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

chris you take no products before you lift, some will say from half hour to fifteen min before you lift and depending some are needed on lift days only.
creatine I usually sip while im lifting (taking SizeOn) and on non workout days ill take it before I go to bed (other types will have it first thing in the mornin mid day etc, just depends)
protein shakes I take an hour before I lift an immediately after I lift ill take some protein with steel cut oats.

theirs a bunch more things I could get into so just pm me or ill see ya at nickle.

So, this idea struck me between yesterday and today.

I was thinking about taking 4 cereals and mixing them together in a big container. The 4 cereals would be Cheerios, Fiber One, Go Lean Kashi, and one more I have to look up the name in a magazine (suppose to be high in fiber and protein). After making it, I’d divide the mix into 4 cereal bags. Then when I get a decent amount of free time, I would look at each of the boxes’ nutritional values and calculate the average for what one box of the mix comes out to.

Any comments on this? I haven’t thought of any downsides to this, but I’m sure I could of missed something.

Luke Lowery’s double your vertical is the truth… if u want to get in shape… and pack on at least 6 inches in 60 days fuck wif it… i have never seen a more complete training program ever before…

protein shake recommendations?

Biotest low carb metabolic drive! Rated by menshealth as the best protein powder. Has whey isolate, and micellar casein (really high quality proteins) :lovin:

I jump out of bed almost every morning with ridiculous cramping in my calves. I walk on it until it goes away, then I go back to sleep. It makes my legs really sore and it’s really annoying. I heard that these types of cramps are caused by some nutrition deficit, like I need to eat more magnesium or potassium. Can anyone confirm this?

I’ve been using Isopure zero carb protein for the longest. Does it for me.

i recommend myoplex, expensive, but good…

about the calfs cramping in the morning, it could depend what you do in your sleep, you might tense…but drink a good amount of water and intake more potasium, banannas help…

im outi

Roberth

What if I’m allergic to banannas? What can I eat as an alternate food?

get the 4 whole grain cheerios. full of vitamins and actually tasty. why are you using all those? what purpose does each cereal serve.

milk, oranges/orange juice, spinach, tomatoes…there are others, just google it…

im outi

Roberth

http://nhnh.essortment.com/potassiumfoodh_rkyn.htm

Good variety I thought plus a lot of nutrition among them all.

Whats a good upperbody workout?

Bench or standing overhead press + dips + pull ups. Can’t go wrong with that routine.

One thing that irks me on protien shake quality threads on bodybuilding websites: you get a bunch of people talking like they know so much and have made such huge gains, but when you check their pic gallery, they’re a bunch of scrawny wimps who are rating the shakes by TASTE rather than results. So…I got a 5lb tub Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey (I used to use Body Fortress). Is this a step up in quality?

Bench press = triceps, front delts, pecs
pull ups = lats, biceps

Those 2 alone cover most of your upper body.

I did good with that, it blended well with milk and the overall taste was good too. Though, that was my first protein shake I ever tried so I can’t compare it too many other brands. I started using a different brand recently, but most likely I’m going to switch back to Optimum Nutrition.

When I get some more time I’ll read the first page more thoroughly, but what’s a good way to get rid of a gut? and how should I go about getting rid of it. Like if it’s sit-ups I need to do, what’s a good number to do? and how often should I do it?

Negative sir. You can’t target body fat specifically in one area, you have to reduce your overall total.

The best way is do weight lifting, cardio, and clean eating.

I am 11% body fat which amazed me cus I was double that 8 months ago. ne 1 recommend me something with free weights that target forearms? thanks