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#1 ·
Thought I would bring this thread back, has died many times before but hopefully we can keep it going this time. Basically discuss anything to do with working out, weight lifting, body building, dieting, etc. Feel free to give people tips, ask and answer questions, whatever you guys want.

I started pretty recently myself. Never did anything up until I was like 18 as I was always playing high school sports so never had to worry about getting out of shape. Started doing casually since then and now been going hard for the past 4 months about. I am stronger in virtually every area now, stuff is starting to take shape and I am pretty damn happy with the results.

Goal now is to bulk up, which is tougher then it sounds :$
 
#2 ·
Keep building your base first. Nothing is more futile than trying to bulk up without an adequate base of muscles first. Four months is not enough to build up a proper base. I've been consistently working out for about a year now and do not have the base to bulk up the right way yet. Granted I'm not trying to bulk up though as I am perfectly content to be 170 with just a base.
 
#3 ·
well im 5 11 200 pounds i basically live on milk and protein bars lol. I have a cheat day once a week where i eat whatever i want just to keep myself from eating bad stuff the rest of the week.

My workout is all at home i have a bench that you can adjust and i have weights. I do situps on it i put the bench all the way down so your basically doing situps upside down. Then i also do chest i take 20 pound dumbbells in each hand and raise them slowly like 4 sets of 10. Other than that i play basketball outside on my hoop for cardio.
 
#10 ·
Ive been working out for years. Since I was 16 basically. I eat whatever I want, but havent had any fast food in 10 years. And no candy or sweet stuff really. (Not cause its healthy, I just like stuff like apples more than candybars.) I drink more Lite beers and Liquor drinks now. Less full bodied, calorie filled beer, wines, and such.

I go to the gym 3 times a week usually. Strength hasnt really changed much since I was twenty, got as big and strong as I wanted. So its basically maintenance to keep it up. (which is 100x easier then trying to bulk) 90min-2hours in the gym usually only amounts into 45 mins or so of solid lifting. I just love going, being with the friends Ive made there and helping out people. Wife is into all that palates crap and cycle class stuff. Ive been a couple times, I really should take a day and do it weekly. Which I prob will.
At my biggest was when in college. I was playing DT and was like 6'3 280 and could bench 305, 3 times. Now I dont have to be big, and after a couple knee operations. Im down to 235 (220 is my goal), and can still put up around 300 if I had to I feel. (though I haven't tried really putting past 260 on a bar in a couple years.)

Actually some nights when on here. I do some stuff like aussie pullups, situps, and work the stairstepper. Hitting the refresh button between sets. Im just trying to be more defined nowadays. Cause I was like a NWA Hernandez or Warren Sapp style shape. Now more like Tommy Dreamer.(some gut, nice sized, undefined arms)
 
#14 ·
well im a girl so getting huge muscles ad gaining weight is not good 4 me!!lol
I play cricket so some stregnth is necessary for arms, i guesse i have got stronger by having to hold the bat out for ages while batting (not been so good for my back though!) and bowling means i have stronger shoulders now.

I used to play football so got alot of leg stregnth but also damaged my knees quite alot, like i know need physio or osteopath work very often.

I have done some small weight work with dumbells just to tone up arms and general stregnth but equally to prove to my brother that i can!!! H still thinks there is no way i could be strong or as good at cricket as him!!!

I also do a stepper while watching tv quite oten, most days unless im home late.

I eat healthy and do sit ups every now and then. only eat fast food occasionally after training coz it finishes really late and often have an indoor match to go to after.

im gonna start going to agility with my dog too, bit of exersize 4 us both!!
 
#15 ·
Currently, I am 130 and planning on hitting the gym once Spring comes around. Right now, I am trying to gain weight by eating a lot of fatty foods and downing Protein shakes right before I go to sleep. It was going good, I gained five pounds doing that, but money is tight and I can't get my prime source of energy and weight gain (The Protein shakes).

My legs are really strong from all the Tae Kwon Do I do. I usually wear weights on my legs (2.5 each)and walk whenever i can. Working in a retail store is a good work out with these weights, I am glad for buying them.

