The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Woot i love it when you go back to lifting heavy and after a week your already back to where you left off

 

Whats up guys, so I finnaly got back in to the gym about a month and a half ago and I have been hitting it pretty hard 5 days a week, 1-2 hrs a day doing cardio to start and then weights the rest of the time, I am noticing im getting stronger but not really getting cut, but i am getting bigger
So my question is whats your opinion on how to start sculpting while not loosing the strength? Might be a dumb question and if it is sorry.

 

That happens in the kitchen. Get your diet in shape.

 

Work on your diet

 

like said, diet

and do your cardio post weights... not before

 

I dont eat that bad, mostly fish or chicken not to many fired foods, dont drink soda drink mostly water and every once and a while ill be a fat kid but thats not often at all.

 

lol it's tough not eating some friend food when you live with a southern girl who loves to cook!

 

Are you getting enough protein? Need 1 gram per lb of body weight. 40% protein 40% GOOD carbs, and 20% GOOD fats. If you want to cut, then up your protein and decrease your carbs.

 

I bet!

 

Good to know thanks

 

At least one gram on protein per pound. I actually aim for 2 but I know I fall short

Chadderdawg beat me to it!

 

I will have to look what amount im taking when I get home today. I never really proportioned out my intake of certain things, just read the directions on the bucket and added the scoops of protein into the blender and drank.

 

Just never knew any different i suppose. I will start doing it at the end now and see what that does for me. I go with another guy and we just switch off doing stuff some days and when we share it ends up taking a little longer. Its normally around 1 hr to 1 1/2 hrs and some days we decide to do extra things that take longer.

 

Shakes are great post workout and to supplement your diet, but getting your nutrition from whole foods is always best.

 

how do yall feel about lifting early in the morning? by the end of the work day im beat but we have a gym at work i can easily utilise in the mornings any negatives to this? I also run on the days im off work ( I work 10 days a month)

 

I lift when I first wake up!

 

not eating before...i technically would be waking up on the clock id get up at 6 finish by 0700 and be off work by 8

 

I Love working out first thing in the am...I have a workout in, out of the way. No chance of not going because i'm "tired" at the end of the day. and if i'm feeling frisky i may get two in a day And I agree with the cardio after working out...I've done it both ways and I get more out of my lifting that way.