The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

i started as a 295lb blob, did nothing but lifting weights and dieting, cut down to 245 and bulked back up to 275, and started doing a steady cut where my weight stays the same but my muscle increase and bf decrease. working out well so far, only reason i do cardio now is for heart health.

 

This was me today. I was off, so my routine was kind of off...shit ton of sodium, but whatever. This was like 3910 calories I think

 

here is mine today

 

It's pretty evenly split between cardio and bodyweight right now, but starting out was all about getting off of the couch/floor and just moving.

I started out biking and walking, I would walk 1-1.5 miles every evening, and bike 1 mile most evenings.

The biggest things will be diet change and walking to drop weight to the point where he can start BW exercises without injuring himself.

My trainers advice is to not put him on weight machines until he can push his own BW, it's the way she's training me also.

 

What's this app y'all use? I do it all on paper haha. Im assuming it's myfitnesspal. The only reason I like doing it on paper is because 99% of everything I buy is the knockoff Ingles brand and myfitnesspal doesn't have a lot of it. I do like that it tracks micros and sodium though. I might try tracking it on there tomorrow just to see what all they have that I eat

 

MyFitnessPal. Just find things that are close

 

Yep. Myfitnesspal. You can scan the barcode and it will pull up the product if it's in the app. If it's not, you can always add it from looking at the Nutritional facts and just put the info in. Then it'll be there next time you eat it.

 

Awesome. I add the macros of everything I eat everyday, which is why I generally eat the same foods each day (so I don't have to count each day). I'm gonna play with it tomorrow because that'll save a lot of calculating time on days that I vier off from my regular diet. I try to stay as close to my macros as possible (usually 5-10 grams)

 

Did you get to meet James Phillips, the Wal Mart greeter at the capitol? Lol

 

I cant ever take this guy serious lol

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HxYd9wzozEk

 

"Is that healthy! Hell yeah that's healthy! When you go to the hospital, if they can't find a vein, you're in trouble! Look at that vein!"

*points to giant collapsed vein in his bicep

"That's healthy!"

 

Those were some legit squats at the 3 minute mark.

 

Those veins make me feel extremely uncomfortable....

The fuck is that big ball on his left arm?

 

I didn't even know he was up there! I would've loved to have met him, though. Miss Georgia is gonna be here today! I'm gonna try to get a pic with her

 

4-5 hours after work!? I mean I have an hour, but have other obligations too haha

 

Nevermind. I read a little more and saw you said 4-5 hours a week..Guess I haven't woke up yet.

 

4 Day split= 1-1:15 per session= 4-5 hours a week

Roads were really icey around me last night so I skipped Chest. Gym even closed early at 7. Time to rework everything and I'll have to go saturday morning now.

 

Where do I find these graphs or the programs for them?

Used a macro calculator and got:

2241 CALORIES PER DAY

Carbohydrate 247g 44.1%
Protein. 173g 30.9%
Fat. 62g. 25.0%

That's for totals per day with high protein, I'm thinking less carbs than that though

 

Haha no. I do 4 1 hr sessions

Today will be my first day in the gym this week. Since I only have 5 days left in the week, I'm gonna just do a 4 day split this week because my shit won't be recovered in time to do upper and lower body workouts twice this week. Haven't done a 4 day split in forever. Gonna do chestntris today

Also, I tracked my first meal on myfitnesspal. They recommended I eat 120g protein per day and I was like



Moved that shit up to 212. Goal is 2428 calories, 212 g pro (35%), 273 g carbs (45%), 54 g fat (20%), which is about identical to my iifym goals

 

Myfitnesspal