The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Can't go wrong with the DQ foot-long chili cheese dog or the double flamethrower cheeseburger! I love DQ

 

If anybody's wanting some great bumper plates for a good price check out Hi-Temp. They're one of the cheapest options, made in Alabama, and high quality. Our Athletic Dept used them at UK too.

 

First full-body workout is in the books; it took like an hour and a half, but I liked it!

deadlifts: 3 sets of 10, 8, 6 @ 225, 275, 275
incline barbell press: 3 sets of 10 @ 135, 155, 185
bent-over barbell rows: 3 sets of 10 @ 65, 85, 95
incline hammer press: 3 sets of 10 w/ 50, 60, 60 lb dumbbells
preacher curl: 3 sets of 10, 10, 8 @ 75, 85, 95
overhead dumbbell press: 3 sets of 10, 10, 9 w/ 55, 60, 60 lb dumbbells
close-grip bench press: 4 sets of 10 @ 135 (hands 4" apart, 1 sec pause @ top and bottom)
side lat raises: 2 sets of 10 w/ 20 lb dumbbells
dumbbell shrugs: 2 sets of 10 w/ 125 lb dumbbells

Ready for legs tomorrow!

 

About to hit month 7 since I started to workout and I'm definitely showing the results but I'm curious if other people go through times of the day where you don't think you are as big as you thought you were and then other times where you think you are as big as you thought you were? I know this sounds fucked up but I seriously question my physique all the time :/ I'm a freaking yo yo

Please tell me this is somewhat normal! Lol

 

this one hits right in the feels for all of us, the moment you start lifting weights is the moment you become forever small, unless you phil heath of course.

 

All the time. Walk by a window at work and see my reflection and I'm like "Dang...Do I even lift?" Get into the gym and start to lift and I'm like "Dang...I'm lookin pretty good...."

 

Welcome to the lifter's life



I did back at 24 yesterday and a chick and one of the "trainers" was on the rack next to mine

chick asked for nutrition advice

"Go to the organic markets. Avoid GMO food and anything with gluten. All of them are bad for you. people think salads are healthy, but GMOs are really bad for you- they can cause cancer and are usually fattier (WAT). Organic foods are way better because other normal foods absorb pesticides- especially spinach"

sweet baby raptor jebuz

I had to stop my set and laugh
I made sure she noticed I was laughing, and made a loud comment to my gymbro
"guess I know where NOT to come for nutrition advice"

 

The GMO part is 100% true. i even avoid beer with GMO corn.

 

I am disappoint

 

im not saying organic is good either, most organic food uses organic pesticide which is not regulated. best just to get your stuff from local places or farmers market.

 

there are no recorded//scientifically accepted cases of adverse health effects from GMO products in the history of their use

there was one girl claiming to get sick from GMO corn that was debunked awhile back

 

there is a reason most GMO food in europe is only allowed for animal feeds. FDA here is a joke.

 

That being said if someone stick a GMO Elote in my face, i'd still eat it

 

meh. They've studied the shit out of them

 

Sooo on the GMO corn.. I learned exactly what the genetic modifiers do in the corn and soybeans if anyone wants to hear.

 

My life is science, I know too

 

Well.. I got to help plant corn, and then spray it. The farmer I was with explained it all to me. That is literally his life, knowing that shit.

Edit: I also now know what herbicide does

 

pretty cool- just for fun?

people think "farming" is just throwing shit into dirt and watering occasionally


you don't really appreciate it until you get dirty

 

glyphosphate's an interesting molecule too

 

Farming is tough as hell. I helped out on a farm for two weeks and my back hurt every day more than even my best back workouts. Shoveling hundreds of bushels of corn, sticking your arm elbows deep up a cows ass to see if its pregnant. I got kicked by a cow lol. Also, herding them. Being in a closed pen with bulls is one of those experiences where your balls turn into solid steel afterwards.