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

[QUOTE=lexus04;47174628]what's your routine and diet like also sleep is super important[/QUOTE] 5x5 routine, and that day I had omelette, 2 bananas, chicken and roast potatoes. I felt pretty exhausted after the sqauts, so it was most likely a lack of sleep.

count your calories brah

Long time no see guys. To keep things simple, after a long break started going to gym again. Want to target strength and explosiveness, might transition it into athletics/acrobatics (climbing, parkour, tricking). Is there any suitable routine for me? Currently keeping to the old 3 day split with sometimes running additional two times a week and 2 days off. 3 day split is basically chest/arms: bench press, weighted dips, overhead press. should i bother with bicep curls? back: deadlift, dumbbell sidebends, barbell rows, weighted pull ups and muscle ups leg: squats, dumbbell lunges, morning hams, calfs on the machine (too cba to do it properly sorry) Anyway, what can I change to achieve, uh, better over all strength, but targeting good grip and climbing strength?

If you want strength then you should probably shoot for a strength routine rather than a bodypart split like that the Texas Method might suit you, as it's split into 3 days but isn't a 'split' by any means

What is the opinion here on iifym ?

Who here strength gains on cuts

[QUOTE=milktree;47180605]What is the opinion here on iifym ?[/QUOTE] it works

gentlemen, what say you to drama between men? I live in a house of 5 girls and 5 guys; the groups have split into 4 (me and 3 girls), 3 (2 girls and 1 guy) and 3 guys who remain neutral. This one guy in the other group keeps baiting me into physical contact (because I lift and could live a massive mark) and almost succeeded tonight. I am *this* close to securing the other guy's support; it sounds childish but should I 'eliminate' him through debate or careful use of force? We are in the right (as biased as I am); this drama spilled over from their house (2x5 houses) and was based upon some girl drama (e.g. 'she got together with a guy too loud'... 'x in the other house is mine' etc etc'). I'm sick of it but it was two girl perpetuating the drama. Came to a head today with this one guy who supports them videoing me and a girl in the other house in a relationship dancing together in the club. What do? I'm ignoring him for now but he properly disrespected me on the ride home. Called me all the names under the sun, said I was just annoyed I couldn't get together with girl I was dancing with.. etc etc. Whenever I addressed a point he just widened the goalposts. Advice bros? Ignoring the issue isn't an option; me and him have been at loggerheads for the past four months.

Is that a joke? Sounds like bad "reality television." I've re-read your comment twice and still hardly understand it. Move out? Get on a different show? Not sure what to tell you bud. How is this fitness related?

use that anger to fuel your squats to an all-new level. or squat over him whilst he sleeps until you're ATG on his fuckin nose.

fuck yeah guys today marks the first day I can hit the gym again, finally can't wait to build myself back up

can't sleep more than 5h/day and cant shit much despite feeling bloated as fuck time for a refeed maybe

Logically refuting an argument in a way so air tight that any attempt to counter it makes the opposition stumble and look like the idiot they are is far more satisfying than beating their ass. I've never been in a fight, nor been close to one, its the nature of how I act, look, and who I associate myself with; but when it does come down to a fight as a lifter your best method is wrestling and taking it close. Thats where most of your strength will be and where you'll be most effective if you a big clumsy oaf like me. Throws, hurls, curls, bends, squeezes, all use muscles in a similar manner as you train them rather than quick jabs like standard fighting. But I dont know much about fighting so dont take my word on it, its just what i've been told.

Man just ignore him like the worthless sack he is, I've been in a decent amount of fights/brawls and what you describe is just pretty dumb/not worth fighting over imo However What Valon said is very good advice, fights aren't some honorable pugilistic match, its subduing the guy across from you. If you have a clear physical advantage then you shouldn't have a hard time. You'll probably circle each other a bit, doing dumb bobbing and weaving stuff that you see on UFC and throwing a few small punches, then he'll eventually probably try to haymaker you, just dodge that punch (haymakers hitting air = generally the guy'll be off-balance and so committed to the punch that it'll take a second or two for them to recover) use this time and counter with a strong uppercut. Uppercuts hurt your knuckles like hell but it'll fuck him up even more, use when he's stunned to get in close and get him on the ground and get him in a headlock or armlock until he gives up. Don't be dumb and punch him while hes down or anything like that, as that's assault.

As the other two said stay out of a fight if you can, def don't hit him first at least because then you can get in major shit. Rather just play it cool and shut him down by talking if at all possible, if not and he swings first, provided you have the superior strength, if you can subdue him so he can hardly move it'll be so embarrassing he probably won't try it again. In other news, benched 100 kg for 3 @ 84 or 85 kg body weight, really happy with that as it was my last tested max

Yeah that really wasn't fitness related and I was still drunk and angry when I wrote it. It does really sound like high school drama shit and that is what is most annoying about it; we're adults for christsakes. Hes scurried home now to hide for a while so I'm sure it'll blow over. I'm just not gonna go out drinking with him again. Thanks for the advice anyway gentlemen, this place is always good for advice, even if not too fitness related. People who weren't around when this thread was buried in its own subforum should know that and realize that we were our own little community for a long time before the sub was deleted. The regular posters here are chill as fuck. On a fitness related note I've broken my strength plateau thanks to the advice to not do oly lifts for a while, deadlifted the other day and managed 100kg for 4 reps! One thing I have noticed however is that my lats are pretty weak, anyone got any ideas on how to quickly build them? I didn't specifically train them for ages when I was first starting out so can barely do two widegrip pullups.

