Fitness and Healthy Lifestyle thread
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I absolutely hate benching. I am a naturally weak presser, so bench just always feels difficult to me. My best was 275x5, but after my last bad RC tear, I am back to 245x7 as of last week. I literally dread chest day.
Musclecarfan21 for your height and weight you look perfect.
Best thing that worked for me was going Keto for about 5 weeks (25 carbs per day max), after that bumping up the carbs to about 100-125 per day. Being conscious of carbs in the standard american diet (carb heavy) is critical. It's crazy how fast you can put on excess weight with not keeping up with carbs. I do fairly moderate-intense workouts Mon-Thur. Actually eating breakfast made a big difference as well.
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Yep you hit the nail on the head....I sit at home and eat potato chips........to all off you idiots who assumed I meant someone in this thread said it is a sport.....nope I didn't I said that because I run into those people everyday at the gym. And to the guy who said it is a lifestyle yor are absolutely correct....I never once said it is not and I k ow exactly how much determination it takes to get ready for a show. The same as a fight tough guy. You **** thinking I have no experience in this and I am some fat guy are not very accurate. I simply said it is not a sport...and that's my opinion and you all lose your shit.
You sure your not a girl...you got offended real quick because I said it is not a sport...lol...wow...relax....and I went to 3 shows last year in the indy area and every single physique competitor had 10 yr old boy legs...so I call it like I seen it.
IIFYM ftw, I was very overweight in high school and lost about 60 lbs by struggling through "clean eating" followed by periodic binges because I couldn't handle grilled chicken, brown rice, brocolli, etc. day after day. I made the switch to flexible dieting 2 years back and the first time my abs became visible, I was eating 100-150 grams of carbs in ICE CREAM (low fat ice cream that fit my macros though) almost every night past 10 pm, doing minimal cardio (still lifting 5-6 times a week), but I was STRICT on my carb/protein/fat intake each day. So many myths in the fitness industry, it's unreal. There's more than one way to skin a cat, some methods work better for different people. I will personally be a flexible dieter for life. Diet is about moderation, quantity over quality, when talking aesthetics.
Damn some of you guys are ****ing hulks. I've never been that much into the weight room, personally. My fitness plans have changed multiple times over the years.
Pre-military I was in the worst shape of my life. I'm 6'2" and at age 23 I weighed over 230 lbs. My dinner was frequently an entire box of cheese-itz and a 6 pack of beer or something of that nature. I couldn't do more than 30 push-ups at one time. That was around 2007. The military fixed that real quick.
In 2011 I had my first real deployment to Iraq where there was nothing to do but go to the gym. I was there for 5 months I spend 15 hours a week lifting and doing almost no cardio other than about 30 minutes a day on the elliptical. I didn't worry about my diet and ate whatever I wanted. When I got there my bench press max was maybe 185 lbs. Before I left, it was 285. My squat was 405 and my dead lift was 315 (my goal while there was to have a combined bench/squat/deadlift max of 1,000 lbs.)
My best advice for lifting is have a good partner who knows what proper form looks like and can correct you when needed. Also, pay attention to you diet. It's just as important. I was the biggest, muscle-wise, that I'd ever been, but I still had no six pack because abs are built in the kitchen, not the gym.
The last few years I've switched gears and become a runner. I do half marathons and am currently signed up for four this year. That number could go up or down though because I'm currently trying to recover from a bulged S5 disk that has had me sidelined for months. Back injuries SUCK.
My advice to anyone, no matter what your goals are, is include a healthy diet into your plan, have a good gym partner, NEVER over-do it just to look cool and just stay within your limits, and most importantly, do yoga or pilates or something to improve your flexibility. Believe me....I used to think that shit was for woman, but now I'm 32 and I can't stop getting injured. Since I turned 30, I've had two tweaked rotator cuffs and a bulging disk and all could have been prevented if I had any flexibility. Injuries will kill your results like nothing else.
