Workout & Diet

[koriwhat]

what's your workout like? exercises you do, routine, ect...?

personally i am on a do-it-as-you-like type routine atm. i workout 3 to 4 days a wk for an hr at a time. my diet consists of practically anything i can eat outside of the-very-bad fast food and sweets(though i do indulge at time). i also take a supplement shake twice a day, it says i take in 580 cal per shake.


Tues = Chest & Arms
Wed = Legs
Thu = Chest & Arms

i am slowly getting back into this whole working out thing so i am incorporating more and more exercises as i go.

my tues & thurs go bench pressing, incline bench, curls, tri-pulldowns(?), butterfly(?), both pulley fly exerise, shoulder pulldowns, shoulder pushups, dips and pull-ups.

i suck with terminology so give me time to research and get all my shit straight. haha.

then my wed workout goes calf pushdown, calf pushup, calf push, leg press.

i definitely need to read up terminology. hope you get the idea though.

[stretch]

what you need to do is focuse you work out on only one or two muscle groups every day (and work the HELL out of them)

monday - chest
tuesday - shoulders
wednesday - back & abs
thursday - arms

use saturday for a leg workout, doing some cardio and sprints

you will see results pretty quickly if you do it right

[The Reckoning]

dont eat anything and drink a shitload of coffee :tu

[TheMACHINE]

Monday - Basketball, Ab Ripper x
Tuesday- Chest and Tricep
Wednesday - Basketball,
Thursday - Back and Bicep, Ab Ripper X
Friday - Shoulders and Legs

Also, when i do the weight lifting, i do its kind alike the way p90x does it...muscle confusion!

If you noticed too, i dont like working out two BIG muscle groups in one day.

[The Reckoning]

when i workout, the machine gets stronger

[TheMACHINE]

when i workout, themachine gets stronger

Thanks

[The Reckoning]

:lol

[Summers]

dont eat anything and drink a shitload of coffee :tu

That's pretty close to my diet. :lol

[Big P]

dont eat anything and drink a shitload of coffee :tu

lol..wow..thats what I do..glad I'm not alone. :toast

[florige]

Diet is sooo much the key it isn't funny. I used to hit the gym everyday (well still do) but I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should be seeing for a guy who was faithfully running 2 1/2 miles a day, and working pretty hard with the weights. It wasn't until I started eating right is when I started seeing the results I wanted. I actually followed the regime of Ryan Reynolds when he was super ripped for that Blade movie. Worked out pretty good. All these atkins, and shortcut gimmicks can all be averted if you just stick to a certain diet and are serious about it.

[iilluzioN]

i eat anything i want.....

every other night I JOG before going to bed.... I jog about 3-6 miles sometimes...

I play basketball 3-4 times out of the week, and lift about twice a week

I dont think about food to much, I only eat with hungry

[TheMACHINE]

i eat anything i want.....

every other night I JOG before going to bed.... I jog about 3-6 miles sometimes...

I play basketball 3-4 times out of the week, and lift about twice a week

I dont think about food to much, I only eat with hungry

Yah lifting and cardio is perfect cuz the extra muscles cause you to lose extra calories daily.

[florige]

i eat anything i want.....

every other night I JOG before going to bed.... I jog about 3-6 miles sometimes...

I play basketball 3-4 times out of the week, and lift about twice a week

I dont think about food to much, I only eat with hungry



Well you are still pretty young so you probably can eat what you want. Once you get on the wrong side of 30 like I am you have to watch it.

[koriwhat]

Diet is sooo much the key it isn't funny. I used to hit the gym everyday (well still do) but I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should be seeing for a guy who was faithfully running 2 1/2 miles a day, and working pretty hard with the weights. It wasn't until I started eating right is when I started seeing the results I wanted. I actually followed the regime of Ryan Reynolds when he was super ripped for that Blade movie. Worked out pretty good. All these atkins, and shortcut gimmicks can all be averted if you just stick to a certain diet and are serious about it.

for my diet it's all about eating healthy food i suppose... because i am what you call too fuckin' lean. at the moment i am just trying to bulk up so anything i can get my hands on is what i am going to eat outside of fast food and sweets. i don't do any cardio unless i go out and play bball and that is rare these days.

[florige]

for my diet it's all about eating healthy food i suppose... because i am what you call too fuckin' lean. at the moment i am just trying to bulk up so anything i can get my hands on is what i am going to eat outside of fast food and sweets. i don't do any cardio unless i go out and play bball and that is rare these days.



Do you eat alot of protein? Chicken, Fish, Protein bars, etc.....

