Screw this man....I am so freakin far behind now...I was o motivated earleir in the summer, now, with golf and stuff keeping me out of the gym and the drinking and crappy food eating that comes along with it, I have lost the progress I made...and I did make some even though it wasn't very much. Man, I shoulda never got the gut in the first place...now I am so screwed.....fuck
I've been making spectacular progress with my program. I plan on starting a 6 week powerlifting program in September, too.
Nah, I'm lifting on my own program. I just post here because this thread has sort of become "The Official Fitness Thread".
Good for you 1028! It doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you do it! And stop being a princess Jtuds. Get your ass back on the program. Just because you blew it once doesn't mean the next time will be the same. The thing with being out of shape is that it's not going to "go away" if you ignore it. So start the program again. I expect to see you post progress again by next week.
I gotta focus more on the interval training....the lifting I can do whenever but it is hard to get myself to run and do the cardio stuff that's really gonna burn the fat.
I've reached and even surpassed all the strength goals I had set aside for myself for the Summer. I am officially the man. My new goal is to gain 10-20 pounds of lean muscle mass, and reduce my body fat to 10%, by this time next year.
Good work man! Keep it up, and make sure you keep us updated. Me, I've sort of hit a plateu. I'm not gaining or losing, and the muscle is only toning, not growing. It's my own fault though, since I haven't increased my weight in a while. Once the summer ends, I plan on getting refocused and pushing more weight.
Thanks, I'm actually rather proud of myself, heh. I'm not where I want to be just yet, but I'm getting there. I also starting keeping a fitness journal a few days ago, so it'll be fun to track my progress and shit. I try to avoid plateaus by increasing weights every time I lift. Not in every exercise, of course. So if I increase the weight on my bench on, say, session one, I'll increase the weight on my flys, say, session 2, then increase the weight on dips session 3, and so on, and then just loop around with all my exercises, etc. BTW, I found this interesting... read it:
Well here is my story -- went on Vacation early June and attmpted to put on some khakis for an airplane ride - anyway was several months since I had worn them and the few months prior was filled with no exercise and lots of beer and crap food consumption - much to my surprise the pants did not fit - in fact not even close -- went on my trip and since my wife started a new diet I vowed afterwards I would start my own with her guidance - this was June 22nd I weighed 188 lbs - which is big for me and most was centered around the stomach area - first 5 weeks -- no carbs - no sodas - no beer - no ice cream - just lots of high protien low fat meals - after that limited my carb intake and of cource w daily workout sked - cardio and weight lifting - nothing heavy just a good brisk workout - this morning aug 24 I am at 167 lbs so a total of 21lbs in 2 months -- now what can I do to get some decnt muscle structure -- your advise is definitly worthwhile -- thanx
The reason I ask is because, as a general strategy, I recommend cutting to a % you're comfortable before you start building again. If you don't have any calipers, then you can find some body fat calculators on the net. Here are a few: http://www.davedraper.com/bodyfat-calculation.html (my favorite, but a bit long-winded) http://www.csgnetwork.com/bodyfatcalc.html (a lot easier to use, just input your stats) So, if you're comfortable with where you're at, then I might be able to make some suggestions as far as bulking up.
Great job! That's a very good loss you made. On the topic of building muscle, it's going to be a little bit counter to what you've been doing. Obviously, you're going to need to do weight training to increase the muscle, but you'll also have to raise your caloric intake per day. My first suggestion is to drink a smoothie directly after your workout. It should contain a fruit, and powdered whey protein, and you can do whatever else with it you like. (My recipe is below.) You want to drink it immediately after working out (or as close to it as possible,) because of the way your body responds to the activity. Your glycemic response peaks after a workout, so you need the fruit to work with that, and you need the protein to help your muscles rebuild themselves. Don't overeat throughout the day, but make sure you get enough food in you that you aren't starving. Once your body gets hungry, it's going to start eating that hard earned muscle, setting you back. Hopefully this will help you get started. Maybe others will chime in too. My Smoothie: (In a blender mix): 2 cups of vanilla low-fat yogurt 2 fresh bananas 2 tablespoons of flax seed oil 4 tablespoons of low sugar maple syrup 6 scoops of vanilla whey protein (the scoop comes with every jug of it.) fill the rest of the blender to the 8 cup line with milk Whip it up, and drink it down. (Not all at once. This should be enough for 4 servings, so if you make it Monday, you should drink the last of it after your Thursday workout, or obviously later if you don't workout every day. It keeps in the fridge for about a week before it spoils.)
I have been eating like crap most of the summer but I have maintained a very aggressive arobic program and added weight training twice a week a little more agressively lately. I'm not gaining weight but I still feel like fat bastard. I was going to ask my next door neighbor who practice bulima whats the best method of evacuation. Thoughts?
I don't recommend bulimia, the bile rots your teeth. Just get an enema. They're faster, and far less messy.
Well, that isn't to lose weight. That's to gain muscle after you get down to your target weight. It's actually meant to help you "gain" weight, just not fat. It helps the muscle tissue grow. And seriously, it's freaking delicious.
