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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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He had moments of realness but the vast majority of his posts were over the top. His egotistical shtick got nauseating after a few minutes. I think he might be a good dude but just the fact that I don't know says something.
Spiritreaver
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Never! But I did post a shirtless selfie the day of the SCOTUS gay marriage ruling.
I should probably not judge people.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Wasn't gonna use his name, dude was one of a kind, I'll leave it at that.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
It was okay until the schtick was revealed to be only slightly fake.
It was more actually how he is, than it wasn't.
Anyone have any duffle bag recomendations?
If I didn't need to bring towels to shower in it would be so much easier for me to get a nice bag. Plus is like to keep room for my running and converse for lifting. Then when I have my belt it wing fit in the bag.
I'm at the point where I might just try and make my own bag.
If I didn't need to bring towels to shower in it would be so much easier for me to get a nice bag. Plus is like to keep room for my running and converse for lifting. Then when I have my belt it wing fit in the bag.
I'm at the point where I might just try and make my own bag.
All of a sudden, i had to meet my girls parents today. So ate everything they served of course, but wasn't too bad. I'm eating my usual now. All new 3s week tomorrow, pretty excited. I give up on my inzer belt, didn't go through. Just going to drill new holes into my belt i have now.
That just means the rest of you looks that bad if your arms look good.
That just means the rest of you looks that bad if your arms look good.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
"Yo you know what paris needs rn bro? my abs bro"
So much wtf
Seventy_X_Seven
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So GAF, here's my situation. I used to run cross country in high school, was really fit and was doing 60 to 70 miles a week. For the five years since I've been very inactive running or exercising in general. And now, naturally, I'm out of shape. And it bothers me, not the way it look but moreso the way I feel. So there's 2 points of interest is like to bring up.
1. Would simply resuming workouts consisting purely of stretching, distance running, and sit ups/push ups be a good way to get back into shape? Most articles I read don't suggest it, though I have a particular comfort with such workouts and have never really touched weights for serious work outs. Granted I understand the work out program I was on in school was geared towards training for races, not for getting in shape.
2. I have a really hard time with diet. I like all foods and could easily motivate myself to a diet, but the problem is I'm a bafoon at the grocery store, incredibly lazy in the kitchen, and my work often requires I travel out of town during the week days (rarely over night, a typical day would be travel 4 hours, do field work for 1 or 2 hours, travel home). So really my attempts at diets have been frozen food meals marked "lean" or "healthy" and ordering something off the "healthy" menu from fast food chains. Any suggestions on easy to prepare meals, good places to stop on the road, or perhaps meals I can pack and keep refrigerated for hours?
Much thanks for any help!
1. Would simply resuming workouts consisting purely of stretching, distance running, and sit ups/push ups be a good way to get back into shape? Most articles I read don't suggest it, though I have a particular comfort with such workouts and have never really touched weights for serious work outs. Granted I understand the work out program I was on in school was geared towards training for races, not for getting in shape.
2. I have a really hard time with diet. I like all foods and could easily motivate myself to a diet, but the problem is I'm a bafoon at the grocery store, incredibly lazy in the kitchen, and my work often requires I travel out of town during the week days (rarely over night, a typical day would be travel 4 hours, do field work for 1 or 2 hours, travel home). So really my attempts at diets have been frozen food meals marked "lean" or "healthy" and ordering something off the "healthy" menu from fast food chains. Any suggestions on easy to prepare meals, good places to stop on the road, or perhaps meals I can pack and keep refrigerated for hours?
Much thanks for any help!
out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, what made you quit facebook?
I admire you for that.
I would so gladly stop using that site.. but having friends and family all in a different country makes it kind of hard.
EDIT: by the way, I knew Jason's Ultimatum was kind of cocky but I wasn't aware fitgaf had a really bad impression of him. I don't think he has trashed fitness OTs, at least.
Psychotext
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Not at all. I just have decent biceps, triceps and now forearms. The rest doesn't look bad, just not up there with my arms. Well, aside from my legs for obvious reasons.
Arrowgigantic
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1. I guess it would depend on what you define "in shape" as. Training distance running is for getting better at distance running, and for looking like your upper body was rescued from a year on a deserted island a few days ago.
Weight loss will come a little bit slower lifting weights, since you are also putting on muscle weight, but you still lose fat.
2. Diet takes some thought. But it's not so bad. On the road, it can be as simple as getting a burger with extra patties instead of a burger and fries. Focusing on getting a good 50-60g of protein in each meal normally takes care of keeping the overall calorie count low. Weekly meal prep is basically going to involve a crock pot, some light simmering sauce, shredding 2-3 lbs. of some pork, chicken, or beef, some broccoli normandy, and tupperware.
Psychotext
Member
Wow... I have literally never seen a "leg curl" like that before. Amazing!
ohhthegore
Member
lol so true
"Yeah honey it's a new work out, now let me watch your form from behind. No that wasn't me unzipping just now."
Hypereides
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Hey guys, long time no see. Formerly, Highluxury here.
I hit snap city two days ago.
