Weightlifting/Bodybuilding Thread V.7 - let's see if more people care about themselves - General

If you want to (mostly) avoid calluses, and improve your grip strength; get your hands on chalk or magnesium powder. It's cheap and works like fucking pixie dust. Grip hasn't been failing on my deadlift since I started using it.

i just used a thumbless hanging grip on all pulls except deadlift for a while and now my grip doesn't really fail on anything and I don't have to use over-under grip either

Im done drinking and going out it gets old

[QUOTE=Fusnax;49016393]why not?[/QUOTE] gloves mess with how you train in several ways 1. the additional padding does not transfer well to your gripping ability, as it means you have to squeeze on additional fluff [I]while[/I] still holding onto the weight. this isn't noticeable at lighter weights, but once you get heavier it's really quite irritating and can cause you to lose your grip. 2. your hands do not develop the calluses and pain tolerance needed to ascend to heavier weights. once you get past a certain weight threshold, holding onto the knurled grip is a challenge in itself. you will physically be unable to grip +80 lb dumbbells because it will be too painful. [editline]1st November 2015[/editline] note that i could care less about how "calluses make you manlier" or some ego-filled bullshit like that it's just more practical to train without gloves

[QUOTE=aznz888;49028759]you will physically be unable to grip +80 lb dumbbells because it will be too painful. [/QUOTE] I can see the effect of this actually, my hand hurt the most without gloves when i'm doing pull ups and deadlifts, guess i could mix some days with gloves and some days without gloves to adapt also, after like 5 months without drinking soda, had to drink some today since there was no water at the party, but oh god, my stomach hurts, guess it doesn't like soda anymore

Hello! I've never been to the gym or worked out much so weights tend to confuse me greatly. Recently I decided to pick up a short workout routine and go beyond push ups and sit up and such. I'm not looking to be super buff, I just want some muscle on my arms mainly. Will working out with a single 20 pound dumbbell help much?

Jesus fucking christ almighty, I've wasted the little gains I made and completely fucked up my body. I've always been pretty dyel, 100kg squat and deadlift and about 60(lol) bench, but today it was uncomfortable just squatting the bar.. I just wanted to load up 200kg on the bench and kill myself today.

Cleaning 140kg/308lbs like it isn't shit now. Olympic lifts are finally going up, consistency is key. Trying to dial in my diet and reduce/eliminate most of my drug use. I've been doing a better job of it but to get to that next level I need to step it up.

[QUOTE=Oscar Lima Echo;49030378]Jesus fucking christ almighty, I've wasted the little gains I made and completely fucked up my body. I've always been pretty dyel, 100kg squat and deadlift and about 60(lol) bench, but today it was uncomfortable just squatting the bar.. I just wanted to load up 200kg on the bench and kill myself today.[/QUOTE] take it easy dog, looks like you're psyching yourself out with the numbers there's honestly no rush, and this is coming from a guy who literally wasted the first two years of his "fitness life" being a lazy titlord maxing out at 95/100/70 kg on squat/deadlift/bench presses roughly about 2 years of properly dieting and lifting and i'm doing about 140/184/112 kg for my three maxes though i will maintain that it's still the relative challenge. just give it what you got and don't give up!

Where is facepunch's cooking thread? i'm struggling and these mommy blogs are not useful literally at all.

It died along with other subforums.

[QUOTE=Fusnax;49029821] also, after like 5 months without drinking soda, had to drink some today since there was no water at the party, but oh god, my stomach hurts, guess it doesn't like soda anymore[/QUOTE] I drank a coke after months and months of not drinking any sodas and I turned into a very effective burp-generator. :v:

