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

Just whey protein powder right now.

you’re gay. lol

oh really? not the answer i’m looking for. I’m already doing that. I was watching a UFC thing and the dude was taking a buttload of supplents 3 times daily. I’m wondering WHAT ELSE is there to take daily. Calcium… etc.

i was looking for a thread like this…Anyways i went for a jog earlier and when i finished my knees hurt so fucking bad, every time i bent them…it was if 2 nails were scraping them when i bent and unbent them…wtf was this?

~If this isnt the thread point me in the direction :wink:

Well I keep supplements to a minimum for now, but there’s plenty of things you could take. Almost anything for vitamins, fish oil caps, creatine, vegetable supps, and more.

Not sure what the pain is, but this is the right thread. Try cycling or swimming if you want to take pressure off your kness and still do cardio.

hey guys i’m looking to start up a new excersise regimne and was looking for some of you guys to check it out and give me your opinions. Their is not leg excersises because i do tkd and compete in tournies soo just training for those does the leg workouts for me. also i cant get to a gym so all this is done at home but i have freeweights and a barbell so i can do things like deadlifts and such.

monday:
300 crunches
120 push ups

tuesday:
arms and chest

wensday
300 crunches
120 push ups

thursday
work arms and chest

friday
300 crunches
120 push ups

saturday/break
sunday/break

Dude, your chest barely gets any rest because push ups are still going to work your pecs even if you’re not doing any weight lifting for that day. What are you trying to improve, size or strength?

That sounds like a good arm workout to me… why would you think something is wrong there?

i’m not saying your lieing but 300 crunches done correctly sounds like crap. and 3x a week? sounds like a lot of over training. i think people don’t treat their abs like their other muscles and work them way to hard and waste their time.

Well, not too much input on this, but I did hear a report on the radio about having a lot of muscle mass. NFL players are huge compared what they used to be and all that muscle is seriously straining their cardivascular system, but only because they tend not to have a healthy dietary lifestyle after they quit playing.

As for reducing muscle mass, less protein I guess, lessen the weight load in exercises, not sure what else you could do. Don’t quit lifting though, it does the body good. :tup:

yeah heard about that too
Too much stress on the heart to deliver to very heavy builds… but as far as I believe, its because of the lack cardio/sedentary lifestyle…
if you’re training mma 2-3 times a week, I would guess your on the safe side…
but Im no expert…

this is my current program good for a 2 month run
supersets
day 1 chest and back
incline bench barbell 4 sets
lat pull down 4 sets
incline bench dumbells 4 sets
barbell rows 4 sets
incline flys 4 sets
row on mahine 4 sets

day2 legs and abs
squats 4 sets
hack squats 4 sets
leg extensions 4 sets
leg curls 4 sets
calf presses 4 sets

abs
roman chair leg raises 2x20
hanging leg raises 2x20
incline leg raises 2x20
reverse crunches2x20
exercise ball crunches 2x20

day 3
bi and tris
preacher curls ez bar 4 sets
skull crushers ez bar 4 sets
preacher curl dumbell 4 sets
tricep extensions 4 sets
seated curls dumbells 4 sets
dips 4 sets

day4
shoulders and traps
military press barbell 4 sets
military press dumbells 4 sets
side raises seated 4 sets
front raises seated 4 sets
reverse raises face down on incline bench 4 sets

traps
shrugs barbell 4 sets
shrugs dumbells 4 sets

this is a good full body workout consisting of supersets
all my sets consist of 8-12 reps depending upon weight
hope it helps
good luck all

Are you kidding? That’s ridiculous.

both.

i do 300 just not straight…i have to take a bit of a break after 110. Then i go back til it hurts again…stop and then keep going till i hit 300.

Guess it’s time for the noobie to chime in :slight_smile:

I read a lot of the posts and I don’t want to give specific training advice because I’ve learned everyone has a routine which works for them.

The one only real truth I’ve discovered in weight training, which applies to everyone, is that you’ve gotta keep consistant. You can’t decide to be healthy one week then take two months off and start all over again, it’s gotta be a lifestyle change. Hell it sucked when I first started, but it was like brushing my teeth, which I also hated at first, now I can’t go a day without doing both ( ok maybe a couple days:sweat: )

Here’s a pic of what I look like, sorry for the ghetto-ass-picture-in-the-mirror smiling-like-a-douche-bag-revealing-my-pink-bathroom-pose, but whatever works :slight_smile:

http://www.webpost.net/fl/flipkev6/blackshirtme.jpg

^^
dam son your pretty big, your biceps I want arms like that lol, mine are twigs at the moment.

How long you been training?

Thanks :slight_smile: I’ve been going at it since I was 18.

At my workplace they have Fighting Mania (Hokuto no Ken Punching Game) which I love playing, I bring an extra shirt cause I sweat so much or until my arms go numb. I may post a video of me beating it on the first hard, where you have to take on Jagi, Amiba, Ryukeen and finally Roah, waaaaataaaaaahhhhhhh!

Ah yea that punching game Ive seen it but never played it, looks like fun though.

plus Fist of the north star is great in general.

Yeah I just downloaded the Hokuto no Ken arcade game for PS2, and I thought Guilty Gear had easy combos :X

I’ve searched youtube and there are no good fighting mania videos, only 12 year olds or drunk frat boys playing the game. Methinks I should find a good way to record myself playing it :slight_smile:

if you are doing mma stuff and in general, for abs i would do them weighted to where you can only do 8-12 reps…builds more core strength than doing 300 reps…

im outi

Roberth

ps…i have also never heard of having too much muslce and it being bad for your heart HAHAHA that sounds rediculous to me…

i tried weighted but it didnt feel like it was doing anything. I just place the weight on my stomache and hold it there and do crunches right?