-- Weightlifting & Nutrition Thread -- v9.0 Optimized

Lately, I have been feeling pain when I finish a set of squats(in the Quads). Anybody have an idea of why I am feeling pain? Its not the burning sensation either, its just straight up pain. Its also the only exercise I am having this problem with.

Might be a tendon or ligament injury. If itā€™s at the place where your quad meets your knee or up where your quad meets your hip, its probably that. If itā€™s in the middle, you may probably have a small rip in the muscle, or a really bad strain. Or possibly nerve damage due to something else. It could be a buttload of things.

Either way, go see a doctor. I wouldnā€™t mess around with leg pains, cause you sorta have to use them for the rest of your life.

Question

Well I want to get abs but I am not sure if I am eating right (Iā€™ve heard that abs arenā€™t made in the gym but in the kitchen)

here is what I eat daily

Breakfast:
Cereal or eggs or a cheese sandwitch

Lunch:
Fruit (1 a day, usually pear, apple, or banana)
One sub sandwitch (ham, cheese, lettuce)
Milk

For dinner:
Rice (gotta have saily rice, not too big of a portion)
Chicken or Steak (1 chicken breast or regular sized steak)
Some sort of vegetable (Usually lettuce or tomato, 1 per day)

I tend to eat either a bag of cheetos or 2 chocolate bars a day.

I weight 155 punds and I am 5ā€™7"

Help would be appreciated
:karate:

You weigh 155 and your abs arenā€™t visible? Are you joking?

You shouldnā€™t be worrying about cutting, you should be bulking.

Actually I think I am 160 right now and close to 5ā€™8" (Iā€™m still growing)

My whole upper body is a mess. I got man boobs (not much but STILL) and I got a belly (itā€™s not big but still pretty big)

I also heard somewhere that to lose all that fat you should only do cardio because the muscle will be built up below the fat meaning that you will even look fatter, this true?

No, itā€™s not true. Muscle burns calories to work. So generally if you have a lot of muscle and a little extra fat, youā€™ll start losing fat more quickly.

Iā€™d suggest you put on some muscle, despite if you have a belly or small man boobs. When you put on muscle it wonā€™t be as noticeable.

i weigh 160 and am 5ā€™8. i donā€™t have a gut or boobs. actually my upperbody is pretty built. what are you doing for exercise? you donā€™t need cardio you need to build muscle mass.
i recently started taking N02 and creatine.are there any other supplements you guys suggest?

Well builting mustle is not my thing I can barely do 15 push ups and Iā€™m no good at lifting 12+ dumbells.

I do have a big upperbody though (Iā€™m always told I have a big chest) so any good exersises to built both my arms and chest?

1 to 1.5 grams of protein per lb of body weight per day
2 to 2.5 grams of carbs per lb of body weight per day
no more candy or cheetos dude.
hit the gym devotedly
chest= bench press, dumbell press, pullover
shoulder= lateral raises, overhead dumbell press

biceps= curls
chest=dumbell flye,incline presses

gaining muscle is not that hard, it just takes devotion. i had to lose a ton of fat before i started gaining muscle, i weighed 215

Thanks man :tup:

Btw do you happen to have a link to this? maybe instructions with pictures on how to do them?

i actually do not recommend doing pulloevers for chest, most pulling movements are for backā€¦personally i would save pullovers for backā€¦

im outi

Roberth

dumbell pullovers are for the chest
barbell for the back
at least thats what iā€™ve seen

Pullovers are definately for chest and rib cage expansion. They are certainly NOT for back. Helps to know the exercise before you spout off fellas.

at least i was partially correct. i do them all the time

How you guys doing man. Heat, Chaos, long time since weā€™ve talked lifting. I just got back in the gym coming off yet another shoulder injury.

What kind of ab workout do you guys reccomend: here are my stats

6ā€™0", 180-185 pounds. 33" waist.

Just looking to get abs and a little arm definition.

Well, Iā€™ve been looking to gain weight, I suppose somewhere in the area of 20-30 pounds. I used to work out a bit in highschool, but I barely gained five pounds from it, so I got a bit discouraged. Personally, Iā€™m not even sure if itā€™s possible for me to gain weight. Iā€™ve been keeping up with my protein intake, which I suppose isnā€™t too hard to do, but it is a bit annoying to limit my food choices. Iā€™ve never really believed that fat was ā€˜badā€™ for me, but I guess I could cut that down if I need to. Iā€™m also thinking about going back to the gym, as Iā€™ve been doing home exercises, like pushups, situps, curls, etc.

What do you think would be a good calorie intake ratio? 30-40-30 seems balanced to me, but some people seem to push mass protein.

Are there any specific exercises I should do to bulk up, or should I just try to work my whole body over?

And then I guess anything elseā€¦

100-105 lbs.
30-25-30"
3-4% bodyfat
And I guess I can give out anything else I know if anybody needs the info.

Thanks in advance.