They also have this 20 pound sandbag vest at my job. I want it, but I'm not sure if I would use it as much as I can.

The Tae Kwon Do is a good work out. It builds endurance and amazing leg strength. Only problem is that it's 85% kicking, leaving my upper body weak.

I am thinking of taking vitemans, but I don't know where I should start and what exactly I need.

Also getting weights for home. But, there's a mini gym right down the street and no one really goes there. Lazy old people.

So, can I get any help? :$
 
#20 ·
I was really athletic as a kid, as most people are but eventually kind of let myself go. For the past couple of year I have been a member at a couple gyms, but could never stay motivated. At the end of Summer I was 5'11 and just short of 200 pounds, and just about everything was flab on me. Then in early October I purchased the workout system "p90x". I had seen the infomercials dozens of times and I decided to go ahead and get.

Although I didn't quite get the amazing result the people in the ad did (then again, who does?) but I was able to get my weight down to 176 lbs and I got rid of 7% of body fat. I feel a lot better and I am a lot more active now. I am doing one more go around with P90x to get a little slimmer before I go back to working out at a gym.
 
#22 · (Edited)
I can't wait until I actually have time to put a proper post up in this thread.

5'6- 158 lbs

315 lb Bench
285 lb Squat ( My Knee is royally screwed)
415 lb Deadlift

I can't wait to post my split, either. God, I love bodybuilding threads.

And to whoever posted ' I drink a bunch of milk and eat tons of protein bars', uggh.

Stick with real food if you want to put on the muscle. And Brute, keep bulking, your core should be plenty strong to ensue a bulk. Just make sure you have a decent split and don't dirty bulk.

I would say about

3700 cals
80.5-95 Grams of Fat
285 grams of Protein
and 275+ grams of Carbs.

Rough guestimate, I didn't put any of it into a macro calculator, or anything.
 
#23 ·
I can't wait until I actually have time to put a proper post up in this thread.

5'6- 158 lbs

315 lb Bench
285 lb Squat ( My Knee is royally screwed)
415 lb Deadlift

I can't wait to post my split, either. God, I love bodybuilding threads.
Wow, your stats are fucking weird. Good bench, good deads, but your squats are pathetic compared to them. Do you just not do legs or something? Still though, those bench and deads numbers are pretty damn good, props. Most I ever put up on the bench is 200, I'm just so poorly built for it.
 
#32 ·
Before I started lifting weights I was 66kg/145lbs. I'm 6'3" and now weigh 115kg/253lbs. I workout 6 days a week having Saturday's off.

I take Gold Standard Whey Protein during the day and Gold Standard Casein Protein before bed. I have MRI Black Powder before a workout and MRI Anabolic Switch after. I've tried the BSN products like No-Xplode and Cellmass and didn't find them that great. BSN, like MuscleTech are marketed well with the top pro body-builders. Find out what supplement you want then check out the prices on eBay. I buy most of my stuff from eBay and it's dirt cheap compared to what you get in the shops and it's the same stuff! That being said the shop I have just started going to sells his products in store for the same as he sells them online.

I have a home gym with plenty of equipment. I'll take some pics and post them sometime.
I'm not concerned with how much I can lift, it's the proper form and results you get from it that matters. It's better to curl 50 lbs properly than try to curl 100lbs and swing your body. You bring other muscles in to play and waste all that effort. I have shoulder issues which prevent me from benching too much so I have to do lighter weights with more reps and more variety.
My back would be my strongest part.
 
#36 ·
Curls are probably the one area that you can cheat with good benefits. It's no good doing a heavy bench and using your back and shoulders to lift the weight. You see people arching their backs and their legs flopping all over the place. That has no benefit at all.
 
#37 ·
As long as your glutes and head are touching the bench, arching your back is actually proper powerlifting form.

It all depends on what your goals are. But I tend not to cheat, I even retract my shoulder blades when I bench to deactivate the shoulder fibers even more. I bench to get my chest larger, so I don't bother cheating unless its something minor like a baby bounce on my last rep.

