The Fitness Thread

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Reach

Has to be water. No other explanation lmao

Well, the other explanation is you switched weigh in times, but again that's water retention. You weighing the same time every day?


I'm down to 174. Officially down 9.6 lbs in like 5 weeks. Not too bad.

Still haven't lost strength. Maintained or gains on all lifts.

Right now my target weight is to just get under 170. Losses have slowed down a lot lately, and I'm already getting really lean. I don't even want to get much leaner, so coming in somewhere under 170 should have me looking pretty sick without being unsustainably lean.

Good job dude! Retaining that strength is really good.

[Senip]

Haven't really lost weight, just been leaning up. I can see my ribs, abs are back, etc etc.

Strength appears to be about the same, although I can't really tell because with mountain dog you either do the compound exercises last (for maximum fuck me potential) or not at all, like with bench.

Definitely stronger on incline bench though, went from struggling with 225 to repping out some 275s. Not really that surprised, pretty much any chest exercise (and legs, and everything but arms/back) if I actually focus, I'll get really good gains.

[Senip]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...26695087_n.jpg

Jodi squat 270 at a weight of 112 today.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...57573611_o.jpg

Phil and Antoine with some guys who make them look (sort of) tiny.

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by Senip

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...57573611_o.jpg

Phil and Antoine with some guys who make them look (sort of) tiny.

This is probably the funniest thing I've seen all week hahahaha

[Renevatia]

Gained 2lbs over the 8 days, empty stomach morning measure on both. Probably a great deal of water weight.
Feels okay on the food still
gym day
Squat=160 :/
Bench=115

I am not sure what shape I want to be in yet in terms of how much weight I want to end up doing. Since I don't know people around my size to compare to.
Since I am trying to do Ping Pong competitively I want to be around 150-160 and nothing less than around 8% bf ultimately. I don't want to be too heavy to the point where I slow down too much on ITG.

[Senip]

I...I dont understand.

How big are you anyways? There's plenty of fast, bulky people! Look at Antoine Vaillant, he's like a judo master flip artist or something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT8yRoWePnw

Of course, there's also Bruce Lee...channel your inner bruce!

[Senip]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...44360135_n.jpg

IFBB pro, Dan Newmire (fucking monster), Tyrus Hughes (second monster), IFBB pro part 2, Cody (19 years old goddammit), some random dude.

Everyone's getting in the videos now, there's some dude who pays you 200 dollars to do a workout video shoot, cant wait to get lean enough to do it.

[kmay]

someone in that picture is 19???

[Senip]

the second white guy, yah.

[kmay]

he's huge. wtf.

[SCWolf]

Originally Posted by kmay

he's huge. wtf.

Steroids, man.



Back progress.

[Frank Munoz]

I'm 5'3.5"ish and I want muscle gain(w/o steroids), and a nice stomach.
tips please.

I'm not in bad shape, I just wanna look better. I have access to my campus gym(and pool) and I've been going 4 days a week for the past 3 weeks. I have noticed some nice changes but, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I have no planned diet except to at least eat something in the morning.

I'm also still reading down this thread for helpful information so hopefully I find out what to do.

[Senip]

I've been doing mountain dog training. Figure out your calorie requirement for maintenance, then eat a little more than that.

steroids aint the end all be all! There's also HGH...(I kid)

[Reach]

Originally Posted by Frank Munoz

I'm 5'3.5"ish and I want muscle gain(w/o steroids), and a nice stomach.
tips please.

I'm not in bad shape, I just wanna look better. I have access to my campus gym(and pool) and I've been going 4 days a week for the past 3 weeks. I have noticed some nice changes but, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I have no planned diet except to at least eat something in the morning.

I'm also still reading down this thread for helpful information so hopefully I find out what to do.

You need a planned diet if you want to continue to see progress beyond noob gains.

You need to consume adequate (~1g per lb body weight) protein and total calories. If you want to build new muscle tissue optimally you need to be eating more calories than your body needs. If you want to burn fat while preserving muscle you already have, you need to eat less calories than your body needs.

Figuring that out can take some trial and error, but the easiest way is just to think about what you eat normally and use that as a reference. If you're used a particular portion size, increase it if you're trying to gain muscle. Do the opposite if you're trying to burn fat.

[Reach]

bump

update @ 171 lbs: http://i.imgur.com/PBKsAuY.jpg

I don't think I need to cut much longer o_o

Squat 330x8 today though. Still gaining strength? haha. Going for a body weight x2 squat for 8 reps.

[eastsideman09]

This weekend, I started going to the gym with my room mate. I told him I would start working out with him, and he's keeping me to it, and I've told myself I need to stop being a bitch.

Since losing 60 pounds a year and a half ago (restrictive diet and fat burning pills, which I haven't taken since), I've been maintaining a pudgy 220 with a decent diet, but no exercise. I haven't been in shape since middle school. I've got a long way to go, but at least I'm going.

I'd really just like to lose my gut and moobs. Whatever else comes of this is gravy.

[Wayward Vagabond]

lol my goal weight is 220

[Senip]

Originally Posted by Reach

bump

update @ 171 lbs: http://i.imgur.com/PBKsAuY.jpg

I don't think I need to cut much longer o_o

Squat 330x8 today though. Still gaining strength? haha. Going for a body weight x2 squat for 8 reps.

I see ur flexin and raise you a crab

http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a8d31c4.jpg

[Wayward Vagabond]

daamn

[Reach]

Originally Posted by Senip

I see ur flexin and raise you a crab

http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a8d31c4.jpg

You're lookin pretty damn lean minus lower abdomen. Nice.

Then again, that's pretty much the only place I have fat left on me, plus some still on my quads. So annoying.