For BG fitness fanatics, a question..

[archibaldcrane]

yeah there's really not much reason you should be having muscle soreness unless you're not eating/sleeping enough or overworking yourself.

When I'm working out regularly, I'm sore about 36 hours after each workout, for whatever muscle groups I was working. I sleep 8.5 hours a day and eat pretty well.

I'm in Richardd's boat - if I wasn't feeling soreness after workouts I'd be concerned, since I always do.

[Zoolander]

When I'm working out regularly, I'm sore about 36 hours after each workout, for whatever muscle groups I was working. I sleep 8.5 hours a day and eat pretty well.

I'm in Richardd's boat - if I wasn't feeling soreness after workouts I'd be concerned, since I always do.

Really? Damn, I work myself pretty damn hard and I'm never really sore the next day. Maybe a slight muscle soreness but that is about it, and my muscles are completely dead immediately after I work out.

Just to update, thanks a lot for all the advise a month or two ago guys. I've definitely gotten stronger and I can see noticeable differences in my physical appearance too. I guess things worked out kinda well though with running, I had shin splints that spiraled out of control into straight up debilitating, you-don't-get-to-use-your-legs-anymore status so I didn't have to worry as much about balancing a lot of aerobic exercise and bulking up. I should have taken before photos and done some measurements, was kinda dumb of me not to.

I think I'm gunna set a challenge for myself now of completing what my bro had to do for Air Force basic training: 46 push ups in a minute and 50 full situps in a minute. The quantity isn't too insane, but the time limit is harsh. I managed almost 40 situps in a minute, so not too far away. Pushups I am close, but I gotta work on speed big time and really have good form.

Playing intramural soccer too now, and I can tell working out my lower body has helped with my explosiveness. No one is really a lot faster than me once the game gets going, and in most cases I'm faster, so that is fantastic.

I'm curious what you guys use for daily supplements? I have been taking a multivitamin every day along with fish oil (1200-2400 depending on if I remember to take it), anything else you guys recommend on a daily basis?

[sephir]

Fitness related, but very off topic. If you were pulled over on your bike for going over the speed limit, would you try to argue the ticket? or would you frame it?

[Atreides]

creatine is so cheap that if you're trying to build muscle you might as well take it. just don't be one of those assholes who takes celltech, please.

but other than a multi-v (ideally one without iron) and fish oil you really don't need much else.

[Tyche]

It depends on the speed limit lol

I'd likely frame it regardless. I'd also get a picture with the arresting officer.

[sephir]

my computer put me at 68km, the radar said 73km. The speed limit was 40km. Luckily I got let off with a STERN warning.

[Meat]

Can't get shit done without carbs. Eat some whole grain bread/bagel, oatmeal, milk, etc in the morning and it gets the fat burning process started up after a good sleep.

As for the exercise, sounds like you need to switch up your routine. When is the last time you changed your workout? Need to change things up every 2 months or so to shock your body back into action.

I've actually decided to cut out arms days/exercises. The sorest my arms have ever been is after a good back workout, I end up walking around like a t-rex.

bs, look up something called the ketogenic diet\ketosis, the human body needs only a minimum amount of carbs. fat\protein is the way to go

[Meat]

bump~

I'm doing 3 sets of hammer curls at low reps and high weights for the bicep/wrist growth and I'm noticing NO burn when I'm done, but plenty of burn while I'm doing the exercise. its frustrating as hell. i KNOW I'm doing the execution right. nothing else, or my pectorals AREN'T burning, and my biceps and wrists are getting all the heat, but the moment i put the weights down, i feel no exhaustion. but the second i pick it up again, i cant to more than 1/4 of what i just did before and STILL don't feel anything when i push myself harder.

hammer curls arent for your biceps, they are primarily a forearm and brachialis exercise. Alot of time ppl will have a hard time developing a mind-muscle connection with their brachialis. even with proper form if you're not feeling and squeezing the muscle through the exercise you're just going through the motions. Have you tried doing it at the end of your arm workout, after your brachialis have been pre-exhaused by the more meat and patato moves?

[Tyche]

bs, look up something called the ketogenic diet\ketosis, the human body needs only a minimum amount of carbs. fat\protein is the way to go

Read about this before blindly following this advice. It's extremely controversial in the A&P community and potentially dangerous. Carbs have worked and worked well for as long as we can remember.

[Atreides]

yeah it takes a LOT of research and daily work to make a ketogenic diet work for you, and there's no set plan you can follow as the diet really needs to be individually tailored to your metabolism. It may sound appealing to eat massive amounts of fat every day, but chances are you're going to do it wrong.