Just use good ol jiu-jitsu and choke him. He'll pass out after 10-15seconds, be incredibly embarrassed that he just passed out, and best of all, there will be minimal damage, so he won't come after you with medical bills. Still will be assault, but if he goes at it first, then it's self defense.

For lats I do a simple series. Take the wide lat pulldown bar, set it to something decently heavy so you'll fail at the 7/8th rep, wide grip it till you fail, give yourself 5 seconds, then do the remaining to 10 reps total (so 3 reps if you fail at 7). Then immidiately switch to a medium grip (not right close to the center, but not too far out), either bump the weight down one setting or keep the same weight, whatever makes you hit a similar rep range. After your done cranking 10, grab the close grip attatchment usually used for back rows and put it on. Try to keep the same weight, crank out another 8, then 10. It should never be a straight 10. You can start out bumping it down each set, so like 140/120/100 or however your machine is weighted and eventually try to make it 140/120/120 then 140/140/140, 160/140/140, 160/160/140, ect. This helps to track progression and set goals. I started it at 160/140/120 and im at a even 200 for all now and my back has noticeably gotten bigger. Also try to keep it pretty back to back, dont get caught up in taking too long to rest between sets, the different grips will give you a slight rest.

[QUOTE=mouthBU;47181072]Who here strength gains on cuts[/QUOTE] doing it now not expecting to make huge gains or anything but ideally should keep them well conditioned and used during a cut preventing loss

Worked out with a friend for the first time in a long while. God are my shoulders sore.

cheers valon

@Bleach Qeef (or anybody with a good understanding of football players): [url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine-top-performers/0ap3000000472942/Chris-Conley-dominates-at-combine?campaign=Facebook_video_conley]Is this even possible naturally? Holy shit this dude is a freak of nature[/url]

Telling you right now, a pretty small fraction of the players that are good enough to be invited to the combine are natty, a former teammate of mine plays D1 football at UMass and he said ~80% of his team juices and thats like the norm for college football.

I just had a few donuts today. I feel like sin. And much to my misfortune my supplements haven't arrived yet for my cutting process to begin a-proper [img_thumb]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81z6xtG%2BIwL._SL1500_.jpg[/img_thumb] Mmm, Dutch Choco

First game of the Irish SBC seasons today lads, we're playing our rivals and it'll be one of the toughest game we'll have. I'm starting on special teams.

Going on 5 months of solid lifting and bulking soon. I've certainly noticed gains, primarily my legs and back. I've began to stall out on my lifts though, and relatively soon compared to what I've seen from a couple minutes of Googling the results of others. I think it's likely my diet, as I've been eating like complete shit since I moved back into my parents. I'm fairly certain my squat form is a little off too, as I get hip flexor pain during squats. Are there any sites that have good bulking recipes? I have a few here and there from fit but I'd really like some more variety at this point.

Like. Having a chick you're fooling around with really messes up my gym progress. It's like she comes over for the weekend on a friday and i go on a date, we go home to me and we fuck and hang around all day till she goes home and im too tired to workout. Boom 2 days missed. [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] that pussy so good doe.. [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] well, i DID workout for the sake of getting women. and i've successed at that quite well.. So hmmmm.. [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] if i ignore pussy for workout then my entire goal is moot [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] it's an evil circle, i workout to get pussy but getting pussy destroys my gains [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] guys the fuck do i do [editline]22nd February 2015[/editline] help

My back seems to be back to 100% (wee avoiding the doctor visits!) Has anyone been to a Goodlife gym? It's all we have around here. I'm honestly too embarrassed to go as is, so work outs at home for now but it would be nice to be able to go to the gym eventually. Also, the more I look into fitness the more frustrated I am by the fact that because I had the misfortune for being born female bodied any and all gains I manage to scrape out will be comparatively miniscule to what I could be getting otherwise, fuck biology man.

For you guys who go low carb, what do you eat? Like I don't want to give up carbs but I want to limit it to 1 portion a day. I love lentils especially making Indian dhal type stuff.I know lentils are great for protein, and carbs per 100g is like 16g compared to 100g of pasta which is 75g. Are lentils a good alternative? Any recommendations would be great

How you make up your calories be it proteins carbs/ fats doesnt matter as much as how much overall calories you are getting in. Eat whatever you want just dont eat a lot of it. Also match got cancelled at last minute due to waterlogged pitch, I'm fairly pissed.