Well i mean like for bigger muscle i think you would go low reps with considerably heavier weights right? But i also just want to lift generally heavier weights than i can right now as quickly as possible. Not like increasing my max. lifting but just overall improving my strength. I wasn’t sure if the same approach would be effective. eh’ I’m still not sure i made myself clear.
And thanks for link Ryad. To clarify tho i’m not thin:rofl: Iono, I’m just sorta big but I don’t look like chubby cuz I’m tall. Cuz of my size ppl expect me to be rather strong but I can’t lift much heh.
ah… i see :lol:
still I do think a workout regimen (like westside) can incorporate both exercises to increase both maximal strength (low reps, high weights) and muscle hypertrophy (high reps, low weights)… and perhaps to increase power (dynamic lifting) for the more advanced lifters…
Mullah, can you give me a sample of like a week’s worth of meals? I definetly need some guidelines and i’m sure others here would appreciate it as well.
I eat pretty healthy but I get almost no protein (meat at dinner, yogurt in the morning and an apple during the day), I eat pasta every day for lunch. I’m 5’7 and a half and I weigh 138 (I used to weigh a ton more). I still have too much body fat for my taste though and i’d like to cut, can I do that without cardio?
okay i wake up at 7, grab a protein shake.
get to work and have cereal.
get 2 chicken breasts and half a brown baguette at 1.30, then again at 6.
Then another shake when i get home at 8.30, and maybe a little peanut butter on brown bread before gym.
come back from gym at about 10, have something like steak, chicken breast hardly any carbs. then a shake before bed. maybe snack on some cottage cheese thr4oughout the day.
i eat like that everyday except weekends when i eat lots of shit.
and THANKS soldier zero, those hsowts have flattering light, but yeah i’m making progress. It’s all about eating clean, high protein and consistantcy in your workout.
i think this months issue of mens fitness has a whole week of meals EVERY day planned out…that is hot shit right there…check it out…that is some ideal shit right there…
no, deadlifts, and all it’s variants, work the gluteals and hamstrings. They are the primary movers. Your back can take a beating but it’s role is only to stabilize the spine during the movement.
he asked for the difference in the 2 deadlifts, and that is the difference, if you dont think that a traditional deadlift does not work your quads you are tripping…the romanian puts a greater emphasis on the hamstring, the traditional puts more emphasis on the quads and not as much on the hamstrings as the romanian…
:looney: not at all, don’t be so pessamistic. I have criticised you in the past but i’ve seen you lift, i respect that. If i wanted to get strong, i would certainly take your advice under consideration. Over 4 plates for deadlift is very heavy. We can’t all train and look the same.
yes it works your hamstring but compared to a romanian deadlift which basically is ALL hamstring and no quad work…the dude asked what the difference was, the difference is the romanian places a much greater emphasis on the hamstrings than does the traditional…and traditional has more quad work…
what is weird about this is i honestly do not feel almost any hamstring work in a deadlift…and i know my form is right because i asked my ex boss if i was doing them correctly…to me a dead lift is like a quarter squat (or somewhere inbetween a quarter/half squat) with more muscles invovled particularly the back and arms…
…I’ve just never tried to get lean…ever, lol. When I get around 15-16% I just cruise. (that’s where I’m at now.) I may give it a shot now though, I went grocery shoppin last night, and I am doing cardio now.
after every workout my body is destroyed. when i workout i question if i’m doing it hard enough. i don’t feel terrible while i’m doing it so i keep going.
then i can’t workout again for like a week or more because i can’t move.
is this harmful? i have a hard time gaging if i should stop or not.
if your relatively new at it, then its normal and your body will begin to recover faster… if not, then what your doing is questionable…
Give more details of your regimen so people here can I have a better idea and help you better
this is not true. If you are a beginner, workout like one. Your body won’t be destroyed then. As you get more experienced, begin increasing the intensity and volume. Don’t you think you could do more work with lighter workouts that could be repeated 2-4x a week instead of destroying ur body once?
And no one actually knows what REALLY causes DOMS. It’s been hypothesized that it is microtrauma to the muscle cells…
Lactic acid is a byproduct of your anaerobic metabolism…pyruvate+hydrogen ion (these in excess give you “the burn”) = lactic acid. Lactic acid = good.
too much lactic acid = lactic acidosis, but you’d have to have worked out very streneously very frequently for that to have happened to you…
whatever causes DOMS. it is apparent that the experienced recover from it faster assuming similar intensity of the workout. He is asking if its normal or not…
True though, if you are a beginner, you may have to lower the intensity if its taking you an entire week to recover…
Tell us:
How long have you been working out?
Are you working out your entire body in one work out? or dividing them out?
What are exercises and how many reps are you doing? Are you finding it easy?
Are you eating enough? Sleeping enough?
Edit: Just wondering… what are everyone’s weights and Bench Press 1 Rep Max?