The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

PackCon · May 15, 2020

I don’t have the space or money for a home gym that will have the equipment I want.

Even then this whole situation has taught me... I fucking hate working out at home. I could have a Luxurious $100k set up in a separate building In my backyard. I don’t want to workout in a big ass building by myself lol.

Scott W said: ↑

More calories. Health Carbs for fuel and plenty of protein for recovery.
Believe you me, it ain't easy putting muscle mass on with a high level of metabolism. And that I have. But the results do come with work.
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uh... this bro knows how to pack on mass

4WDTrout · May 15, 2020

TXTaco13 said: ↑

We weren't talking about capacitors Bubba
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Hahaha I’m aware of that boss.
Just throwing it out there...

weldertaco · May 15, 2020

Arman Bagdasarov said: ↑

Sounds like a trolling question But it may not be so....

Many people call this process re-comping. It is definitely possible Especially if you’re fairly new to lifting weights and are fairly overfat. However you would likely get better results if you focus on one of those things at a time.

Personally don’t like keto. Carbs are your bodies main fuel source, assist with recovery from resistance training and feel your muscles with glycogen. Of course there are back up systems so keto diets work and you’ll still be able to produce energy on a high fat diet. To each his own, if you’re someone who enjoys a high fat diet, keto may be the right diet for you
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It’s trolling but just bullshitting really. Welcome to the chat. You got dudes on juice, strongmen, bodybuilders, natty’s, keto-ers, everything in here. Even had a IFBB pro for a short time. It’s a good thread to just hangout and bullshit. Half of us don’t even own Tacoma’s.

TXTaco13 · May 15, 2020

Travish325 said: ↑

China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, anywhere in Asia lol Hell China is one of the largest steel exporters in the world.

Y'all I said it before, I deal with this stuff everyday with govt contractors. If these companies don't have a specific "Buy American Act" clause in their purchase orders and contracts then 98.2% of the time their steel is imported. It's so easy to be able to say "made in America". That's capitalism and free market, deal with it.

Again, no way to verify that steel unless you have an XRF gun of your own and can scan the metal and determine it's makeup. I can put American steel from U.S Steel next to imported steel from China, which keep in mind really isn't as bad as you think when bought from a good supplier with international standards in place. $1000000 says no one here can tell the difference. You'd be surprised what gets made with imported steel. People think just cause they see China it's automatically shit steel. That may be true in some cases, but remember, your America steel is made out of scrap shit from everywhere, so even that scrap is likely not all American lmao. It's all heated, extruded, and made the same basic way. The only time it becomes a problem being non American is when it's specialty steel/aluminum being used on critical items like aircraft parts and weapons. That's only because if it's made in America WE can impose our manufacturing standards and take action if the supplier doesn't meet spec. It's also because on aircraft, weapons, and military product, America doesn't want other countries knowing the shit we use and the details of our engineering and manufacturing, plus all the flow down of specs, drawings, and technical data that has to be sent to sub-suppliers who make this specialty steel... That's not stuff you want another country having.

Even Rogue's top racks are very likely made with Chinese or imported steel in there. Again you'll never know. Even if they are buying it from an American company, that American company likely imported that steel and resold it at a mark-up lol It's just how it works.

But if it makes you feel more patriotic than buy whatever the hell you want. Just don't act all high and mighty because you only like "murica made".
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How many Chinese cars do we import? Think their steel is good enough to pass standards here? Being high and mighty because I want to support companies here? LOL

Arman Bagdasarov · May 15, 2020

PackCon said: ↑

Low carb high fat is where its at

Do you enjoy nutrition coaching?
I’m wondering if most of your clients actually take the advice they pay you for and if not how frustrating that is.
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yah actually, i really enjoy it finally found what i really want to do for the rest of my life!
Most of the time they do take the advice and we check in weekly to assess progress and make adjustments. With very overweight clients it’s sometimes difficult because they have heavy emotional attachments to food and then that complicates things but I try to screen for that... Not that I don’t want to help of course but that’s a psychological issue first

mindstar · May 15, 2020

weldertaco said: ↑

It’s trolling but just bullshitting really. Welcome to the chat. You got dudes on juice, strongmen, bodybuilders, natty’s, keto-ers, everything in here. Even had a IFBB pro for a short time. It’s a good thread to just hangout and bullshit. Half of us don’t even own Tacoma’s.
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Which Pro?

weldertaco · May 15, 2020

mindstar said: ↑

Which Pro?
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Bryan Burns

Travish325 · May 15, 2020

TXTaco13 said: ↑

How many Chinese cars do we import? Think their steel is good enough to pass standards here? Being high and mighty because I want to support companies here? LOL
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I don't expect you to understand this.

I have spoken.

4WDTrout · May 15, 2020

Arman Bagdasarov said: ↑

yah actually, i really enjoy it finally found what i really want to do for the rest of my life!
Most of the time they do take the advice and we check in weekly to assess progress and make adjustments. With very overweight clients it’s sometimes difficult because they have heavy emotional attachments to food and then that complicates things but I try to screen for that... Not that I don’t want to help of course but that’s a psychological issue first
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There is a guy in here who can’t say no to donuts....

