For BG fitness fanatics, a question..

[Gustave]

I normally use 1% milk or nonfat milk with a blender. I highly recommend a blender. Gets the job done pretty well. I start off with Muscle Milk, Cytogainer, or Muscle Mass (all pretty much the same thing) in the morning, an ON Whey after workouts (and sometimes a couple hours before workout) and I finish with ON Casein and hr or so before sleep. I'm not sure how much keeping your protein up helps but the last 2 weeks I have been out of all shake and waiting on an order to be delivered. I have been at a caloric deficit and I can really feel it in the gym. I don't seem to be recovering as fast and I have been feeling "weak" in the gym. All my normal upper body workouts have been down around 10%~ or so.

I guess the multiple factors play in: caloric deficit, lower protein intake , a shoulder tweak, and Thanksgiving had my schedule all screwed up. It's been a really terrible last two weeks during workouts. I really hope all my strength comes back quickly so I am prepared for a 4 week bulk once my brother comes to visit. The only positive thing is I have been doing box jumps and sprints.

Has anyone tried Universal "Animal" products? I ordered some Animal Pump the other day and I'm going to start on it soon. Although I love Jack3d I've never been much of a caffeine person. I have not had a soda since April and probably 1 or 2 cups of coffee since then. I am highly responsive to stimulants so if I take Jack3d at 2PM I will lay in bed trying to sleep until midnight. With Animal Pump I can remove the stimulant pill and still get the pump.

Oh and my appetite has been shit lately. To get some extra calories and protein the other day I put a big clump of natty peanut butter, milk, and one tablespoon of Nesquik(sp) in the blender..... fucking Deeelicious.

[Omnipotent]

Dude! I just picked up some of that ben & jerry's cinnamon buns ice cream. Soooooo good.

Little late on the ice cream diet, but did you guys miss the kidney stones thread?

[Meat]

moot since most people that workout drink a lot more water than the average fella, not to mention eat(or should be eating) a lot more bananas.

[richardd]

this guy reminds me of you, meat


im not a fan of his old spice commercials. but i liked him after i saw a hint of his routine, lol. those jump squats are h4x.

[Moss]

So I got a question for anyone that drinks casein protein, specifically the ON brand of casein. It seems that no matter how much I shake/stir/blend it, it still comes out clumpy. Is that normal? I have no problems drinking it; the chocolate peanut butter is quite delicious actually. I just find it... odd, that it doesn't smooth out.

Clumpy? That sounds weird. It will always have that grainy taste like meat said, but I wouldn't call it clumpy. Especially if you are using a blender.

[Ryany]

I don't even screw with blending/mixing my protein anymore. I just take the scoop raw. I find it more convenient and time-efficient since I'm not taking it for taste anyway.

[Darlantan]

Eat it raw.

Fuck bitches.

[shaddix]

I got my vanilla casein today. Much better than the chocolate imo, still a little artificial/chemical tasting. I used water and ice in a blender. Haven't tried with just blenderbottle yet

[shaddix]

Fell off a treadmill and pulled tibialis anterior on my left leg
Was able to walk from the gym to the car but when I got home I had to crawl to the house as using the leg caused so painful spasms. Felt ok for about an hour as long as I didn't move it but then it started getting worse and I started getting nauseous so I went to doctor and they gave me muscle relaxer prescription. /cry

[Darlantan]

Ouch ><...

Sorry to hear that, here's hoping it recovers soon, at least to a bearable state.

Never seen a person fall off a treadmill other than videos... did you manage to make it epic, at least?

[shaddix]

I went down sideways if you want to call that epic. On the treadmill I normally use when you tell it to stop the belt stops within a few seconds, but on this one it kept going. I hit the stop button, and turned to pick my bag up off the floor and the belt carried my feet out from under me and landed on the outside edge of my left foot + left arm. I now know why all the old people get on the one that's really low to the ground.

Gym camera I'm sure got it on tape so you might see it on youtube in a few days ._. I will be rolling around on the floor grabbing my leg for a few minutes.

[Zoolander]

oh shit lol. Only time I had a scare like that was when the treadmill decided it was suddenly gunna speed up to its max speed, I almost tripped because I was already in the zone when it started to speed up and it caught me way off guard. Its one of those things you secretly wish you could see happen right in front of you, even if you do feel bad for the person its hella amusing. Like someone eating shit on their skateboard as you're walking by them...as long as they dont get too hurt XD

[Moss]

If it makes you feel any better, when I was younger I fell on a treadmill and decided to hold on for a few seconds while it ripped all of the skin off of my leg. When I finally let go it threw me into the wall. Don't play on treadmills kids!

[Meat]

i generally just stick to the stairmaster to avoid all the headaches that come with the treadmill

[Weiing]

seriously...bike/rowing machine/climbing machine...or stair master!

[Caiyuo]

Gym camera I'm sure got it on tape so you might see it on youtube in a few days ._. I will be rolling around on the floor grabbing my leg for a few minutes.

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[Gekii]

^success rofl, poor guy though

[Cream Soda]

this guy reminds me of you, meat


im not a fan of his old spice commercials. but i liked him after i saw a hint of his routine, lol. those jump squats are h4x.

shit just tried the 24's they're intense. Only thing I don't like about it is that all my exercises aren't in the same spot, so the row is a big limiting factor to the weight I can do for all 4 combined. The clean/jerk I can do a bit more than the Row, but in the same category. Dead lifts I can do more than double w/ sets of 10 than I can w/ a set of 24s and the jump/squat, which I thought would be my limiting factor is actually in second place (I can clean more than jump squat, but not clean/jerk).

Gonna lower the weight a bit and go put in another set.


Edit: lol, damn Terry Crews.

I find myself saying "Explosion" for each rep instead of the number of rep I'm on.

[Serif]

I am improving in every work out I am doing, but bench is by far my slowest in growth. It pisses me off but I am doing 40 lbs better than what I did when I first started 2 months ago.

I am currently up to about 255, body weight, started out at 228. Body structure has changed but still need to get up there. I think we begin cutting at the beginning of March. I will probably start a picture log then.

[shaddix]

40lbs in 2 months is pretty awesome