the GAINS thread

[nostalgiaquest]

I've noticed it is really rare to stretch out after exercise... Even though I'm sure this was one of the very basics taught in school!

Is it true neglecting to stretch makes the muscles grow back more swollen, giving the illusion of greater gains?

I'm guessing it's rare because people would rather spend their time lifting/exercising, and don't take time out specifically for stretching.

I recently watched Joe Rogan's interview with David Goggins and they went into detail about it. If you don't know who David Goggins is, he's a bad ass ultramarathon, ultra-distance cyclist retired navy seal. One savage mother trucker. Here's the excerpt where he talks about stretching...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5lkRw6arM

I'd recomend watching the whole interview The guy is freakin nuts, but it's motivating as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tSTk1083VY

[Mead]

You learn the importance of stretching in grade school. It's not some big secret or innovation. If you choose not to do it then that's on you.

[Cecily]

I’m still learning what stretches I need to do for what muscle groups. It’s not like they teach anatomy beyond... you have muscles in grade school.

https://i.imgur.com/HvXmC5o.jpg

I know two stretches for adductors now!

https://i.imgur.com/KNpaseZ.jpg

Never really did those and definitely helped a lot yesterday. Any “best” stretches for other leg muscle recommendations?

@pink: wrecked as in ow ow ow every time I walked yesterday.

[Cecily]

And, of course, some common knowledge stuff is just straight up bad for you.

“METHODS: 1538 male army recruits were randomly allocated to stretch or control groups. During the ensuing 12 wk of training, both groups performed active warm-up exercises before physical training sessions. In addition, the stretch group performed one 20-s static stretch under supervision for each of six major leg muscle groups during every warm-up. The control group did not stretch.

RESULTS: 333 lower-limb injuries were recorded during the training period, including 214 soft-tissue injuries. There were 158 injuries in the stretch group and 175 in the control group. There was no significant effect of preexercise stretching on all-injuries risk (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.95, 95% CI 0.77-1.18), soft-tissue injury risk (HR = 0.83, 95% CI 0.63-1.09), or bone injury risk (HR = 1.22, 95% CI 0.86-1.76). Fitness (20-m progressive shuttle run test score), age, and enlistment date all significantly predicted injury risk (P < 0.01 for each), but height, weight, and body mass index did not.

CONCLUSION: A typical muscle stretching protocol performed during preexercise warm-ups does not produce clinically meaningful reductions in risk of exercise-related injury in army recruits. Fitness may be an important, modifiable risk factor.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10694106/

I’m reading stretching may increase risks of injuries to runners. This study is pre-exercise stretching. Will look more into it later. Super interested to learn there’s debate on this topic.

Literature review showing 2% soreness reduction 72-hours post exercise. Also suggesting that over-stretching sarcomeres reduces their ability to absorb force.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1250267/

[Mead]

I actually don't stretch or workout. I'm just a random internet troll.

[Thorondor]

I actually don't stretch or workout. I'm just a random internet troll.

Send more pics of your boyfriend though.

[Mead]

Send more pics of your boyfriend though.

He's cute right.

[Cecily]

I actually don't stretch or workout. I'm just a random internet troll.

Same, girl. Same.

[Thorondor]

He's cute right.

Yeah, he fucks!

[Jimjam]

I've literally never heard this. You'll get a pump whether you stretch or no lol.

What I heard is if you stretch after strength training your muscle fibres are able to grow back more densely so, while your muscles will grow larger, you end up looking less like a guy made of balloons. Again, no idea where I came across this idea or if there is any truth in that.

[Patriam1066]

What I heard is if you stretch after strength training your muscle fibres are able to grow back more densely so, while your muscles will grow larger, you end up looking less like a guy made of balloons. Again, no idea where I came across this idea or if there is any truth in that.

I doubt that’s true

[Jimjam]

I messed up my last post. I meant to say ' while your muscles will still grow larger, but not as large as if you didn't stretch,'

[Jimjam]

Anyway, enough of stretching muscles, what about stomachs?

Ceci are you still on sub a day?

My wife and son are in Greece for a month, so I am self catering. Had roast veg with steak, fried egg, melted cheese and a mushroom cream sauce. It's nice not having to eat the mountains of pasta that is staple to Mediterranean cuisine!

[Patriam1066]

I’m on a protein and greens only diet for August. Already pissed off

[Cecily]

Anyway, enough of stretching muscles, what about stomachs?

Ceci are you still on sub a day?

My wife and son are in Greece for a month, so I am self catering. Had roast veg with steak, fried egg, melted cheese and a mushroom cream sauce. It's nice not having to eat the mountains of pasta that is staple to Mediterranean cuisine!

I’m just eating a bunch lately. Some random woman on reddit says the med clinic she worked at a lot of trans women ended up looking like skinny fat dudes with slight gyno and recommended transwomen put on fat during transition. Which makes enough sense so I’m actually eating and trying to sorta balance it with exercise but I’ll go up 2 hundo (+13 lbs) if it seems like it it’ll help.

My body changes ALOT between 185-190. Just going for pure fat gains atm. Diet it off and repeat. Should put fat where I want it.

[Jimjam]

The body makes hormones from cholesterol, right?

[Cecily]

Yeah but mine are exogenous.

[kaizersoze]

So after a little bit of an injury, or more awareness of said injury, it's pretty clear why my squats weren't going up in weight. Between muscle imbalances between the left and right side, a bulging disk in my back (two actually. One down at the lumbar and another closer to the top of the spine), and a problem with hip muscles on my right side (yeah my chiropractor waved their finger at me) I didn't really stand a chance at making gains.

I need to take a week or two off, but when I get back into it, what sort of exercises do y'all do for single leg focus to fix imbalances? I had started working reverse lunges and Bulgarian splitsquats, but I was curious if anyone else has any of their own favorites up their sleeves.

[Patriam1066]

So after a little bit of an injury, or more awareness of said injury, it's pretty clear why my squats weren't going up in weight. Between muscle imbalances between the left and right side, a bulging disk in my back (two actually. One down at the lumbar and another closer to the top of the spine), and a problem with hip muscles on my right side (yeah my chiropractor waved their finger at me) I didn't really stand a chance at making gains.

I need to take a week or two off, but when I get back into it, what sort of exercises do y'all do for single leg focus to fix imbalances? I had started working reverse lunges and Bulgarian splitsquats, but I was curious if anyone else has any of their own favorites up their sleeves.

You can use a leg press with one leg? I’m honestly not too familiar with what you’ll need to do. You can use the cable machine like women do when they strap one leg in and take their leg backwards to activate their glute and hamstring on one side

[kaizersoze]

A good chance to meet the ladies. Ask to work in, show them the booty, I like it.

[pink grapefruit]

So after a little bit of an injury, or more awareness of said injury, it's pretty clear why my squats weren't going up in weight. Between muscle imbalances between the left and right side, a bulging disk in my back (two actually. One down at the lumbar and another closer to the top of the spine), and a problem with hip muscles on my right side (yeah my chiropractor waved their finger at me) I didn't really stand a chance at making gains.

I need to take a week or two off, but when I get back into it, what sort of exercises do y'all do for single leg focus to fix imbalances? I had started working reverse lunges and Bulgarian splitsquats, but I was curious if anyone else has any of their own favorites up their sleeves.

I wouldn't worry about an imbalance at all. Really doubt that's part why your squat isn't getting better.

If you can't squat rn because of injury I'd just do the leg press until you feel well enough to squat again.

[Ivah]

I wouldn't worry about an imbalance at all. Really doubt that's part why your squat isn't getting better.

If you can't squat rn because of injury I'd just do the leg press until you feel well enough to squat again.

