The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Finally joined the 1000 lb club today at the ripe age of 24 lol

 

Did it take two fat chics?

 

why?!

After calculating it, out of the 484.5 g carbs in my bulking diet, 226 g of that is from sugar, which is over the 1/3 carb-intake limit (161.5) by 65 g

The foods in the diet with the highest sugar content are:

2 tsp. honey: 34 g
2 Coke's: 66 g

Sadly, I realize that the 2 Coke's gotta go That'll bring my sugar intake to 160 g, which is a hair below the 1/3 mark....I can go without the coke, but having to throw in 66g of a complex carb is gonna be a pain in the ass...I hate brown rice and all that shit.

 

all the protein! I caved last night.. I havent had anything sweet in for ever.. so I had a dark chocolate fudge brownie with cream cheese frosting... jesus it was heaven!


This morning I did squats with my fellow LT...

Squats
Smith Machine Lunges
Hack Squats
Sitting Leg Curl
Super Set w/
Leg Extension
Seated Calf Raise

I went super heavy, felt good with a spotter on squats.. Havent had a lifting buddy since April

 

Maybe you should look into Kettlebell training. Great total body conditioning that doesn't take up a lot of room, in the house. Lots of helpful videos, on YouTube. Also, been doing a lot of bodyweight stuff lately. I'm finding that keeping it simple is the way to go. Good luck, buddy.

 

I've been on a big diet coke kick for some reason.. I feel ya..

You could try mashed sweet potatoes, I made some last night but instead of milk and butter I used chicken stock (low sodium)... creamy and tastes freaking great

 

Sweet potato is definitely gonna be one of the foods I throw in. Still searching for the other

 

quinoa is also a great brown rice alternative... the texture is a great way to mix it up and, like rice, it absorbs with what you cook.. I just do a lot of garlick and Mrs. Dash Spicey salt stuff

 

Got it figured out. I deleted the 2 Coke's and the tsp. chocolate syrup and added 1 cup of brown rice and a serving of pretzels. I can handle brown rice, as long as I've got some liquid aminos and eggs to throw in

 

haha you got it down to the gram! nicely done.. is this still your cut? Im too lazy to look back

 

no. I'm starting my bulk tomorrow! I just got burnt out on cutting. I got down to around 11% bf and lost 22 lbs, so I'm fine with it!

My bulking macros are 3259 calories, 218 g protein, 463 g carbs, and 70 g fat

Very excite!

 

whats your day look like, if you dont mind sharing.. After we move into our house Im getting back on the counting game.. going to do macros instead of old school body builder calorie count..

 

I've been counting for 2-3 years now and it's just the easiest way for me. If I don't, I either eat way too much or way too little. A lot of people are anti-macro counting and anti-IIFYM, but it works for me, so I say fuck 'em lol.

I train 4 days a week, 45 mins to an hour per session, currently using Doug's 4 Day Split.

I eat 6 meals a day, starting at 11am and end at around 8:30pm

11 am:
6 egg whites
2 fiber bars
oatmeal

1 pm: (pre-workout meal)
sandwich: 2 slices whole wheat bread, 4 slices turkey, 1 slice pepperjack cheese, 1/2 tsp. mayo
1 serving baked lays
salad: 1 cup spinach, 1/2 cup broccoli, 1 med carrot, 1 serving Olive Garden Italian dressing

2 pm: (post-workout shake)
shake: 1 cup whole milk, 2 scoops ON whey, banana, 5 strawberries, 2 tsp. honey
1 serving pretzels

4 pm:
hamburger helper with 93/7 ground turkey
1 serving frosted mini wheats

6 pm:
chicken breast
red potato
bagel w/ grape jelly

8pm:
Greek yogurt
cheese stick
1 cup brown rice

 

hamburger helper... i havent had that since i was a kid! lol

awesome stuff there for sure... good way to mix your sweet carbs in for sure .. and this is pretty regular... only thing with macros is you can change much unless you do science and math.. calculator shit lol

 

Hamburger helper is one of my all-time favorite foods. Yeah, calculating mine yesterday took a good 4-5 hrs, but it's worth it in the end

 

i remember it was tasty but there's just too much crap in it for my comfortablity

 

Denny's breakfast... a little high in sodium but over a decent amount of stuff

 

Yeah, the sodium levels are a bit high

 

almost a week without lifting since my hotel "fitness center" only had one dumbbell rack that went up to 50lbs and a few treadmills

woke up at 4:30 to make it down to the gym early

took two scoops of pre accidentally....added a scoop to the bottle, went to grab something, came back, added another one

man, after cycling off then blasting into a double serving

my ass felt like a squirt gun

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