PackCon · May 15, 2020

Arman Bagdasarov said: ↑

yah actually, i really enjoy it finally found what i really want to do for the rest of my life!
Most of the time they do take the advice and we check in weekly to assess progress and make adjustments. With very overweight clients it’s sometimes difficult because they have heavy emotional attachments to food and then that complicates things but I try to screen for that... Not that I don’t want to help of course but that’s a psychological issue first
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Thats nice to hear. I wouldn’t mind being a nutrition coach/coach in my next life.

Supra TT · May 15, 2020

4WDTrout said: ↑

There is a guy in here who can’t say no to donuts....
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Hello that is me!

PackCon · May 15, 2020

Supra TT said: ↑

Hello that is me!
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I think thats a lot of you clowns.

My problem is liquid donuts

TXTaco13 · May 15, 2020

Travish325 said: ↑

I don't expect you to understand this.

I have spoken.
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Don't have to get all high and mighty, I'll take that as 0. Be well

lenoxluda · May 15, 2020

ThunderCookies said: ↑

A few of us are right there with you. The ones of us who were still equipped with a way to workout. I sold a house, bought a house, moved, and have a pregnant wife due in 9 days so Quarantine has been quite busy. All the while I managed to get my daily workout in one way or another and since we've been in our new house (moved in on Apr. 20th) I've had my full home gym set-up and ready to go. OHP/Shoulder day today and Deadlift day tomorrow

It's also Flex Friday, so it's about that time for a fresh set of noods up in here
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Wow, that's about as busy as one can get! Props for not going crazy haha. Nice man! Yeah I'm moving this weekend, tore down the gym last weekend. My first priority is getting it back up asap!! Good luck bud, get after it!!

lenoxluda · May 15, 2020

PackCon said: ↑

I’m recovering from knee surgery right now but also struggled with hip pain due to my piriformis muscle always being pissed off due to my glute med not doing its job.
My knee PT right now is super focused on all single leg squats and lunges with a lot of balance. PT says its best to work with one leg at a time because it reduces the like hood of developing those screwed up compensations you get. Hip pain hasnt really come back yet.
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Ouch bro, knee surgery is no joke I've heard. Yeah man that stupid little piriformis and glute med was fucking with me too, pretty sure those were the main culprits. I've done probably a million clam reps in the last year to get those fuckers to act right. I was shocked when I researching to find out how many damn muscles are in our hips and glutes. Made me really step up my lower body workouts. I wouldn't wish that problem on my worst enemy, there were times I felt hopeless, I'm so glad I figured it out and got over it. Yeah that's what I learned too, single leg movements to get the muscles to actually engage properly.

Supra TT · May 15, 2020

lenoxluda said: ↑

Ouch bro, knee surgery is no joke I've heard. Yeah man that stupid little piriformis and glute med was fucking with me too, pretty sure those were the main culprits. I've done probably a million clam reps in the last year to get those fuckers to act right. I was shocked when I researching to find out how many damn muscles are in our hips and glutes. Made me really step up my lower body workouts. I wouldn't wish that problem on my worst enemy, there were times I felt hopeless, I'm so glad I figured it out and got over it. Yeah that's what I learned too, single leg movements to get the muscles to actually engage properly.
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Hey protip... you can multiquote messages.

Be well

lenoxluda · May 15, 2020

Travish325 said: ↑

Oh shit. Bout to get more controversial than a 6% BF claim up in here!
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Hey now, thought we got passed that lol!! You guys gave me motivation to get after it! Give me a couple weeks and I'll show you what's up haha

dwalden2 · May 15, 2020

TXTaco13 said: ↑

Dunno about you, but having a nice gym setup at the house sounds way better than dealing with the bs at the gym. This covid situation has me really rethinking going back to the gym and just getting nice home setup and avoiding sweaty bros and all the bullshit. Then on top of that, I have a nice ass gym that's sick af. That's just me tho
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I like being there. I feel like I get better workouts done at the gym. Better pumps. Something about the home gym setup just feels different. And I don’t have much motivation at home. I dunno. Maybe it’ll change. But, for now, I’m gonna pay my $25 a month for the gym and still use it 2 or 3 days a week

lenoxluda · May 15, 2020

Supra TT said: ↑

Hey protip... you can multiquote messages.

Be well
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Yeah I haven't figured that out yet lol sorry if it bugs you guys I'm open for tutorial haha

weldertaco · May 15, 2020

Arman Bagdasarov said: ↑

yah actually, i really enjoy it finally found what i really want to do for the rest of my life!
Most of the time they do take the advice and we check in weekly to assess progress and make adjustments. With very overweight clients it’s sometimes difficult because they have heavy emotional attachments to food and then that complicates things but I try to screen for that... Not that I don’t want to help of course but that’s a psychological issue first
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Tbh I wouldn’t mind a nutritionist to help me get on track to lean out.

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