Imbalances like he's talking about leads to pelvic sheering, which leads to things like hip replacement later down the road if you continue to to workout on it.

Kaiz you need to do some mobility tests find out where your problems are. Check for a hip impingement that shit can cause all types of nasty problem like the ones your refering too.

[Patriam1066]

Why does my left shoulder hurt more than my right (right doesn’t hurt at all) when I bench heavy weight? It even happens when I do dumbbell overhead press! SAD!

[pink grapefruit]

Imbalances like he's talking about leads to pelvic sheering, which leads to things like hip replacement later down the road if you continue to to workout on it.

Kaiz you need to do some mobility tests find out where your problems are. Check for a hip impingement that shit can cause all types of nasty problem like the ones your refering too.

Citation?

Literally everyone has imbalances like this, and they're hardly ever as bad as people think they are. Something isn't a problem just because it seems like it should be.

If a person is able to squat without the pain becoming unbearable they should generally keep squatting. If the pain after squatting is unreasonable, they should lower the weight down to a point where it doesn't cause as much pain and slowly work up the muscles again as the body heals (as bodies tend to do- things hurt less over time if you keep training). If they still can't squat without a lot of pain even with the weight super low, they should reduce the range of motion by doing high box squats or leg press or something. And if they're still hurting at that point, it's time to get a legitimate physical therapist to address the issue.

General rule of thumb: do as much as possible as long as the pain doesn't affect your daily life. Some increase in pain is expected as the body heals, and should be accepted. If a medical professional tells you to "stop doing that if it hurts!" you should drop them and find a professional who knows how to help you recover and thrive in your exercise/sport.

Injuries will happen. They're hardly ever catastrophic, or reason to stop training.

If Kaiz is worried about his squat not going up, I'd be more interested in his current and previous programming, diet, sleep, etc. than in his long list of physiological issues as diagnosed by his chiro (muscle imbalance? really??). How much pain is he even in when he squats? He seemed to be more bothered by his lifts stagnating than he was the pain, prior to finding out about all these supposed issues. I bet he's in a lot more pain now that he's been told these scary things, like he has bulging disks. Nevermind all the people that have these physiological issues and report zero pain...

[Cecily]

Well I’ve managed to make my whole body sore this week. Ankles calves inner hip shoulders. Second run gave me bad delayed onset muscle soreness, so been resting, stretching, and figuring out how to injury other muscle groups the past few days.

Ankle was almost unbearable to walk on yesterday, which I believe is from my genious self landing on my heel from a 10-ft drop a couple years ago. Looked up some physical therapy exercises for strengthening ankle and gonna try to do those daily.

Think I figured out what I like to do: waking / running for cardio. Shadow boxing for upper body. Dancing / yoga / vacuums for core. Squats / lunges / frog pumps / donkey kicks for lower body.

Jab - cross - squat pretty fun workout. I don’t think I’m ever gonna get a gym membership, although I really would like some martial arts training, which would give me the figure I want, flexibility, and make me feel a little safer.

[Mead]

Why does my left shoulder hurt more than my right (right doesn’t hurt at all) when I bench heavy weight? It even happens when I do dumbbell overhead press! SAD!

It could be a labrum issue. You won't know for sure unless you get an MRI.

[Ivah]

Citation?

Literally everyone has imbalances like this, and they're hardly ever as bad as people think they are. Something isn't a problem just because it seems like it should be.

If a person is able to squat without the pain becoming unbearable they should generally keep squatting. If the pain after squatting is unreasonable, they should lower the weight down to a point where it doesn't cause as much pain and slowly work up the muscles again as the body heals (as bodies tend to do- things hurt less over time if you keep training). If they still can't squat without a lot of pain even with the weight super low, they should reduce the range of motion by doing high box squats or leg press or something. And if they're still hurting at that point, it's time to get a legitimate physical therapist to address the issue.

General rule of thumb: do as much as possible as long as the pain doesn't affect your daily life. Some increase in pain is expected as the body heals, and should be accepted. If a medical professional tells you to "stop doing that if it hurts!" you should drop them and find a professional who knows how to help you recover and thrive in your exercise/sport.

Injuries will happen. They're hardly ever catastrophic, or reason to stop training.

If Kaiz is worried about his squat not going up, I'd be more interested in his current and previous programming, diet, sleep, etc. than in his long list of physiological issues as diagnosed by his chiro (muscle imbalance? really??). How much pain is he even in when he squats? He seemed to be more bothered by his lifts stagnating than he was the pain, prior to finding out about all these supposed issues. I bet he's in a lot more pain now that he's been told these scary things, like he has bulging disks. Nevermind all the people that have these physiological issues and report zero pain...

Sure jeff cavalier could name dozens of others but I'll drop him here because he's a walking house of knowledge. You must not understand how the body properly operates if you think loading hundreds of pounds onto spine/hips without it working right is alright. Muscle imbalance in the hips is no joke and if he wants to push further then that max he needs his hips unglued and gliding right or his problems will most likely slowly get worse. His upcoming serious is just a matter of time with weight like that and being in pain or not has nothing to do with it. But yes he should be box squating if anything. I know how he's feeling a lot better then you do the weight he's stuck at and my problems 10 years ago are almost identical.

[kaizersoze]

The chiropractor didn't diagnose me with a muscle imbalance, it was something I had noticed on my own and was working on prior to the injury that's keeping me out of the gym at the moment, and also affecting my daily life (to the point where I can barely get socks on in the morning, but that's getting easier as recovery progresses.)

What they DID diagnose was 3 bulging disks, two of which back in proper position with the third being worked back in and making good progress on that. What they did recommend to help speed things along is sitting as little as possible since it inhibits healing and moving as much as possible, but avoiding lifting anything heavy at the moment, which I am doing. I even rearranged my EQ setup to be able to walk around as I play since otherwise that's hours on end of sitting.

Though pink if you're curious as to what I regularly did for legs, the answer is back squats, barbell hip thrust, used to do lunges but they were hard on my knees so I switched to reverse lunges, calf raises and on my back days I do deadlifts, typically 2-3 days after leg day.

[Ivah]

Good to hear man, hope your recovery goes smooth.

[Ivah]

Why does my left shoulder hurt more than my right (right doesn’t hurt at all) when I bench heavy weight? It even happens when I do dumbbell overhead press! SAD!

You most likely have a restriction issue with the scapula on that side

[kaizersoze]

And Ivah speaking of Jeff, I have also added some of the things he recommends for a bulging disk to help speed things along. I've gotten a lot of good info from his channel.

[Patriam1066]

What is this restriction? And what channel does Jeff have

Thanks & God bless

[Ivah]

What is this restriction? And what channel does Jeff have

Thanks & God bless

Just Google athleanx or jeff cavalier he's good at breaking stuff down until you learn all the fixing issues thing on your own. Your problem could be needle in a haystack get rdy to dig deep because the shoulder is a complicated area, or it could be as easy as smashing some tissue out if your lucky. Look up crossfit trainers for that trevor bachmeyer comes to mind (ya the guy who was suspended for 4 years) but he really knows his shit. Can't recall other names atm I can check later

[Ivah]

https://youtu.be/zRoOUwRh5Ik. He has a lot of videos like this.

[Thorondor]

Jeff Cavalier is mah boy. Fix that anterior pelvic tilt, boys. That shit is the male equivelent of muffin top. Totally fucking gross looking schlub shit.

[Vheran]

Currently deployed, miss EQ but love this a lot. Been hitting the gym every day and finally squatted my bodyweight 5x5. Not crazy but big for me. My gains would be pretty good if my food and sleep were a lot better here but that's the name of the game, and there's still gains, just slowly.

