Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...

[Jesus]

335 squats... With half squat racks and no partner and belt

 

[Mandarin Duck]

I've been a pig for over a year already just and and gained a massive amount of weight.
It was fun, but I gotta get back into lifting now.

 

[Jesus]

Dead lifting feels weird on the hex bar...is it the same as using a barbell in terms of muscles used?

 

[The ADD]

Dead lifting feels weird on the hex bar...is it the same as using a barbell in terms of muscles used?

Feels more glute and ham dominant than the BB to me

 

[semtex]

Dead lifting feels weird on the hex bar...is it the same as using a barbell in terms of muscles used?

No it involves the quads

 

[Serious]

Agreed! Why is that people talk in such extreme opposites though? Its like there's only sleek build Guess models or roided out freaks. There's a lot of middle ground in between those two and I'm tryna be somewhere up in there.

How far along are you?

I've been upping my size recently as well to reach that peak of lean to mass ratio.....

 

[Xerces]

Question? Sunday through Thursday, I feel I'm eating cleanly. Am I only allowed one cheat day? Or can I go Saturday as well?

 

[The ADD]

Question? Sunday through Thursday, I feel I'm eating cleanly. Am I only allowed one cheat day? Or can I go Saturday as well?

Depends on the goal. If you go full retart on cheat day you could negate progress from earlier in the week.

 

[semtex]

best thing about having your own workout equipment at home is being able to "grease the groove" any time.

*walks by pullup bar*
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*slaps on 70lb backpack and knocks out some reps.*

 

[Blackout]

So Ill be doing mainly cardio for awhile on the star machine mostly.

Should I take whey protein even though Im not focusing on building muscle?

 

[Jutt]

Did woodchoppers for the first time today

 

[The ADD]

So Ill be doing mainly cardio for awhile on the star machine mostly.

Should I take whey protein even though Im not focusing on building muscle?

Protein is essential for building and maintain muscle. You would only need whey as a supplement to your diet if you aren't getting enough protein from the rest of your food.

The question becomes how much protein are you eating now. What you want to avoid is doing so much cardio and eating at at a caloric deficit where your body starts to eat muscle to compensate for the lower cals.

 

[HHR]

No it involves the quads

...and hips more

 

[HHR]

That "carb backloading" has me like right now.......I'm very, very interested...........will probably be trying this diet in about a month.

Not looking forward to the 10 days of 30g of carbs tho

 

[The ADD]

Fighting cravings like a mofo.

Tweaking my training a little:

Two days per week:
Compound exercises I'm trying to go heavy as possible 5-8 reps with 1-2 drop sets for 10-12 following. Accessory work generally in that 10-14 rep range finish each session with 3 sets (5 movements) of ropes for upper body days and 7.5 incline/7 speed treadmill intervals for lower body.

One day:
1 mile run for a warm up
6-8 hill runs/sprints of various inclines/distances

Two days:
Personal training sessions, one upper body and one lower body. Upper is usually chest/back super-sets. Lower is that hybrid strength/cardio training, I think he just makes shyt up to fukk with me at this point.