For BG fitness fanatics, a question..

[Milkster]

Here's an article written about how taller people (6'2" and up) have more problems training and things to worry about in the gym due to torso and limb size/length.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_...r_tall_lifters

[Cream Soda]

Cool invisble article brah

Edit: reading article brah

Edit 2:

Spoiler: show

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2148 calories, puts me 48 over, but don't feel like reweighing chicken and/or peanutbutter. That'll be my food for tomorrow (today depending on timezone)

[Aevis]

cross or no cross it is all just a myth lol...

Not sure what you are trying to say. I can do up to around 90kg with regular, before I start to loose the bar. Cross or mixed I did 100kg without any troubles. I always do regular on warm-up sets to help increasing my grip strength but without mixed grip, my grip strength would be the limiting factor on my deadlifts.

To clarify, this is what I mean by regular


and this is mixed/cross

[Osede]

Not sure what you are trying to say. I can do up to around 90kg with regular, before I start to loose the bar. Cross or mixed I did 100kg without any troubles. I always do regular on warm-up sets to help increasing my grip strength but without mixed grip, my grip strength would be the limiting factor on my deadlifts.

To clarify, this is what I mean by regular


and this is mixed/cross

Yes, I mean this. I have one guy here doing 140-180kg DL using the regular grip. Without belt or strap or anything. But not for myself.

[Hushigoshi]

Good for that dude. He's just got a stronger grip that's all. If he wanted to, he could switch grips and lift even more then.

[myreality]

Alright so after a few months of being a lazy good for nothing panzy ass girl (did not work out), i seem to be back to my regular routine and a little stronger (surprisingly) than i was before.

I am bringing this up in hope for some information on supplement that you guys have used and seen results with. The kind that help build muscle and will keep the muscle once i have stopped taking said supplements. I have used creatine and it seemed to have worked pretty well and would go back to if there is nothing better. But i would like to keep my kidneys for a while longer. A friend of mine is saying to use X-Rated crystallized amino tablets but it seems a bit sketchy to me as i cannot find any information on it. I have done a bit of research but even though i know whats out there i do not know how it will affect me until i have tried them.

I am a 6' 4", medium build, good condition, very healthy individual. My body is lean and has a hard time building muscle despite my eating habits to help enable growth. I just switched to 5x5 workouts with little cardio and will be doing that for the next 6 weeks.

So what has worked for some of you guys and would recommend?

I will not be on for much of the day so i will not be able to reply until tomorrow.

[RKenshin]

I don't do much in the supplement route other than the typical protein stuff, but most of it has simply coming down to eating more and more and more until you get results.

Advice/anecdotes:

Spoiler: show

I've always eaten a ton of food, but even without working out I never went over ~160lbs (at 5'10"). I remember one summer where I was having a big mac, 2 double cheesburgers, and a large fries for my lunch most days of the week (ugh), and I'd still feel like I could eat much more after that. Never put on a pound.

When I started working out, I was eating even more, and my initial gains were pretty good but I quickly hit a plateau. I just wasn’t eating enough. The only thing that pushed me past that was literally eating a sickening amount of food, with multiple meals a day, along with huge-calorie shakes.

The shakes are what really helped. Consistently eating 4-5k+ calories in pure food is really tough (and yeah, you will often feel sick from eating). It’s far easy to eat 3k+ calories combined with drinking another 2k calories.

But yeah, weight gain is very similar to weight loss, in that the best thing you can do is focus on the calories deficits. There are no supplements that can completely make up for eating too much when you want to lose weight, just like there are no supplements that can completely make up for eating too little when you want to gain weight. You can still experiment and try different things of course, but generally, the biggest obstacle to putting on more weight is just eating more food.

So yeah, I’d probably recommend reexamining your diet first and foremost. It might even be worth trying to drink more of your calories if you feel like you’re already doing the most you can. Pretty easy to get to a 1.5k-2k calorie shake with a few scoops of protein, 3-6 cups of milk, peanut butter, etc, and split the serving up between 3 meals.

[RKenshin]

Related note!

Randomly weighed myself at work today and came in at 200lbs flat. Though, was also right after a decent breakfast and with clothes/shoes and such on... but, still liked seeing that number!

This would be up from ~190 peak at last year's bulk, and ~170-175ish when I started this bulk around 6 months ago.

[Cream Soda]

Monday I hit failure at 4 and a half reps on my first set of dumbbell bench press @ 95 lbs.

Today I got 3 sets for 5 reps, and the other two I failed at 4 reps each, so I did a bonus set to make up for the 2 reps, which I failed at 2 reps, but got them at least (was gonna try to do a few more)

[Chips]

Easily the coolest health and fitness game I've seen. Mixes running with zombies. You run IRL, and the further you run, the more items you collect to repopulate your village. You also get to run from zombies.

https://www.zombiesrungame.com

[Jefe]

How much protein do you guys consume? 1 gm per pound? I get around 08. - 0.9 grams @ 140 lbs. So far it's been working out for me and it makes a hellaluv of a difference in terms of how much food I have to eat.