[Mead]

Just Google athleanx or jeff cavalier he's good at breaking stuff down until you learn all the fixing issues thing on your own. Your problem could be needle in a haystack get rdy to dig deep because the shoulder is a complicated area, or it could be as easy as smashing some tissue out if your lucky. Look up crossfit trainers for that trevor bachmeyer comes to mind (ya the guy who was suspended for 4 years) but he really knows his shit. Can't recall other names atm I can check later

I would actually recommend going to see an actual orthopedic MD and getting an MRI.

[Ivah]

I would actually recommend going to see an actual orthopedic MD and getting an MRI.

Ya nothing wrong with that, but he still has to fix whats causing the issue

[Patriam1066]

Thanks for the advice guyz

[Cecily]

Wondering how well ginger would work as a regular energy supplement instead of my 1-2 energy drink habit.

Anti-inflammatory.
Anti-oxidant.
Vasodilation, lowers blood pressure.
Improves insulin sensitivity, by slowing glucose release into blood stream.

I’m not seeing where the stimulant effect is.

Granted, I realize I’m pushing into areas I know nothing about. Like, physiologically, what gives us the psychological feeling of energy? Is “energy” all psychological? That would make sense: body giving feeedback on available resources.

Like ginger looks like a sedative on paper, but it feels like a stimulant mentally.

What’s cool about ginger is it’s a non-diuretic stimulant. I wanna see if I can find more of those.

[Mead]

Wondering how well ginger would work as a regular energy supplement instead of my 1-2 energy drink habit.

Anti-inflammatory.
Anti-oxidant.
Vasodilation, lowers blood pressure.
Improves insulin sensitivity, by slowing glucose release into blood stream.

I’m not seeing where the stimulant effect is.

Granted, I realize I’m pushing into areas I know nothing about. Like, physiologically, what gives us the psychological feeling of energy? Is “energy” all psychological? That would make sense: body giving feeedback on available resources.

Like ginger looks like a sedative on paper, but it feels like a stimulant mentally.

What’s cool about ginger is it’s a non-diuretic stimulant. I wanna see if I can find more of those.

I'm not sure there is any human stimulant property in ginger. There was an old study done on guinea pigs showing Gingerol exhibiting positive inotropic and chronotropic effects (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2457078). No human trials that I know of. But, I couldn't think of a better herb to supplement energy drinks with than ginger.

[Cecily]

I'm not sure there is any human stimulant property in ginger. There was an old study done on guinea pigs showing Gingerol exhibiting positive inotropic and chronotropic effects (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2457078). No human trials that I know of. But, I couldn't think of a better herb to supplement energy drinks with than ginger.

Ohhh that’s interesting. Thank you, Mead.

[Patriam1066]

Just chugged a sour heads BANG now time for GAINZ

[Sonderbeast]

Spent last 4 months working hard lost 10 lbs. On IF, built up 5 lbs muscle, feeling great time for some cheetos

[Sonderbeast]

Jeff Cavalier is my guild leader

[Sonderbeast]

Pullups vs normal weightlifting?

Sometimes I pull myself out of my chair. I'm super into bodyweight exercise like waddling to the bathroom.

[kaizersoze]

Pullups vs normal weightlifting?

pull ups are a staple in a good back workout imo. You can get amazing overload and flex all over everyone in the gym by dangling weight from your dick and making those puppies really pop.

[Ivah]

pull ups are a staple in a good back workout imo. You can get amazing overload and flex all over everyone in the gym by dangling weight from your dick and making those puppies really pop.

How's your recovery coming making good progress?

[kaizersoze]

How's your recovery coming making good progress?

After some prescription meds, a few weeks of chiropractic care and taking it easy I am back at it! Lost a little strength and I'm switching to the hex / trap bar for my deadlifts because it puts less stress on the low back and cracking down on my nutrition.

[Baler]

is capnamazing still around?
hope he's doing well irl

[Patriam1066]

After some prescription meds, a few weeks of chiropractic care and taking it easy I am back at it! Lost a little strength and I'm switching to the hex / trap bar for my deadlifts because it puts less stress on the low back and cracking down on my nutrition.

I won’t deadlift without a trap bar

[Chortles Snort|eS]

https://i.imgur.com/27HEAg1.jpg

[DMN]

https://i.imgur.com/27HEAg1.jpg

You should see the dude post steroids. Looks like Cheech Marin.

[kaizersoze]

I won’t deadlift without a trap bar

the something like 14% more activation in the low back and hamstrings isn't worth all the pain to me lol. I feel like my form is mmuch more solid on trap bar deadlifts too.

[Patriam1066]

https://i.imgur.com/27HEAg1.jpg

Lol’ed

[Ivah]

After some prescription meds, a few weeks of chiropractic care and taking it easy I am back at it! Lost a little strength and I'm switching to the hex / trap bar for my deadlifts because it puts less stress on the low back and cracking down on my nutrition.
Good to hear man, if you have time to catch a massage I'd add that to your routine every 2-4 weeks will help the recovery process and it may help relieve that pain. I had a jacked up TFL which dragged my psoas forward and it really fucked my lower discs up. My chiro could only reset it, but ultimately it took a massage every few weeks for it to get to a point where I could release it myself with a lacrosse ball.

[Cecil]

dunno every pic luls posted he is fat and lost all his hair due to low T

sorry bro

He’s so hot

[Horza]

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[Baler]

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[kaizersoze]

so I sat down and did all my math today, for the 10 pounds I want to lose I can do it in 43 days if I am strict to what I am planning for my nutrition. 3 cups of quinoa, 18 oz chicken breast, 3 tablespoons of butter, 2 scoops of whey and I threw in an extra 130 calories for my coffee / preworkout. Now it just takes the dedication :)

[Patriam1066]

Fruits and vegetables pimp

You’ll have a STEMI at 40 adhering to that diet

[kaizersoze]

It isn't going to be permanent, just until goal weight. A month and a half wont kill me ;). Though if it does become really unbearable I will adjust slightly and add some fruits and veggies to help cover what I don't get from multivitamins.

[Patriam1066]

Gotcha. I too, am struggling with weight loss. Can’t cut out alcohol 100%, that’s my goal
for October

[Jimjam]

Whale comeback1

[PieOats]

so I sat down and did all my math today, for the 10 pounds I want to lose I can do it in 43 days if I am strict to what I am planning for my nutrition. 3 cups of quinoa, 18 oz chicken breast, 3 tablespoons of butter, 2 scoops of whey and I threw in an extra 130 calories for my coffee / preworkout. Now it just takes the dedication :)

Faxt for one 36hr period, once each week, stand all throughout day and eat *normal(ly)* the rest of the time. That will be around -6.5 to -7k calories or -1.4lb per week, while *not* destroying your metabolism or driving you *insane*.

good luck.

[Snagglepuss]

I am down to 200lbs from 237. 6’1” male in early 30s. My short term goal was 215, intermediate goal was 200, and long term goal is 185. I have lost my man boobs; my waist is smaller than my chest; and I have gone down 4 pant sizes. I am starting to get definition too.

I ran a cut program. I started with a 3 day full body weight training program (a 5x5 with a few isolation exercises here and there; however not SS or SL) then progressed to a 4-5 day muscle pairing split with cardio sprinkled in for flavor.

Diet is the most important part for obtaining an aesthetic physique imo. I reduced my caloric intake by 200-500 calories from my TDEE and cut down on unrefined carbs and alcohol. I focused on getting 0.5 to 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight (some recommend up to 1-1.5 but this can be hard on your kidneys long term).