[Weiing]

As a girl, I just want to ask...why don't more guys at the gym do any type of deadlifts/squats? So many guys I see do so many variations of curls and then tons of bench press variations. Then they are all buff at the top but have skinny legs. Kind of sick. I feel like when I go to the gym, I'm one of the few (guys and girls) who do deadlifts/squats/lunges.

Anyone here a fan of the primal/paleo diet?

[Max™]

You can't see ripped quads through a t-shirt?

Well, if you can you're wearing the shirt wrong, or you're 95% leg.

That does seem kinda silly though, guess it's the Mr. Incredible physique they're going for?

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0...ible_large.jpg

Course, even he has large quads/calves, just disproportionate legs.

[Atreides]

As a girl, I just want to ask...why don't more guys at the gym do any type of deadlifts/squats? So many guys I see do so many variations of curls and then tons of bench press variations. Then they are all buff at the top but have skinny legs. Kind of sick. I feel like when I go to the gym, I'm one of the few (guys and girls) who do deadlifts/squats/lunges.

Anyone here a fan of the primal/paleo diet?

I don't get it either, although it usually works out in my benefit because most gyms only have 1 squat cage.

When people post their routines and it's filled with arm/chest work and has like... 1 day leg presses and nothing else I kinda cringe. I'm assuming people either incorrectly assume the exercises are dangerous or they don't want to take the time to learn to do them properly, both of which are kinda huge mistakes.

[Wintermute]

I never got the lack of leg exercises in the gym either, then again all I ever saw in the room with the free-weights were meatheads, rarely saw anyone outside that room.
Then again it meant I always had the resistance machines for the legs to myself and their toothpick legs always gave me a chuckle so it's not all bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E01c0KtzXP4


Speaking of legs, anyone got any workouts you can do at home to help strengthen the legs?
Been looking at these and they look easy enough to do at home.

Big chance I may be going back for another knee surgery soon and want some stuff I can do at home before/after when/if it comes to it.

And on a long-shot: anyone know how to build a balance disk on the cheap?
I can make a simple balance board easy with a spare deck and some pipe but looking to get something closer to the disks I used in physio a few years back.

[archibaldcrane]

I don't get it either, although it usually works out in my benefit because most gyms only have 1 squat cage.

Yeah thank god for meatheads, I hate having to wait for the cage.

And assholes that do curls in the cage deserve to die. No second chances, no rehabilitation, just death.

[Max™]

cut a hole in a board big enough to get a partially deflated basketball through, insert ball, reinflate til it's taut enough to keep the board from slipping off?

I'm sure there are better balls than a basketball, ideally.

Those leg workouts are great btw, I used to do the one leg hop up the stairs on my porch, drop the couple feet off the side, still on one leg, then hop around and go back up...

I'm sure I looked insane as fuck to the neighbors, but it's great exercise.

[Woozie]

The gym I go to has like 10,000 benches but one squat rack.

Edit: Atreides and Archi already said it, but yeah....

No matter what time of the day I go to the gym, someone's always at the squat rack already and someone else is already waiting for that guy to finish, so I ended up waiting in a line. I don't know why we don't have more of them. I'd assume more people would do squats more people actually had the opportunity.

[archibaldcrane]

The 24-hour fitnesses around here typically have one "cage" and one "rack", either of which you can do squats at. They also typically have 3-4 flat bench press benches, 2 incline, and a variety of other benches for mixed use.

[Zalius]

i feel bad for people with chicken legs, but most of the time i see them working their leg muscles more than me. i dont really get it, but my legs stay pretty well in shape even without too much targeted exercise. my calves & quads have always been healthy/above norm, so ive never thought twice about working my legs. cardio gets the job done and i only have to really go out of my way to get my legs sore once and seldom twice a month

[Woozie]

The 24-hour fitnesses around here typically have one "cage" and one "rack", either of which you can do squats at. They also typically have 3-4 flat bench press benches, 2 incline, and a variety of other benches for mixed use.

We only have like 1 incline bench and one decline bench here. I usually end up just using dumbbells on one of the adjustable benches instead of waiting in line (but the adjustable ones don't decline). We pretty much have one of everything except the adjustable benches (without the barbel rack thingy. But we do have the flat benches for that). If you're doing something that requires anything else, you're going to be waiting in line.

I'm just beginning to realize how retarded the rec center here is. I should have went to Ohio State or something.