I am more in to the aesthetics of lifting than anything. But I am not a bodybuilder, or a powerlifter, I am a weight lifter.
 
#38 ·
fukk well since i'm not working i got no excuse not to start using my piece of shit solo flex again from the 80's. it's an exercise alone to change exercises on the fuckin thing. all i been doing lately is bicep curls with dumbells and i do 3 sets of 10 pretty easy with 40's. then i do a few sets of 5 with 45's. in the winter i run on treadmill and when it hits spring and summer i play b-ball a lot or any other sport. need to start doing legs again and benching, i used to have girls going crazy over my calves cuz i pushed carriages at a job i had a few years ago and they swole up ridiculous, just legs in general and back. well i did like 15 carriages at a time for 7 hours a day that's why.
 
#40 ·
I'm working night shifts for the next few weeks,so i'm only getting to the gym (boxing,kickboxing and a lot of takedown defences) on fridays and saturdays instead of the 4 nights a week i squeeze in when i'm on day shifts. I started doing this as a great way to get fit for the football coaching courses i was enrolled on,and through a mate,i then took up unlicensed ameatur fighting,but i "retired" after turning up to coach a group of 10 year old kids with black eyes and stitches in my head. I weigh 175lbs and i'm happy with this weight. I also play football to keep fit (and cricket starts in april) until the football season ends in may,when i will be having my fourth Unlicensed fight.
I don't do weights,i don't diet or take supliments,though i definitely would.
 
#59 ·
BabyJesus- Since you also take TKD, what is your routine?
I don't have a routine. My boxing instructor is giving me a lot of tips on avoiding a takedown,thats all. He's no expert,but has helped me a lot. Maybe half hour work a week for the last 6 weeks or so,and i'll continue to get lessons for as long as possible.
 
#46 ·
I find that getting ridiculously stoned before working out prevents me from getting bored to death after a half hour. That and an iPod. Also, I don't count reps, I just lift till I reach my limit. Protein shake + ceratine + glutomine combo before workout. In between weights I do stretches. I don't pay attention to the weight of what I'm lifting, I just go by feeling.

I'm no professional and I probably do a few things wrong, but it works fine for me. I'm in great shape.
 
#48 · (Edited)
I find that getting ridiculously stoned before working out prevents me from getting bored to death after a half hour of working out alone. That and an iPod. Also, I don't count reps, I just lift till I reach my limit. Protein shake + ceratine + glutomine combo before workout. In between weights I do stretches. I don't pay attention to the weight of what I'm lifting, I just go by feeling.

I'm no professional and I probably do a few things wrong, but it works fine for me. I'm in great shape.
Actually, that is actually a pretty smart routine. Like I said before, I hate morons that just try to lift heavyweight for their egos. The weed is no good, but whatever floats your boat.... :side:

As far as the Glut goes, it is actually pretty useless. as a supplement, at least. It doesn't help with protein synthesis like stated, and it doesn't help with recovery.

I recommend Vitamin C for recovery, as far as cheap, natural products go.

Brute said:
The show they had of him on TV was a good watch. Was called "The Man Whose Biceps Exploded". Went into depth on steroid abuse and what it does to guys.
Changed a keyword for you, bud. I PM'd you all the info I sent you on MSN.

Headed out to the bar, I will catch my brothers of swole later on.
 
#52 ·
Good way to get some abs for the summer, in my opinion. So many people don't realize that you have to lose body fat no matter how many crunches you do. :agree:


Rajah said:
He used to sell it on his website. That guys is such a wanker. Synthol looks fake, but it's widely used to "touch-up" little areas.

Yeah guys, they look real natural.
That isn't aesthetically pleasing to anyone. NH
 
#50 ·
working out is the last thing i want to do when i'm stoned, reason being i tend to want to do things i actually like when i'm high or just space out. tramadol though does the opposite, it gets your adrenaline flowing like a muthafukka. don't know if anyone's ever fucked with this stuff but it'll make your workout easier and somewhat enjoyable.
 
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