can neone recommend me a good brand of protein bar, available at most conveience stores or gas stations?
Iāve seen U-Turn at local stores, and thatās pretty good. Detour bars too.
wut do you guys like workin out the most?
for me its always triceps
Legs.
Back comes in a close second.
Thats why I hate this threadā¦ you get guys that say they look a certain way but theyāre unwilling to post their pic, whyās that?.. Nothing worse than getting advise from a scrub, not that Iāve got anything against anyone but you have to prove your credentials before you give me advice.
Iām a semi-pro Powerlifter and Iāll prove it by posting my pic in a week or soā¦ (if anyone cares)
Itās mostly dead circus animals and some filler, like chopped-up mimesā¦
Ground round for me.
GTC can prove my credentials, as well as da_dragon and some other NYC people who have already seen me.
Two questions specifically for Romie. Other pros should feel free to answer them as well.
- What are your thoughts on the Max-OT program?
- Itās saying focus on 4-6 repsā¦ My endurance is relatively low already, so I donāt know if I should try this program out. What do you think?
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ANOTHER question.
- Iām currently 170 lbs, and 18% fat. If the machine was correct, my lean body mass is 140. Should I first Cut to get rid of the fat, or go straight into bulk?
I started gonig back to the gym last week and am pretty weak again (no prob, since that will change in a month :smokin: ). Anyways hereās my problem: Since Iām right handed my right is stronger than my left for for curls. Iām pretty sure itās my grip. My pinky and the finger next to it are not as strong as my pinky and the finger next to it on my right hand. Any suggestions? I was gonna start squeezing a raquet ball a couple of times but not to sure if thatās the way to go to build up strength in my left side.
If ur a semi pro powerlifter then you give the advice goddamn. Secondā¦there is nothing keeping someone from posting someone elseās pics anyway, and/or exxagerrating stats in relation to pics cuz itās not like you can argue.
This is a weight lifting and nutrition threadā¦since EVERYONEāS body is different then the only advice a person can give in relation to getting stronger/bigger/ripped is what worked/works for them IMO.
But from what Iāve read thus farā¦romieās been on point with everything and I have no doubt heās at least a strong motherfucker. All I know is by this summer time Ima be lookin right and Iām goin to the beach and gettin all the poon I can handle and then some WHOāS WITH ME!!!
Oh yeah and chest is by far my fav thing to work out. Legs used to be my least fav until recently when I found out I have retardedly strong legs for my experience. ( I rep twice my body weight cleanly )
anyone else use protein powders? i find my everyday diet isnt gettin me close to at least 150 grams of protein a day. im considering goin with some immediately. is their much of a diff between isolate and concentrated whey protein? i noticed isolate was a tad bit more expensive.
my workout plan is solid, i just read up and realized my protein intake is very lowā¦
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MOT is alright. Personally, I donāt like it. My body reacts better to high volume multiple working set routines. If you see that itās working for you, then keep doing it.
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4-6 reps isnāt high at all. If you canāt do 4-6, then lower the weight, cause itās too heavy.
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Iād say cut if your bf was really that high.
WasFemto:
I think thatās a problem most of us have. My left arm is stronger than my right. When you lift long enough, itāll start to even out and it wonāt be so much of a problem. If itās grip strength, then Iād suggest but some wraps (itās like a piece of cloth where its looped around your wrist, then wrap it around the bar) so your grip doesnāt take priority over your strength.
ssjbrydon:
Isolate contains less lactose and fat per serving. Itās more āpureā you might say. But I doubt thereās much of a difference when it comes to how much mass you put on. I personally use isolate, but you can go with either one.