Pre-military I was in the worst shape of my life. I'm 6'2" and at age 23 I weighed over 230 lbs. My dinner was frequently an entire box of cheese-itz and a 6 pack of beer or something of that nature. I couldn't do more than 30 push-ups at one time. That was around 2007. The military fixed that real quick.
In 2011 I had my first real deployment to Iraq where there was nothing to do but go to the gym. I was there for 5 months I spend 15 hours a week lifting and doing almost no cardio other than about 30 minutes a day on the elliptical. I didn't worry about my diet and ate whatever I wanted. When I got there my bench press max was maybe 185 lbs. Before I left, it was 285. My squat was 405 and my dead lift was 315 (my goal while there was to have a combined bench/squat/deadlift max of 1,000 lbs.)
My best advice for lifting is have a good partner who knows what proper form looks like and can correct you when needed. Also, pay attention to you diet. It's just as important. I was the biggest, muscle-wise, that I'd ever been, but I still had no six pack because abs are built in the kitchen, not the gym.
The last few years I've switched gears and become a runner. I do half marathons and am currently signed up for four this year. That number could go up or down though because I'm currently trying to recover from a bulged S5 disk that has had me sidelined for months. Back injuries SUCK.
My advice to anyone, no matter what your goals are, is include a healthy diet into your plan, have a good gym partner, NEVER over-do it just to look cool and just stay within your limits, and most importantly, do yoga or pilates or something to improve your flexibility. Believe me....I used to think that shit was for woman, but now I'm 32 and I can't stop getting injured. Since I turned 30, I've had two tweaked rotator cuffs and a bulging disk and all could have been prevented if I had any flexibility. Injuries will kill your results like nothing else.
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How the **** am I one inch taller than you...... and 10 pounds more...
But I'm 20% more body fat and I'm nowhere near fat. I'm having a hard time believing you're 6ft 190 and 6.5%
Rich Froning would laugh at you as he demolished you in every single event you went against him in.
The garbage so many body builders spew against cross fitters is hilarious.
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This is good enough for me. Back when I was 200 lbs at 6'
Those are some damn good times for a full and a half. Good luck for Boston and NY! I currently run x3 a week with mid week being my speed work training or a short run and the saturday's being my long runs. I thought I would be able to drop some weight but I still struggle with it. Meh. Anyways, my next half is in three weeks and looking forward to a possilbe sub 2 hour run time. :rolling:
Been lifting/working out since high school.
Back when being young and dumb, just going to the gym to be big and lift a bunch of weights. As I grew more and more into it, I started concentrating more on control and technique. I was in my prime I would so in my early 30's. I looked lean, not too lean and had great strength. I used to be very picky with what I ate too. I'm 44 now, but have a little bit of a gut, but still hit it pretty hard at the gym. Not as hard as I used to when I was younger just to prevent/avoid injury. Not worth it to me to get hurt to miss going to the gym and whatnot. I'm not in any bodybuilding competition. lol :rolling:
I have gained a lot of strength and size though, which was my goal, so I guess mission achieved!
Back when being young and dumb, just going to the gym to be big and lift a bunch of weights. As I grew more and more into it, I started concentrating more on control and technique. I was in my prime I would so in my early 30's. I looked lean, not too lean and had great strength. I used to be very picky with what I ate too. I'm 44 now, but have a little bit of a gut, but still hit it pretty hard at the gym. Not as hard as I used to when I was younger just to prevent/avoid injury. Not worth it to me to get hurt to miss going to the gym and whatnot. I'm not in any bodybuilding competition. lol :rolling:
I have gained a lot of strength and size though, which was my goal, so I guess mission achieved!
You did a fab diet nothing more. Carbs fuel the fire, period. Your statement of "Actually eating breakfast made a big difference as well" means you shouldn't be giving anybody nutritional advice. Anybody will lose weight if they don't eat. The trick is shredding up while gaining Muscle Mass. The "Keto" diet will never accomplish that.
