ITT: I post my weight.

[EzExZeRo7497]

5'6" (Around 170cm? I don't use imperial scale) and around 150 lbs.

I'm at borderline overweight, just gotta shed like 5 lbs. or so. :/

[lumphoboextreme]

waaaaat. i always thought you were a dude. xD

i'm right around your weight but i need to gain like 25 pounds.

[mnnicol]

Brb chest day

[lumphoboextreme]

lol everyone else is doin it so i'll post mai statz. 6'4 136.2. ya bud

[Cavernio]

ichliebekase:
If you're out of breath from not much excersise and yet you're not unhealthy otherwise, seems like the most likely thing is you're anemic, which I *think* just means you don't have enough red blood cells, perhaps also that they aren't working right. Just about a billion things seem to cause it, the ones that come to mind are nutrition based, but don't really have anything to do with your weight. Pretty much any vitamin deficiency will cause you to be tired, but iron deficiency is pretty common in women, as well as various B vitamin deficiencies. If you're pregnant you're probably taking a bunch of vitamins and stuff though, of course you might just not be absorbing anything. I'd mention it to a doctor next time you see one.

Also love how no one fat is posting. Seriously you guys would flip if you knew my height and weight. The only time I lost any significant weight in my life was pre-medicated depression. Moving in with my bf really put me over the hill though, him and his stupid car. I used to walk and bike everywhere because I had to, but I was still overweight then.

[darkshark]

Lumphobo you are a skinny mofo. I thought I was skinny but damn dude.

[lumphoboextreme]

yeah i know lol, i always wear hoodies though so it's not so obvious xD

[Rubin0]

I went on a 3.5 hour hike with my dog today. I think he is hurting as much as I am right now, but it was great fun. Doing it again on Tuesday, but I'm really not expecting weight loss this week unless I really step it up this weekend. We'll see.

[reuben_tate]

Originally Posted by Reach

Well, I used to body build, so I can give some advice here.

It's true that you need to gain weight in order to gain muscle, but not necessarily because your body will 'burn muscle' if you don't. Your body generally doesn't burn muscle for energy; it would only ever do so if you had no carbohydrates left in your body and you were burning fat at an excessive rate (i.e. you were starving to death. Typical in anorexic people).

You need a caloric surplus in your body to repair damage to muscle tissue during a workout, and also to give your body the resources it needs to build additional muscle on top of existing muscle.

The whole goal of lifting weights for muscle is basically to strain your body enough to signal the fact that you need more muscle. All of the actual muscle building occurs between workouts, using the additional calories you need to ingest into your body.

As such, rest often when bulking up. You only need to workout 2-3 times a week, with large rests in between. However, when you workout, you need to push yourself to the breaking point and you need to lift with emphasis on heavy weights, not reps. Somewhere between 10-15 reps is usually optimal, for 3 sets. If you're doing more, you need more weight.

In the meantime, eat more protein, eat more often, eat more fat, drink lots of water and take a multivitamin. If you normally ingest some 1500 calories a day to maintain your body weight you're going to need to go for more like 3000-4500.

Thanks for the advice. Also, about how much should the weights that I'm using weigh?

[Reach]

Originally Posted by reuben_tate

Thanks for the advice. Also, about how much should the weights that I'm using weigh?

Whatever amount you can do about 15 clean reps in a row with. So, for bicep curls, with your back straight and without swinging your body, if you can do 12-15 reps with whatever you're lifting, you've found a good weight. If you can do 20 or more reps, add 5 pounds until you find the sweet spot.

Of course, you'll find that after you've been lifting that much for a few weeks you'll be able to do more than 20 reps, so again, add 5 pounds and repeat the process. The goal is to eventually build up dramatically the amount of weight you can lift, which will increase your muscle mass. Increasing the amount of reps you can do beyond 20-25 won't amount to anything and is largely useless in terms of gaining muscle mass.

[mnnicol]

Originally Posted by Rubin0

I went on a 3.5 hour hike with my dog today. I think he is hurting as much as I am right now, but it was great fun. Doing it again on Tuesday, but I'm really not expecting weight loss this week unless I really step it up this weekend. We'll see.

If you're going for weight loss, get your diet in check rather than exercising for hours on end...

500 calories under maintenance + some cardio = guaranteed weight loss

[Andrew Mitchell]

today i did 1 set of 130 reps, 1 set of 14 followed by 100 reps and finishd of with 1 set of 12

3 sets of 12 is nice but 12 sets of 3 reps followed by 5 sets of 5 and 6000 calories is even better

[gnr61]

last year - 5'9, 225lbs, 25% body fat
last month - 5'9, 155lbs, 10% body fat

45m-1h cardio five or six times a week + a rather small calorie deficit (200-300 per day) makes a huge difference and is a relatively easy practice to maintain for a few months. never did weight training much until about 3 months ago, when I picked up a pretty intense regimen and built a lot of muscle; unfortunately (sort of) I'm studying abroad through may and a gym membership for three months here is something like 250E, so i'm pretty much stuck with jogging and doing a lot of easy home workouts - which are actually in themselves perfectly effective for maintenance and building up core muscle groups.

best of luck with your weight loss goal, it's not quite as dramatic as mine was but just in principle it's never easy. those last vanity pounds can really be the hardest to shed off (still want to drop ~5 myself, but even getting that motivated is tricky at this point lol)

[darkshark]

Wow you've really lost that much since I last saw you? That's actually pretty incredible, good job.

[Jokee]

The 12-15 reps range is true if you want to do body building. Body building is basically having muscles to be good looking, it's not necessarily functional strength. Of course you will get stronger but not as much as if you were training for strength. If you want to gain strength, the best thing to do is 5 sets of 5 reps. This seems easy but the thing is you have to always increase the weight. Add 5 pounds every time you workout. If you can't complete 5x5, keep the same weight next time. I'm 5'7, 160 lbs and people are always amazed when I squat 270 lbs below parallel. I wouldn't be able to do that for 15 reps though.

Strength training: More strength, muscles not as big as body building.
Body building: Bigger muscles, but usually weaker than strength training.


Basically this means that a body builder with 17 inches biceps would be weaker than a strength trainer with same size biceps. This is generally speaking, some body builders are indeed very strong.

If you want to gain weight, don't just train your chest, biceps and triceps. Legs, glutes (ass muscle) lats, and all the back muscles are incredibly strong. If you train these muscles, not only will you get strong and big, but this will also correct your posture.


Oh and women should workout too. You won't get big and ugly, you won't lose your boobs, you will only be stronger, healthier and your skin will look tighter.

[Nyokou]

I weigh over 20000000 lbs

Good luck Rubin

[Jtehanonymous]

I'm 98 pounds.
*Devours all cookies* :F

[jugglinguy]

Shit, I lose. Just weighed myself. 104 lbs. :P

[5.points]

I weigh somewhere between 100 and 105 at 5' 5. Lol, there are people in this thread over a foot taller than me...

[icontrolyourworld]

126 here
goal: 140

also tips wouldn't hurt, seeing as how I eat fatty stuff everyday without working out