I had a long pause from lifting, some things I had to process, got back into lifting and performed a deadlift poorly. Felt an, almost, instantanous intense painful sensation on my lower back. It was terrible. Could barely lean over or sit for a while.
Thankfully, a certified physiotherapist was nearby. He gave some advice on how to handle the injury. Even though its been a few days, I still feel stinging around my lumbar when I try to sit-up right, It hurts. for the time being, I'm out of commision.
I hit snap city two days ago.
I had a long pause from lifting, some things I had to process, got back into lifting and performed a deadlift poorly. Felt an, almost, instantanous intense painful sensation on my lower back. It was terrible. Could barely lean over or sit for a while.
Thankfully, a certified physiotherapist was nearby. He gave some advice on how to handle the injury. Even though its been a few days, I still feel stinging around my lumbar when I try to sit-up right, It hurts. for the time being, I'm out of commision.
Wulfric
Member
Grr, I wasn't able to bench my last set of 115 today. Went down to 110 for the last set instead, which seemed a bit easier in comparison. Squats and barbell row went well though. Is the bar supposed to touch your abs during a BR? I figure you would want to be pulling the bar towards you as much as possible, so that's the way I've been doing it.
So to summarize the last few posts:
Higher reps + lower weight = Muscle looks bigger, but doesn't lift as much.
Lower reps + higher weight = Stronger muscle, but not as pronounced.
Do I have that right? I would imagine there are benefits to both methods that I'm not aware of.
So to summarize the last few posts:
Higher reps + lower weight = Muscle looks bigger, but doesn't lift as much.
Lower reps + higher weight = Stronger muscle, but not as pronounced.
Do I have that right? I would imagine there are benefits to both methods that I'm not aware of.
ohhthegore
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damn bro I've gone through the same thing before, it'll get better
theytookourjobz
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What are you guys at calorie wise? Reading the last few pages and I see a lot of 2000 and below. I used a calculator and it put me at around 2700 for cutting. I train pretty hard and pretty often but I was shocked to see everyone else so low.
Calculators are always too high for 99% of people.
I'm 5'9, 170 and myfitnesspal says my maintenance is net 3000+ calories...which is so damn high. I'm eating that much, to gain.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Ah okay. It's hard for me recover from full blown cheat days so I think I respond better to just eating a few more calories every day.
Psychotext
Member
I'm bulking on less than that. Stupid tiny body. lol
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Yeah that seems pretty damn high for 170lbs. I used the calculator on IIFYM and it had me at 2700 being 6ft, 205lbs, active lifestyle and working out an hour a day, six days a week. I'm leaning out so I guess I can't complain!
I'm so happy about life in general I've been eating more and still lean as ever. I'm very strict when it comes to my protein intake, but I can get higher on fat intake depending on the day. Finding the love of my life and things going so well with her have drastically changed my perspective on food intake and how I've been seeing myself.
entremet
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My favorite days are when coot posts his cheat days. Epic.
It's not uncommon for me to have:
1 large pizza
2 or 3 pints of ice cream
6-8 doughnuts
A loaf of french bread
Various other small things
Some days it's 8000ish though. Just depends on how I'm feeling.
CherryWoodFuton
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This is semi not related to fitness but Jason Blaha has a wealth of knowledge in regards to lifting but goddamn his non lifting views are dumb as all fuck
http://youtu.be/byAgtMDMKno on his other channel
http://youtu.be/byAgtMDMKno on his other channel
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
What's the philosophy behind your cheat days? Do you count your average calories per week and try to keep them consistent?
Psychotext
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I can't find the decent article that was posted here recently, but this gives a pretty good overview: http://greatist.com/health/cheat-days-explained
In dumb terms, you basically tell your body that it's OK to lose fat as you've established that decent food will be coming. What you eat isn't particularly important, as long as there's a lot of it and you hit your base macro levels.
Worked like a dream for me. Went from ridiculously low calories on a barely working 6 month cut, to eating far more yet losing a ton more fat.
Sanity. I could eat about 2500-2700 every day without a cheat day and maintain or do what I'm doing with low days and a cheat day. I prefer the latter. Simple as that. There is some science behond the influx of calories being beneficial but that's not why I do it.
No. I don't have a weekly number I try to hit. The low numbers leading up to my cheat day was determined by trial and error. By being strict leading up to my next cheat day I end up at an acceptable weight/bf% every week. I usually have 1 or 2 solid days where I'm pretty shredded before I go to bloat city on my cheat day.
Future PhaZe
Member
oh shit, FE having success with cutting?
Madnesslink5
Member
Good stuff. I'm in such a mental rut right now with gym and uni. Combination of recent illness and stress and studies has just fucked my shit up.
entremet
Member
I don't have a sweet tooth much, so that limits me. Those donuts and ice cream probably help a lot. I'm guessing 3k on those alone.
Should do all you can to sort it out. Having a clear head makes things better in pretty much every way.
Shit, it looks like your bicep warped reality when you took the pic.
Is that a NES controller phone cover? You such a nerd.
Well done sir.
this is the most nicely shaped bicep in the thread.
will do more arm work. it pays off.
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