For BG fitness fanatics, a question..

[Gustave]

Where ya at Meat? I'm catching up. I just need them to fill out a little bit more on the center.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ket_24075_.jpg

[Atreides]

So my mission to try every single one of Haagen Dazs 33 regular and limited flavors (dubbed Operation: Haagen Dazs) has hit a minor snafu with literally no supermarkets in my area having HD on sale this week and I refuse to pay $4.29 a pint. I did get a coupon from the Ben & Jerry's I purchased today (Americone Dream, also Starbucks Signature Hot Chocolate which is distributed by B&Js and is fucking amazing) for $1.29 off any pint of HD so I'll probably use that soon.

So out of HD's 28 regular ice cream flavors and 5 limited edition flavors (33 total) I am up to 17 since I started bulking 2 months ago. I try not to repeat too often although with Midnight Cookies & Cream and Chocolate Chocolate Chip and Caramel Cone, it's hard not to. I counted Vanilla and Chocolate because I've had those flavors numerous times in the past.

The list

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Eaten:
Caramel Cone (like dulce de leche but with bits of chocolate, really great)
Cherry Vanilla (actually pretty fucking amazing)
Chocolate
Chocolate Chocolate Chip (my favorite since I was a kid, personally I think they use a richer tasting chocolate ice cream for this)
Cookies & Cream
Creme Brulee (like a yolky dulce de leche, not my favorite)
Dark Chocolate (not as good as I was hoping)
Dulce De Leche
Mint Chip
Pistachio (doesn't have that fake pistachio taste that makes pistachio ice cream great, but still rich and buttery so it's good anyway)
Strawberry (one of HD's most understated and best flavors, IMO)
Vanilla
Vanilla Chocolate Chip (also a fantastic flavor)
Vanilla Swiss Almond (not as good as Vanilla Choc. Chip)
White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle (fantastic, but would be a lot better without the pieces of milk chocolate truffles in them, if you pick them out it's orgasmic)
Amaretto Almond Crunch (not that great)
Midnight Cookies & Cream (my favorite flavor by far, really fucking amazing, but only available Feb to Dec)

To Eat:
Banana Split
Butter Pecan
Choc. Chip Cookie Dough
Chocolate Peanut Butter
Coffee
Green Tea
Java Chip
Mango
Pineapple Coconut
Rocky Road
Rum Raisin
Vanilla Bean
Vanilla Honey Bee
Bananas Foster
Dark Chocolate Mint
Peppermint Bark

Next up will probably be Mango, Green Tea, and Butter Pecan. If I still have time before my diet ends on 1/1, I'll go for the 9 "Five" flavors (mostly interested in Passion Fruit or Lemon).

I've also had a handful of B&J's flavors- Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Milk & Cookies, Cinnamon Buns, Americone Dream (not as good as HD's Caramel Cone), and Fossil Fuel (the best of the ones I've had recently). Supposedly they make a Pumpkin Cheesecake flavor in pints but I have yet to see it in stores. I've also had Edy's French Silk (the only flavor of theirs I'll eat, too much air) in addition to the Starbucks Signature Hot Chocolate flavor (which is made by B&Js).

Personally I MUCH prefer Haagen Dazs to Ben & Jerry's- B&Js is significantly sweeter, almost too sweet. I feel like B&Js also has slightly too much butterfat, and combined wtih the low air content and the higher sugar content it makes it a lot harder to enjoy towards the end of the pint because it's extremely rich. Don't get me wrong, I like B&Js just fine, it's just that I appreciate that HD doesn't overcomplicate flavors by adding too many swirls and chunks and chips and shit, they have a really high quality product that they let speak for itself.

Oh and I think I have an addiction.

[Zoolander]

Yea...holy shit dude lol.

And your binge eating diet ends on 1/1? Be more cliche :D

[Atreides]

i started on 10/1 so it's 3 months lol

[Moss]

you eat a pint at a time?

[Atreides]

usually half, sometimes the whole thing. HD is 250-300 cals per serving and there's 3.5 servings per container so it's an easy 1k calories if you do eat the whole thing :D

[Zoolander]

Just had to give you shit for it lol.

