The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Only use supps when I need extra protein, some carbs I can drink throughout the day or the pre workout shit when I'm gonna be lifting heavy. For cardio, endurance or other such things, I leave the crazy supps out, just makes you breathe harder...as for prohormones, never gonna touch that shit.

 

Hard gainer = light eater

Boost carbs, protein, and good fats and you'll see results quick.

 

if i ever met you... i might, just might run away crying and shitting myself at the same time...

lol jk nice man

 

Try this workout... Start today and do 1 pullup a day and add 1 more every day until your at 365!

 

I've been doing pullups with a 40lb weighted vest every morning for the last month or so...and I'm still only up to 20.

 

On another note (this may not be much to some of you guys, but hell it's news for me) I finally benched 225 5x yesterday. First time putting that weight up. (If you're wondering why I was able to do it 5x from not being able to do it at all, I switched to dumbbell presses for a while, and yesterday was the first time jumping back on the bench since.)

I'm about 5'10, 150lbs. I'm hoping to bench double my weight in the next few years

 

thats really good for your weight dude.

great job! dumb bell presses are good cause they use other smaller muscles to keep the weight steady. with bench you do that too but not like with the DB press

 

Thanks! Yeah, I love dumbbell presses. I get a nice stretch at the bottom of the motion

 

It doesn't work that way. Same thing with bench press or dips or push ups or anything. Muscles fatigue, even the best guys in crossfit, they can't do 365 pull ups in a set.

If you tried doing a pull up with one pound and added a pound, you may be able to lift your weight plus 365 lbs in a year....but I doubt that too even.

If you have done this and can prove me wrong by posting a video of you doing a 365 pull up set, please feel free.

 

yeah there is no way thats possible haha

and on dumbbell presses im stuck on 70's so time to go back to benching

 

nothing wrong with that
how many times?
I used to always push myself to lift harder all for that one or two reps
lately i have been in favor of doing sets of 15 with less weight

 

I usually do sets of 8

 

What's weird is I can dumbbell press 95 5x pretty good (approx 190 lbs total) but I can only bench 225 5x. Shouldn't I be benching more, considering my dumbbell press?

 

It's just a joke man I wish I could do that. It would be fun to try and see how far you could get tho!

 

it aint a problem for me since i need to gain weight but anyone else feel lonely and depressed when hungry then get real happy when you eat?... i used to go all day with out eating and was fine minus stomach issues but now if i forget to eat cause of work or something i feel down till i get food

 

I've been weight lifting steady for 1.5 years. Last 6 months has been

back/bis
shoulders
day off
legs
chest/tri's
2 days off

-begin with abs all 4 days and end with 25 mins on fat burn eliptical

My workout sets typically consist of 6-10 reps, genearrlly to failure. My goal is lean muscle gains and fat loss. I dropped in weight from 198 to 170 and have gotten stronger and definitely more muscle tone. I don't eat any sweets and use Muscle Milk Protein powder. I can't lose the layer of fat on my torso and legs to a lesser extent- what am I doing wrong? BTW, I'm 42 y/o 5'7. Any legal supplements that could help me achieve my goals?

 

The fat burn/cardio you do (elliptical) targets mainly your lower body. You'll still lose fat in other areas, albiet rather slowly. Maybe try some high-rep very low weight upper body stuff. P90X does a good job of doing this