The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Im at school right now so just google it and you shall see haha

 

http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/muscle-building-11

there you go NoMallCrawlTaco

And mjp2 thank you!

Ty

 

or this. Because I forgot there is a mod that trolls this thread on a regular basis!!!

 

Like N O2 as in Nitrogen Dioxide?? that shits poisonous no wonder it kills your lungs.

 

^^^^hahaha

 

forget all those supliments , I just eat a lot of meals high in protein during the day. its harder to get bigger but its all true mass. not to water weight...

 

Its difficult to eat that much protein on a limited budget. Thats why I supplement with protein shakes.

If I had unlimited cash to spend on food lol I would be huge without having to buy protein powders!

I think Safeway should sponsor me for something, and pay me to eat their food

 

yeah, the only supplements worth taking are a good multi-vitamin, creatine and glutamine, and of course a good protein powder with a complete BCAA profile

people think creatine is all water weight but it's not, creatine creates more ATP in the muscle, which is what the muscle feeds off of for energy, which increases your muscular endurance which means your workouts last longer, you can do more sets and reps, which increases your strength and thus increases muscle mass, so it's a great supplement

there's no way to get enough protein by just eating food, so protein powder supplementation is a must, I recommend at least a gram of protein per pound of bodyweight, I actually do 1.5 grams of protein per pound to make sure I get enough absorbed because you lose some in digestion

that's great that you compete, I've been competing for about 7 years, you got any pics? and do you not drink any shakes when prepping for a show?

 

PlyO - X !
in the books...

I forgot how much I love that workout!

 

Thank you mucho chico! I may give this a go round for grins...

 

Just started including xtend and protein supplements into my cardio/plyo/ab workouts.. We will see how this goes.

 

looking great bro, you've got a good structure, just need more mass and get super lean and you'll be good to go I've got an article on bodybuilding.com about my training, diet and other pre-contest stuff here if you're interested:

http://www.bodybuilders.com/alex_morrison.htm

when do you plan on doing another show?

 

yeah legs are extremely important, heavy high-volume squats are great for size but the one thing that brought my outer sweep out more than anything was heavy leg press with my feet and knees completely together, before my quads fully developed I would do those every leg workout and it really worked great

I got down to 3.25, took circumference measurements and skin folds every week for 15 weeks, calories changed every week, every portion of every meal had to be weighed out, carbs slowly decreased every week, good fats slowly increased every week, cardio slowly increased every week, and didn't change my weight routine and stayed fairly heavy so I wouldn't lose my fullness and I was able to come in very dry and hard, started my diet at 193 and weighed in at 175 for the competition and about a week later after I got my carbs and water back in me I was up to 205

if you want any diet/training tips just hit me up in my Q&A thread in the health forum bro & good luck! and I hear you on the truck spending I've been doing a lot of that myself lately haha

 

yeah man I hate cardio lol it's the worst but you gotta do it and legs take a while sometimes, I've got a lot of friends that struggle with that but it's just been something that's naturally been a strong point for me, same with abs and a thick back, ARMS is what I've struggled with, they're in proportion to my calves so it's not a HUGE weak point but they need to be bigger to match my chest and back and they're a little overpowered by my shoulders which grow really quick along with chest, back and legs but my arms are stubborn my training struggles with 225 on bench when I'm putting up 315, and he's barely squatting 315 and I'm doing 500 for reps but he kicks my ASS on arm day lol so he loves that day and I hate it