just had my first "complex" meal for the first time in two weeks. I've lived on either chicken with pasta/rice and sauce, or fajita and taco. today I made a chicken casserole with lots of spices, creme fraiche, rice and carrots cooked with the chicken. was really tasty, but hard to count the calories which fucked with my head. I think I stood still for like 30 minutes before I got around to make food since I was overloading my mind with over complicated (and unnecessary) maths. really bothers me that I'm not able to accurately measure how many calories I've eaten since I could only weigh my complete portions, not every individual ingredient after it was all cooked. who knows, maybe my rice to chicken ratio was like 2/1, that means the calories I logged weren't accurate which bothers me. I also forgot to weigh one of the spicemixes which was fairly calorie rich of about 380cals per 100g. I only had 1/4th of a tea spoon though so I don't think it mattered that much. you guys know of some nice dinners that are easy to weigh and count calories? preferably with every ingredient separated, like taco, or chicken with sauce and rice. [editline]2nd November 2015[/editline] also, you guys got any tips for making calorie counting easier on me? right now the process takes some time. 1. before I start making dinner, I write down the nutritional value for every ingredient to Google Keep. I don't think I can streamline this, but this doesn't bother me that much. 2. obviously once that's all done, I weigh my shit and write down the weight for every ingredient in the same note on Keep. 3. if I only made a single portion, I won't bother weighing it again. if I made multiple portions, I weigh every ingredient if possible again to make sure I only eat one portion. if every ingredient is mixed together in a casserole for example, I weigh the entire pot, deduct how much the pot weighs and ensure I only fill my dish with a single portion. this doesn't feel very accurate as it's not guaranteed that I get a perfect ratio of everything on my dish. 4. once I'm done eating, I go back to my computer to do the maths. I bring up Notepad and a calculator and start entering all of the nutritional stuff again, just for the correct weight. I use the "blabla per 100g" in Keep, multiply that with whatever g's I took (129cals * 0.81(81g)) and fill that in for every product along with every macro. this is incredibly time consuming. once everything is filled in, I go back to the calculator and add everything together so I know the calories for a single portion. 5. I fill the complete portion information into MyFitnessPal, creating a new food so I don't have to do all of this over again when I eat the same meal another time. just have to weigh shit. for step 4, I have been thinking of maybe using Excel so it does the math for me since that's the part that takes ages, but I don't know how to do this. I'm not familiar with Excel at all.

Oh great, I got the flu! How does shit like this affect gains, will I lose a lot of progress? My doc told me to do 30 mins of light cardio per day to help me recover, if that's any help.

sumthin weird happened today was warming up for shoulder press, suddenly left shoulder somehow rotates inwards, in a way it shouldn't have, and my shoulder starts collapsing forwards with the entirety of the weight on the joint kinda hurt but not really, just feels weird now still managed to finish my sets

[QUOTE=_Axel;49033873]Oh great, I got the flu! How does shit like this affect gains, will I lose a lot of progress? My doc told me to do 30 mins of light cardio per day to help me recover, if that's any help.[/QUOTE] I've had it the past few days as well... no idea what to do, i went to the gym on thursday, rested on Fri / Sat then went for a walk on sunday and a walk today... one of those "if you move you cough" and i felt wrong going to the gym and infect someone else.

FUCK! Dropped since August from 72 to 67kg! Gotta get a grip on shit. Haven't lifted in over 2 weeks either.

Real talk though can sickness make a significant dent on gains?

[QUOTE=_Axel;49034756]Real talk though can sickness make a significant dent on gains?[/QUOTE] depends how ill you are a week or two off will hardly put you back

[QUOTE=_Axel;49034756]Real talk though can sickness make a significant dent on gains?[/QUOTE] i just got the flu and i took the weekend totally off and just ate a ton and slept a ton now i'm basically recovered i do definitely emphasize importance on rest and nutrition, last year i got slapped with a severe stomach flu for two weeks and i went from 72 kg to about 67 kg in two weeks, it was completely awful. sucks because that was really the only time i had to visit my family overseas, so i'd always push myself to hang out with them and end up needing to rest for like, three days straight, eating < 800 cals a day

[QUOTE=aznz888;49035732]i just got the flu and i took the weekend totally off and just ate a ton and slept a ton now i'm basically recovered i do definitely emphasize importance on rest and nutrition, last year i got slapped with a severe stomach flu for two weeks and i went from 72 kg to about 67 kg in two weeks, it was completely awful. sucks because that was really the only time i had to visit my family overseas, so i'd always push myself to hang out with them and end up needing to rest for like, three days straight, eating < 800 cals a day[/QUOTE] OK then, I'm already a lazy fuck so I sleep a lot. Time to eat like two, I guess. No working out, though?

i'd still work out but keep it easy, especially if the problem is in your lungs/throat/nose. would probably find some kind of split to avoid hard compound movements like squats or deadlifts so you don't get lightheaded. heavy compounds usually force you to breathe a lot harder and increase your blood pressure, both of which are a lot more likely to exasperate your sickness.

