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

Fucking yes Starting my bulk tomorrow WRAAAGH

Are supine benches a good alternative to bench press when one of your arm is stronger than the other or should I stick to barbells?

Do normal bench and add in 1 arm dumbbell bench for 3 sets of 5-12 reps as assistance afterwards [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] Just dont go too heavy on normal bench and make sure your form is good on all your reps

Should I use half the weight of normal bench for dumbell or go lighter?

a bit lighter just find a weight you can do more or less comfortably with good form at your target reps and go from there

Been hitting the deadhangs and farmer's walks like crazy, pain is already starting to subside a bit. Can't do curls for a long time though that's for sure.

New routine started today. Mentioned starting strength to the gym bossman but he gave me this instead Sumo squat with dumbell (felt like I was falling backwards doing regular squats, also could go fully deep with sumo so PT just said to do that) Bench 1-arm Seated row Standing press Roman chair Lower ab exercise that I think was called double leg raise (bent knee though). Looked kind of like a reverse crunch except my hands were tucked behind my back underneath my bellybutton in the 'natural vacuum' or something and I was unbending my legs and moving my feet forwards (away from me) only a small distance on account of my fuckhuge levers. Anyone know the name? Finally tracking my strength and being on a diet, feels good. Going to introduce HIIT style cardio (had a long talk about losing weight, apparently 30 intense seconds with a few minutes rest does a lot more than 20 minutes on a treadmill) [editline]22 June 2015[/editline] and wall angels to improve back posture actually. Routine is pretty long but at least i'm not doing like 30 different exercises anymore

finally beat my OHP plateau after about a century (2 weeks really) deadlift seems to be on the way back up after having a good look at technique again knees fresh from week off work and gonna start using knee pads, so back to squatting all good

Straight up made a kid cry today after I yelled at him for a solid minute or two. Don't feel bad about it in the least bit because he's a tall lanky piece of shit who managed to hit his grow spurt early and thinks it's okay to go around shoving other kids from behind. If there was one person I could hit square in the face without consequences it'd be this kid, most punchable face ever. Some little kids you can just tell are gonna grow up to be absolute scumbags. And others you can tell will be chill af. Most are pretty chill.

Had a very tasty, fatass American weekend. Saturday went to the local ribfest and devoured some pulled pork and pulled chicken. Then guzzled down some beers and later had half of a super seasoned, super amazing hamburger. Then we hit up this ice cream place called "The Big 1". They live up to their name alright! I kid you not the kiddie size was at least the size of a large at just about any other place. Was good mang. Alright so really only one day I went food crazy, but I still ate like a pig during the weekend and am kind of happy to be back to a much more tame diet. My front squats are starting to feel really good, like my form has made big improvements. Only real nagging issue are my wrists, which is inevitable really. Even with some wraps, I'll still get a little pain from excessive bending and pressure. I'm sure it's partly my hand position. My cleans though....my form is starting to suffer. Snatches are at least feeling better, but clean and jerks definitely don't feel as fluid. I have inconsistency with reaching the right height (mid chest) before squatting under the bar. Feels like a lot of times I drop too early and drop when the bar is still only at the top of my ribs or even lower. My bar path feels kinds iffy too. I think I need some technique complexes/drills. [QUOTE=Rofl_copter;48027999]Straight up made a kid cry today after I yelled at him for a solid minute or two. Don't feel bad about it in the least bit because he's a tall lanky piece of shit who managed to hit his grow spurt early and thinks it's okay to go around shoving other kids from behind. If there was one person I could hit square in the face without consequences it'd be this kid, most punchable face ever. Some little kids you can just tell are gonna grow up to be absolute scumbags. And others you can tell will be chill af. Most are pretty chill.[/QUOTE] Hey, maybe he'll take it as a reality check and chill the fuck out. Most kids just have the wrong perspective about who they are and what is and is not ok. If he realizes his actions have consequences, he might change. Never know...

