Romie, can you tell us you’re daily diet?
I apologize, for I have not read the entire thread (yet). This question may have already been asked.
I have heard time and time again, if you want to look better (or cut), you drink less water. Not a prolonged activity or anything, else you really wind up hurting yourself.
Well, what I’m saying is, can anyone say this statement?
“Denjin, I gaurantee you if you drank less water, you’d look better.”
For the record, I tend to drink a BOAT load of water.
Pro bodybuilders do that before contests, because it basically makes the skin like a THIN ass layer therefore more definition. However MANY bodybuilders have coaches, and MANY have STILL ended up in the hospital because of dehydration :tup: WHILE they are on mad juice, n shit. So… I would not recommend you do that. You should lower your bodyfat naturally, if it’s low and it still seems you got a bitta fat, then drink a lot of water :tup: I remember reading that is just excess hydrogen ions your body stores “water retention” so just drink lots of water to get rid of it. To lower your bodyfat, cardio + good diet is the key :tup:
which means i need to take in around 2500 calories daily
Sup guys,
I started working out roughly a month ago, hitting the gym everyday for about an hour. There’s no real pattern to my workouts, which is I guess why I’m asking for some help. I basically concentrate on arms, chest, and abs–using freeweights a lot, bench pressing, and crunching. I have experienced some good results at least visually–my arm muscles and chest are quite a bit bigger and I’ve got the beginnings of a six-pack. But I’ve heard that you should give each muscle at least 48 hours of rest before working it out again…I haven’t been doing this at all. Should I be? Also, I seem to have reached a plateau in the amount of weight I can lift…I’ve been lifting the same amount for quite a while and am wondering if this should be a concern or not. I’m really not that knowledgable on this subject so I don’t know if I need to include more information for my questions to be answered…if so, I will.
Thanks a lot for your help.
False. You will look worse if you drink less water. If you drink large amounts daily then your body adapts and deems it less necessary to store water, so you appear more defined. If you were to cut your intake your body would respond to the perceived shortage by storing more on an intercellular basis.
Unless of course you were talking about a competition type water cut off, which would involve drinking 2-3 gallons daily for 10-14 days pre comp, then down to one gallon, then cutting all water at noon day before contest. You would then take diuretics and drink at most a few sips of water over the next 24-36 hours. This is only done at super low bodyfat and would help you not at all. Continue to drink water, it actually helps burn fat while being processed to some extent.
serious question, when i played sports back in highschool, our coach told us not to have sex or nethin related while we played football. some people told me it was cuz it lowered our testosterone or somethin, can neone explain?
After ejaculation your testosterone levels DO go down. Testosterone has been linked to aggression. Lower testosterone means lower aggression. Higher aggression in sports help.
I don’t eat Indian food or any type of Mid-Eastern food anymore, I basically eat what you listed. It’s very unhealthy and contains a hell of a lot of fat. I can’t really think of anything healthy enough to eat daily.
Miher:
You should ideally be training each bodypart only once a week. And I can’t stress enough how people should be working out their whole bodies. Back, legs, traps, and forearms are muscles too. How do people expect to have a big bench press when they have small, weak backs? If you start giving each muscle the attention it deserves, you’ll grow and get stronger.
InVeRs3:
Lifting won’t stunt your growth. Natural testosterone won’t stunt your growth either, your body knows when to stop growing, and when that time comes, your growth plates fuse. Steroids quicken that effect.
As for my daily diet, it’s something like:
5:30am - Oatmeal, protien shake
8:00am - fruit
11:00am - protien bar
2:00pm - chicken or steak, or something high in protien that will full me up.
5:30pm - (or whenever I finish my workout) - protien shake
7:30pm - chicken, steak, or whatever.
9:30pm - Casien shake.
That’s about 300g of protien a day. Some days I’ll have an extra protien bar in class if I’m hungry.
What are your guys’ opinion on milk? I hear crazy stories, like it’s a muscle relaxent and it gives you titties. What other bad effects are there, if there is any?
People are saying milk has too many added hormones these days, that’s what’s causing children to “develop” so early. I’m not really sure about that, so don’t take my word for it.
Soy milk might give you “titties” because soy promotes estrogen. Stay away from anything soy.
I don’t drink milk though, cause it makes me crap like a baby.
Scientifically, testerone has been linked to a man’s aggressiveness, especially in sports competitions.
I remember this interview that was done some time ago in ESPN Highlights. Lawrence Taylor was the subject for when the Giants were in the Superbowl back about a decade or so ago. He confessed that the night before the game, he insured his team’s victory by getting hookers for every member of the opposing team [shocker!] (lol).
So this is the new bodybuilding thread. Not a whole lot of guys want to beef up like GREEN TRENCH COAT, ROMIE & myself. But its still good to see that members here want to take care of their bodies.
AHEM…
I’m tryin to gain madd weight man…and with the quickness…and I’m not a skinny fuck who needs to gain weight either…I’m about 5 10, 5 11 and I’m tryin to get up to about 190 ripped, and I expect to be there by 2006. I think that’s pretty reasonable…we’re only talkin about 25 pounds of lean mass in a year. The only thing holdin me back is my diet. If I could just get more disciplined and wake up early enough to get in a few extra meals I have no doubt I would blow up quick. I just hate cooking/preparing anything…a protein shake is about as far as I go, but I drink a couple a day though.
Try drinking a glass of weightgainer after breakfast & dinner for about a few months. You’ll definitely have that extra mass you want.
GNC stores usually have lots of it in stock. Problem is, its usually pretty pricy. So you may have to scout around to find something that’s affordable for you.
I actually saw somethin kinda new at the gnc at the mall the other day. Myoplex has protein shakes that have 500 quality calories per serving and I’d like to give it a try…it is about 50 bucks for 20 servings though…damn…2 of those a day would add right at 1000 calories to my daily diet…I bet I would add some mass too…but how lean would that mass be??
As long as you’re constantly working out, the mass will be applied to what muscles you work out the most. I know you want to have results by '06, but you can start to see results as early as 6 weeks within '05. And then adapt from there.
Wow! $50 for 20 servings. Sounds like it might be a Joe Weider brand.
Try only 1 glass after breakfast, but have sensible meals for the rest of the day for a few months. After regular workout sessions and results start to show, then move up to 2 glasses.
Its easier to apply an endomorphic (lean) shape than an exomorphic (bulky) because of less body fat to work with.
When Anubis said that we wanna get big, he means BIG. I think we’re all in the 240-270lb mark, with me being the lightest of the bunch. So yea, he means BIG.
At this point in time, all im really trying to work out is my chest and abs, and I was curious as to what kind of lifting would promote more muscle growth. Numerous sets of heavy weight reps, or numerous reps and just a few sets? Or is there even a difference?
generally to generate muscle growth (hypertrophy) they say you should lift 3-4 times a week, hitting every muscle group at least once a week, doing 3-4 sets per exercise with a total of 9-12 sets for the whole muscle group, having 30-90 seconds rest inbetween sets within the 6-10 rep range…
research shows that this type of training is for hypertrophy…
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Its true, I do. But believe it or not, GTC & I have recently lost 40 lbs each! GTC is now weighing in @ 260lbs & I’m weighing in @ 215 lbs. I don’t have the liberty to explain why GTC slimmed down, but for me most of my shirts I was literally ripping through because they became too small for me. Plus, I was feeling a bit sluggish when I was working out. My instructor thought it might have been a good idea to reduce size, as did many of my friends. Plus, I feared a doctor may have told me that due to me having hypertension, I had best reduce my size.
So for me, I went from exomorphic to mesomorphic in size, but it still fits me well for my workouts, health & clothing size.