Essential Random Gym Thoughts Revisited...
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dora_da_destroyer
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Can’t give you specific gyms, but like brehs have said, pick one convenient to work or your home, don’t go the planet fitness, also consider boot camp or functional fitness classes or boxing gyms (ones that also have a strength training setup), they can be good just starting out as you’re being guided through workouts and likely to get pushed harder than trying to ramp up on your own.
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
In addition to avoiding PF (your "gym" doesn't need fukking pizza days
just like your dentist doesn't need to have free hot candy days), and going to one either by work or by the house (so you have no excuse not to go 
), I'd suggest tagging along with someone who knows what the hell they're doing. A person (friend) who has your best interests at heart, will keep you accountable, and who knows what they're doing could be the difference between you making a change or not. A personal trainer could theoretically do the same thing, but is more of a motivator you have to keep paying over time.Consistency is key. Consistency is key. Consistency is key. If you are consistently late, consistently skip sessions, consistently have bad days, or consistently use poor programming and/or form, you will end up spinning your wheels and going nowhere.
Also: Cardio is great but if you wanna lose weight and keep it off, I'd argue it should be secondary to heavy resistance training, especially if you have a lot of weight to lose. Doing a fukkton of cardio and not doing RT will have you looking
or scrawny af, even if the scale says you're making progress. 
I use Gold's Gym. $13 a month and it has all the equipment I need. Can't really go wrong with the basics. Avoid PF like the plague though.
Yea summer is a tricky one, especially this summer.
Gotta be vigilant with your diet and what not. I've already had 2 grad parties in the span of 3 days. Got a couple more cookouts coming up.Saving grace is me and my boys got an end of summer trip so I got motivation to really go hard over summer. Add to that I'm moving cities so gotta watch the spending in preparation.
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Thanks for your detailed response breh. One issue I have is the few people I trust in my circle are basically in the same boat as myself. I'm looking to be the one to hold folks accountable. Consistency has always been my issue going back to HS. I was muck skinnier back then tho so I convinced myself everything was good. Now I'm 6'4 310 and can't afford to get any bigger.In addition to avoiding PF (your "gym" doesn't need fukking pizza days
Consistency is key. Consistency is key. Consistency is key. If you are consistently late, consistently skip sessions, consistently have bad days, or consistently use poor programming and/or form, you will end up spinning your wheels and going nowhere.
Also: Cardio is great but if you wanna lose weight and keep it off, I'd argue it should be secondary to heavy resistance training, especially if you have a lot of weight to lose. Doing a fukkton of cardio and not doing RT will have you looking
Short term goal is 50-60 lbs. As novice, I don't know what heavy resistance training is. What does that entail?
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
Thanks for your detailed response breh. One issue I have is the few people I trust in my circle are basically in the same boat as myself. I'm looking to be the one to hold folks accountable. Consistency has always been my issue going back to HS. I was muck skinnier back then tho so I convinced myself everything was good. Now I'm 6'4 310 and can't afford to get any bigger.
@bolded: If that is the case a transformation is still possible solo, it just might take more time and effort. Recognize people won't want to be held accountable by you until they see you walking that talk, so you will literally have to show them that this is The Whey. I didn't know how to ask for help when I started so I did it all by myself. You can too.
Heavy resistance training involves lifting weights (barbells, dumbbells, machines) in low to moderate rep ranges (5-12) and progressively overloading your muscles (adding reps, sets, and weight) over time so that they continue to grow. One of the biggest sins any nooby can make is thinking just cardio is the key to weight loss. It's usually not. Cardio (low-moderate steady state cardio) will burn calories but not cause the more significant body composition (% of fat and muscle in your body) changes that lifting weights will. LISS/MISS are catabolic, they cause the breakdown on muscle tissue leading to
-itis if done exclusively. (Picture the folks that run marathons on TV.)Sprints (running and other forms) are anabolic, just like lifting. Not only do they burn calories during the activity (lifting much less than most cardio), but they cause your body to keep burning calories long after the exercise is over. Getting gains will also cause you to burn more calories at rest; hence why I can eat even more food and not gain weight as I get older.
If you combine weights and cardio it's literally a cheat code. (Picture the folks that run the shorter track events on TV.) Bigger folks like you can slim down into machines. Skinny fukks like me can blow up into Greek gods.
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
I got a deep tissue massage.
My body in pain I’ll be resting till sat .
My quads hurt so bad don’t know what that lady did.
Miss half a week in the gym and receive a U for the week of training, brehettes.
Man my quads hurting breh .
Miss half a week in the gym and receive a U for the week of training, brehettes.
I pulled up to the gym I just couldn’t do it .
I rather rest up and start over on sat .
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
King
The black man is always targeted.
Hmm so it turns out my anemia is genetic and the doc doesn’t think I need medication for it
Says he’s gonna put me on 3 months of allergy medication before he looks into meds for my other symptoms
Says he’s gonna put me on 3 months of allergy medication before he looks into meds for my other symptoms
King
The black man is always targeted.
Deep tissue massage before leg day?
Shoulda saved it for after and really rested in that pain
King
The black man is always targeted.
Hey breh this is the novice routine I started off with. It was very simple and easy for me to progress not only strength wise but also with building muscle. I came from being pretty big too and this, along with diet, slimmed me down to a healthy weightThanks for your detailed response breh. One issue I have is the few people I trust in my circle are basically in the same boat as myself. I'm looking to be the one to hold folks accountable. Consistency has always been my issue going back to HS. I was muck skinnier back then tho so I convinced myself everything was good. Now I'm 6'4 310 and can't afford to get any bigger.
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Son Goku
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@FlyBoy718 I would not recommend jumping straight into a 6 day Push/Pull/Leg split as recommended above.
Remember what I said about having a friend that knows what they're doing? This is why it's clutch.
The routine itself is solid (needs some DLs though; OP from bb.com doesn't include them) but it's not realistic to think you'll go from asking which gym to join to lifting weights 6 days a week, on top of dieting and doing conditioning work.
(This also assumes you can squat, bench, pull, press, and row safely twice a week already.)
Furthermore @KingZimbabwe claims to not have been able to bench 225 for a single rep after years of lifting and the help of instruction.
That's not exactly someone I'd wanna take advice from.
And we never saw his OHP PR either.
Remember what I said about having a friend that knows what they're doing? This is why it's clutch.
The routine itself is solid (needs some DLs though; OP from bb.com doesn't include them) but it's not realistic to think you'll go from asking which gym to join to lifting weights 6 days a week, on top of dieting and doing conditioning work.
(This also assumes you can squat, bench, pull, press, and row safely twice a week already.)
Furthermore @KingZimbabwe claims to not have been able to bench 225 for a single rep after years of lifting and the help of instruction.
That's not exactly someone I'd wanna take advice from.
And we never saw his OHP PR either.
Gully Bull
Love Sponge
Indeed. Very odd timing@FlyBoy718 I would not recommend jumping straight into a 6 day Push/Pull/Leg split as recommended above.
Remember what I said about having a friend that knows what they're doing? This is why it's clutch.
The routine itself is solid (needs some DLs though; OP from bb.com doesn't include them) but it's not realistic to think you'll go from asking which gym to join to lifting weights 6 days a week, on top of dieting and doing conditioning work.
(This also assumes you can squat, bench, pull, press, and row safely twice a week already.)
Furthermore @KingZimbabwe claims to not have been able to bench 225 for a single rep after years of lifting and the help of instruction.
That's not exactly someone I'd wanna take advice from.
And we never saw his OHP PR either.