So yea, the last month I've basically totally fallen off the wagon as far as the gym goes. Im a piece of shit man. Girls, school, alcohol, cold weather, weed, more alcohol, and more girls makes me just not care about going for some reason. I need some motivation bad, went today and I had to stop not from lack of strength (although I have lost strength), but just because my heart was about to explode. /emo

[Moss]

usually half, sometimes the whole thing. HD is 250-300 cals per serving and there's 3.5 servings per container so it's an easy 1k calories if you do eat the whole thing :D

I might have to try some of those flavors, never had any Haagen Dazs ice cream before. Lately I have been eating chocolate ice cream with a ton of PB spread all over it. Delicious.

So yea, the last month I've basically totally fallen off the wagon as far as the gym goes. Im a piece of shit man. Girls, school, alcohol, cold weather, weed, more alcohol, and more girls makes me just not care about going for some reason. I need some motivation bad, went today and I had to stop not from lack of strength (although I have lost strength), but just because my heart was about to explode. /emo

I haven't worked out in a month either. I hurt my heel playing tennis - worst/most annoying nagging injury EVER. I had to walk like a retard for 2 weeks since I couldn't put all of my BW on my heel, and it still hurts at times. Going to try to squat this week before I go home so I don't waste money on a gym membership over the holidays. I fucking hate going to the gym after a month off and seeing how much strength I've lost.

[Serif]

you eat a pint at a time?

Nah he is a bitch

I eat 1 pint at a time like a boss

[Weiing]

Well Zoo, don't need to go to the gym to workout....

[Darlantan]

Well Zoo, don't need to go to the gym to workout....

Girls... and more girls...

From the looks of it, he's already working out outside the gym...

About motivation, I think its one of those things that need to come from oneself. A big part of going to the gym is your self image and esteem. If you are happy and successful within the importants things in your life (family and friends, school, girls), you probably got those covered. So you dont need to go to the gym to feel better or enjoy your life to a greater extent. Thats good!

I'd guess setting some goals related to something that is important to you (maybe some sport or a particular lift in the gym) could get you back to the gym with renovated interest.

[Meat]

Where ya at Meat? I'm catching up. I just need them to fill out a little bit more on the center.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ket_24075_.jpg

calves are veinier than a pornstar's cock always jealous of vascularity

[Gustave]

Since I started doing lower body once a week and made it through the initial doms I love doing legs!

-Yesterday-

ATG (or below parallel) Squat - 135 x8, 155 x8 , 185 x8, 225 x8, 255 x8
Hack Sqaut 2x7 @ 185
Deadlift 2x8 @ 225
Pistols (one leg sqaut) 3x8 @ 40lb db (hold to chest)
Bulgarian Squat 3x8 @ 35lb db's

4x12-18 standing calf raises @ 405
4x15-20 seated calf raises @ ???

Forearm workout.


And today... My legs feel like I didn't even workout yesterday :/ I really need to get a video of me doing squats so ya'll can critique my form. I can't really do "ATG's" Since my hamstring is sitting on my calf at the bottom.

[Minnich]

You consider doing Romanian deadlifts instead of standard DLs? They'll give you more of a work on your hamstrings that way. I feel that standard DL are more geared toward back days.

[Meat]

no leg press, leg extensions or lying leg curls?

[Osede]

not really needed for leg press, but i feel that squat part is just too much.

Want try to replace some of them with leg extension or leg curl or glute ham raise, as suggested?

[Meat]

i love squatting, but i still think leg presses are better for leg mass. imo with squats your core fails way before your legs do.

[Gustave]

I normally don't do hack squats or deadlifts. I just wanted to hit the quads a bit more with the hack squats. They felt good so I'd like to fit them in somewhere.
I was testing my back with the deadlifts. No pain so I'll add in deadlifts. We do straight leg dead lifts on Fri/back day.

What leg exercises would help increase my vertical? I've been doing box jumps on the weekends.

[Serif]

I normally don't do hack squats or deadlifts. I just wanted to hit the quads a bit more with the hack squats. They felt good so I'd like to fit them in somewhere.
I was testing my back with the deadlifts. No pain so I'll add in deadlifts. We do straight leg dead lifts on Fri/back day.

What leg exercises would help increase my vertical? I've been doing box jumps on the weekends.

When I played basketball we always did squats/power cleans/box jumps/calf raises

[Xno Kappa]

Is it possible to lose 10 pounds in 15 days? 5'11'' weighing 190 at the moment. I have a pretty athletic build but recently put on a few pounds due to being on vacation for 40+ days binge drinking. Trying to lose some weight before I visit the family for the holidays lol.