For anyone interested in losing weight and looking good naked, I suggest running a cut program while lifting weights. I did some of the buff dudes worksouts (a fun, approachable YouTube channel). Once you make it past the first month or two, you’ll be hooked! I recommend the beginner routine with the cut program. I also am doing the 12 week program.

[Sonderbeast]

I am down to 200lbs from 237. 6’1” male in early 30s. My short term goal was 215, intermediate goal was 200, and long term goal is 185. I have lost my man boobs; my waist is smaller than my chest; and I have gone down 4 pant sizes. I am starting to get definition too.

I ran a cut program. I started with a 3 day full body weight training program (a 5x5 with a few isolation exercises here and there; however not SS or SL) then progressed to a 4-5 day muscle pairing split with cardio sprinkled in for flavor.

Diet is the most important part for obtaining an aesthetic physique imo. I reduced my caloric intake by 200-500 calories from my TDEE and cut down on unrefined carbs and alcohol. I focused on getting 0.5 to 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight (some recommend up to 1-1.5 but this can be hard on your kidneys long term).

For anyone interested in losing weight and looking good naked, I suggest running a cut program while lifting weights. I did some of the buff dudes worksouts (a fun, approachable YouTube channel). Once you make it past the first month or two, you’ll be hooked! I recommend the beginner routine with the cut program. I also am doing the 12 week program.

LEAFY GREEN VEGGIES BRUH. HOW U THINK GORILLAZ AND BULLS GET SWOLE

[Wonkie]

LEAFY GREEN VEGGIES BRUH. HOW U THINK GORILLAZ AND BULLS GET SWOLE

Bulls get swole off Popeye's

[kaizersoze]

Faxt for one 36hr period, once each week, stand all throughout day and eat *normal(ly)* the rest of the time. That will be around -6.5 to -7k calories or -1.4lb per week, while *not* destroying your metabolism or driving you *insane*.

good luck.

its only been a few days and it really isn't so bad right now. The stevia I replaced my sugar with has a long lasting after taste that kind of scratches the itch for something sweet. I also do have a job where I'm standing / moving around all day so I probably could up my calories just a bit, but right now I've got the food prepped so I just need to follow through. I was beset on all sides by temptation today though. They decided to make a taco bar at work, and since my manager is leaving there was cake, and I avoided both :D

[pink grapefruit]

I'm having trouble gaining weight. I've gained and lost the same 5lbs 3 times now...... :/

[Cecily]

I've eaten an ungodly amount of pizza lately and I lost weight.

[Baler]

making gains in the name of skarlorn to this day o/

[kaizersoze]

Almost 2 weeks into my "cut" and I have lost zero pounds. I have however made aesthetic progress, so I'll take it. I also feel left out for not posting a picture like other peeps who still visit this thread, please don't eviscerate me <3

[Wonkie]

What's up with the soap dispenser are you going topless in a Wendy's bathroom?

[kaizersoze]

Sometimes the lighting is better there, ok?

[Mead]

public bathroom? not creepy at all

Feel free to post yours up whenever

[Chortles Snort|eS]

YummY 😋 m2m post bro

[Mead]

YummY 😋 m2m post bro

This was a generally judgement free thread until people consistently shit it up. Props to him for being able to post the pic regardless of where it was taken. Making some solid gains.

[pink grapefruit]

the bulk is back on :):)

we get bigggg

[Mead]

the bulk is back on :):)

we get bigggg

What got you whacked I missed it

[kaizersoze]

thiqqq

[pink grapefruit]

What got you whacked I missed it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Game

[Kaveh]

Did 4 sets of 20 trap bar deadlifts 295 lbs

Did one set of 155 x10 for warm up, did a bunch of abs cool down. Then ran 3 miles with my Australian shepherds

GAINZ

[zofis]

hey guys i'm new to the forums. haven't really played EQ seriously since planes of power. in preparation for the green server im thinking about doing dogg crapp what do you guys think? also probably gonna play a melee class so im anticipating tons of down time with no fungi tunic and no bandages because im lazy -- so gonna sign up for postmates unlimited and min max calorie intake in between pulls

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/how-to-build-50-pounds-of-muscle-in-12-months

[pink grapefruit]

damn i'm amazing.

thought u should knoww <3

[Wonkie]

hey guys i'm new to the forums. haven't really played EQ seriously since planes of power. in preparation for the green server im thinking about doing dogg crapp what do you guys think? also probably gonna play a melee class so im anticipating tons of down time with no fungi tunic and no bandages because im lazy -- so gonna sign up for postmates unlimited and min max calorie intake in between pulls

https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/how-to-build-50-pounds-of-muscle-in-12-months

is this a bot

GAINZ thread gets a lot of bots

[pink grapefruit]

is this a bot

GAINZ thread gets a lot of bots

yeah seems like a bot pushing a shitty program :/

[Cecily]

Finally have a phone that can play Pokemon go, so I've been on 20km forced march over the past 24 hours. Picachu makes my phone shock me if I stop, so I'll ttyl.

[zofis]

yeah seems like a bot pushing a shitty program :/

I like doggcrapp so far but what do u recommend for wood elf or half elf warrior? I just want to get bigger but also make strength gains

[Mead]

probably haven't seen a worse workout for people looking for serious results

good for nubs tho

[Chortles Snort|eS]

https://i.imgur.com/lad0Yyr.png

[Mead]

https://i.imgur.com/lad0Yyr.png

I've never had this obsessive affect on another man before

It gets me hard

I might never leave this place

[Bazia]

https://i.imgur.com/lad0Yyr.png

gymcels btfo

[Patriam1066]

Trap bar deadlifts today. How’s life Mead? You in CRNA school yet? Let me know when you need the outpatient surgeon connects

[PieOats]

I've never had this obsessive affect on another man before

It gets me hard

I might never leave this place

I'm hard too dudes (no homo).


TIDDAY is SHOULDWRS. Just threw down half a tub of butter 100g of chicken thighs *salted* HEAVILY and off to get swole now. Wish me luck, bois

[Cecily]

Pokemon Death March week 1

Almost 24 miles. I've never done 30mi in a week, but I'm hoping I can get it soon before weather gets too cold.

https://i.imgur.com/M9wqK6A.png

Think steps/calories are off because I took awhile to turn on the NSA GPS tracker for when the app is offline.

[Gnec]

keep us updated on your life performance

[Cecily]

keep us updated on your life performance

Will do! That's literally what this thread is for

[PieOats]

SHREDDEd the shoulders (lightly) boys. Followed it UP with moar chicken flesh, leafy green PLANTS and a heavily processed blend of fats, salts and other flavonoids.


*GAINS*

[PieOats]

Also, that is many miles. Good job, Cecily 👍

[Wonkie]

keep us updated on your life performance

https://i.imgur.com/RoDt9nq.jpg

[pink grapefruit]

we out here doin 1 plate amrap squats between progs

we dgaf

[Cecily]

Right?

[Wonkie]

smallJ how's wafflez doing?

[Baler]

I miss skarlorn posting

https://i.imgur.com/CsqEWDw.gif

[pink grapefruit]

https://i.imgur.com/E0sCZKt.png

did not do well at all today :(

this plate of eggs and hashbrowns is killing me, and also i ate ZERO vegetables ugh.

please god let me be hungry again, that i may eat a little bit more *cries dramatically*

[Cecily]

How many eggs did you amrap?

[Lone Gnome]

whats apple health?

[Kaveh]

Mead, why I get so much deltoid engagement on incline. I barely feel chest

Plx halp

[Mead]

Mead, why I get so much deltoid engagement on incline. I barely feel chest

Plx halp

Check your incline height. Sometimes people go too far up. Then you start working the delts and shoulders more.

