are doing well,
on another note, how do I prevent my cheat night from turning into a cheat weekend?? -_-
I do great on workdays, eat as planned, go to work, hit the gym, go to sleep, repeat.
but then friday night comes and is like PIZZA TIME NOM NOM NOM , so I choose the one I love and say "just this once, ok? no more bad stuff til next weekend "
today I ate properly for breakfast and lunch but I still have cravings, and I am pretty sure is all psychological, how come I don't need that during the week? maybe I need work to disctract me??
on another note, how do I prevent my cheat night from turning into a cheat weekend?? -_-
I do great on workdays, eat as planned, go to work, hit the gym, go to sleep, repeat.
but then friday night comes and is like PIZZA TIME NOM NOM NOM , so I choose the one I love and say "just this once, ok? no more bad stuff til next weekend "
today I ate properly for breakfast and lunch but I still have cravings, and I am pretty sure is all psychological, how come I don't need that during the week? maybe I need work to disctract me??
You looked like Rob Liefeld drew you.
ExplodingKetchup
Member
teaching all my friends how to lift! and they're doing so well! i just want to see all my friends become buff so we can become the buff squad.
Psychotext
Member
Maybe it might be time to go a few weeks without a cheat night? Then really appreciate having a couple of days (less if you want) before hitting it hard again.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Its honestly not something I was trying to do. I have had a lot of life upheavals I have been dealing with lately and its just kind of sapped my strength and appetite. I'm more shocked that I haven't lost more muscle than anything else.
Szu can I tell you I love you.
Hope all is well man.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Thanks Bum, I appreciate it.
so, I think found like "the golden protein source".
there are these Salmon filets here in Germany that cost 1.99 euros (2 per packaging)
that have 31.3 gr. of protein per piece, and the other macros are pretty balanced too. In this pic the order goes fat, carbs, sugar (with a perfect zero), protein, salt/sodium.
is there a catch to this? I feel like there has to be something wrong with this, because otherwise, it's like the perfect protein source.
I mean, over 90 gr. of protein for 3 euro seems like a great deal, at least here in Germany.
it's easy to take in, easy to digest, I put some lemon and herbs and tastes great. It's nothing lika tuna filets, it's much better. Tuna feels like sand in your mouth, this isn't as dry.
that sounds like a good idea. it's sad to admit but going two weeks without cheating would be a first.
and the thing is, It's not like I need lots of junk food, sometimes just one single small cookie that will do the trick.
there are these Salmon filets here in Germany that cost 1.99 euros (2 per packaging)
that have 31.3 gr. of protein per piece, and the other macros are pretty balanced too. In this pic the order goes fat, carbs, sugar (with a perfect zero), protein, salt/sodium.
is there a catch to this? I feel like there has to be something wrong with this, because otherwise, it's like the perfect protein source.
I mean, over 90 gr. of protein for 3 euro seems like a great deal, at least here in Germany.
it's easy to take in, easy to digest, I put some lemon and herbs and tastes great. It's nothing lika tuna filets, it's much better. Tuna feels like sand in your mouth, this isn't as dry.
that sounds like a good idea. it's sad to admit but going two weeks without cheating would be a first.
and the thing is, It's not like I need lots of junk food, sometimes just one single small cookie that will do the trick.
Psychotext
Member
You're eating the wrong tuna.
absolutely, it's amazing
tastes great, excellent alternative to plain chicken.Other stores here offer their wild salmons too but are smaller and for some reason not with the same nutrients, not as good as this.
this store and my gym are in the same building so you see plenty of sporty guys buying there and the filets are always hard to come by, cause everybody also figured out these are the real deal.
lol, maybe I am cooking them wrong? my tuna filets are definitely dry
not sure how to prepare them to avoid that. .
Psychotext
Member
Salmon is salmon pretty much. They wont have some magic salmon... chances are they've just gone too high on their packet numbers (I've seen this a lot).
lol, maybe I am cooking them wrong? my tuna filets are definitely dry
Sounds like it. I tend to eat mine raw or marinated and lightly steamed, so I can't really speak for other cooking methods.