You guys ever feel objectified? Some of you may not be at the point where you get a lot of attention, from males and females, its great for the first few months/year and you wear tight clothes because you're proud. Over time, at least for me, it gets old and you just want to blend in and be yourself, wearing baggier and baggier clothes. I imagine women feel it a lot.

Tbh I felt the opposite, which was why I started weightlifting in the first place. I felt objectified because I was heaps thin and had no muscle. I remember actually in a lecture a long time ago at uni where some chicks sitting behind me were talking about 'look at that dude in front of us he has no muscle on his arms'. Now that you know I'm kinda built up a bit I feel like I fit in a bit more. [editline]23rd June 2015[/editline] I can imagine being objectified if you're a professional bodybuilder with like 5% BF, but I don't think any of us want to be like that.

I just want to get this clarified, for cutting goals, are these macros accurate? Calories 1872/Day @ 155 LBs Carbs = 208g Protein = 155g Fat = 46.5g [editline]22nd June 2015[/editline] Well hello page king. I just recovered from a nasty sickness and just dealt with moving. I can finally resume a consistent regimen (for the third time now) after I find a nice gym nearby.

Tbh I don't even really pay attention to the precise ratio of carbs and fat. Just trying to stay away from saturated and trans fats and simple carbs. As long as you get the right amount of protein and an appropriate deficit, it's probably going to be fine.

[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48030821]You guys ever feel objectified? Some of you may not be at the point where you get a lot of attention, from males and females, its great for the first few months/year and you wear tight clothes because you're proud. Over time, at least for me, it gets old and you just want to blend in and be yourself, wearing baggier and baggier clothes. I imagine women feel it a lot.[/QUOTE] why is tight clothes proud of himself muscled motherfucker is not equal to being yourself for you

So I bought some creatine It says 4 times a day on the box You think it's good to just do 2 scoops 2 times a day instead?

Box lies to get you to use more creatine so that you have to buy more. 1 scoop 1 time a day is enough

plus using more creatine is maybe bad for you (depending on how your body processes it). my body hates me when I use creatine.

recently ohp'd 135 x 1 lbs. ugly as fuck but i technically got it up i guess

Any of you done the Buff Dudes 3 day split? I've been doing it and it's a pretty nice workout, just looking for opinions on what others think

Oh my god I just had the worst chest/tris/shoulders day and probably overall workout ever. I hadn't eaten since breakfast(merely by accident, never really got hungry) and took 3 scoops of preworkout. HOLY WEAKNESS, BATMAN! I only benched 225x4 when I can usually get it for 14-15 reps, could barely seated dumbell press 40lbs, cables were weak as fuck too. Note to self: Eat food.

[QUOTE=Deadman123;48036386]Oh my god I just had the worst chest/tris/shoulders day and probably overall workout ever. I hadn't eaten since breakfast(merely by accident, never really got hungry) and took 3 scoops of preworkout. HOLY WEAKNESS, BATMAN! I only benched 225x4 when I can usually get it for 14-15 reps, could barely seated dumbell press 40lbs, cables were weak as fuck too. Note to self: Eat food.[/QUOTE] i find going to the gym and having an absolutely shitty workout to be a good learning experience especially if you know you aren't feeling it but push yourself to go anyway always worth going instead of sitting on the computer (unless you drop a barbell on your neck)

What is okay in a regular oatmeal? Mostly talking about addons such as fruit, sugar, milk etc How do you guys eat it most of the time? Also tips for other good breakfasts? Burritos? (Give me tips help!)

I have my oats with milk and a bit of stevia to sweeten it up. Simple but it tastes great and is full of good calories. As for breakfasts (I have oats before bed) I have peanut butter toast. I get two really thick, cafe style wholemeal slices (with raisins and blueberries and that stuff), put down a bit of butter, dump like 50g of peanut butter on each slice, then finally add a tiny bit of lemon curd on top for a bit of flavour. Yeah it means I go through a small tub of peanut butter in four days, but each breakfast is like 60g mostly unsaturated fat, 35g protein (30 from the peanut butter, 5 from the bread), and heaps of good carbs (except for the lemon curd). Finish with a coffee.

