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So no dumbass aggressive 'advice' or bickering. There is no one way to fitness, so it's generally safer to assume you know jack shit.
Offer your advice, but don't cut down other people or their goals. And if your going to say something as though it's fact, you'd better provide a shit load of evidence to go along with it
Need a lifting buddy? Let's see if anybody's nearby
Captain Cthulhu - Seattle
Joe Chemo - Seattle (Greenlake area)
Publius Aelius Hadrianus - Seattle (Udub IMA)
culdrasbit*h - NW Philly
Dachshund - Monterey bay (Portland, ME until 4/9)
Hamurabi - Miami
Brucelee41042 - Northern Kentucky
King Nada - Portland, OR
Beef Avenger - Squamish, BC
big l - Bellevue
psyck0 - Victoria
Kakodaimonos - Chicago (northwest burbs)
TheRealBadger - New Zealand
SOCK SHOTS!
For some real useful links and info check out psyck0's old OP
Hey so how about that syndalis, that dude's a badass
Cardboard Tube wrote:If you're wondering if I'm willing to shut down every fitness thread on the forums and ban them from taking place in the future just because a gaggle of retards kept fucking the thread up, you should go and ask about that in one of the anime threads.
Oh wait.
So no dumbass aggressive 'advice' or bickering. There is no one way to fitness, so it's generally safer to assume you know jack shit.
Offer your advice, but don't cut down other people or their goals. And if your going to say something as though it's fact, you'd better provide a shit load of evidence to go along with it
Need a lifting buddy? Let's see if anybody's nearby
Captain Cthulhu - Seattle
Joe Chemo - Seattle (Greenlake area)
Publius Aelius Hadrianus - Seattle (Udub IMA)
culdrasbit*h - NW Philly
Dachshund - Monterey bay (Portland, ME until 4/9)
Hamurabi - Miami
Brucelee41042 - Northern Kentucky
King Nada - Portland, OR
Beef Avenger - Squamish, BC
big l - Bellevue
psyck0 - Victoria
Kakodaimonos - Chicago (northwest burbs)
TheRealBadger - New Zealand
SOCK SHOTS!
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For some real useful links and info check out psyck0's old OP
Hey so how about that syndalis, that dude's a badass
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The next step is to turn the slenderer-but-kind-of-undefined torso into a firmer, sexier thing. Still pale and hairy, but you can't have everything
I plan to ramp up my protein intake in the coming weeks, and crunch/squat/lift my way to a firmer me.
We shall see where this takes me.
PS- Syndalis wins the game
What spring does with the cherry trees.
And now for a few nubby questions:
1) I can squat to parallel with 80kg (about 175lb), but I can do ass-to-grass with lower weight. Should I take the weight down and only do ATG squats, or do max weight parallel with warm-up+cooldown sets going ATG?
2) How far do you stand from the bench for Split-squats? Is there some key feeling for the distance, like a slight stretch in the quad or something?
3) How far down should you go for cable pulldowns? I go to about my collarbone right now, should I go lower?
4) About what weight should I be using chalk while deadlifting? I'm at 115kg (about 250lb) and still going barehand; should I start using chalk/wraps?
pretty much
i look at my gut and my tits and say "if only"
3) that sounds good. Why are you doing them? Are you also doing pull-ups?
4) when you need it, not before. When you can't hold the bar anymore. I'm not sure if it's better to double overhand + chalk or mixed grip w/o chalk, though.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
1) The ultimate goal is for increasing my jump power, but I have poor flexibilty (that's slowly increasing), so rounding is valid concern for me.
3) I can only do 2-3 pull-ups from a static hang, so the cable pulldown is an accessory towards that.
4) Been using mixed grip w/o chalk, so I guess I'll just keep going for now.
i hate sweaty palms while lifting. Even if i'm not doing anything too grip intensive i'll still chalk em up to keep them dry
I've got a few nubby answers.
2. I stand far enough that when I go down the leg on the bench moves freely down and almost touches the floor; I'm trying to replicate the amount below parallel that I'd do in an actual squat and don't want my off leg impeding that.
4. You'll know when you need it. If your hands start to get sweaty your grip will get worse and your callouses will start to pull off and you'll know, it's time.
Currently I've change my diet to 40% protein/ 40% fats/ and 20% carbs, and I'm making sure I'm eating as enough protein for my lean body mass. But, holy damn, how came it's so hard to keep my carbs level down? It's like, as soon as I ingest any sort of vegetable, that carbs percentage shoots up 10%. This is worrisome, cause like, how am I suppose to get vitamins in me?
I would use chalk ASAP!
It's a great neutralizer and it helps with calluses
Am I just staying on this bandwagon until my linear gains are over with? What's the long-term game plan here?
Ham, the long term plan is to keep putting pounds on the bar. SQUAT HEAVY LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!
When you are done with linear would be a great time to lose that loose fat.
That's what I would do, in fact what I did.
Others might have other equally valid ideas
There are some fruits and veggies that have low carb impact. Mostly the hard and tough veggies, like lettuce, asparagus, broccoli. I like cumquats as a fruit, since you get quite a bit of fiber from eating the peel. Peppers are another of my favorite sources, they've got a lot of vitamins without much sugar.
And by fats, you mean things like nuts, fresh meat, and fish yeah?
And if you're really worried about vitamins vs carbs, you could always just get a bottle of Centrum.
Edit: Delicious Data: http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/4114/2
brb, gotta go to the store
The ones that are packed in nicer oil (read: not soaked in trans fats) are quite expensive weight-for-weight.
Managed to rock out dips this morning, three sets of ten followed by a set of eight. My bodyweight-stuff endurance is getting better (chins, dips, etc.). I need this for when I start big Jim's 5/3/1 I'm going to take his advice for assistance work and try to do stuff like 5x10 chins, 5x10 dips and whatever. Gonna be hard.
Also, I'm trying to imagine 280lb powerlifter dudes doing sets of ten chinups. Gotta say, it's hard. I mean, I'm sure they're out there, but I haven't seen any of them.
Matt Kroczaleski 30 rep pullups
268 BW. 55 pullups. He kips himself up on them though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLl8rGhJvE
I continued that delivery diet until November, then switched off and started doing my own thing to great success.
I still am 100% behind that weird assed diet though; it laid a hell of a foundation for me to get up and running on my own... and that along with much of the advice YOU gave (while chiding my "cupcake") gave me the guidance I needed to see it through to where I am now.
Currently eating some Tuna, almonds, walnuts and green onions w/ a little oil, and plan on some lifting of heavy things today.
Can you get into a commercesary? They have sardines in olive oil for like 75 cents a can.
Nice. I'm in the same boat. started at ~ 205. Working towards 175 - 180. I've put on a bit of muscle but have dropped weight overall. At ~ 190 now.
I'm way more sore than I'm used to these days -- doing lots of exercises for one body part, I guess. I assume it's a good thing.
I like chinups as sort of a gauge that I'm gaining "good" weight. As a lady that tends to freak me out -- OMG attack of the big-butt -- but if I can do twice as many chinups after gaining ten pounds I must have done it right.
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How tall are you? I was at about 185 for the better part of a year, and at 6'3", that meant I was rail-thin. I guess it'd be better if you got down to that weight while gaining muscle mass, though.