[QUOTE=PredGD;49033790] [editline]2nd November 2015[/editline] also, you guys got any tips for making calorie counting easier on me? right now the process takes some time. 1. before I start making dinner, I write down the nutritional value for every ingredient to Google Keep. I don't think I can streamline this, but this doesn't bother me that much. 2. obviously once that's all done, I weigh my shit and write down the weight for every ingredient in the same note on Keep. 3. if I only made a single portion, I won't bother weighing it again. if I made multiple portions, I weigh every ingredient if possible again to make sure I only eat one portion. if every ingredient is mixed together in a casserole for example, I weigh the entire pot, deduct how much the pot weighs and ensure I only fill my dish with a single portion. this doesn't feel very accurate as it's not guaranteed that I get a perfect ratio of everything on my dish. 4. once I'm done eating, I go back to my computer to do the maths. I bring up Notepad and a calculator and start entering all of the nutritional stuff again, just for the correct weight. I use the "blabla per 100g" in Keep, multiply that with whatever g's I took (129cals * 0.81(81g)) and fill that in for every product along with every macro. this is incredibly time consuming. once everything is filled in, I go back to the calculator and add everything together so I know the calories for a single portion. 5. I fill the complete portion information into MyFitnessPal, creating a new food so I don't have to do all of this over again when I eat the same meal another time. just have to weigh shit. for step 4, I have been thinking of maybe using Excel so it does the math for me since that's the part that takes ages, but I don't know how to do this. I'm not familiar with Excel at all.[/QUOTE] This all sounds bit too anal to truly be practical. I personally like to generalize and estimate, and that tends to be enough in most cases. Plus, if I eat pretty much the same things, give or take a little variation, I end up remembering how many calories since it's usually the same food and same portion. For example, most mornings I tend to eat some Belvita breakfast biscuits (~230cals) and a banana (~100-110cals), so that's 300-340cals for breakfast. Ideally though, I eat 3 eggs and either two slices of bread or a bagel to make a sandwhich, which is in the 400-450cal range. If I miss the egg sandwhich in the morning, then I get it after work in the afternoon. But anyway, those things are staples of my diet, and I know generally what amount of calories I get, and how full it makes me. That way I can go by intuition to a certain extent. Just like lifting, consistency makes a difference. [editline]2nd November 2015[/editline] 3,500 posts jeez :words: :joy: :class:

I just use [url]http://www7.slv.se/SokNaringsinnehall[/url] to do my Estimates, i just search "Chicken" and pick without skin then just put in my grams. (can be used by you muricans as well because your nutritonlabel is retarded!)

Argh! Okay, I kept slinging my 20 pound weight around due to lack of proper guidance. My arms feel like they're falling off but at least I'll be able to pick up 2 reams of paper at the office instead of just 1.

my mother stroked my upper arm and was surprised to how my arm felt. told me she could tell that I had grown some muscle which is pretty cool to hear. I wasn't actually expecting to grow much when on a calorie deficit, though I knew I'd see some growth seeing as this is the first time I've ever worked out for as long and serious as now. tomorrow is only my 7th session, should I already expect to see some growth? I thought I had to be doing this for much longer before I'd see any results. how much do you guys think I'll grow considering I'm losing weight? I read that I'll be able to grow some, but as I become more and more lean, that growth will gradually halt. I definitely won't look like a body builder once my body fat percentage is lowered, but can I expect having an obvious amount of extra muscle compared to someone who is lean but hasn't lifted? also, I imagine I'll have to switch from SL 5x5 at one point, but when can I tell that I should switch? or should I just stick with that plan for the entire duration of losing weight?