Froning is the exception, not the rule. A lot of those elite guys have some impressive backgrounds before getting in to crossfit too. Rich was a collegiate athlete in Baseball and football, I believe.
My fight with crossfit consists of...
1. the crowd that it tends to attract. It's like they've reinvented the damn wheel. If I get lectured by one more crossfitter about how their methods are superior, or how they think they suddenly have a PHD in physical therapy, kinesiology, and dietary.
2. When they want to lecture me on all of the above, then I watch them use the worst form in history. Resistance training under extreme fatigue results in bad neuromuscular response and dramatically increases injury rates.
I get the concept, really, I do. I don't agree with it, but when it's in my face and I don't want it to be, then wee have a problem.
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I'll do a number thing too..
1. Let's act like bodybuilders dont attract the type where they have scream every time they lift a weight... take a gym selfie and check in daily on facebook
2. Your form isn't the correct form just like mine isn't. What works for them is the correct form. I might do pull ups different than you because of my shoulder... or you might do squats different than me because of your thigh.
If something works for them. I'm not going to say they are wrong. If they are in the gym taking care of themselves they are doing a lot more than most Americans.
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Lots of dick swinging in here lol! I couldn't care less about the way someone tries to stay fit, as long as they are doing SOMETHING. I've tried a few things over the years and my current love affair is with crossfit. Don't get me wrong, I was that guy who just wanted to lift heavy weights in the gym, and bashed the hell out of crossfit for the longest time lol! This was a post I started a few years back.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?848877-Bodybuilding
I was clearly into body building and trying to get bigger. I was having some success in it, but being in the military, it just wasn't doing it for me. My run times were getting slower and slower, while my pushups were getting easier. Long story short, I got injured and a little chubby.
Friend of mine dragged me into a crossfit class, and I was hooked after my first WOD( workout of the day ). My one real problem with crossfit before I tried it was super shitty form that I saw all over youtube. BUT, if you have a coach/trainer/instructor, whatever you want to call them, that really cares about YOU, it won't be the case.
ANYWAYS, crossfit introduced me to weightlifting...olympic weightlifting, and I'm hooked. Sure benching with my fellow gym rats was fun, but there is something about the technical skill required to pull off a heavy clean and jerk or snatch that is ****ing magical lol!
That's my fitness shpeel, not here to preach or bash any certain method of working out.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?848877-Bodybuilding
I was clearly into body building and trying to get bigger. I was having some success in it, but being in the military, it just wasn't doing it for me. My run times were getting slower and slower, while my pushups were getting easier. Long story short, I got injured and a little chubby.
Friend of mine dragged me into a crossfit class, and I was hooked after my first WOD( workout of the day ). My one real problem with crossfit before I tried it was super shitty form that I saw all over youtube. BUT, if you have a coach/trainer/instructor, whatever you want to call them, that really cares about YOU, it won't be the case.
ANYWAYS, crossfit introduced me to weightlifting...olympic weightlifting, and I'm hooked. Sure benching with my fellow gym rats was fun, but there is something about the technical skill required to pull off a heavy clean and jerk or snatch that is ****ing magical lol!
That's my fitness shpeel, not here to preach or bash any certain method of working out.
I'm currently fighting tennis elbow, it's put a pretty big halt on my lifting routine. I'm currently doing leg workouts about twice a week and minimal upper body until I know I'm healed up. Putting in a little more cardio, which I totally hate! The abs are slowly coming around, I'm trying a few things to lose a bit of fat around the waste line but retain all my muscle of course.
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I just said f it yesterday and ate an 8" double chocolate cake and like 5 croissants lol. Back to dieting
I'm not talking about kipping. You seemed to have reading problems. I said when you work to extreme fatigue, and push through while using resistance training, your form goes out the window and the risk of injuries dramatically increases. Crossfit has the highest rate of injuries among pretty much any "sport". That is a fact. Deny it all you want.
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