Fitness Thread

I recently started to engage sports, it’s not so simple with nutrition, but it helps me to go to work for about an hour, and last week my husband gave me an electric scooter, now I get much faster, and I still have the strength to train!
 
I was addicted to endorphins for a loooong time.
Started with distance running in 4th grade until around 19 years old.
Then martial arts and road racing motorcycles until 26.
Then road racing bicycles until 35.
I'm over the endorphin high. But I'm still in shape (round is a shape). Im not overweight, I'm underheight.

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Crossfit 5-6 days a week here, hike or ride mountain bikes on the weekends. It's allowed me to keep doing what I like to do on the weekends, without having to give up my evenings/nights to do longer workouts.
 
I have been cheating and using some of the athleneX programs. Sure they cost a few bucks up front, but its like having a personal trainer with me and the knowledge of how and why things work, makes it easier for me to keep with it.
 
Charlievee said:
I have been cheating and using some of the athleneX programs. Sure they cost a few bucks up front, but its like having a personal trainer with me and the knowledge of how and why things work, makes it easier for me to keep with it.
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I've started incorporating some of his exercises. He has a pretty good youtube.
 
Jerunas - tips:
1. Drop the empty carbs. No pasta, cake, bagels, bread, tortillas, chips, cereal, or rice. No empty substitute pastas or breads either. Veggies and any fruit except grapes are fine. Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes are great if baked or sautéed, but limit the fries.
2. No soft drinks - this specifically includes diet soft drinks.
3. No added sugar in coffee, tea, etc.
4. Eat what's on your plate, but don't load up on seconds.
5. Daily walks until you're ready to run, then start a Couch to 5K plan.
 
Jerunas said:
I am new to weight loss :D Wish me luck, any tips will be much appreciated :)
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As mentioned, cut sugar, carbs and processed "foods". Avoid grazing and maybe work some intermittent fasting into your meal prep. Only thing that works is lifestyle change. No need to starve yourself.
 
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Jerunas - tips:
1. Drop the empty carbs. No pasta, cake, bagels, bread, tortillas, chips, cereal, or rice. No empty substitute pastas or breads either. Veggies and any fruit except grapes are fine. Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes are great if baked or sautéed, but limit the fries.
2. No soft drinks - this specifically includes diet soft drinks.
3. No added sugar in coffee, tea, etc.
4. Eat what's on your plate, but don't load up on seconds.
5. Daily walks until you're ready to run, then start a Couch to 5K plan.
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1. Not sure what you mean by empty carbs. 99.99999% of the guys here aren't trying to be pro bodybuilders. Rice, Bread, Pasta & Potato is completely fine. Grapes are just fine as well.

2. I drink diet soft drinks all the time along with sugar free Monster.

3. If you want to torture yourself. Just don't go buying all those fancy Starbucks drinks.

4. Food scale is a must. Don't eye ball anything

5. You don't have to run at all. Yes running is faster but you can walk and still burn the same calories. I use my treadmill at an incline to speed it up and never run.

I used to be coming up on 200lb which is a lot being only 5' 5". Did my research and dieted smart and didn't listen to all these rumors to cut the carbs bull shit. Down to 140lbs now. Thought I got the COVID weight gain issues like a lot of people.

Just remember we are all not trying to be pro bodybuilders so a lot of those "plans" out there are not meant for you. Need to find lifestyle ones not full on shred ones if you plan on paying for one. On top of that a lot of the guys you are buying plans from are on gear so if you think you will look like them while being natural don't fol yourself.
 
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To each your own - I posted what I used to go from 203 to 153, without ever skipping a meal. If something else works for you, great.
 
Not saying it doesn't work.

But keeping the suffering to a minimum is always a plus. Anyone who just tells you to stop eating carbs is a moron. (Not saying you did)
 
loudog2 said:
good diet rollingthunder. I'm a sales rep for a sports suppliment company(Isopure). I see a lot of people who think they know what they are doing. It's funny. People wanting to get bigger, but take no protien/carb recovery suppliments. Runners fatigued, but try to cut carbs out of diet. People going for the cheapest protien, and wonder why they can't get off the toliet.
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Thanks for the useful information, I didn’t even know before that poor quality protein had such consequences. I was using cheap protein for a long time and I had problems with the toilet, I blamed the usual stomach upset
 
I want to train 3 times a week for about 2 months now, but I just can't gain weight. I am engaged in the program, I regularly change exercises, but I still do not see muscle growth. I try to eat a lot and varied. My weight is 65, height is 178.
 
The proverbial you cant out train a bad diet. Lifting 5 days a week with splits depending on periodization. Six weeks in hypertrophy, six weeks in strength, and six weeks in weight loss. Generally my split is Chest/Abs, Squats/Quads, Back, Deadlifts/Hamstrings, Shoulders/Arms. In the weight loss segment the splits get shifted around to allow for mainly supersets (e.g. chest/back two times a week).

I use Beverly International (UMP and MP) for protein supplements throughout the day.
 
WheelerOne said:
I want to train 3 times a week for about 2 months now, but I just can't gain weight. I am engaged in the program, I regularly change exercises, but I still do not see muscle growth. I try to eat a lot and varied. My weight is 65, height is 178.
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I had the same problem
After 4 months of exercises, I didn't see any change either.
I found some exercises that in 2 months helped me to have a visible muscle growth. I tried to change the way I made them according to the models here and I was successful ! You know...little progress each day adds up to big results and I started with my legs, hips, chest, back, and so on until I totally changed my exercise plan to something much better and now I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength
 
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Exercise wise, I was doing Starting Strength with some variations for the past couple years after coming off a spinal injury and eating a fairly strict carnivore diet to help with some health issues. Right around the start of the rona closures I decided to give Stan Efferding's Vertical Diet and lifting regiment a go to see if I could make any improvements. It was going well until my work decided to close our gym for a couple months at the end of the year and the prior few years of gains were almost completely wiped out. Been hitting the gym hard the past 6 weeks it's been open and fortunately my strength is coming back faster than what I was expecting.
 
2 hours training in BJJ 3 nights a week, and Pavel Tsatsouline’s StrongFirst simple and sinister kettlebell workout daily. Between that and cutting out processed foods, I’ve dropped 75 lbs since September.
 
I compete nationally (hopefully internationally soon) in Master’s Olympic Weightlifting for a while now. So, 5-6 days a week are dedicated to Olympic lifting style training. I also coach Oly and do personal training on the side.

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