[I. Hustle]

Diet is sooo much the key it isn't funny. I used to hit the gym everyday (well still do) but I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should be seeing for a guy who was faithfully running 2 1/2 miles a day, and working pretty hard with the weights. It wasn't until I started eating right is when I started seeing the results I wanted. I actually followed the regime of Ryan Reynolds when he was super ripped for that Blade movie. Worked out pretty good. All these atkins, and shortcut gimmicks can all be averted if you just stick to a certain diet and are serious about it.

What was this certain diet?

[stretch]

for my diet it's all about eating healthy food i suppose... because i am what you call too fuckin' lean. at the moment i am just trying to bulk up so anything i can get my hands on is what i am going to eat outside of fast food and sweets. i don't do any cardio unless i go out and play bball and that is rare these days.

if you need to bulk, then definitely try the workout i suggested

muscle is built in time spent resting, not time in the gym

so work them to death, then let them have the rest of the week to replenish

have plenty of protein in your diet, especially about 15-20 minutes after you finish working out, get yourself a whey protein shake

[Summers]

Diet is sooo much the key it isn't funny. I used to hit the gym everyday (well still do) but I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should be seeing for a guy who was faithfully running 2 1/2 miles a day, and working pretty hard with the weights. It wasn't until I started eating right is when I started seeing the results I wanted. I actually followed the regime of Ryan Reynolds when he was super ripped for that Blade movie. Worked out pretty good. All these atkins, and shortcut gimmicks can all be averted if you just stick to a certain diet and are serious about it.

Not to be all nerdy, but there's a really interesting time.com article from a couple months ago about diet, weight loss, and exercise. It basically said now that some long-term studies have been done, they think it's not exercise or necessarily how/what you eat, but rather simply that you lose weight and keep your weight low that is the key to health. The only long-term benefit from exercise is cardiac strength. They said in long-term studies, exercise increases appetite and calorie consumption (either as a true physiological response or a psychological response--they're not sure) and usually people will "reward" themselves for jogging or whatever by consuming far more calories than they burned off with the jog. The new thinking is you'd be better off not having the oatmeal muffin from Starbucks and just staying home knitting. Anyway, you can look it up if you want. It was a really interesting article.

[lefty]

Don't we have sticky for this ?????????????????????????????????????????

[Rip-Hamilton32]

i have basketball every morning 7 til 8:30 then after school from 3 til 6 but i never lift weights but i am a cardio freak

[I. Hustle]

I pretty much eat whatever I want and never excercise. The trick is to have a really really big penis.

[lefty]

i have basketball every morning 7 til 8:30 then after school from 3 til 6 but i never lift weights but i am a cardio freak
Sounds like Rip Hamilton's new routine

[florige]

What was this certain diet?

Nothing that Cosmic Cowboy post in his threads. :lol Nah but just little stuff, like no mayo for my tuna fish, cut back on all the bread. When I ate salads I used ketchup or mustard instead of ranch dressing. Cut back on all the fruity high sugar drinks. Piled up on veggies when I ate chicken verses eating chips or Doritos. And it was really hard for me because I love to eat really bad. But once I started seeing the results I wanted I feel bad when I do cheat once and a while. lol It certainly takes some patience because when you are hungry the last thing you think about is a freaking salad. You want the closest food there which is usually something that isn't good if you are on a special diet.





Not to be all nerdy, but there's a really interesting time.com article from a couple months ago about diet, weight loss, and exercise. It basically said now that some long-term studies have been done, they think it's not exercise or necessarily how/what you eat, but rather simply that you lose weight and keep your weight low that is the key to health. The only long-term benefit from exercise is cardiac strength. They said in long-term studies, exercise increases appetite and calorie consumption (either as a true physiological response or a psychological response--they're not sure) and usually people will "reward" themselves for jogging or whatever by consuming far more calories than they burned off with the jog. The new thinking is you'd be better off not having the oatmeal muffin from Starbucks and just staying home knitting. Anyway, you can look it up if you want. It was a really interesting article.



I will check it out. Thanks Summer!

[lefty]

Nothing that Cosmic Cowboy post in his threads. :lol Nah but just little stuff, like no mayo for my tuna fish, cut back on all the bread. When I ate salads I used ketchup or mustard instead of ranch dressing. Cut back on all the fruity high sugar drinks. Piled up on veggies when I ate chicken verses eating chips or Doritos. And it was really hard for me because I love to eat really bad. But once I started seeing the results I wanted I feel bad when I do cheat once and a while. lol It certainly takes some patience because when you are hungry the last thing you think about is a freaking salad. You want the closest food there which is usually something that isn't good if you are on a special diet.

Good job ! :tu


But you don't have to cut out all breads!

I managed to lose weight while eating whole grain breads

[I. Hustle]

Ketchup or mustard on salads? Is it good?


