BG Fitness Competition! TIME TO VOTE BG!

[Meresgi]

Finished 1st week of new routine. Kept myself around 1600-2100 calories every day except last night sine wife made roast chicken and I ate the fuck out of that shit lol. Havn't eaten out really other then 1 trip to wendys where I just ate a burger since I hadn't eaten in 12 hours . Muscles are slightly sore but today and tomorrow are my rest days so should recover just fine.

[Milkster]

Bump

AxBxAxx is the format you want to follow as a beginner. You'll need the rest inbetween. Do accessory work also to help with the beach muscles, etc.

[Moss]

AxBxAxx is the format you want to follow as a beginner. You'll need the rest inbetween. Do accessory work also to help with the beach muscles, etc.

What would be some good accessory workouts to add for general arm size?

[Chrius]

AxBxAxx is the format you want to follow as a beginner. You'll need the rest inbetween. Do accessory work also to help with the beach muscles, etc.

I thought resting was sacred. Can anyone attest that diet and SS with no cardio (resting) is optimal fat loss?

[Wulfgang]

Beer is my killer; probably drank 15 beers last night haha.

[myreality]

MEN OF BG! MAYBE WOMEN!

Go to yoga, awesome place to meet women.

I was the only man that accidentally walked into an advanced class of yoga (got my days mixed up,) i am still a beginner. So i walk into the class getting nothing but those evil eyes that women seem to be so good at, and set up in the front next to the instructor. I did not do half bad, but still got a few laughs behind me. Swear to god there is some secret in intermediate classes that gives out the secret in body manipulation for the advanced class. Anyway to make a long story short, i'm talking to the instructor who was worried i would hurt myself (sexism) so i make a few jokes and we get started. Turned into a pretzel and amused the women next to me enough to gain her number. As soon as i get feeling back in my right leg i think i might have a date tonight.

Moral of the story:
Go to Yoga class, potentially pick up hot Yoga women.

[Chrius]

Starting Strength workout 1
Still not sure about the dead lift

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Squat
45 x 5
55 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5
95 x 5
105 x 5 slow
95 x 5
95 x 5
Bench press
45 x 5
55 x 5
65 x 5
75 x 5
85 x 5
95 x 5
105 x 5 slow
95 x 5
95 x 5
Deadlift
135 x 5
145 x 5
155 nope

[Mo Gainz aka Dr. Muscles]

Moral of the story:
Go to Yoga class, potentially pick up hot Yoga women.

LMAO!! Great job myreality! Keep up the good work.

[Mo Gainz aka Dr. Muscles]

So today I did 30 minutes of cardio on elliptical/stairmaster hybrid machine. Was drenched in sweat afterward so mission accomplished there. Then I did 5x5 rear squats and really pushed myself. Finished with 5x5 machine shoulder press where I layed on my stomach instead of my back. Haven't done machine shoulder presses with both hands lately so I can't say whether I think laying on the stomach is better but I did like it, so you guys may want to try it out.

[RKenshin]

Last day of the first week! Finished off strong... and I love that I ran into a bunch of high school friends that were also at the gym, at 10PM on a Saturday lol.

Did manage to keep a workout log, and I'll update with it sometime tomorrow... gotta organize all my notes scribbled down through the week into something legible.

[Milkster]

What would be some good accessory workouts to add for general arm size?

I'm partial to Ez bar curl drags.



Basically you do a normal curl at the top push your elbows back and slowly drag the bar down your body. Don't throw the weight up like this guy but that's the gist of it.

[Milkster]

I thought resting was sacred. Can anyone attest that diet and SS with no cardio (resting) is optimal fat loss?

If you eat at maintenance while just starting out you'll lose fat and gain muscle. You don't have to do cardio while lifting weights.

[Fievel]

Finally posting my pics, sorry it’s so late. If it’s too late just let me know, I’ve just had an incredibly busy week.

Body pics:

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Body info:

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Weight: 173.2 lbs
Waist: 32.5
Hips: 34
Arms: 13
Forearm: 11
Calves: 16.5
Quads: 21
Chest: 39
BF: ~15%?

Supplements:

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Allmax creapure / Combat Triple berry whey

Work out: (I’ll post pics of actual log later).

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Workout A:
-Squat: 100 pounds, 5x5
-Bench Press: 90 pounds, 5x5
-Chin up: body weight, 1x5, 1x4, 1x3, 1x2, 1x2 (goal is 5x5)
-Dips: body weight, 1x5 1x5 1x3 1x2 1x2 (goal is 5x5)
Workout B:
-Deadlift: 130 pounds, 5x5
-Bent over row: 80 pounds, 5x5
Standing Military Press: 60 pounds, 1x5 1x5 1x5 1x4 1x4 (goal is 5x5)

Current Goals:
Currently I am trying to bulk and increase my strength considerably, I am eating 3k calories a day with about 180g protein average.

[myreality]

Awesome job Feivel,

As for your workout, is that day 1? Or just showing your strength with these weights? Cannot determine at the moment a little drunk.

As for the Creatine though, make sure to drink plenty of water.

[Meresgi]

Yeah drink shit loads of water if you're using creatine, I know my brother didn't and he had to stop due to some shit with his kidneys or something. I've always drank over a gallon of water a day so taking creatine wasn't a transition at all for me. I can't remember the last time my piss that deep yellow lol.

AxBxAxx is the format you want to follow as a beginner.

Wouldn't that be close to the format you want to follow always? I always thought at least 3-4 days rest was pretty much the standard for not overworking yourself too much since your muscles need time to grow.

[Milkster]

Yeah drink shit loads of water if you're using creatine, I know my brother didn't and he had to stop due to some shit with his kidneys or something. I've always drank over a gallon of water a day so taking creatine wasn't a transition at all for me. I can't remember the last time my piss that deep yellow lol.



Wouldn't that be close to the format you want to follow always? I always thought at least 3-4 days rest was pretty much the standard for not overworking yourself too much since your muscles need time to grow.

As a beginner, yes. Once you advance past that stage it takes more work to produce results which is why you go from weight increases every workout to increases every few weeks to months.

[Fievel]

Awesome job Feivel,

As for your workout, is that day 1? Or just showing your strength with these weights? Cannot determine at the moment a little drunk.

As for the Creatine though, make sure to drink plenty of water.

That was day one, I'm going to post a pic of my actual log next time I'm home for more than 5min and can get one.

Edit: that's day 1 and day 2. Ill try to edit my post with a pic soon so it makes more sense.

And yeah I drink ~2.5 gallons of water a day lol

[RKenshin]

End of week#01, here's the log and all the details:

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Lost quite a bit pretty fast already! Stuck to routine well, and kept my diet in check too.

No junk food, fast food, alcohol, etc, at all. Kept it to about 1,800-2,100 healthy calories (estimated).

On to the second week!

EDIT: Resized picture, too small. D:

[myreality]

Heh, good shit.

1 week done! Remember to get ready for the 2 week update!

In the mean time i have to nurse these sunburns before i get another photo or else i will look like a lizard by next week.

[Moss]

I had a great workout yesterday then proceeded to get completely bombed last night, my muscles feel like absolute shit