Try using dumbbells if you aren't.

You can also use the smith machine with the incline bench and a closer grip. This will also allow you to customize your setup (between bench and grip) to get the target focus.

[Vheran]

I miss skarlorn posting

https://i.imgur.com/CsqEWDw.gif

[Vheran]

Also almost done with my deployment, just a couple months left. Got into Olympic lifting a month ago and am obsessed with it. I still can't overhead squat all the way down but I feel improvements in my form every day. Up to 161 when fasted, which is big for me. Haven't played EQ in 7 months so I'm feeling pretty healthy over all

[Kaveh]

Check your incline height. Sometimes people go too far up. Then you start working the delts and shoulders more.

Try using dumbbells if you aren't.

You can also use the smith machine with the incline bench and a closer grip. This will also allow you to customize your setup (between bench and grip) to get the target focus.

I use dumbbells often, but please elaborate by height. You mean how high I’m sitting on the bench, or the angle of the bench?

[ArunaGreen]

I use dumbbells often, but please elaborate by height. You mean how high I’m sitting on the bench, or the angle of the bench?

The angle

https://athleanx.com/articles/incline-bench-press-mistakes

TLDR = 30 degree angle is optimal

[Lulz Sect]

https://i.imgur.com/UYb0559.png

[Jimjam]

Mah boy JACKED! ^

[Kaveh]

I use my left for that

[Mead]

I use dumbbells often, but please elaborate by height. You mean how high I’m sitting on the bench, or the angle of the bench?

The angle

https://athleanx.com/articles/incline-bench-press-mistakes

TLDR = 30 degree angle is optimal

Yes, exactly. Sorry, angle was the better word.

[Kaveh]

I do 30 degrees. Still feel delts when I’m using the bar. With dumbbells, generally I feel chest engagement

[Wonkie]

I use my left for that

what else do you do with your left? :D

[Asteria]

I GAINED trouble :( This is a bad spot but I'll be better when I can forget about my dangerous week and less than an hour of being an EQ God! :(

[Vormotus]

what else do you do with your left? :D

https://i.imgur.com/yWWFI0q.gif

[Kaveh]

This is the way

[kaizersoze]

Been away awhile from the forum, but finally cracking 170. Was 169.4 when I weighed myself this morning :)

[Baler]

Posting in memory, Defenders of the vale never die.

RIP skarlorn, your a**s may have done you in but you live in our hearts.

[Kaveh]

PR trap bar deadlift 380 x2 reps

gaiNz

[Mead]

my friend who is hardcore into lifting says you want failure at 4 reps

2 is not enough i think, thoughts?

I can't even tell if this is a troll or not

[Izmael]

my friend who is hardcore into lifting says you want failure at 4 reps

2 is not enough i think, thoughts?

It will work great!

































































Until you tear a muscle and become unable to train this body area for a year or two, quickly losing all previous gains.

[Mead]

your post is a troll because you didnt give your opinion or supporting information mead, why even bother posting?

My philosophy and contributions are well documented here already. You workout according to whatever your goals are. Generally speaking, most people powerlifting go for a 1 rep max. If I’m reading what you’re saying right, he’s saying people should be maxing out with 4 reps instead less than that. Most people generally max out with 1 rep, and base your following workouts according to that. But you can have a personal record (PR) of 2-4 which is great. But it means you can actually lift more than that. So you structure workouts to increase your max, and then work on your more rep PRs.

[Cecily]

Brown adipose tissue is something I've been looking into recently. It's primarily cold activated (or from over feeding), and it burns off energy from regular white adipose tissue for fuel when you're shivering. 10-15 mins of shivering or several hours at <60 F a day can significantly increase the body's metabolism, around 200-400 calories a day. That's pretty cool. Haaa

Apparently this pathway is way more efficient at glucose transport vs insulin. We lose it as we get older, but cold exposure is supposed to help increase it.

I was outside walking for an hour recently at 24 F, and I noticed I was absolutely exhausted the next day with bad muscle fatigue from holding my shaver and getting dressed. Think I tanked my glycogen while I was out freezing. I'm wondering if controlled outdoor cold exposure and cold showers might be a good way to accelerate weight loss and maybe reverse my mom's diabetes to some extent.

[Cecily]

Looks like capsaicin, resveratrol, green tea, tumeric, and Omega-3 support BAT.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.01954/full

[Midgeon]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NoPrUHzqyzk
+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNz07U4Fy5k

[Jimjam]

I went climbing yesterday with a couple of work pals. We stuck around longer than I usually would. Consequently I have a little soreness in in the shoulders and wrists (fingering).

Would a gentle swim today aid or hinder recovery?

[Lune]

gentle swim

Aid

[Vheran]

back home from deployment. was spoiled with my gym overseas. I registered for a Gold's membership and have been twice now. hate it. first, its 95% machines. One legit squat rack and two weird Life Fitness racks that are covered in rubber and just awkward. First day, I walk to one of these racks and make a few notes in my notebook to adjust from KG to LBS (there are no metric weights at this gym) since i've been running a powerlifting program usings metric. 45 seconds of writing, some old roided man who chooses not to move his arms when he walks says "are you exercising or not bro?" Second day i work out there, I'm at the rack in between DL sets and theres another roided up dude on a cable machine who after every small set he does, takes off his headphones and looks around at everyone, shaking his head at people for, i guess their technique? and talking outloud to no one. chicks are hot though.

my new town has no boxing/muay thai gyms so i may just stick it out for find some garage lifting gym

[Jimjam]

Aid

Can confirm aids. Also kicked a woman out of the steam room who had fallen asleep there. Yeesh, what a death wish. It did prompt me to realise I’ve never seen an attendant checking steam rooms or saunas for people overstaying / in difficulty.

[Bigsham]

Love my home gym no roided out weirdos and i can workout as many times a day as i want.

My cat occasionally visits my gym for motivational support.

[Wonkie]

Is there a mushroom gainz diet?

I wanna get big

[Bigsham]

Mushrooms give me horrible gas

[Muggens]

anyone in here practice boxing? looking for some good training programs, trynna get into shape to box again. Dont wanna wreck my wrists. Getting a bag soon

[strongNpretty]

anyone in here practice boxing? looking for some good training programs, trynna get into shape to box again. Dont wanna wreck my wrists. Getting a bag soon

I heard Charlie Zelenoff is available for work. He's 147-0.

[strongNpretty]

Bow down to your new World's Strongest Man- No, no, not myself- The Great Robert Oberst… But Hapthor Julius Bjornsson!

[Sonderbeast]

Bump get swole brother

[Kaveh]

Lifting without access a gym blows. I started running; I’m doing 5-6 miles every other day, fuck the Texas humidity. Also, no idea how people run long term

[Sibelia1]

Lifting without access a gym blows. I started running; I’m doing 5-6 miles every other day, fuck the Texas humidity. Also, no idea how people run long term

bad4knees

[Bigsham]

Hard to get gains 5 weeks into corona virus , tough to do even my light day sets

[Woke Locc]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WFLA/status/1259867354206535681

[Cecily]

anyone in here practice boxing? looking for some good training programs, trynna get into shape to box again. Dont wanna wreck my wrists. Getting a bag soon

Thought about that or kick boxing. How is that for self defense for a low strength person? I've heard bjj is good for women. I need to learn something before I get into nursing.

[Kaveh]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WFLA/status/1259867354206535681

Lol’ed

[Mead]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WFLA/status/1259867354206535681

"And just like the gym normally, half the people are standing around doing nothing."