My go to quick easy good cals/macros oatmeal breakfast that you can adjust easily to your goals: 3/4ths cup oatmeal (you could go full cup easily but I find it is just too much food) 2 tbs, probably more peanut butter (make sure it isn't natural peanut butter, natural pb doesn't hold its shape well) a scoop of chocolate protein powder. if you have vanilla powder just add cocoa powder to it in addition to the protein powder. Boil water (or get it really hot), pour in. Alternatively use milk. Super tasty PB+Choco oats that are super filling, good on macros and load you up with calories. I typically have that and in addition eat 4-5 eggs with cheese in them. Easy 1000+ calorie breakfast, typically get 60-70g of protein too depending on how you build it up. Best part is you can do the same thing on cuts, just cut back on serving size, ditch the cheese, less PB, etc. --------------------- [editline]24th June 2015[/editline] I also like to make this once a week: [url]http://www.alattewithotta.com/2010/11/crock-pott-recipe-egg-brunch-casserole.html[/url] But with sausage Super tasty, super quick to microwave up once it's made overnight, not too expensive, and you can put it in a burrito to have breakfast burritos easy. --------------- When I'm not making breakfast casserole burritos I typically make these: [t]http://darebee.com/images/recipes/protein-bars/protein-bars-recipe.jpg[/t] Great shit there. Calories are roughly 350cals for 20-ish grams of protein if you do 12 bars, depending on what powder you use. I recommend using chocolate powder vs vanilla, goes better with it IMO. Can always add cocoa that said, but if you fuck with it too much it can mess with the consistency. I made some last night and accidently bought "Cream of Coconut" instead of "coconut cream". AKA a really sugary condensed-milk type of cream vs just straight cream. Turns out it makes it taste AMAZING (like cookies) and have an awesome consistency but the downside is that each bar is now 422-430 calories lol. Which might not be a downside if you just want an easy way to bulk.

gym not open due to road works despite being assured by email that there'd be one lane open for access there wasn't fuck off

Been able to do chin ups like 4 years now but today's the first time I ever done more than 12 in a set

killer breakfast today: 4 large eggs + 2 cups rice sprinkled with bacon bits fucked me up good

[QUOTE=KorJax;48041232]My go to quick easy good cals/macros oatmeal breakfast that you can adjust easily to your goals: 3/4ths cup oatmeal (you could go full cup easily but I find it is just too much food) 2 tbs, probably more peanut butter (make sure it isn't natural peanut butter, natural pb doesn't hold its shape well) a scoop of chocolate protein powder. if you have vanilla powder just add cocoa powder to it in addition to the protein powder. Boil water (or get it really hot), pour in. Alternatively use milk. Super tasty PB+Choco oats that are super filling, good on macros and load you up with calories. I typically have that and in addition eat 4-5 eggs with cheese in them. Easy 1000+ calorie breakfast, typically get 60-70g of protein too depending on how you build it up. Best part is you can do the same thing on cuts, just cut back on serving size, ditch the cheese, less PB, etc. ...[/QUOTE] Thanks for the info! Take a Picture of your next breakfeast oatmeal, would really like to see how it looks. (Swedes hashbrowns is "potatisbullar" right?) (Link for the last thing you talked about [url]http://darebee.com/recipes/homemade-no-bake-protein-bars.html[/url] ) Seriously... they look tasty

At what weight did everyone's grip on deadlift become a problem? (double overhand) Sitting at around 120kg and I have to coat my hands in chalk for every pull, gonna try and make my grip narrower or throw in some grip training. Straps or hook grip are an option but wouldn't mind having juicy forearms.