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Post by Liverpool_96 on Jul 22, 2016 21:32:20 GMT
Thinking on starting Stronglifts 5x5 again along with the treadmill now that I've got a decent home gym setup going. I can never stick with weight lifting routines because the calorie counting gets on my nerves. For any experts out there, would 3 clean meals a day along with 3 protein shakes be enough to start off with? That'll workout at roughly 100-130ish grams of protein a day. how much do you weigh? I'd generally say stick to 1g of protein per lb of bodyweight, at most dropping it to .8 but I think your protein there may be too low and I also wouldn't recommend three shakes a day. I only have a shake post workout and then on rest days I skip them. They shouldn't replace meals, also what would your clean meals consist of because I'd hit 30g of protein in each of those meals, then 3 shakes = 60g minimum so you should be sat at at least 150g.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 21:45:53 GMT
11st 10lbs down from 13st 7lbs. My diet nowadays mostly consist of rice, pasta, quinoa, eggs, potatoes, vegetables, smoothies and fish. Not the biggest meat eater in the world. Trying to keep it as simple as I can because tracking calories always puts me off after awhile.
An example day the last few months during a short cut would be (fasting); Lunch - Homemade waffles (1 egg, 1 yogurt, oats) w/ fruit or tuna/egg salad sandwiches, although I'm trying to eat less bread.
Dinner - quinoa w/ a buncha shit like beetroot, kale, beans, etc. w/ fish or pasta w/ mixed vegetables and pesto.
Then whole fruit, smoothies, etc. Lifting I'd probably have some scrambled eggs at breakfast or something.
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Post by AlexC on Jul 25, 2016 1:26:33 GMT
Signed up to the gym today.
#pray4alex
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 19:03:26 GMT
Is this 1-2.2g of protein per lb/kg of bodyweight the actual amount of protein you need to build muscle? As with anything that involves lifting, a Google search just leaves you with more questions than answers. I've saw a few sites suggesting 0.8g per lb/kg of bodyweight is more than enough.
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Jul 26, 2016 19:25:36 GMT
As with pretty much everything it's dependent on the individual. No harm in aiming for the higher end of the scale though tbh, 150g or so per day isn't particularly difficult to manage
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 12:25:49 GMT
Doing All Pro Beginner Routine and I definitely miscalculated my 10-rep max numbers. I got a starting weight and went to do my heavy day and as soon as I felt the weight on my back for squats I thought FML how is this a beginner routine?! Managed to do 2 reps. Had to try and find my 10-rep max again today and I think I managed to get it more realistic. Started with a heavier weight than last time and could only get 6 reps rather than > 20, so my 10-rep max this time round should be more accurate. Hopefully.
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Post by U R GAY on Aug 5, 2016 12:49:59 GMT
Just under 2 months ago I decided to start running, I've gotten very unfit last few years and at work we were talking about doing the Wigan 10K at the start of September. Seeing as I got on well with the people talking about doing it, I thought fuck it, will throw my hat in the ring for that. Did my first 'run' using Couchto5k app on June 11th, and it was 15mins of 1min jog, 1 1/2 min walk. After the 2nd set of 1min run I was absolutely fucked. I completed it but barely. Less than 2 months later, I'm now running 2-3 times a week for 40mins+/5k+ at a time going to the gym 2-3 times a week. Got another month to build up to doing 10k. Where I run its flat, on a canal bank, and the actual route has a few uphill sections so probably need to start training on a mix of uphill/flat/downhill to get a more accurate guide. Not too worried about time, if I can complete it in under 90mins I'll be happy. People I'm running with are capable of going under an hour. I'm probably the slowest or 2nd slowest of them but just aiming for the completion seeing as it's my first run of any kind. Dunno if I've ever actually mentioned it on here or not but I've got one leg like 3.5 inches shorter than the other (born like that) and there is very little muscle in my right leg so I wear a splint and a raised up shoe on my right foot - doesn't particularly hinder me any ways, s'pose it's tougher to run as I'm using my left leg more and dragging abit of extra weight with the big fuck-off heel on the right shoe. Always played pretty much all sports and never been seriously injured on it or anything. As I was saying to someone the other day, it's usually always gotten me babyface sympathy whenever I'm doing sports/wearing shorts and you can see my leg, however I'm now anticipating Oscar Pistorious heel heat when I run this 10k. Don't trust anybody with shifty-looking legs.
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Post by ange postecoslamp on Aug 5, 2016 13:18:01 GMT
Think there's worse things to be compared to oscar pistorius over these days tbh
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 9:51:56 GMT
Started walking on incline with a weighted vest. Kicks the shit out of you. Figured it'd help more with building muscle as my cardio than just running a few miles.
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Post by lucas on Aug 11, 2016 11:10:16 GMT
Just had a week off for holiday. Threw myself back into a rowing session
3 x 500m at 2000m pace with 2min rest between (1:40/500m split for me)
3 x 500m at 3 seconds quicker than 2000m pace (1:37/500m split)
3 x 500m at 6 seconds quicker than 2000m pace (1:34/500m split)
Set a 1000m PB of 3:10.4 aswell last week, I'd love to be able to break 3:05 but its a few months away. Current 500m PB is 1:28.6
Was dying after that. Well worth a go to anyone wanting to get fit for rowing, just tailor it so suit your 2000m pace.
Finshed off with 3 x 50 sit ups. Running tonight and then do some sort of weights tomorrow
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Post by U R GAY on Aug 27, 2016 15:21:31 GMT
Tried to ride a bike for the first time in 12-13 years. Fucking hell, the adage "like riding a bike" is false. Wobbling all over the place, nearly fell in the canal a couple of times.
Shitting myself using the breaks, kept putting my feet down whenever I went past people and need to get hang of using the gears.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 18:39:21 GMT
So I always knew my ex-gf was a cardio bunny, but she bought herself one of those Fitbit things to track what she does and according to it she burned over 4k calories yesterday. How the hell do you burn 4k+ calories in 1 day? And she's not even a stick figure, she's athletic. She does a lot of random shit like AM boot camps, stadium workouts, TRX, kickboxing, classes at gyms, etc. But even so, how is it possible to burn that much in a day?
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Post by Liverpool_96 on Aug 31, 2016 23:52:39 GMT
I could burn 4k in a day if I did a morning spin class, hit a weight session in the afternoon and had a stroll at the beach in the evening. It's not difficult, the female body usually burns around 2k per day just going about every day life. If she does a couple of classes then that adds up.
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Post by Exonerator on Oct 9, 2016 23:54:58 GMT
This is perhaps more health related than fitness per se but whatever, does anyone take vitamin supplements?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 21:22:16 GMT
I buy them and take them religiously for about a week then just stop. Never felt any benefit of them any time I've taken them consistently tbh.
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