No idea. How do I calculate that?Originally Posted by Archangel
No idea. How do I calculate that?
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Oh you fucking tool... what are you doing cutting when you don't even know your bf%?
Give this a try and get back to me with the results
http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/diet.html
It will only serve as an approximation but it should do for now.
I've got a belly. That's more than enough reason to diet.
edit: 19.8% according to that formula.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Yeah... cutting time.
You don't have any muscle yet so cutting is pretty simple, just eat less. You don't have to worry about muscle maintenance so as long as you eat at a caloric deficit you'll lose fat.
If you manage that and some daily cardio you'll be ready for bulking in 2 months tops, assuming that's your goal.
That website is a ridiculously imprecise method of determining body fat. I thought my bf% would be 15-20%, turned out a lot higher than that using a DEXA scan.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
When you're just starting out you shouldn't be doing enough weight to even understand what not having the strength to lift it feels like.
You're feeling a combination of unfamiliar muscle movements and lack of energy. Once your body adapts and you start lifting heavier you'll be find your "real" limits. Your body can lift a lot of weight right now, it just doesn't know how.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Yeah that BF% calculator wasn't very accurate :/
My new goal in life is to be this awesome
Does being that awesome also mean you'll turn into a tremendous douche?
'Cause I wanna be that awesome but I'm not really willing to pay for the package deal.
Edit: Man that is a really well executed deadlift at the 45 second and 1:52 mark.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Well. I was going to mention my new direction but now I feel horribly inadequate.
I'm starting up a 12 week program of Metabolic Precision. Make of that what you will. Can't wait to get started!
I think I know precisely what I mean
when I say it's a schpadoinkle day
I've been stalling on my major lifts for as long as I can remember now. I'm sick of it and am about to start the 5/3/1 program, which I've heard nothing but good things about.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_..._pure_strength
I'm going to have to take a week to figure out my 1 rep max for the 4 lifts, work out which assistance exercises I'll be doing, and adjust my ego to the fact that I'll be lifting a little less weight than I'm used to for a while in order to make good progress.
I'm excited.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Is there any guidelines on the number of rep/sets that one should aim for?
I've found it rather weird that when I exercise, very often it's the opposite muscles that hurt after my exercise, or at least limits how much I can do.
My triceps hurt after working on the Supported Row.
My biceps hurt after working on the the opposite version
My back/waste hurts from doing sit-ups
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Dude... those fad diets and programs are never worth the money. If you want to lose weight you eat less and train longer, if you want muscles you eat high on carbs and proteins and you train harder. There are no magic formulas.Well. I was going to mention my new direction but now I feel horribly inadequate.
I'm starting up a 12 week program of Metabolic Precision. Make of that what you will. Can't wait to get started!
Bit of an aggressive program though, pretty advanced too. You sure you wouldn't want to try out MADCOW first?
Have a PT check on your form and then confirm it using BB.com/exercises, if you're doing it right it's probably just some of your muscles lagging behind others.
I guess the thing about diets too..
The thing about eating more meals/day:
1) one reason was to increase metabolsim.
Is that really the case?
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2)another reason is so you can be less hungry with eating less overall by constantly feeding yourself so you don't have troughs.
Does that mean as long as I don't get hungry (or can endure the hunger), eating 3 meals a day is fine too? I feel a lot better eating 3 larger meals than 6 small ones. With the 6 small ones, each time I finish, it's never quite enough and leaves me hanging. I don't really get hungry with 3 meals a day until it's time for the next meal anyway.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I don't know man, i've read studies both pro and against those ideas.
That's why i say, stick to the basics and just eat less overall. Whatever helpful tactics there may be they probably wouldn't do that much of a difference either way and you'd just be wrecking your head around all the possibilities for nothing.
One thing i hear really helps though is counting calories. Try one of those online calculators.
Oh, counting calories I am! (well, kilojoules, but whatever)
Since you like KCals, my current diet fluctuates between 950Kcals and 1500Kcals. I try to aim for the lower end of it, since most of the food specs are calculated on "drained weight", but I will like to mix some of that oil/sauce into the veges. Frankly, microwaved/steamed veges get old fast.
Too bad the good tasting ones are more starchy (or perhaps that's WHY they taste better, haha).
Since I'm lazy, my diet now consists of:
-vegetables: frozen, 1KG bags of veges. One bag per day. KJ intake can vary from 870 to 2000+ per bag depending on its contents. Ingredients that increase it include corn, potato and peas.
-meat: canned sardines/tuna/salmon/oysters/mussels. Actually started off with roast chicken, but they vary too much in size to estimate the intake properly. Today I actually went for sausages instead. Meat generally contributes 2000-4000KJs.
Generally, if I'm eating meats that are heftier that day, I'll try to match it up with the lighter veges to balance it out...
As for the eating less/more thing, I guess one benefit of eating more frequently is to shrink my stomach so I won't be wanting to eat as high a volume of food when I finally resume a more balanced diet.
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It worked for me. I ate 4-5 meals a day, eating breakfast, light brunch, then often splitting a normal sized lunch into 2 meals and then eating a lighter dinner than I used to and I lost about 10-15 lbs of fat over 6 months to a year. Of course, I also stayed active after big breakfasts but then I had a job that would allow me to do that. Most people eat breakfast and then sit for hours at a desk.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
When you say "worked", you mean you kept the same daily intake but broke it up into smaller pieces only?
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Pretty much yes. They say you should only eat as much food as your stomach can hold (about the size of your fist) at a time, anything more is stored as fat or excreted in your poo. Depending on your goals (lose fat, gain muscle), you'll need to keep your daily caloric intake up.
Basically 3500 calories = 1 lb of muscle or fat. So cut 3500 cal and you lose a pound, or eat 3500 cal more while working out and you can gain a pound of muscle. Probably you'll go half and half so you gain 1/2 lb of muscle and lose half lb of fat and maintain your caloric intake (proper intake amount according to your basal metabolic rate).
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
It's not about eating "less" so to speak (unless the individual is an obese over-eater), but rather eating better at the right times.
I think I know precisely what I mean
when I say it's a schpadoinkle day
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