The Fitness Thread

[Senip]

Depends, he might be a lot shorter than you haha.

Or the reverse. Either way, time for growth!

[Poison-]

We're pretty much the same height
I'm just hoping this means I might get some gains I'll be able to visually see. I definitely feel like I'm getting stronger though.

[Senip]

Legs bigger?

[Senip]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_1Wq_RHKi4Y

holy shiiiiii

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Poison-

I don't know, to be honest. I'm significantly smaller than SCWolf, and last I remember he said he was around 155. I just don't understand

Keep in mind that when I started I was 115. Imagine how skinny I was prior to now lol.

Here:

[Reach]

Since we're postin' befores:

http://i.imgur.com/d1CRKVC.jpg

Holy shit this wasn't much more than a year ago

haha

http://i.imgur.com/tLynUwp.jpg


Was about 190 lbs iirc

vs a few less now: http://i.imgur.com/mP7GVrK.jpg

Success?

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Reach

Since we're postin' befores:

http://i.imgur.com/d1CRKVC.jpg

Holy shit this wasn't much more than a year ago

haha

http://i.imgur.com/tLynUwp.jpg


Was about 190 lbs iirc

vs a few less now: http://i.imgur.com/mP7GVrK.jpg

Success?

:*

[Senip]

Man its way easier to see where you guys came from now that you put those pictures up.

[L0NEvvolf]

I really wanna try the P90X program. I just wish I had someone to do it with.

I am currently in my bulking phase, then I will switch to try and tone up.

I will post pics tomorrow.
SC damn man - how long you been at it?

[kmay]

he started like a year ago

[SCWolf]

I'm 11 months in as of right now.

Also take my advice and don't do P90x if you're trying to bulk. It's counter-productive. You're burning calories like crazy, when your goal is to consume. Just get a gym membership, it will save you a lot of time.

[Arkuski]

Do any of you guys run? I'm trying to get under 5:00 for a mile by the end of the semester. Last I checked I was at 5:20 and my pacing was awful.

[Reincarnate]

What exactly do you need for P90x?

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

What exactly do you need for P90x?

Too much. If you're looking to lose weight, do insanity. You won't have to buy anything as a pre-requisite.

[Reach]

My cut officially began today.

Starting dry weight: 183 lbs.

May the slow cut begin. I'm hoping to be finished in June sometime

[Poison-]

I feel like a lot of the weight I've been gaining lately is fat due to eating so much food. I don't like this feeling, but maybe I should just keep doing it and bulk for awhile and then cut closer to the summer?

Is it too close to the summer to start bulking now? Help

[Reach]

Originally Posted by Poison-

I feel like a lot of the weight I've been gaining lately is fat due to eating so much food. I don't like this feeling, but maybe I should just keep doing it and bulk for awhile and then cut closer to the summer?

Is it too close to the summer to start bulking now? Help

How lean are you now?

Pics would be helpful, or BF% caliper measurements.

Like, I anticipate it will take me about 3 months to lean out to where I want to be. However, how long it will take depends entirely on where you are at now.

If you want to look lean for say, June, I wouldn't bulk for much longer than a month or so. You'll want to cut for at least 8 weeks I would think.

[Poison-]

Originally Posted by Reach

How lean are you now?

Pics would be helpful, or BF% caliper measurements.

Like, I anticipate it will take me about 3 months to lean out to where I want to be. However, how long it will take depends entirely on where you are at now.

If you want to look lean for say, June, I wouldn't bulk for much longer than a month or so. You'll want to cut for at least 8 weeks I would think.

How lean are you looking to get? I'm guessing I'm around 13-15% right now, but I'll see if I can get a caliper to confirm it. I'd probably want to look lean for July instead of June.

[Reach]

Originally Posted by Poison-

How lean are you looking to get? I'm guessing I'm around 13-15% right now, but I'll see if I can get a caliper to confirm it. I'd probably want to look lean for July instead of June.

You could probably bulk till the end of april then.

It depends entirely on how lean you want to get though.

General rule of thumb will be that you won't lose more than 2 lbs of fat a week. 1.5 lbs a week is more of a safe estimate. @ 15% BF, and 160 lb body mass, that's about 24 pounds of fat.

If you want to look 'lean' you'll want to come in at under 10% body fat. @ 9% body fat you would need to lose 10 lbs of fat and your weight would be a maximum of 150 lbs (realistically it is going to be much less than this because of glycogen + water loss. I would expect to weigh in at more like 140-145).

So, 10/1.5 = 6-7 weeks of very strict dieting to get that lean.

Add some leeway for dietary mistakes and that brings you to about 8 weeks of cutting necessary to be 'beach body' lean.

Assuming your body fat % is actually 15%.

I personally want to get down to about 6-7% and be quite a bit leaner than I ever have been before.

[Poison-]

Originally Posted by Reach

You could probably bulk till the end of april then.

It depends entirely on how lean you want to get though.

General rule of thumb will be that you won't lose more than 2 lbs of fat a week. 1.5 lbs a week is more of a safe estimate. @ 15% BF, and 160 lb body mass, that's about 24 pounds of fat.

If you want to look 'lean' you'll want to come in at under 10% body fat. @ 9% body fat you would need to lose 10 lbs of fat and your weight would be a maximum of 150 lbs (realistically it is going to be much less than this because of glycogen + water loss. I would expect to weigh in at more like 140-145).

So, 10/1.5 = 6-7 weeks of very strict dieting to get that lean.

Add some leeway for dietary mistakes and that brings you to about 8 weeks of cutting necessary to be 'beach body' lean.

Assuming your body fat % is actually 15%.

I personally want to get down to about 6-7% and be quite a bit leaner than I ever have been before.

Thanks, man. What should I be looking at for caloric intake until the end of April, and then once I start cutting? My realistic goal is somewhere like 8%, I'd be happy with that.