God damn amazing

Will see them real soon

[Bigsham]

low strength person lol

lol @ nursing no one will hire you sicko

Might as well get a gun

[Mead]

low strength person lol

lol @ nursing no one will hire you sicko

Might as well get a gun

Lay off the opioids bud

[Bigsham]

only drug i take is viagra

[Sibelia1]

only drug i take is viagra

have u ever IVd it

[Muggens]

Thought about that or kick boxing. How is that for self defense for a low strength person? I've heard bjj is good for women. I need to learn something before I get into nursing.

For a woman or someone with low strength, I dont think boxing of any sort would be the optimal type of self defense. I dont think boxing in particular is great for a "self defense purpose", but its definately helpfull as it will get you some "fight experience". When it comes to self defense, its very much left up to how you react/respond and what type of situation it is. The best self defense is to run away basically, but thats not always an option. As someone mentioned earlier, a gun or some sort of weapon is a good type of "self defense" and can work "pre-emtive" in some situations.

Myself, I am into "self defense" in a broad definition kinda way. I like being in a physical condition which is able to "defend/survive", so just being healthy and having control over your body is a good start, being able to run and jump etc. I dont think its necassary to train fighting if your general health isnt very good.(Im not making asumptions on your health, just typing out some of my view on "self defense").
So if youre training and feeling in good physical shape I would definately recommend taking up some form of fighting, just even to get a feeling of mastering your own body.
As far as what type of self defense is most fitting Im not so sure. The asians have been tinkering on this question for decades hehe, and have adjusted several forms of self defense just because of their smaller stature compared to the larger european etc.
But speaking from my own experience, being in a real fight is what teaches you the most of how you will react, physically and mentally. If you enjoy to fight you might wanna stay in there etc, if you get real scared then you wanna run. There are just so many different situations that would call upon "self defense" so its hard to narrow down, but strictly speaking fighting, in a one on one situation, I would say grappling is good to learn, as most fights and such end up in a grapple on the ground. If of a small stature, "low strength person" its prolly safe to say that the instigator most likely will be bigger, so grabbling with that person would not be really smart, its not like you can just do a "judo throw" and be done. For that situation a "pre-emtive" approach is better I feel, like being armed with something like a tazer or bear-spray.
As for a general approach to "self defense": train your body so its in good condition to run, jump and crouch. "Pre-arm" with a weapon like a bear spray, which will immobilize but not kill. Learn some fighting, like simple grappling and strikes(striking the balls, eyes, throat etc works best) to get experience and to be more prepared in case of a real scenario. Own a weapon in your home, anything is better than nothing.
Myself, I trained Nin Jutsu for years, and Taekwondo as a kid, but I noticed that in any real life fight I was not able to use the techniques effectively at all, but some of the basic train works really helped me. Nowadays I dont get into fights at all, but I am still a huge fan of fighting in general and get a real kick from watching it on tv hehe. Always was a huge fan of boxing(the sport) so been exercising some to start boxing(something I never tried before) when the gym opens back up again.

Good luck with the self defense, hope it never comes down to the real deal tho!

[Cecily]

Thank you for that answer! I guess what I'm looking for primarily is something that will let me immobilize someone without hurting them. It's I hope I don't need this type of thing which I might need as a psych nurse. Taser/mace/running isn't really an option. "Low strength person" is admitedly a cringey af way to put it, but the reality is that I'm never going to be half as strong as the average man, which I would think would be a big factor in deciding which martial art to pursue. I'm 6' tall, so I'm not of small stature though.

[Snortles Chortles]

https://i.imgur.com/ZOEGPHl.jpg

[Sibelia1]

Thank you for that answer! I guess what I'm looking for primarily is something that will let me immobilize someone without hurting them. It's I hope I don't need this type of thing which I might need as a psych nurse. Taser/mace/running isn't really an option. "Low strength person" is admitedly a cringey af way to put it, but the reality is that I'm never going to be half as strong as the average man, which I would think would be a big factor in deciding which martial art to pursue. I'm 6' tall, so I'm not of small stature though.

i have a suppressed .22 and pile of subsonic ammunition if u need

[Ivah]

Thank you for that answer! I guess what I'm looking for primarily is something that will let me immobilize someone without hurting them. It's I hope I don't need this type of thing which I might need as a psych nurse. Taser/mace/running isn't really an option. "Low strength person" is admitedly a cringey af way to put it, but the reality is that I'm never going to be half as strong as the average man, which I would think would be a big factor in deciding which martial art to pursue. I'm 6' tall, so I'm not of small stature though.

Strenght isn't really a big factor on spontaneous situations. The ability to react, assess and read others body language along with your execution of technique will go alot further. It's all about the time you put into practicing honestly. Krav maga may be something that might interest you depending on what is available in your area. Learning how to use pressure points on top of a martial art is a bonus for immobilizing a majority of people also.

[Mblake81]

Strenght isn't really a big factor on spontaneous situations. The ability to react, assess and read others body language along with your execution of technique will go alot further. It's all about the time you put into practicing honestly. Krav maga may be something that might interest you depending on what is available in your area. Learning how to use pressure points on top of a martial art is a bonus for immobilizing a majority of people also.

:cool:

https://i.imgur.com/Tgxr1tU.jpg

[Ivah]

:cool:

https://i.imgur.com/Tgxr1tU.jpg

Perfect length goatee I prefer on my men to tickle my sack

[Bigsham]

gay

[Snortles Chortles]

Why, yes I have a 10/10 gf

https://i.imgur.com/RJvTVIV.png

[kaizersoze]

As gyms reopen and you can get back to lifting heavy ass weight, remember to ease back into it. It felt super good to lift heavy on legs, but even warming up quite a bit my legs were still trembling after my first day back. At least the hardest day is over, right?

[magnetaress]

I dipped my robe into sauce, still havent washed it, and ate about 2/3 a large party bag of cheetohs, i feel pretty sick

i'm sure i am gaining some weight now

[magnetaress]

oh and u martial arts ninjas the whole point of karate isn't to teach u some weird dance moves

its to get u to react automatically and reflexively without thinking using the smaller sub-units-like a 'block' and to learn how to punch and kick right so u aren't grabbed and choked out by a 3 ton dude who shits out his breakfast in perfectly formed, robust and interlocking segments before flexing on the battlefield every morning just to be made a slave or castrated for the emperors quire

[Kaveh]

As gyms reopen and you can get back to lifting heavy ass weight, remember to ease back into it. It felt super good to lift heavy on legs, but even warming up quite a bit my legs were still trembling after my first day back. At least the hardest day is over, right?

Another Texan

[Muggens]

oh and u martial arts ninjas the whole point of karate isn't to teach u some weird dance moves

its to get u to react automatically and reflexively without thinking using the smaller sub-units-like a 'block' and to learn how to punch and kick right so u aren't grabbed and choked out by a 3 ton dude who shits out his breakfast in perfectly formed, robust and interlocking segments before flexing on the battlefield every morning just to be made a slave or castrated for the emperors quire

Karate reflex blocks etc are not viable for real fights, and most likely will get you hurt.
Heard about the karate dude who reflex blocked a baseball bat? Block is for EQ monks and Shaw Bros movies

[Bigsham]

You dont need a gym

Push ups , situps , pull ups and jogging are plenty

bonus points

cycling and hand weights

Sure bench is cool and so are the nice machines but you will survive without it

[kaizersoze]

Another Texan

Other side of the map on the US, wisco :)

Also as someone who did 13 years of martial arts with the opportunity to train with people like Hanshi Alexander (Hanshi at the time, I think hes Renshei or whatever the rank is after now since he was raised to another degree) Franko Sanguinetti (head of the USA MKKU chapter), Sensei Gakiya and Yogi from the Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan and another local martial artist who has trained a series of people who competed and had a lot of success in nationals I wont name- you start by learning blocks, yes, but if your teachers arent absolute shit you will learn more useful things as you get more skilled. At a certain point you're not trained to block anymore, you're trained to intercept and counter strike. Blocking a baseball bat once it hits its full momentum is dumb, yes, reaching forward to stop it before they can reach full force and leaving them open for a retaliation however is not. That being said, I'm also a fan of people carrying a gun or pepper spray. Better to not get close enough for martial skills to be what it comes down to.

