The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

I do my best to get my calories on que, but yes there will be a little inconsistency. And I Had a feeling I was gaining some muscle and losing fat. This is the most I've ever weight lifted in my life.

 

So for those of you that may or may not remember I weighed in again friday ans sunday. All consistent at just over 151 so im note sure what happened with the 145 deal but im gonna just start counting my progress form 151.

 

I need to weigh in but Im gonna wait till I take a poop first.

 

I always weigh first thing in the am, post shit lol. 194 today. Down 6 lbs 3 weeks into the cut...still convinced it's all muscle. #fuckcutting

 

I did this on sunday, friday it was afternoon but still after Evac. the differences were small

 

Haven't weighed in for almost 10 months now

 

sever hip pain has sidelined me from squatting...I'm pissed.
I stretch, and stretch, and stretch but it feels like someone is stabbing me in the hip when I go down to parallel. I'm low bar squatting so perhaps my feet aren't spaced far enough apart. I was on my way to a 500 lb squat too....

 

Came home from school and had a bodybuilding.com package on the steps! I accidentally ordered C4 instead of ON-Pre, but it was rated the #1 pre-workout last year, so I'm fine with that. Also got my ON BCAA's and Creatine! And they threw in a free sample of BSN Syntha 6 protein and niacin, as well as a free shirt. Well, not exactly free, as I spend $500+ at that damn website per year. Not too sure about the niacin, but the free protein will be put to good use. Love bb.com! Training tomorrow is going to be very excite! Shoulders and calves.

Can't wait to see what these BCAA's do...I'm not expecting anything like noticeable gains, but I'm am excited to see if they aid in recovery and muscle preservation on my cut. I do admit, I'm skeptical, but we shall see

 

c4 is the shittttttttt

 

I liked C4 when I took pre workout. The strawberry margarita flavor was amazing. Its crazy how much people are willing to spend on supplements! I was pretty wrapped up into it and had a monthly allowance set aside just for it.

Any of you guys use the sites where you pick which ingredients are put into your protein? I was going to order some but then stopped sups in general. I will try to find it...I thought it was an awesome idea.

 

Im gonna hulk like a fucking monster today. Gonna be EPIC, since I was a fat ass last week....... Did get an 8 mile ride in on Sunday though.

 

I usually only buy protein and creatine, but after getting a free sample of a pre-workout last week, I decided I'd spurge...and as far as the BCAA's are concerned, that's all Sean's fault

 

Howcome? As low as my pre-workout tolerance is, I'm hoping it'll get the job done for me.

 

i question you

 

I had some issues with a similar pain. Deep stab when I get around parallel. It really limited my strength. Stretching never helped either. I'd warm up, feel good and loose, but as soon as I got weight on my back the pain would re appear.
I got rid of it by putting a plate on each side and going to the bottom of the squat (hip crease below the knee or you're a ******) like normal, but just sitting there with the weight. I'd hold that position for about ten seconds or so. I'd do that a few times before I started squatting to warm up. Then after I squatted I'd do 1-2 sets of 5 or so of same thing to really open the hips.
Since I started doing this my hip mobility has increased and hip pain has vanished.

 

I've been reading for hours about cutting and BCAA's and it's all pretty consistent information: BCAA's on a cut do aid in muscle preservation and recovery.

What I've read that's inconsistent is when and how much to dose. I've read things as extreme as doing 4-5 servings of 10g throughout the day and others of just doing 10g intra-workout. What's got me stomped is, after looking at my tub of ON Whey, it shows that I get 5g of BCAA's from each scoop. I do 2 scoops post-workout and 1 scoop before bed (15g of BCAA's total). I'm thinking and hoping that just doing 10g of BCAA's pre or intra-workout will be enough for me, bringing my total to 25g of BCAA's from supplements alone...and that's not including what I get from my food (chicken breast: 6.6g, canned tuna: 5.6g, ground turkey: 5.2g, 6 egg whites: 6g). That's a daily total of 48 grams of BCAA's with only actually supplementing 10g of BCAA's (not including my 3 scoops of ON).

As I've said before, I'm a huge skeptic and HATE wasting money on supplements, so I'm just reading up to make sure that I get the most bang from my buck.