The Fitness Thread

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Calipers are the most reliable. You can buy them at many drug or fitness stores.

Alternatively, many scales use bioelectrical impedance analysis to estimate body fat, but it tends to overestimate it since it can't differentiate between fat and water.


As for building muscle...it's complicated. The short answer is go to the gym, lift heavy weights, do compound movements and eat tons of food so you gain weight.

The long answer? Well, that will depend on what you need to know, haha.

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Haha yeah all the 5'11 is annoying. Go back to tall people land, you genetically superior dicks!

Oh well, for the record I'm like 5'8. Closer to short than tall, and like 150lbs.

My fitness feats include: Not being heavier.

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6'2" and my goals include loosing weight by running and exercising a lot.

In all reality, just run and do basic exercise stuff, like push ups, sit ups and the like. I don't know about gaining muscle mass, but it's usually a safe bet to ask people that work out that kind of info.

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I had a quadruple baconator few days ago

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I run sometimes, usually 2-3 miles at a time. I ran a lot more when I was in high school cross-country and track. Running helped me lose 25-30 pounds.

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5'7, 225 pounds here. But the thing is, I don't look even remotely close to that - I fit comfortably into my 38" pants. The thing is, I have a significant amount of muscle mass, especially in my legs which look like that of a professional cyclist despite the fact that I haven't ridden a bike seriously in years. A lot of it is genetic for sure, with my weight and height I should be a real fatass (I have seen people my height and weight who are huge).

That's not to say that I don't have weight to lose - I do not exercise nearly enough and my diet leaves something to be desired (mostly in the way of portions, my diet is free of soda and almost all kinds of junk food save for the occasional splurge). What is disappointing to myself is that I actually did manage to lose a lot of weight about 18 months ago. I dropped 45 pounds in about 11 weeks - this wasn't with a crash diet either, I more or less maintained my diet but with smaller portions, averaging out to about 1600-1800 calories a day punctuated with 45-60 minutes of walking (averaging around 4 miles per hour) and ample water consumption. Unfortunately, I didn't have the discipline to maintain it and after hitting 179 pounds with a 30" waist (still obese for my height, supposedly...) I stopped and by the end of the year I was back up to my old weight.

I understand that what you eat factors into weight loss - obviously a diet fills with carbohydrates and sodium promotes muscle loss and fat gain over muscle. However, I've seen a lot of my family members (who also struggle with weight gain) try various diets (low carb, paleo, etc) with little success. I maintained my current diet, which to begin with included a good amount of protein over sugar and sodium, but I just ate less of it. Coupled with ample water consumption I lost weight at a remarkable rate without muscle loss, though I'm fairly certain my genes factor into that since my mom and dad are similar in that regard. I'm going to start up my old routine again and get back into good shape especially as I near graduation and employment within the next 12 months, since in reality I'm still too heavy as it is.



Whoa, post #2000. Only took me four and a half years to do it too. :P

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5'11, 155lbs here. Once or twice a week, I go down to the arcade to play PIU doubles (D14-D17) for a couple of hours, but even after all of that, I still have a gut, and I haven't gotten rid of it since... ever, I think. Any ideas on how to work on that?

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What kind of food do you eat? If you eat a lot of junk food, you're not going to get the results that you're looking for. The better the food you put into your body, the better the results.

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Uh... Let's just say that I haven't followed any sort of diet. I'm never hungry when I get up, so I pretty much just have two home-cooked meals every day, and at night, I have gamer food. Chips, iced tea, stuff like that. On days that I have work, I pack and bring lunch with me.

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I'm 5'7, currently 168 lbs. my heaviest weight was 195 lbs in February of this year and I started losing weight since then. What I have been doing that I think helped me most was running 2.5 miles around my neighborhood, averaging 30 minutes, as well as changing my eating habits.

What bothers me most is my cheeks, chest, mid section, and thighs. From what I heard, thigh fat is hard to get rid of. My calves are great, my biceps are okay, but it's just my upper body basically that bothers me, along with my face.

I mostly drink water (about 3-4 water bottles a day, sometimes even 5-6) and nothing else, which has helped me a ton, and I love drinking water. I make sure I eat every 2-3 hours, and that the meals are light and about 300 calories, no more than 500. I also make sure that two of the snacks are fruits (I'd usually have a yogurt for one small meal, then a banana/green apple the next meal). If I wake up early, like at 8-9 am, I don't eat after 6pm. On weekends, since I wake up later, I don't eat after 9pm.

My main concern is that I'm not entirely sure what I want to go for. My goal is 150 lbs, but I'm afraid that it won't be enough for me to see a complete difference. I lost nearly 30 lbs so far but I'm not 100% satisfied.

tl;dr - I want a flat chest, or pecs, along with abs, and less thigh fat. My arms and legs are pretty okay though. My eating plan is okay but I should still reduce some stuff like bread (which I eat a lot of) and more protein. Running is what I enjoy most, and daily I do push ups throughout the day (25 at a time). Basically, a lean but decently-muscular body, but not too buff.

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If you have a small breakfast everyday, and cut out the chips and iced tea and replace them with healthier foods, like almonds and water, you should see much better results. As long as your body is burning more calories than you are eating, you will lose weight.

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I'm around 5'4 and 100-105 pounds/~47kgs (underweight) I pretty much never work out, I'm badly out of shape. I've had a naturally really fast metabolism all my life, I used to eat like crazy and be just under a normal weight for my height. A bit over a year ago there was money problems, less food, depression, etc. I stopped eating as much and kind of stuck to it. I'm not sure if I've ever really felt hunger which is weird, but when I ate a lot I just loved eating and craved everything (especially sweets) and now I barely ever feel like eating anything and I get full really easily.
I think that I should be able to get back into the habit of eating properly over time, but it's a bit of a struggle. I should probably start exercising at least once in a while too because it might help balance everything out. Not sure why I even posted this lol, just felt like sharing.

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I'm 22, 6 ft 1 inch tall , and right now sitting at about 185 pounds. I recently just got back into cross country running. I used to be very passionate about it in high school, and I stopped doing it as soon as I graduated. It's been about 2 weeks, and so far I've been averaging 32 miles per week. This includes sprints, and a much healthier diet.
My goal is to be in the low 170's in regards to weight.

Edit: Changes I've made in my life for the past 3 months...
1. I quit smoking cigarettes. I can taste, see, smell, and react much better. (I encourage anyone who smokes to do this. The longer you wait, the harder it is to quit.)
2. I stopped drinking as much as I used to. I still drink, but not nearly as much.
3. I quit eating so much fast food. Every now and then I will get it, but only as a last resource - in addition to this, I started learning how to prepare simple meals that require a microwave.

My confidence points shot up, and made my life 5x more stress free.

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once or twice a week really won't do you much.
do atleast 10 minutes of cardio on the days you arent doing piu

also foods matter

6'4 160lbs -- was 202lbs start of my junior year of high school. pretty much just run and eat healthy and be fit and whatnot

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This.. 100%.. for gaining mass..