Rolled jiu jitsu for an hour yesterday then had to stick a syringe in my ear to drain the blood from cauliflower starting...and you homos are worrying about body fat percentage! 
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Working out! Fitness! Nutrition!
- Thread starter Taleb
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I'm at around 8 or 9 right now so it isn't easy and my metabolism has slowed down a lot from when I was a teen...but I'd say that I'm on the side of ecto leaning towards meso now. I'm really not trying to juice, but I think now I can understand why others would. I've actually found that low, heavy weights has led to a huge decrease in strength.
Any chance that the more explosive movements are killing me? I've been lifting slow and controlled all this time and the only way to lift heavy is to have slightly-less-than perfect form. I've tried both carb cycling and refeeding and it seems that refeeding before a workout means a better workout but refeeding after a workout leads to slightly better gains but a less fulfilling workout/can't lift as much.
A little bit of both, I guess. I somehow managed to do it on Gethin's 12 week program. Now I'm on Stoppani's 6 week and while this one's gotten better reviews, I feel like the gains aren't on par.
I basically can't bulk right now because I need to stay cut for work...so I'm stuck with trying to put on lean muscle slowly; I just don't think it was this slow that time.
I just checked Bostin Lloyd and holy crap it's nuts. Good thing that isn't the look that I'm going for! But since you mentioned that video, maybe my expectations are just a little skewed. I've been paying more attention to other people who seemingly lift when I'm out and maybe I'm just being overly-critical of myself and I just need to be more patient. I'm a small dude, so I was happy when I was leg pressing 400lbs but now I'm down to 180 (granted, it's over 15 reps) but it seems too drastic of change to be right.
First world problems lol. Anyway, I hope all of you guys are on track and where you want to be
Rolled jiu jitsu for an hour yesterday then had to stick a syringe in my ear to drain the blood from cauliflower starting...and you homos are worrying about body fat percentage!
That's gross. That would also be why I always wore a scrum cap in rugby
toshison
Well-known member
Rolled jiu jitsu for an hour yesterday then had to stick a syringe in my ear to drain the blood from cauliflower starting...and you homos are worrying about body fat percentage!
Not exactly sure if rolling around on the ground with sweaty men, sharing skin diseases is less homo than worrying about BF%.
True!!
True but i Hate that headgear.
Not yet. But I will. I just hate sitting around all day waiting for a match
Don't you warm up?
Just randomly attack a dude, that should keep things interesting
Roomie
Banned
I'm at around 8 or 9 right now so it isn't easy and my metabolism has slowed down a lot from when I was a teen...but I'd say that I'm on the side of ecto leaning towards meso now. I'm really not trying to juice, but I think now I can understand why others would. I've actually found that low, heavy weights has led to a huge decrease in strength.
Any chance that the more explosive movements are killing me? I've been lifting slow and controlled all this time and the only way to lift heavy is to have slightly-less-than perfect form. I've tried both carb cycling and refeeding and it seems that refeeding before a workout means a better workout but refeeding after a workout leads to slightly better gains but a less fulfilling workout/can't lift as much.
A little bit of both, I guess. I somehow managed to do it on Gethin's 12 week program. Now I'm on Stoppani's 6 week and while this one's gotten better reviews, I feel like the gains aren't on par.
I basically can't bulk right now because I need to stay cut for work...so I'm stuck with trying to put on lean muscle slowly; I just don't think it was this slow that time.
I just checked Bostin Lloyd and holy crap it's nuts. Good thing that isn't the look that I'm going for! But since you mentioned that video, maybe my expectations are just a little skewed. I've been paying more attention to other people who seemingly lift when I'm out and maybe I'm just being overly-critical of myself and I just need to be more patient. I'm a small dude, so I was happy when I was leg pressing 400lbs but now I'm down to 180 (granted, it's over 15 reps) but it seems too drastic of change to be right.
First world problems lol. Anyway, I hope all of you guys are on track and where you want to be
Not that I'm some expert but I will say yes explosive movements aren't doing you a lot of good if you're doing too many of them. Now when you say slow and controlled then heavy how much is the weight difference? Have you tried cutting the difference in half to get your strength aspect back up?
When you say you can't bulk, how much of a gain are you wanting? From how you're describing things you sound like you have the same issues as I do when it comes to metabolism etc. so I'm just curious to see your outcome. As for the legs, other than presses what are you doing for leg training? Do you ride a bike at all (out of the gym not in it) I've been slacking lately about the gym but I have some exercises for legs that really help.
Yah but you wait hours to compete. You can't warm up non stop all day
ajaxguy
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Nix the yogurt completely and go to costco and buy the big tub of kefir. Google that s$%* and you will see how much better it is for you and you're digestive system. I put honey in it with some frozen berries and its off the hook. You can also make you're own, but i find that costco one to be really cheap
Not much. But I don't want to be over high 8s. I took dizzy's advice more seriously and did more extreme carb refeeds and I think it's done the trick. The funny thing is that I've somehow gotten bigger (yet still leaner) and my lifts are finally up again. You guys are the best! If you're curious for the outcome, I can post pics when I finish my current program in 2 weeks - if I can keep up my this progress 'til then, I'll be happy with where I'm at.
As for legs, I think I may be overtraining because I ride a bicycle 1-6 times a week (tonight I rode and it's a leg day later on)...but I've just been taking in more cals on the days that I ride so I figured it might be negligible? I do presses, squats, machine extensions, hack squats, seated leg curls and romanian deadlifts. Please feel free to send those exercises (my hamstrings could use some extra work)
Decided to give the Smolov squat routine a go. From what I hear, it's a lot like shooting yourself in both legs so this should get interesting.
Day one down, I'll see how long these legs can last
http://www.seriouspowerlifting.com/3615/articles/smolov-squat-routine
Day one down, I'll see how long these legs can last
http://www.seriouspowerlifting.com/3615/articles/smolov-squat-routine
cbcanada
Banned
Lol WOW !
cbcanada
Banned
Or maybe i should say WWWOOOWWW
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