HALLEAHLUYA(sp)ā¦ CAN I GET A AMEN!!! :encore:
Preach ON BROTHER MADNESS!!
yo Romie, what is your opinion on the proper rep for a bench pressā¦or anyone else for that matterā¦
the bar all the way down to your chest? the bar 2 inches from your chest? the bar till where your elbows are parallel to the floor???
im asking because i went to a sports trainer for a sholder problem and he asked me how i was doing my bench presses and i said all the way to the chestā¦he said i should switch it to elbows parallel to the floor because it is less stressful on the elbow and additionally when you bring the bar down that far (to the chest) you are using a LOT of your back to bring the bar back up from your chest to the parallel state of the eblows, he said you initally get the same effect but with less stress on your sholder and no as much back usageā¦
so i switched to what he said and it seems that it still works it as effectiveā¦but i get a lot of shit from people at the gym about, āoh you are not doing it properly because you are not hitting your chestā, kind of funnyā¦
anyway, i was just wondering what you thought about thisā¦
im outi
Roberth
I know this question was for romie but hereās my 2 centsā¦
I donāt think anyone should ever touch their chest with the bar cuz makes it easier when you rest the bar on ur chest for even a fraction of a secondā¦coming down to 2 inches above ur chest and then going back up is much harderā¦
But my advice would be for you to use dumbbells if you have shoulder problems because the bar puts alot of stress on ur shoulders by locking them into positionā¦ the supraspinatus most notably (heh)
IMO dumbbells are more advanced and work better PERIOD.
I donāt go all thw way down to the chest. I stop about 2 inches from it, and donāt lock out at the top, so thereās constant tension in my chest. Right now though, Iām coming off a shoulder injury, so Iām going a little lower than parallel.
Iād have ot agree with Magnus that DBās are better for chest, but coming off an injury, you should be benching with a Smith machine, not locking out at the top, or pausing too long at the bottom.
will lifting make you short? myth or fact?
A LOT of people argue that it does not slow down your growth at all. I believe however that it does. Your body grows upwards (height wise) until a certain age, 18 usually for most people. Then your bones start growing width wise. If youāre still in the growing stage, and lift weights I believe your body wonāt be able to handle growing both width and height at the same time and will potentially slow down one or the other.
Another thing to think aboutā¦ If teenagers use anabolic steroids (synthetic variations of testosterone) they stop growing. Well, itās just testosteroneā¦ Working out increases testosterone levels and suchā¦ but then again your testosterone levels naturally increase when you reach pubertyā¦ Hmmm
Edit: Iām not a bio/weight lifting expert, but we briefly touched this subject in class, so yeah.
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Romie: Iām brown. Iām sure you are tooā¦ with the Salman Khan avatar and all. See the thing isā¦ Brown food is OBVIOUSLY not healthy, and I donāt even have a calorie chart or anything to tell me how muich calorie is in the food. :S So I just decided to go with:
Protein:
Tuna, Eggs, Chicken breasts, Whey Protein, Cottage Cheese (before bed), Milk
Carbs:
Oats, Whole Wheat bread, Pears, Apples, bananas (in morning)
Fat:
Almonds, EFA oil, Natural crunchy peanut butter
That is pretty much what I take in. However itās the SAME stuff OVER AND OVER againā¦ You know. Iunno if iām getitng the right amount of nutrition from all of this, and it gets DULLā¦I take a multi-vitamin as well. Should I continue with this? OR from my own money buy more healthy foods? and what brown foods are healthy? haha
my only real problem is putting on mass and bulking, iām thinking about going the suppliment route but I know thats expensive
Man, first get your diet down dawg. Supplements ONLY help when your diet is perfect. Itās all a calorie game, as Romie said. Take your LEAN body weight, and times it by 15. That should be around your daily caloric expenditure. Then just add 500 calories to that, and eat that daily :tup: If that does not help because of your high metabolism, just add 200 calories per week. (you have to work your way in, just like weightsā¦ canāt start benching 3x your weight outta nowhere.)
Protein should be 1 g per lb of your body weight. I donāt think any more protein is actually beneficialā¦ too much load on the kidneys. BTW, drink LOTS of water :tup: