Search results

@jackmikemon Small deficit, drop some body fat slowly, maintenence for a bit, lean bulk. Train hard the whole time.

@bingsta Six seems to be the sweet spot for me right now.

@dougnarg I stay up later than I want to most of the time to spend time with her. I still get about 7 hours of sleep since I go to the gym around 6:30. But I’m also a stay at home dad and don’t shower often 😂

@alenharry Honestly from your comments I hear a lot of excuses and a lack of discipline, not just in fitness. Part of maturing is doing hard or difficult or not as fun things not necessarily because you always want to, but because they've got to be done. You may not have a lot of pressure on...

@chikkugtavc I don't really care haha. My wife on the other hand...

@indybap Yeah for sure. I've done that before, maybe something to incorporate again. I'm just limited in time right now so I try to make my sessions as efficient as possible.

@chikkugtavc This is happening to me currently after increasing my protein from like 80-90 a day to 130-150. My gas was never great but now it is pretty intense.

@aimlessly Don’t take inbody seriously either… The metrics you care about are daily weight, weekly average weight, the mirror, and progress on lifts.

@indybap Personally I find I feel best on my second set. I warm up but the first set is at the working intensity, so it's almost like a bigger warm up.

@rashmii .8 - 1g per pound of bodyweight, but for overweight folks you should use lean mass or goal weight Something like 160-180 would probably be a good target for you

@jlpick You can start with a barbell, but it’s also not a bad idea to practice with lighter weights and work your way up. Ultimately lifting weights is all about movement patterns and you’re going to do those movements no matter what the equipment looks like. They have weighted bars at the gym...

@rynno Awesome! Consistency is key. Don’t beat yourself up for not doing more than yesterday. Think very long term.

@aimlessly Yeah, I pay for the pro version and have a ton of templates. Worth it imo. Caliber is a new free app that can make workouts for you or you can create custom ones. Not sure if they have a limit but I don’t think they do.

@aimlessly Check out the Strong app. You can sort exercises by body part and equipment, so you could easily see a list of exercises that fit your criteria and then go from there. You can then build a workout in the app and use it to track your workouts.

@cleannie Protein is the bricks to build the house, calories are the workers. You need energy to make new tissue. That’s why calories are important.

@rynno You can absolutely lose 50 lbs on your own (with help from the internet). Upping your daily activity is a great start. Most people recommend shooting for about 10,000 steps a day. You can get a cheap activity tracker watch to help you keep track. The big part of losing weight is diet...

@aimlessly For the protein, you can distribute it however you want to fit your eating habits. Personally I aim for around 20-30g at breakfast. Eggs and turkey sausage get me there. Lunch I’ll have about 30-50, using lean meat like turkey or tuna, plus non fat yogurt, which can be from 11-20g...

@aimlessly 8 ounces of chicken is about 50g of protein - you want about 3 times that per day. Not all in chicken obviously 😄 but total with any sources. So if you don’t have a problem eating it, definitely eat more and eat more of your calories in protein and fat. To that effect, you may do well...

@icecreamballer If you’re not intermediate or advanced nearly anything works. The best thing you can do is find a program you enjoy that has a reasonable exercise selection and volume and stick to it. All the optimization in the world can be done later. I’d recommend thinking about sticking with...

@aimlessly Reading your post and your other response, a couple of suggestions/responses. 1 - the gov recommendations for protein are extremely low, especially for muscle building and weight manipulation. The golden rule for bodybuilding is .8-1g per pound of body weight, but that’s obviously an...