[QUOTE=PredGD;49042448]my mother stroked my upper arm and was surprised to how my arm felt. told me she could tell that I had grown some muscle which is pretty cool to hear.[/QUOTE] start of incest movie

[QUOTE=PredGD;49033790]just had my first "complex" meal for the first time in two weeks. I've lived on either chicken with pasta/rice and sauce, or fajita and taco. today I made a chicken casserole with lots of spices, creme fraiche, rice and carrots cooked with the chicken. was really tasty, but hard to count the calories which fucked with my head. I think I stood still for like 30 minutes before I got around to make food since I was overloading my mind with over complicated (and unnecessary) maths. really bothers me that I'm not able to accurately measure how many calories I've eaten since I could only weigh my complete portions, not every individual ingredient after it was all cooked. who knows, maybe my rice to chicken ratio was like 2/1, that means the calories I logged weren't accurate which bothers me. I also forgot to weigh one of the spicemixes which was fairly calorie rich of about 380cals per 100g. I only had 1/4th of a tea spoon though so I don't think it mattered that much. you guys know of some nice dinners that are easy to weigh and count calories? preferably with every ingredient separated, like taco, or chicken with sauce and rice. [editline]2nd November 2015[/editline] also, you guys got any tips for making calorie counting easier on me? right now the process takes some time. 1. before I start making dinner, I write down the nutritional value for every ingredient to Google Keep. I don't think I can streamline this, but this doesn't bother me that much. 2. obviously once that's all done, I weigh my shit and write down the weight for every ingredient in the same note on Keep. 3. if I only made a single portion, I won't bother weighing it again. if I made multiple portions, I weigh every ingredient if possible again to make sure I only eat one portion. if every ingredient is mixed together in a casserole for example, I weigh the entire pot, deduct how much the pot weighs and ensure I only fill my dish with a single portion. this doesn't feel very accurate as it's not guaranteed that I get a perfect ratio of everything on my dish. 4. once I'm done eating, I go back to my computer to do the maths. I bring up Notepad and a calculator and start entering all of the nutritional stuff again, just for the correct weight. I use the "blabla per 100g" in Keep, multiply that with whatever g's I took (129cals * 0.81(81g)) and fill that in for every product along with every macro. this is incredibly time consuming. once everything is filled in, I go back to the calculator and add everything together so I know the calories for a single portion. 5. I fill the complete portion information into MyFitnessPal, creating a new food so I don't have to do all of this over again when I eat the same meal another time. just have to weigh shit. for step 4, I have been thinking of maybe using Excel so it does the math for me since that's the part that takes ages, but I don't know how to do this. I'm not familiar with Excel at all.[/QUOTE] just use myfitnesspal or fatsecret instead of a fucking spreadsheet lol

[QUOTE=lexus04;49042940]just use myfitnesspal or fatsecret instead of a fucking spreadsheet lol[/QUOTE] I was under the impression that these wouldn't work well for me since there was no Norwegian food database. decided to mess around with it just now though holy fucking shit. I used the barcode scanner and it instantly found my product in Norway. I just ate a uncooked hotdog without counting anything since this app did everything. this changes everything holy shit. counting and maths is all gonna happen inside the app now. all I gotta do is weigh. this is the future

[QUOTE=PredGD;49042448]my mother stroked my upper arm and was surprised to how my arm felt. told me she could tell that I had grown some muscle which is pretty cool to hear. I wasn't actually expecting to grow much when on a calorie deficit, though I knew I'd see some growth seeing as this is the first time I've ever worked out for as long and serious as now. tomorrow is only my 7th session, should I already expect to see some growth? I thought I had to be doing this for much longer before I'd see any results. how much do you guys think I'll grow considering I'm losing weight? I read that I'll be able to grow some, but as I become more and more lean, that growth will gradually halt. I definitely won't look like a body builder once my body fat percentage is lowered, but can I expect having an obvious amount of extra muscle compared to someone who is lean but hasn't lifted? also, I imagine I'll have to switch from SL 5x5 at one point, but when can I tell that I should switch? or should I just stick with that plan for the entire duration of losing weight?[/QUOTE] SL 5x5's mileage varies for a lot of people. one of my buddies stuck with it for a good 6-7 months and got up to 315 lbs 5x5 squat. I'm not even remotely there yet and I got off SL 5x5 about a year ago. He's also about 120 lbs heavier than me, so it's not that surprising either. Stick with it for as long as you can, but don't be surprised when linear progression slows or just stops entirely.