[Snortles Chortles]

https://i.imgur.com/vOBr2S3.jpg

[Kaveh]

GAINZ

[Sibelia1]

https://i.imgur.com/vOBr2S3.jpg

I have an actual, OC original "pasty nerd flexes with samurai sword" photo I got from this nerd who was REALLY into me when we were playing WoW at 13. I femdommed him and made him farm me stuff. It is a hilarious photo like the photo u poasted. Never before seen. If you say please, I will let u have and use it.

[magnetaress]

Other side of the map on the US, wisco :)

Also as someone who did 13 years of martial arts with the opportunity to train with people like Hanshi Alexander (Hanshi at the time, I think hes Renshei or whatever the rank is after now since he was raised to another degree) Franko Sanguinetti (head of the USA MKKU chapter), Sensei Gakiya and Yogi from the Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan and another local martial artist who has trained a series of people who competed and had a lot of success in nationals I wont name- you start by learning blocks, yes, but if your teachers arent absolute shit you will learn more useful things as you get more skilled. At a certain point you're not trained to block anymore, you're trained to intercept and counter strike. Blocking a baseball bat once it hits its full momentum is dumb, yes, reaching forward to stop it before they can reach full force and leaving them open for a retaliation however is not. That being said, I'm also a fan of people carrying a gun or pepper spray. Better to not get close enough for martial skills to be what it comes down to.

yeah well i was a dumbass footsoldier i joined the army as a private they didnt care as long as i blocked a bullet or a claymore

or u know just looked cool hanging out at the checkpoint

[Kaveh]

Four miles, 100 pushups, and a back day early. Coming back from hanging out at my daughter’s grilling by the pool

GAINS

[Bigsham]

Muscle milk and bench press 3 sets so far going for 3 more later and hopefully 3 more late at night

anyone mad?

[TheSurgeon]

yeah well i was a dumbass footsoldier i joined the army as a private they didnt care as long as i blocked a bullet or a claymore

or u know just looked cool hanging out at the checkpoint

This jargon doesn't sound like the Army at all. Of course I never did care what POAGs said, so that could be the case.

[Bigsham]

He lies about everything and its highly unlikely he joined the armed forces. He is a forum tranny.

[magnetaress]

Four miles, 100 pushups, and a back day early. Coming back from hanging out at my daughter’s grilling by the pool

GAINS

Fuck yeah man.

[sacman08]

100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and run 10 km everyday.

[Kaveh]

I don’t do that cross fit level BS. I’d be in rhabdo

[Bigsham]

your body will adapt to it , gotta change it up

[Kaveh]

May I did 100 pushups a day + 100 miles cumulative running

I’m gonna get to 60-70 miles running, so failed there, but doing the pushups fairly easily

June I’m doing 30 pull-ups / 20 chin ups a day. Probably won’t be able to do that. Oh and I “lift” 4 times a week. I was using resistance bands and dumbbells while the gyms were closed, back in the gym now

[Jimjam]

No recovery days on the same exercise for a whole month?

[Bigsham]

not possible unless steroid healing

[Kaveh]

No recovery days on the same exercise for a whole month?

The running I am not gonna be able to do, 100 miles was too much at age 55. I’ll probably get to 70. The pushups are trivial now though, I’m doing archer pushups and prowler pushups to make them harder

And I’m not on roids, I have Genghis khan blood, no need for cheating

[Mblake81]

Friday gainz, bbq chicken and beans w/ nanna pudding.

Also Andrew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJMRaFjV-k) just posted a new video.

https://i.imgur.com/BKdKtEk.jpg

[kaizersoze]

I hate running, but im getting faster. 2 miles in 15 and a half minutes, the rest of the half mile I ran done by the 20 minute mark. .7 miles left in my 20 minute timer left till I'm as fast as I was in cross country. I never appreciated how fast that is until now.

[Bigsham]

its very fast, work on weightlifting you are probably way too skinny pulling those numbers unless your early 20s

[kaizersoze]

late 20s, 29 this month. I do a 6 day PPL split for my weight lifting. 2-3 exercises per part, 3-4 hard sets per exercise to try to get to that sweet spot of 10-20 working sets per week (8-10 a workout 2x a week). Not extraordinarily strong, but working on my body comp and running speed atm. 172 lbs :)

[Kaveh]

I did under 9’ mile cumulative on 5.8 miles total today, pretty good for 55 years old

5’10” 197 lbs, fairly lean pretty muscular, especially upper body

[Mblake81]

Sunday evening gainz, grilled chicken w/ broc and carrots. Water

https://i.imgur.com/Uh6Bpz4.jpg

[magnetaress]

^^ I approve

[Bigsham]

i dont approve of buying salted bottled water idiot

get a brita loser

[Mblake81]

i dont approve of buying salted bottled water idiot

get a brita loser

Give a fuck less, dipshit.

[Mblake81]

Monday lunch gainz.

Grilled chicken salad with salted capitalist bottled water. No HGH.

[magnetaress]

i dont approve of buying salted bottled water idiot

get a brita loser

Give a fuck less, dipshit.
I agree with both above statements, while plastic bottles are pretty fuckin gay, we got bigger problems to worry about than estradiols from the plastic getting into our water supply and we need to stay hydrated anyway.
Monday lunch gainz.

Grilled chicken salad with salted capitalist bottled water. No HGH.
Haha

[Kaveh]

63 miles in March, 9’09” pace overall. Finished up with 4.5 miles at 8’20” pace.

[Patriam1066]

5.91 miles, 9’31” pace

Easier because it was cooler out tonight but damn it’s still hard in the humidity

[magnetaress]

5.91 miles, 9’31” pace

Easier because it was cooler out tonight but damn it’s still hard in the humidity

Damn I'm impressed, it's hard to do that over 30 for me. Yeah I'm pathetic, but that is really good!

[strongNpretty]

Grats to Robert Kearney for bumping his own American Log Lifting Record.. Worlds strongest gay fo'sho! Grats!

[Kaveh]

Grats to Robert Kearney for bumping his own American Log Lifting Record.. Worlds strongest gay fo'sho! Grats!

How’s it hanging up in Washington? I started doing home work outs based on Jeff Cavaliere videos since covid is popping off in Houston

[strongNpretty]

You see the Maddox record bench disaster? Homey goes for an 800lb record bench.. Only to find out the morons loaded the bar wrong..

[kaizersoze]

thinking about starting a bulk because I cant seem to get under 170 pounds without extreme suffering.

[RecondoJoe]

Of course I never did care what POAGs said, so that could be the case.

What does the A in that acronym stand for BTW? I've never seen any source mention it before. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogue) Weird to like repeatedly use an acronym for months and not even know what it stands for.




This jargon doesn't sound like the Army at all.


Friendly reminder that no one on the ARMY has ever used the internet before. Ever. You remind me of the ugly kid whose profile picture was an anime kid who accused me of being a catfish when I joined my WoW server's facebook page a couple of years ago, citing that no soldier would ever play a game like WoW.

Soldiers are mythical creatures, and are incredibly rare. They spend their free time sneaking around the jungles instead of in Barracks with no entertainment source other than the internet.