Jamie Oliver has some suggestions here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8liwbhzihU4
Sure, but I'm still concerned about letting you and your meat on top of me.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
yeah, I prepare tuna steaks almost like him but he then uses olive oil, which I have never used on the cooked tuna steak, precisely to prevent the fish from getting too dry and lemon, which I use before I put it in the pan.
thanks for the video, will try it.
Dammit, fuck me. I left myself wide open for that one.
rokkerkory
Member
great job on OHP man, it took me like 6 months to get up to 145-150 lbs
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I'm good man. Still working in S Lake Tahoe. Raising a family. Maintaining at the gym. You know, life stuff. Zero complaints.
Hey FitnessGAF, quick question regarding bicep training:
do you guys do a set number of sets or train it until exhaustion? Up until recently I always seemed to stop right when it felt like my bicep was as big as possible, all the blood seemed to be rushing up there. It felt good. But now I'm training beyond that and it feels kind of fluff when I stop. I can barely flex it. Is it that normal? I'm not at the point of exhaustion.
do you guys do a set number of sets or train it until exhaustion? Up until recently I always seemed to stop right when it felt like my bicep was as big as possible, all the blood seemed to be rushing up there. It felt good. But now I'm training beyond that and it feels kind of fluff when I stop. I can barely flex it. Is it that normal? I'm not at the point of exhaustion.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Great to hear man you deserve it.
Psychotext
Member
The most recent science says to do it up until your form starts to fail. Chasing the pump feels good, but doesn't really do anything for you.
Great, thanks. I'll just keep going then from now on.
Psychotext
Member
Half of my mountain biking rides work that way. No pre-workout though, just ridiculous amounts of caffeine.
Arrowgigantic
Member
That's the most effective part of any pre-workout, though. By which I mean your body can actually make its own "other pre-workout ingredients" like creatine and beta alanine from the food you eat (if you eat meat). Although supplementing that base level has an effect, even without pre-workout you'll still have some. Caffeine is the one you feel the most though and your body doesn't make its own.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that ridiculous amounts of caffeine is like 90% of any pre-workout.
mdsfx
Member
Really? Does it ever spike your heart rate to an uncomfortable level? I haven't taken a preworkout in months and I think it's going to stay that way, but I have used a little caffeine at the start of races before since I no longer get much adrenaline out of the experience.
Off topic: I'm just a few weeks out from my first half marathon of the year and, based on my run today, a sub 8-minute pace is mine for the taking. Ran 12 miles today at 7:56/mi. I can't fucking wait.
Edit: also signed up for a half in downtown Chicago... For JANUARY 28TH! It's gonna be freezing balls yaaaassssss
Currently working without cheat days, so I built them in as rewards.
Will earn one at 163 lbs and every -3 down to 150. My weekly low is 165. Have some set for PRs for my squat, bench, ohp, deadlift, and chins, too. I'll be able to save cheat days, but only use one per week. I don't foresee earning one every week anyway.
Hoping to balance strength and weight loss. If I'm not meeting weight loss goals, I damn well better be hitting strength goals! If my strength is wavering, hopefully that means I am at least dropping weight. I'm on a goal deficit of -3500 calories per week, but I've been coming in an extra ~1k cal under that the past two weeks.
Will earn one at 163 lbs and every -3 down to 150. My weekly low is 165. Have some set for PRs for my squat, bench, ohp, deadlift, and chins, too. I'll be able to save cheat days, but only use one per week. I don't foresee earning one every week anyway.
Hoping to balance strength and weight loss. If I'm not meeting weight loss goals, I damn well better be hitting strength goals! If my strength is wavering, hopefully that means I am at least dropping weight. I'm on a goal deficit of -3500 calories per week, but I've been coming in an extra ~1k cal under that the past two weeks.
Etrian Oddity
Member
Since I've gotten serious about my fitness and eating regimen, I've lost 7 lbs. Feels good man
Damerman
Member
good job... seeing change is the biggest motivator.