The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

FYI: Haven't been able to lift for several years, and I was REALLY ballooning up in weight again. 65 years old, 6'1" and pushing 350 in the middle of winter. Started the KETO diet back then, weighed myself this morning, and was at 317, first time below 320 in over 2 years! Sure, I'll never look like 30 again, but doing what I can...

 

Awesome! Always good to hear someone taking control of their body/fitness instead of just making excuses. Nice job on the weight loss so far.

 

Thanks! it's really hard for me to drop weight, too, since my metabolism is so slow I can gain weight just by walking through the Bakery Department of the local Publix and breathing!

 

Metabolism is easy to fix. Start off by eating 4 meals a day. Then up it to 5 meals, then 6. Before you know it you'll be starving all day like the rest of us who eat 6 meals a day. Of course, if you consume X amount of calories in 4 meals, you must remain same total calories for 6 meals as 4. Before you know it you'll be consuming more food and losing weight. #science

 

I’ve never used it, but I’m curious about it not being WADA approved. Means it’s got something strong in it.

 

I’ve watched a few 10k calorie and 20k calorie food eating days in YouTube, I’d be down to try the 10k calorie, pretty sure I could handle that in a day.

 

Easily. But 20k would be miserable

 

Smashed 430x15 today on dead’s on the top set of 3x5 on wendler. Kinda a big fan of one max set on the big lifts. Seems to be working.

 

Wendler?

 

Also 3rd day in the row scale shows weight loss yet I added bread with my tuna at 3pm and added pop tarts for breakfast. Weight should be going up lol

 

Jim Wendler
His powerlifting routine (5/3/1) is the shit.

 

Gonna google him right meow

 

Googled. Skimmed. Read. Intrigued now. Couple questions about it though.

 

great program, ran it in one form or another for about 3 years.

 

As someone who used to compete (bodybuilding), the biggest factor is consistency and listening to your body. It’s great to get ideas from people, but you need to learn what works best for YOU, and that takes time, there’s no way around it.

That goes for diet, training, drugs (if you use steroids), etc. Everyone’s body is different genetically and fine tuning things will change your body like you wouldn’t believe. Science and studies like you’ll read online only mean so much. There’s things I do that make no sense on paper, but it works and I feel amazing, so I do it and don’t over think it.

This picture is with a broken right foot, thank god it isn’t my clutch foot! Lol

My routine:

Mon: back/triceps
Tues: chest/biceps/abs
Wed: legs
Thurs: back/triceps
Fri: chest/biceps/abs
Sat: legs
Sun: OFF

 

What questions?

His book is good a definitely worth a read if you have primarily strength related goals. I like his no nonsense approach.

I did his plan for a year and gained exceptional strength. Its turns the routine into something relatively simple and mindless lol

 

It just seems so short. Like doesn’t seem like a plan to get ... fit(?).. like how much can you sweat and burn by just doing 3 sets of 5?

What do you do if you just genuinely want to workout more than 3-4 days a week?

Seems more like a get huge plan than a get fit one but I could be reading into it wrong.

I don’t get why people focus on benching 305.1lbs and squatting 600. I just do what my body can handle and put a little more weight on every now and then and see. I’ve added weight and taken it back off after the set cause it’s too much and I’ve added weight and added more after cause it was easy.

I guess I’m just wondering on what kinda workout his plan really focuses on. It says all types but maybe I’m just confused.

 

For the sake of staying well-fed, yeah. But not really mandatory for the good ol anabolic window, which according to studies is about 24-36 hours (up to 48 possibly) after your workout. So getting protein in soon after a workout isn't necessary.

There's been some positive outcomes with decreased soreness by taking BCAAs, and some question that, other say it works for them. I've seen more advanced lifters notice a difference. Maybe it's something you grow into?

 

It’s a powerlifting program, not a fitness program. Intent is to increase the squat, bench, and deadlift.

 

Hell yea! Nice! Those max effort sets suck much. Haha.