It would be hard for me to cut out all the junk. I love to eat junk food.

[I. Hustle]

Good job ! :tu


But you don't have to cut out all breads!

I managed to lose weight while eating whole grain breads

That would be the only thing to help me. I prefer whole grain as opposed to white bread.

[lefty]

Ketchup or mustard on salads? Is it good?


It would be hard for me to cut out all the junk. I love to eat junk food.

Not sure if it's good on salads, but it's healthy

Mustard is low fat and carb-ree

Ketchup has a liiiiiittle sugar, and it had tomato benefits

For salads, I either eat them without any dressing, or I use Kraf fat-free dressings


That would be the only thing to help me. I prefer whole grain as opposed to white bread.
It not only tastes better (well, depends on the brand), but it's healthier

[florige]

Good job ! :tu


But you don't have to cut out all breads!



I managed to lose weight while eating whole grain breads


Oh yeah I understand that. I can't do that no carb crap without feeling like I am going to pass out. You are right on about the wheat bread though!


Ketchup or mustard on salads? Is it good?


It takes some getting used to. I usually just use the Ketchup or mustard as dipping on the side. I don't put it over the salad.

It would be hard for me to cut out all the junk. I love to eat junk food.



Trust me dude I KNOW where you are coming from. See alot of people make the mistake of setting a day to just stop eating junk food altogether which normally is a recipe for failure. I just gradually stopped eating them by eating less of them verses a entire $3.29 bag of cool ranch Doritos. lol

[florige]

Not sure if it's good on salads, but it's healthy

Mustard is low fat and carb-ree

Ketchup has a liiiiiittle sugar, and it had tomato benefits

For salads, I either eat them without any dressing, or I use Kraf fat-free dressings


It not only tastes better (well, depends on the brand), but it's healthier




What Kraft Free do you use man? All the ones I have tried taste like crap?

[lefty]

Oh yeah I understand that. I can't do that no carb crap without feeling like I am going to pass out. You are right on about the wheat bread though!

Yep; plus, people who try the no-carb diet are usually grumpy, tired, in a bad mood.
And no carb at all = adios hair !


What Kraft Free do you use man? All the ones I have tried taste like crap?

I don't remember exactly: one with balsamic vinegar and one mostly with olive oil

I'll check when I get home

[florige]

Yep; plus, people who try the no-carb diet are usually grumpy, tired, in a bad mood.
And no carb at all = adios hair !



I don't remember exactly: one with balsamic vinegar and one mostly with olive oil

I'll check when I get home




Damn I didn't know that man about the carbs and hair. :lol Plus I bet you can acct for that diet drinks and healthy food taste alot better than they did a long time ago. I am addicted to that AquaFina flavored grape water.

[lefty]

Damn I didn't know that man about the carbs and hair. :lol Plus I bet you can acct for that diet drinks and healthy food taste alot better than they did a long time ago. I am addicted to that AquaFina flavored grape water.
You know what?

I'd been drinking diet sodas for the last 2 years, almost everyday.

I've recently started to notice a little hair loss and tooth erosion.
I Googled it up, and it seems to be caused by sodas and any carbonated drink :wow

I stopped drinking them and my hair is back, and my teeth are fine.

I'm siticking with water.

[koriwhat]

Do you eat alot of protein? Chicken, Fish, Protein bars, etc.....

i eat a ton of protein... chicken and fish are pretty much my daily with the exception of turkey and ham plus 2 shakes a day.

protein, protein and more protein is my motto right now.

[koriwhat]

That would be the only thing to help me. I prefer whole grain as opposed to white bread.

7 grain or regular wheat is what i like. i also don't drink sodas really and haven't for well over 10 yrs now. pretty much if i am going to drink a soda it is going to be sprite, 7up or the occasional pepsi caffeine free one i can get at my buddies house, other then that it's water.

[1369]

I do this (http://www.crossfit.com/), supplemented with this (http://www.anaerobicendurance.com/) and work at adhering to this. (http://www.paleodiet.com/)

[florige]

You know what?

I'd been drinking diet sodas for the last 2 years, almost everyday.

I've recently started to notice a little hair loss and tooth erosion.
I Googled it up, and it seems to be caused by sodas and any carbonated drink :wow

I stopped drinking them and my hair is back, and my teeth are fine.

I'm siticking with water.



Dude GTFO! I had started to notice my hair starting to thin and I just started chalking it up to getting older or something. But I found it weird because my Mom, nor my dad has thinning hair. My dad has more hair than me and he is 60. I know they said that baldness comes from the mom;s side, but if I think back, around the time my barber told me that my hair was starting to look thinner was around the time I started downing these diet sodas.

