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Fitness |OT9|...You looked better before
- Thread starter Chocobro
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Thanks guys. Totally locked in. I'll post a progress pic when I get some free time. This is the reason I stopped bulking. The last 2 months have been terrible diet wise but I never let it get too out of control. Always good days mixed in with bad. Even with all the bad days, and there were many, I was always 2 weeks away from the finished product.
There are many different forms of HIIT. The most commonly done is probably alternating jogging / sprints like you said, yes.
I've been doing Tabatas on the Airdyne lately because it only takes 4 minutes (4 REALLY intense minutes) and allows me more time to add super sets and drop sets into my lifting program.
How long am I supposed to do the jogging/running HIIT? Until I can't run anymore?
I'd make a plan first. See if you can alternate jogging / sprinting 5 times (so 10 minutes altogether). Just know, the sprinting is SPRINTING, not running. 10 minutes of that is actually a lot harder than you'd think. Let me know how that goes.
Yes I expect it to be the hardest I have done yet. When I sprint I gotta give it my all, literally all I got. Gonna be interesting. And hopefully I lose some fat doing this as well.
Dusk Soldier
Member
What does reverse dieting mean?
ohhthegore
Member
anyone here like doing Keto diet?? Any luck with gaining size while on it?
To me it sounds like you know what you need to do -- take it slow, stick to your macros. I know Sean has some experience with it as well. I think this is a decent guide, though he also has better written information available in one of his books I believe.
Adding calories back into your diet to, rather than subtracting. You sometimes do this over a period of time when you want to move to maintenance or bulking, rather than adding back all of the calories at once, since it can be hard to stomach so much additional food immediately. For example, I currently operate at around a deficit of 3500 calories a week. After I finish my cut, rather than immediately adding those calories back to my diet, I plan to do it around a rate of 100 calories a day (or 700 calories a week), and gradually work my way up to maintenance and then to a bulk. Since my aim is to put on around 2 pounds a month, I'll eventually add an additional 1750 calories per week into my diet.
I've done keto a couple of times in my life, including once while doing P90X a few years ago and once while I was weight lifting last year since my girlfriend was doing keto. Personally I found it rough in terms of energy levels and also extended periods of achiness that I didn't have when I was lifting with carbs. My experience won't necessarily be yours, though, and there are plenty of people who do lifting and keto. Here's a subreddit you can checkout for more info (/r/ketogains).
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Deleted member 47027
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That skinny thread is fascinating to me and helping me understand that the grass is always greener.
God Dayumm
Banned
How much protein do you eat, coot?
Jacksinthe
Banned
Slipping the clutch is all good when you feel you need to!
My pumpkin is ready.
Tried upright row, pain all throughout delts, never gonna do it again lol. Sticking to shrugs only, any other good traps exercises? Think I'm lagging the most there.
Also I was checking my form on bench and I remember ripptits saying first ring on barbell is for powerlifting 2nd for olympic and your pinky should be near edge of first and I tried that and yep, pain on lateral/side delt. My arms weren't exactly vertical to the floor and were to the left of elbows but yeah, shouldn't follow everything 100% just adapt.
Also I was checking my form on bench and I remember ripptits saying first ring on barbell is for powerlifting 2nd for olympic and your pinky should be near edge of first and I tried that and yep, pain on lateral/side delt. My arms weren't exactly vertical to the floor and were to the left of elbows but yeah, shouldn't follow everything 100% just adapt.
entremet
Member
I mess with it from time to time.
I've never used it for gaining mass though. Remember, true keto is low carb, moderate protein, and high fat.
Many people do too much protein, which gets converted to glucose via glucaneogenesis, when eaten in high amounts. They never enter true ketosis because they overeat protein.
A huge chicken breast could knock you out of ketosis.
You can gain mass on calorie surplus, but keto is usually more useful for cutting than gaining mass.
rokkerkory
Member
GREAT job man, keep it up!
Awesome dude! Excellent work. Losing weight and staying strong is the ultimate in fitness success!!!
Username1198
Member
Hey guys any tips for always feeling tired and low energy? I sleep 8 hours, get plenty of rest between workouts, and am doing the starting strength workout and by the time I get to the second excersize I'm exhausted.
I work swing shift and get off sometimes 2am but I always sleep 8 hours and get up and go on the morning. I just feel so tired lol
I work swing shift and get off sometimes 2am but I always sleep 8 hours and get up and go on the morning. I just feel so tired lol
Do you drink any coffee? Eat something before you lift?
How's your diet in terms of what you're eating/how much you're eating? I get 4.5-6 hours of sleep on week nights and generally do okay. My energy levels are in the dumps at the end of the day though.
Username1198
Member
So, I wake up, stretch, drink a protein shake, a peice of fruit, and a big ass glass of water. I have started to drink half a cup of coffee before lifting.
Username1198
Member
I eat three big meals a day with snacks in between. I eat pretty healthy, only water, fruits vegetables chicken and lots of eggs. No sugar of I can help it.
I also smoke a lot of weed, but not directly before lifting, if that matters.
And it's weird, after I lift, I can go to work and not be tired for he rest of the day.
You're smoking weed all day and you wonder why you lack energy. My hunch is it might possibly maybe, IDK, have something to do with your marijuana use?
Username1198
Member
Dammit I was hoping I didn't have to choose between the two. I guess I'll cut down a little and see if there is a difference.anyone else smoke a lot?
Thanks for the help guys
Occasionally and I'm beat for that day and sometimes the next.
Lol, this.
Username1198
Member
Yea I'm an idiot. I guess I knew that's what it was, but man, I quit drinking and smoking cigarettes and soda, weed was really my last vice lol. Fuck now I gotta make a choice lol.
Thanks again for he help guys.
Oh an one more stupid question; is the whole "body can only absorb 30g of protein at a time" bro science, or is it true?
Christberg
Member
Weed messes with your serotonin levels. Which negatively impacts your energy levels. It also screws with testosterone production . Not recommended for exercise really unless you're one of those wacky people that like to lift high.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/6090909/
You don't need to quit, just use in moderation. Off-day treat or something like that.
It definitely kills energy levels, that's why I stopped ~10 years back.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
If the muscles you worked out are really soar the next day ,is that a pretty good indicator that you are doing enough to promote muscle growth? or is there no correlation between soarness/muscle growth?
No correlation. You actually build up an immunity to the soreness over time. Typically it just means that you worked slightly different muscles in slightly different ways.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
I guess that makes sense. because my shoulders never get soar, but my legs kill me. But my shoulders for sure are getting stronger since i've started working out.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
If you can lift more weight for more reps than last time that's how you know you are doing enough to grow. Soreness and other "feelings" are completely subjective and irrelevant.
Also, big PR clean today. 280! 300 coming soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_CFlnLvioE
Jacksinthe
Banned
ARNOLD IS NUMERO UNO
This is almost like a confession for skipping leg day
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Don't make one. Just pick something based on compound lifts and stick to it for 6 months. You'll shed weight and build muscle if you are consistent at the gym and eat reasonably well.
ShadowgeistX
Member
A lot of people would say "look no further than Starting Strength!"
And they'd probably be right.
Arrowgigantic
Member
Yep, just read up on Starting Strength and do that. Great program.
ShadowgeistX
Member
I'll quote myself from a couple pages back just to help you out.
Get your nutrition on point and you'll lose pounds while building muscle.
Wow thanks!
