A gallon a day is fine…relax…train hard and if you want to gain weight then eat the house, if you want to lose weight then diet hard fucking core.
does that apply shredding ??
I’m not going to dignify that with a response.
Drinking water’s hard for me, I usually go through 2/3 a gallon of milk a day.
Ok here is water manipulation for dummies (no offense). If you are in a final competition prep. phase or just want to water manipulate for shits and giggles (which is pointless above…8% or so bodyfat) this is how you would do it diuretic free. Please note that traveling by air messes with the process and has to be accounted for for reasons that are I don’t feel like explaining. Anyway you would do the following basically (assuming a gallon or so water intake as a normal everyday amount for you).
Starting 7-10 days out of the show date whatever you would up water intake to 2 gallons. 72-48 hours out you begin to measure urine, then only take in the amount of fluids you piss out. 24 hours out you drop water and literally take only a sip every two hours or so to wet the mouth. This can be done in a gillion combinations with early or late carbloading, shitloading, sodium manipulation, you name it. However you will feel so bad while in the last phase of this the last thing you will want to do is go to the beach or impress the ladies. And then when you eat and drink water, PRESTO up to 8-10 pounds put back on (all water of course) in a day or so, making you look puffy as hell. Again this is only viable at contest bodyfat levels to a large degree. And more needed when roids are in the equation as they greatly increase water retention.
The simply way to keep your water retention at a minimal is easy. Drink lots of water. A gallon a day will suffice. Your body is an ingenious organism and it reacts to stimuli in a dynamic fashion. If you provide it with tons of water for several days, it adjusts to this and realizes that water is in abundance, there is no need to store it on a cellular level. It will assume more is coming so storage is not neccessary. However if you are not adequately hydrated regularly then your body will fight to store every ounce you intake in prep for shortage. I do not believe sodium monitoring is even remotely needed for anything short of national/pro level bodybuilding contests. (Within reason of course)
In short don’t screw with this nonsense unless your cut. I mean really low in BF%. And if your just doing it for the beach or whatever if your at BF levels where it makes a huge difference your already in the top 1% of physiques on the beach, why ruin your trip with what amounts to torture? Just diet your butt off and keep your eye on the prize. In about 6-8 weeks I’ll post diet pics to show you guys I’m not just talking.
It’s not for the beach or showing off, it’s just a personal goal… I guess I just wanna see how cut I can get, because I’ve always been about size/strength and I never bothered trying to look defined…
Do it for when you wanna look good because just to do it to see the effects would be a waste IMO.
Minor problem here. I’ve been trying to lose about 10 pounds before school starts up again, just to be more happy with myself. Been doing about 30 mintues of stationary bike a day, sometimes a hour if I feel up to it.(30 mintues = 400 calories, 2x for hour obviously). Drinking plenty of water and having Slim Fast for dinner pretty much all the time. I play plenty of basketball. In fact, I’m going to a basketball camp in a couple of weeks. I don’t know if I can ever kick Fried Chicken though >_>;. I’m I on the right track?
Here’s the problem: I was doing this stuff for my vert leap(4-star, Ankle Jump, Squats, Lunges, Lunge Jumps, Slolam Jumps, etc.) and after the first workout my quiadceps HURT. Big time. Sitting down in a chair is a battle, sitting on the ground is a war, and don’t you DARE ask me to pick something up you just dropped. I can’t run or jog for shit, and sometimes I can barely walk up straight. Funny thing is, I can do the stationary bike just fine, so workouting 30 mintues a day is still an option.
So what should I do about these quads here? Ice? Muscle Pain medicines(tried a couple)? or just rest up for a week?
Thanks in advance
Hopefully you didnt pull anything or worse ripped a muscle. Depending on how painful, you should see a doctor.
Rest up and try to get some therapuetic help. Hot Jacuzzi, bengay with a nice rub, and ice?
Hope that helps.
Static stretching may reduce the pain by a little bit. Your body might just not be use to the quads being worked out if you recently started. I know my first time I did them, they hurt like hell, but now my legs are fine the next day.
Aight, I’ll try more Benegay and Ice today, and if it still hurts like hell in the morning, I’m calling a doctor.
does running target heart rate help a lot?
30 min a day, = 400 calories.
sorry man , i was too impulsive that makes you feel insulted
weird. my right arm is slighly almost barely (but i can tell) bigger than my left arm. but…the left side of my chest is slightly larger than the right side. wtf? how?
its not really noticable but i look very close ive been noticing this
that also explains why my right thigh is longer than the left side . is normal btw .
I’ve heard of one leg being longer than the other.
Same thing with foot length.
Where’s all the gym rats at??
Everybody asks what to do in the gym but never talks about what they’ve done…Anybody proud of something they’ve accomplished recently?? Maybe picked up a heavy ass weight or did a ton of reps with lighter weight??
I start the second cycle of my current upper/lower split today. I record all the weight and reps from week to week…so today I’m going to try and move a little more weight for the same number of reps…
question!
so I been goin to the gym for awhile, and Ive seen alot of results, gettin some definition, more veins showin etc, but Im wondering about the type of excercise these guys at my gym are doing. They’ll do a basic set of weights like lets say bench press, then theyll grab some dumbells an do another excercise until their muscles give out I think. They use a considerable lower amount of weight with the dumbells. My question is what does this help achieve?
Would it be good to implement for definition/size?
I dont want to get HUGE just cut with some size increase.
THanks!
Well it took about a week, but I finnally back to 100% thanks to Benegay and everything. Just wanna let ya’ll know:wonder:
I love how everyone always wants to get bigger but not HUGE!! Like they are just going to lift weights casually for 6 months and be up for Mr. Olympia. The only difference between getting HUGE and bigger is drugs and overall time in the gym (not per session I mean years of training total).