The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Fuck new years, can't do anything but cardio right now

 

So glad everyone fell off the band wagon here. Every year at the gym I go to it gets packed as fuck for the first 2 weeks and then just dies out. I go at 3am before work and it's back to me and another guy having all the weights to ourselves.

 

Been out the gym for 3 days since the kiddo is sick and I'm just now getting sick. Hopefully this blows through so I can make the gainz instead of the losses of being sick

 

Seeing how today's session is shit im tempted to take pre workout again, what do you guys think? give in to stims or man the fuck up?

 

won a $100 vitamin shop gift card in a work raffle

 

I can't function in the gym without pre-workout. Not so much of a body boost but more of a mental focus boost

 

Tried front squats for the first time today! My back feels alot better after my sets as compared to doing traditional back squats. Just need to work on tricep flexibility so I can get up under the bar more.

 

Try Zercher Squats. Get enough weight on there and they not only work your legs, but you'll get areally good core workout in, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da75bVCfTNo

 

uhhhh, i want that dudes shirt lol

edit: nevermind

http://store.buff-dudes.com/products

 

Ah interesting, never seen those before. Will definitely give those a try next week! Being in college sucks, I can never seem to intake enough food, add that with asian genes and you got the worst scenario for trying to build haha

 

I did a shake of that serious mass with a banana after my workout Monday at 7 PM. Then ate dinner around 8 PM. Then right before bed I cooked two waffles, covered them with honey and peanut butter, then stuck a burger patty between. My stomach was on the verge of popping.

 

i hear ya man... took a serving of serious mass after training tonight...ate a couple BLTA's and some dried fruit about an hour after and i just made some pancakes and turkey sausage for my late night snack... and i may have thrown in a couple beers in there somewhere too. lol

 

leg day

5x5 on the squats up to 245. I gotta work on my ROM at the higher weights, but im starting to get my ass to the grass
incline leg press
5x10 up to 450lbs
5x10 machine quad extensions up to 180lbs
5x10 maching hammy curls up to 170lbs
5x10 standing calf raises up to 320lbs

walked home, took 45 mins to go 2 miles. and as I sit here, I can't tell if my knee popped out or if the muscle on the inside of my left knee is cramping

lol

 

also, reddit's AMA with Arnie had him make vids

like this

of which i am now going to use
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZV3aZfextU

 

My buddy told me about those a few days ago, thinking I am going to try that instead.

YOU LACK DISCIPLINE one is the best, no KIMBLE, THERE IS NO BATHROOM!!!!!!!!!!

Solid day yesterday, did behind the head press and incline chest.

Incline felt awesome

205 3 @ 8 waterfall 20 lbs less to max
85 3 @ 10 on the seat Curls
25 plates perp to ground raises (watever it is called when you lift weights directly in front, straight arms)
225 on the rack 3 @ 8
205 3 @ 8 shrugs on the rack
5 plate, squat machine 12 rep
6 plate, squat machine 12 rep
7 plate, squat machine 12 rep
45 3 @ 10 hammer curls


Worked legs back into my daily routine as I can not commit myself to a leg day and my shit has shrank

 

anybody know of any good fat burners? Spring break is around the corner and im gonna cut my bulking phase out midway through February and hit cardio pretty hard while still lifting till I die.

And yes, I want to lose fat for spring break. My muscles gotta make them panties drop.... just in case the alcohol doesn't.


Dont Judge Me. I'm still a young buck.

 

Fat. (Eat fat to burn fat)

Diet and exercise.

 

Now that I live in a town of more than 20 people I started looking for a personal trainer to help with my goals. No one around knows how to squat properly or deadlift...etc... at least at the gym I'm in. Got a meeting with him tomorrow... hopefully all goes well and he can straighten me out one some of the forms I may be messing up on.

 

Serious Mass FTMFW

^this

Fat burners .......if I had a nickel every time I explained this to someone:

Fat burners do nothing but get you so jittery that you burn more calories; that's why you never see fat meth/speed/coke heads.

The only safe fat burner (that I know of) with a true thermogenic effect is green tea. You lose fat by diet and cardio...emphasis on diet.

When I cut, I don't even do cardio (being an ectomorph has a few benefits ). I'm in the same boat as you: I'm going on spring break in March. Normally, I start a cut 3 months out and do a traditional caloric deficit cut and I get down to ~10% bf. Last year, I did a regular caloric deficit diet with intermittent fasting and got just below 10%. This year, I'm doing the keto diet and am hoping to get below 8%....although, with my birthday a few weeks ago, I may have gotten side tracked a little lol.

Moral of the story: diet and cardio are going to get you results, not a fat burner....unless you're not worried about your heart exploding, walking around like a meth addict, and blowing up like Santa as soon as you stop taking the pills....my 2 cents, anyway.

 

Was doing the Bear complex as my "cardio" at the end of my workout today, and my wrist (broken a few years ago) popped. Hurts pretty bad right now. Slightly swollen. Hoping I don't have to take any real time off...but I might be out for a week or so