The Fitness Thread

[Senip]

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I want dorian style lats touchin my elbows

[Reach]

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BUMP

What's up in fitness land everyone?

Cutting progress: Down to 177.8 from a starting weight of 183.6.

Calipers are putting me just under 11% right now. Goal % is sub 7, so I have about 7 lbs of fat to lose. Add in glycogen and water loss and my target weight right now is probably going to be 165 lb.

Last august I weighed in at 156 @ sub 8, so if that weigh in pans out the way I want it I'll have gained over 10 lbs of muscle.

[Reincarnate]

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My problem right now is diet (surprise, surprise). I need to just accept that I hate protein shakes, haha.

Trying to compose a healthy diet that is both tasty and satiating that doesn't require a whole lot of pre-cooking. Whenever I do the whole "cook chicken for the week" thing and store everything in containers, it just ends up tasting like crap to me. I've got some mental aversion to leftovers or something.

On the other side of the coin, it's hard to force myself to just *eat less*. I love food too much. Hrrrnggg. Will power is tough.

[Jerry DB]

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My progress Is going pretty well. I'm about to start training at an MMA gym again. I've been working on my conditioning a lot on top of my normal strength routine. I've ran about 50 miles this past week and done a bunch of pad work(muay thai pads). My goal is to step in the cage by summer of 2014 and not lose a single fight(all my friends say I'm ready for the amateur level now, but I want to take as little damage as possible). I actually feel like I could go pro if I keep this up. Also I have been eating pretty clean. I don't ever drink soda and I have fast food maybe once a week. I drink kale shakes every morning. I put in some Kale, Spinach, Broccoli, avocado, parsley, green peppers, a little coconut milk if I have some(I usually don't), ginger, and a few strawberries and sometimes a banana for some taste.

[Arch0wl]

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Almost done with cut. Should be a few more weeks.

I really hate this period of the cut because there's very little I can do to control how much weight I'm losing, and I have a very difficult cap on how many pounds I can lose per week.

I've lost about 40lbs so far. I'll post pics when I'm done, but I don't want to post any progress pics yet because it will diminish the sexiness of the final result.

[Senip]

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Started contest prep diet monday.

Macros are:


Protein-275grams
Carbohydrates-240grams
Fats-30grams
Calories-2330

badumpish. So much chicken, feel full all the time.

[Reach]

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Right now I'm on a 2200 calorie diet, protein minimum 150 g, goal 200 g, fats as low as reasonably possible, most of the rest goes into carbs. My breakfast and lunch are set every day, dinner + evening snacks vary.

I think I should adjust this upwards a bit to 2400 though since I'm still losing like 2 lbs per week, which was significantly faster than intended. Haven't lost an ounce of strength yet though, so I guess I'll see how my weight continues to change over the next few weeks.


PROGRESS PICS: figured I would snap them now before I get too lean.

Weigh in this morning: 176, down from 183.6 on starting day.


BF% measured with calipers (7 point skin fold): 10.6%

Flexed: http://i.imgur.com/SU4Iomk.png

Unflexed: http://i.imgur.com/fZZFw4A.jpg (unnecessary face is unnecessary)

[Senip]

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Joe Weider died. Pretty sad day for bodybuilding.

[infinity.]

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My problem right now is diet (surprise, surprise). I need to just accept that I hate protein shakes, haha.

Trying to compose a healthy diet that is both tasty and satiating that doesn't require a whole lot of pre-cooking. Whenever I do the whole "cook chicken for the week" thing and store everything in containers, it just ends up tasting like crap to me. I've got some mental aversion to leftovers or something.

On the other side of the coin, it's hard to force myself to just *eat less*. I love food too much. Hrrrnggg. Will power is tough.

a lot of eating less deals with portion size and *what times you eat at*. you can trick yourself into feeling more full throughout the day by eating a smaller, later lunch or breakfast, and a later dinner. i typically don't eat after 7 when i eat a late dinner, and it works wonders for staying skinny

regardless of what people tell you, what you eat really isn't that important unless you're trying to be a super serious weight lifter (chad johnson diet works fine)

[Senip]

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You're also 19, there's a world of difference between your body and someone like me and reincarnate, unfortunately.

Unless you eat like a pig 24/7 and sit on your ass, you'll probably stay skinny regardless.

[infinity.]

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You're also 19, there's a world of difference between your body and someone like me and reincarnate, unfortunately.

Unless you eat like a pig 24/7 and sit on your ass, you'll probably stay skinny regardless.

i actually come from a really obese family, and was pretty chubby up until age 16. began running and changed my diet up a bit and lost ~50 pounds in about two or three months (but that was also eating very little)

i have absolutely terrible metabolism and need to exercise often to not gain weight. basically.. i eat healthy because it helps me with running and other sports and feeling good, but if i ate the same caloric amount with greasy, fatty foods and did the same workouts, i'd be just as fine. it'd be harder to do the workouts, but if the will is there, it can be done.

[Reach]

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Metabolism only accounts for a small portion of energy expenditure variance.

And even then it's not entirely genetic. On my last cut I had to keep my calories at like 1700 to get lean, my maintenance was hovering at around 2200-2300.

Now it's somewhere over 3000, just by changing lifestyle and gaining muscle.

[kmay]

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might have re-injured my knee at work last night. got down to 215. clothes are starting to fall off, but I can't see any change personally.

[A2P]

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So I've decided to take my fitness routines more seriously now, and I need some advice. Right now I've been doing 5 minutes on the treadmill, walking at 2.0mph but at the steepest incline (12.0 on reebok treadmills) 2-3 times a day. What are some other good cardio/fat burning exercises I could do? Also, what are some good nutritional recommendations? Right now I've been drinking 2 muscle milks, a 3oz piece of grilled chicken breast, and lots of water (both in the forms of regular water and Crystal light), on top of taking 2 multivitamin's a day. Is there anything more I should do?

[Senip]

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>_>that's not much. I'm eating 4 meals of 7 oz chicken/beef, and 2 meals of a cup and a half of egg whites.

What's the ratios in 2 muscle milks? surely not enough.

Bump your cardio to like 30 minutes, do 5 days a week.