[lefty]

Dude GTFO! I had started to notice my hair starting to thin and I just started chalking it up to getting older or something. But I found it weird because my Mom, nor my dad has thinning hair. My dad has more hair than me and he is 60. I know they said that baldness comes from the mom;s side, but if I think back, around the time my barber told me that my hair was starting to look thinner was around the time I started downing these diet sodas.
Interesting

Cut out carbonated drinks, and let me know in a few days/weeks if there is any difference.

[Jimcs50]

Tradmill 4.6 mph at 6-8 incline for 40 mins, 5 days a week.

Weights 3 days a week

pullups at home every day.

I can do 30 pullups. :smokin

[florige]

Tradmill 4.6 mph at 6-8 incline for 40 mins, 5 days a week.

Weights 3 days a week

pullups at home every day.

I can do 30 pullups. :smokin



Thats pretty impressive. I may can get out 20 on a good day.

[EmptyMan]

My workouts have been spotty as hell during these past 2 months of school.

Mon-Wed: Run 3 Miles a day.
Friday: Squats + Back
Saturday: Chest + Biceps
Sunday: Shoulders + Triceps

Really, this schedule is shit. I got tired (lazy) of working out out at 6 a.m. so I axed the leg day and just do squats on the front-end of the other workouts.

Squats are the most important exercise. For mainly just strength gains right now, I go heavy (~5 reps) and do them 2-3 times a week. Occassionaly I will do high rep sets to prevent me mentally from caving in after the routine 5th rep.

Back:
Deadlifts. I do these at the end of backday because Deadlifts completely wipe me out. I'm not rounding my back so I can label this a "back workout", I just think they hit the back really well. Squats are so brutal I don't really do Deadlifts with leg build as a concern. If I miss deadlifts, I will at least do Rack Pulls.
Also barbell rows, pullups, One-Arm Bent Over DB Rows, Lat pulldown, & seated cable rows, in order of most effective imo.

I'll do shrugs on either back day (if I have anything left) or shoulder day. Mainly Barbell Shrug w/ occasional db shrug.

Chest:
Barbell Bench Press, Incline DB Press, Decline Barbell Press, Cable Flyes (high-to-low), Dips.

Bicep:
Seated Incline One Arm Alternating DB Curl, One Arm DB Preacher Curl (occasional EZ curl bar), and mix in all the other boring stuff.

Shoulders:
Alternate between Seated DB Shoulder Press and Standing BB Shoulder Press, Barbell Front Raise, Lateral/Front DB Raises, Bent Over Rear Delt Raise (Cable)

Triceps:
Close grip bench press, cable pull downs, then mix in the other boring stuff.

Recently I started doing "Arm pulldowns" (I don't know what to call them) where I grab a standard Straight bar on the high cable while I keep my arms slightly bent extended out in front of me then I just bring the bar to under my waist trying to focus using the back of my arms instead of core/back. It burns the F out of my triceps.

[pawe]

The only thing I hate about diet is the lack of available protein.
Chicken is the best but you just can't eat chicken everyday.
Tuna chunks are high in mercury content.
steak is high in cholesterol.
There's also beans, whey protein and yams.

[florige]

The only thing I hate about diet is the lack of available protein.
Chicken is the best but you just can't eat chicken everyday.
Tuna chunks are high in mercury content.
steak is high in cholesterol.
There's also beans, whey protein and yams.



If I could I would eat grilled chicken EVERY day of the week if. There is nothing better than that when it is prepared right that is actually good for you.

[rjv]

i get my cardio with my krav maga on thursdays and saturdays and then mix in some bike riding on sundays. monday is chest. tuesday, thursday and saturdays are biceps, triceps and shoulders and then friday is strictly working on core excercises.

diet i need to get better at but i do get daily fruit and grains. i try to be good with breakfast and lunch with yogurt or a fiber cereal for breakfast and fruit snacks and then sandwiches for lunch. dinner and weekends i pretty much wing but i do try to get as much vegetables as i can for dinner during the week. i do not drink sodas and prefer juices or water and during the week i avoid fries and chips.

the weekends i eat whatever i feel like.

[florige]

i get my cardio with my krav maga on thursdays and saturdays and then mix in some bike riding on sundays. monday is chest. tuesday, thursday and saturdays are biceps, triceps and shoulders and then friday is strictly working on core excercises.

diet i need to get better at but i do get daily fruit and grains. i try to be good with breakfast and lunch with yogurt or a fiber cereal for breakfast and fruit snacks and then sandwiches for lunch. dinner and weekends i pretty much wing but i do try to get as much vegetables as i can for dinner during the week. i do not drink sodas and prefer juices or water and during the week i avoid fries and chips.

the weekends i eat whatever i feel like.




Yeah Sundays are normally my days to splurge.