[TheSurgeon]

What does the A in that acronym stand for BTW? I've never seen any source mention it before. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogue) Weird to like repeatedly use an acronym for months and not even know what it stands for.





Friendly reminder that no one on the ARMY has ever used the internet before. Ever. You remind me of the ugly kid whose profile picture was an anime kid who accused me of being a catfish when I joined my WoW server's facebook page a couple of years ago, citing that no soldier would ever play a game like WoW.

Soldiers are mythical creatures, and are incredibly rare. They spend their free time sneaking around the jungles instead of in Barracks with no entertainment source other than the internet.

You know someone is SUUUUPER fucking triggered when they search you're profile history after having all of the holes in their stories pointed out. But when they dig through your post history and start responding to old shit...

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[Bigsham]

Please dont bring your military crap to the fitness thread

[Mead]

Gay culture
Among early 20th century gay men, "pogue" was a term for man who enjoys receptive anal sex.

[RecondoJoe]

You know someone is SUUUUPER fucking triggered when they search you're profile history after having all of the holes in their stories pointed out. But when they dig through your post history and start responding to old shit...

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[Baler]

Forum Quest has been a fun game.
The gains have been immense.
RIP to those fallen FQ Warriors.

[Bigsham]

3 sets bench 180lbs 12 rips cant wait to cycle tonight oh yes

[Patriam1066]

That won’t do much for hypertrophy. Do 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 265 x 2

[Bigsham]

reverse your scale

[strongNpretty]

This thread is shit. Just close it down.

[Bigsham]

Strong n pretty?

more like fat and ugly

[strongNpretty]

Strong n pretty?

more like fat and ugly

Holy fuck that's lame dude.. You knew damn well you could do much better when you pressed submit reply with "More like fat and ugly".. But you did it anyways.

You know god damn well you are disappointed in yourself for that reply.. I'll provide the space below to do better Tomato

[kaizersoze]

Necroing the gains thread to remind people to stay active! I've been making gains slowly but surely since the last time I posted :)

[Toad1]

looking great bud, please add sun

[kaizersoze]

Yeah, I do need more sun I'll admit. Winter is coming up soon and i'll be working from dark till dark lol.

[Jibartik]

I did 10 reps of something today, it's a step in the right direction wish me luck!

[Toad1]

Muscle milk pro edge chocolate + Cashew butter from target + greens pak in cocoa = meal replacement

If you are not on keto you can add oats ( Ground up ) for quick carbs and 2 cups egg whites ( Raw and ghetto ) for more protein if you are huge and going to lift alot

get a shaker cup

[Patriam1066]

Back and shoulders are stronger, but as I’ve been running, my bench has gone down. Oh well. Weight is down too

GAINZ

[Donkey Hotay]

wish me luck!

https://i.imgur.com/Bdn3peS.gif

[GinnasP99]

Since April I've gone from 220lbs to 185. Lookin better

[Patriam1066]

Going for a 6 mile run, think I have a hernia

GAINS

[campania]

I have squats tonight, supposed to hit an AMRAP set at 420lbs/190kg. Wish me luck. If I die, my 50 plat and level 12 necro goes to the kind druid who ported me to NK earlier this afternoon

[Tunabros]

Im a fatass who just does homework all day and play EQ
but yesterday I ran around the neighborhood for a bit =)

[kaizersoze]

I feel like my legs should be bigger than they are. Im not moving IMPRESSIVE weight by any means in my lifts (405 hip thrust for 8-10 pause reps, 6 plates on leg press for 6-10 on good days, my squats suck though, 205 for 6 but i had a low back injury before and im working on it.) But they still look scrawny to me lol

[Patriam1066]

Deadlifts ?

I feel like the deadlift is better than all of those things

[kaizersoze]

Deadlifts ?

I feel like the deadlift is better than all of those things

315, but I also do hex bar so im "cheating." Im working on progressive overload again on the big ones. Glutes are definitely strongest part of my low body so once my lower back and core can catch up I'm sure I'll rocket back up.

[Patriam1066]

I use hex bar too, that builds quads better anyway. I’d start going up on that. I honestly hate the leg press, I think it’s useless. Maybe work on form with squats?

Mead is probably the better person for this. Mead where u at bud

[campania]

Mass comes mainly from diet, second to that would be consistency with squats and making sure that you're getting within a few reps of failure on your working sets. Trap bar deads are a good movement, but tend to be more quad-dominant like Patriam said. You can adjust your body position and make it more of a hip hinge to get more hamstring involvement if you're after that. Deads in general aren't a huge mass builder, but there's something awesome about picking something heavy up off of the ground anyway

[Mead]

I use hex bar too, that builds quads better anyway. I’d start going up on that. I honestly hate the leg press, I think it’s useless. Maybe work on form with squats?

Mead is probably the better person for this. Mead where u at bud

Haha I’m around. I’m glad the thread is still going strong. I don’t have the energy to pour into it anymore though.

The gym I was going to shut down for a while then limited their hours. I bought a home and made my own gym. Ordered a bunch of stuff from rogue and found some stuff on letgo. I finally completely it this past week. Pretty psyched. Will be getting back to my pre Covid Size.

[BiG SiP]

:p

[Mead]

:p

Missed your memes bud. Stop getting yourself banned.

[BiG SiP]

thank you my fellow fire giant

[Tunabros]

Missed your memes bud. Stop getting yourself banned.

make this phrase live rent free in your head

[Morton Jr]

Haha I’m around. I’m glad the thread is still going strong. I don’t have the energy to pour into it anymore though.

The gym I was going to shut down for a while then limited their hours. I bought a home and made my own gym. Ordered a bunch of stuff from rogue and found some stuff on letgo. I finally completely it this past week. Pretty psyched. Will be getting back to my pre Covid Size.

Gym pic

[strongNpretty]

Gym pic

Oh right, he built that new gym up. Lets see it Mead, lets see it!

[Patriam1066]

Damn lulz already got banned? Also welcome back mead, I agree with the gym pic suggestion. I need to build one I think but I don’t like the idea of working out at home

[Morton Jr]

Just do weights at home and walk / jog / cycle outdoors, you can always pull over and do pushups situps and crunches on the sidewalk, its funny cause fat people give you looks like you are an idiot and sip a big coke

Sips

[GinnasP99]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you. Foodie Beauty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkTCimyPeo

Loses some weight and make gains TODAY.

[Morton Jr]

She is out of breath and hasnt started eating yet

[kaizersoze]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you. Foodie Beauty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkTCimyPeo

Loses some weight and make gains TODAY.

Why are we posting mukbangs though? I dont want to watch people slowly kill themselves with grotesque amounts of food, especially if they're getting paid to do it. The people who encourage that sort of behavior are sadists who dont have their best interests or health in mind. If they switched to a vegetable or fruit mukbang, MAYBE, but mall chinese takeout? :/

[GinnasP99]

These are the consequences of poor health. Seeing the price of failure can motivation you to move towards success.

[kaizersoze]

Heard of a company called flavor god, trying some of their stuff to help deal w my cravings for sweets in my coffee. Anyone have any experience w their stuff?

[magnetaress]

I walked, shuffled, shambled like 300 meters today. And made my bed.

[imperiouskitten]

I have been eating a half gallon of ice cream a day and alot of dried mango for like 6 months to grow my boobs and my husband finally called me fat a couple days ago. But my rather cute black doctor w/ a crush on me, when he was injecting opium into my belly this afternoon, said "two percent body fat" while he was power tripping on poking me with the needle. My boobs are like 3 sizes bigger. Anyway I enjoyed life today!

[Lizard1]

sounds like you are doing great