Fitness and Exercise

[XanBcoo]

All @Buff:

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.

Yeah, this is all true. Even then don't go nuts counting calories. Spend a little more time in the beginning figuring out what to eat and how it affects you, and then just play it by feel afterwards. Do what works. Do whatever has a measurable effect.

I didn't start gaining weight until I ate 7 meals a day and keeping track of my weekly weight change. But that was me. It might not work the same way for you.

Is there any guidelines on the number of rep/sets that one should aim for?

Pick a reputable program and stick with it. Like I told you before.

Edit: MADCOW seems very similar to 5x5, which I did for over a year straight in the past. I like it but I'd rather be doing squats one day a week rather than every day.

[Archangel]

Motherfucking MADCOW, making me do squats every day... it's the DOMS from hell i tells yah

[Buffalobiian]

Been trying to go lower than 65-66kgs for the past week.. no results so far...

[Archangel]

As in weighing less than 66 kg? What the actual fuck? How tall are you?

[Buffalobiian]

As in weighing less than 66 kg? What the actual fuck? How tall are you?

176cm (5' 9")

[Archangel]

Bill confirmed for anorexic.

[Buffalobiian]

And your site says I'm still 17.5% fat. Anorexic alright..

[Archangel]

I just found that shit off google, if it's crap then get some calipers.

[Buffalobiian]

I just found that shit off google, if it's crap then get some calipers.

Don't have any of those around, but it's not wrong: I'm still fat.

[Archangel]

Sure is 14 year old cheerleader in this thread

[Raven]

Speaking of BF%, I just got my test results back... I'm at 12.5%. Not too bad, but the goal now is to get into single digits. This MP program is easily the greatest thing I've ever seen, fitness-wise. And I've seen/read a lot.

[Animeniax]

Speaking of BF%, I just got my test results back... I'm at 12.5%. Not too bad, but the goal now is to get into single digits. This MP program is easily the greatest thing I've ever seen, fitness-wise. And I've seen/read a lot.

What testing method did you use? DEXA said my bf% is 27%, which is clearly incorrect.

[Raven]

What testing method did you use? DEXA said my bf% is 27%, which is clearly incorrect.

Calipers at my local gym, only plastic ones though. That's ok, it's an estimation at worst, accurate at best. I just wanted to see how far along I am.

[Assertn]

Was working out at my friend's gym while i'm out on break, and had this annoying guy trying to give advice on everything. Wouldn't have been so bad, until I decided to finish up my workout with one of the kettlebells the gym had. The guy stops me and shows me how a kettlebell swing is "really done" by hunching his back all the way forward and then trying to throw his arms upwards as high as he can. Then he proceeds to tell me to be careful with the heavier weights because he hurt his back once doing this. No shit, dumbass. Luckily, I've had 2 years of training with a level 2 kettlebell instructor, so I chose not to take his suggestion.

[Archangel]

I usually don't dish out advice at the gym unless someone asks me for it on their own, not only is it none of my business but the retards will probably ignore it and continue doing their own thing anyway... so fuck them >_>

[Animeniax]

I've tried to give advice when I see someone doing something horribly bad for their body or if they don't seem to be doing an exercise correctly. It usually just ends up making me self-conscious and they seem to ignore the advice anyway.

One time I asked a guy doing squats if he was going low enough to actually work his leg muscles. He was further into his workout and therefore tired, but he went ahead and tried to go lower... and then almost hurt himself. I felt bad then.

@Assertn: maybe the problem is that you need to be more assertive and tell the guy, "thanks, but no thanks."

[Assertn]

Yeah except the thing with kettlebells is there's a lot of people that think they know what they're talking about, when really they have no clue. Kinda makes it awkward.

[Raven]

6 weeks later and I've gone from 12.5% BF to 6.4%. Happy with that, and further proof that resistance training alone is an effective fat burning tool. I haven't touched cardio in 6 weeks.

[Sapphire]

Wait, what? Holy shit. What did you do?

[Raven]

I'm pretty strict with my nutrition, close to 100% 7 days a week. I also tightened up the screws on my pre/post workout supplementation, which admittedly was not up to scratch before.
I also have a lot more structure in my workouts these days. I was floundering a bit in the past.