Not aiming for a specific number. The numbers are irrelevant to me. Looking to get to 7-8% body fat, then proceed continue for strength training in chest, legs, back, and arms, while going for hypertrophy in forearms, calves, shoulders, and traps (which shouldn't be difficult, since I've neglected them for about as long as I've been working out so hopefully can pick up some newbie gains since I'm hitting each of those areas specifically twice a week now)

The reason why I asked for a number is to get a visual since I already know your height lol.

[Koul]

reading that food stuff is so discouraging. My metabolism is insane so I know I'll hit a wall soon. I'm seeing some definition/build from my workout but my body weight is still pretty much the same (115-120) I hover between that all the time. I typically eat whenever I'm hungry and I fill myself up but I'm sure I needa eat more still. Blaghghalgh

[Cream Soda]

How much protein do you guys consume? 1 gm per pound? I get around 08. - 0.9 grams @ 140 lbs. So far it's been working out for me and it makes a hellaluv of a difference in terms of how much food I have to eat.



The reason why I asked for a number is to get a visual since I already know your height lol.

Hmm, well again, not aiming for a specific number goal wise, but if you want to have a visual for the pic I posted yesterday, I was between 152-154 lbs and fasted(was fasted in the pic). 155-157 when I have some food in me

[RKenshin]

How much protein do you guys consume? 1 gm per pound? I get around 08. - 0.9 grams @ 140 lbs. So far it's been working out for me and it makes a hellaluv of a difference in terms of how much food I have to eat.

I get in around 40-130g through shakes, and another ~60-100g or so through food... depending on the day, when my last workout was, and the food available.

This being at about ~195ish, so yeah, hovering close to the 1g/1lb. Though, to be honest, that's more coincidental than something I specifically aim for.

[Hushigoshi]

I'm getting close to 230g of protein a day, which is around 1.3g/lb right now. About 200g of carbs and around 75g of fats for ~2400 calories a day. And I'm cutting about 1.5lb/week.
In two weeks I'll drop the carbs by 75g and up the fats by about 30g; 230g protein, 125g carbs, 105g fats.

[richardd]

good lord, those are some crazy macros lol

my money is a bit tight, but right now, im getting in about 150g-200 of protein a day lol. i hope im not lagging by too much!

[Hushigoshi]

good lord, those are some crazy macros lol

my money is a bit tight, but right now, im getting in about 150g-200 of protein a day lol. i hope im not lagging by too much!

i need the fuckton of protein right now; if I don't I feel absolutely wrecked. t/th/sat I'm doing an AM powerlift session (super heavy squat/bench/deads) and afternoons I do sport specific training/conditioning. M/W/F is HIIT cardio in the morning. Oh, and 2 hours of karate every night Monday - Saturday. Found out two weeks ago that the Pan American Championships in May are the qualifiers for the World Games in July. #beastmode time

[myreality]

I don't do much in the supplement route other than the typical protein stuff, but most of it has simply coming down to eating more and more and more until you get results.

Advice/anecdotes:

Spoiler: show

I've always eaten a ton of food, but even without working out I never went over ~160lbs (at 5'10"). I remember one summer where I was having a big mac, 2 double cheesburgers, and a large fries for my lunch most days of the week (ugh), and I'd still feel like I could eat much more after that. Never put on a pound.

When I started working out, I was eating even more, and my initial gains were pretty good but I quickly hit a plateau. I just wasn’t eating enough. The only thing that pushed me past that was literally eating a sickening amount of food, with multiple meals a day, along with huge-calorie shakes.

The shakes are what really helped. Consistently eating 4-5k+ calories in pure food is really tough (and yeah, you will often feel sick from eating). It’s far easy to eat 3k+ calories combined with drinking another 2k calories.

But yeah, weight gain is very similar to weight loss, in that the best thing you can do is focus on the calories deficits. There are no supplements that can completely make up for eating too much when you want to lose weight, just like there are no supplements that can completely make up for eating too little when you want to gain weight. You can still experiment and try different things of course, but generally, the biggest obstacle to putting on more weight is just eating more food.

So yeah, I’d probably recommend reexamining your diet first and foremost. It might even be worth trying to drink more of your calories if you feel like you’re already doing the most you can. Pretty easy to get to a 1.5k-2k calorie shake with a few scoops of protein, 3-6 cups of milk, peanut butter, etc, and split the serving up between 3 meals.

I figured as much ; ;, i was hoping i could bypass the constant funneling of food with a supplement of some kind. It's the same thing other people have been telling me as well. Thanks for the reply.

[Syntex]

Long time no post ect.

Joined crossfit at the start of December and been doing that shit since. Fun stuff.

Lost 15lb and deadlifted 275 but could easily go higher as I wasn't at my max. Prolly just a bit over 300. 2nd time doing deadlifts but first time doing them right which let me add weight.

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[Dizzy's]

My scapula/arm flexibility is complete ass. When doing low bar squats it fells like i am going to snap some shit up in my scapula/wrists.