On a sidenote what was in like in the pen, in regards to working out: diet,exercises,days you worked out,and the ratio of cats in shape vs not in shape. Were cats who worked out built like bodybuilders or just focused on strength..
I heard they took weights out of a lot of facilities. Did you have any makeshift weights or regular weights
Honestly you could make a whole thread off this, I know a lot of people would be interested..
Diet:
Hard as hell to eat clean if you don't have people from the outside giving you money on the regular and enough of it,some guys had alot of support so they were able to get Fish,Tuna,Nuts,Cashews,Peanut Butter,Oatmeal,Fruit,etc on the regular
But most guys had to eat stuff outta chow hall which 95% of it is terrible,and eat chips,candy and cookups(Ramen Noodles,peppers,beef sticks,cheese,chips)
Milk was always available for everyone during chow and guys who was serious about working out always drunk em and stole em to stash em for later,especially the cats with no money,because protein is hard to come by once again if you are limited on money. Prison items aren't that much,but some people have 0 support,or others have to divide their money between,food,phone,hygeine items,etc,so for some cats it's tough.
Exercises:
Alot of guys do a push and pull routine,so me and my partners would do for instance Chest and Shoulders for Push(18 sets for each body part totaling 36 altogether everyday,every body part) then do Arms and Back, this would be M-F 2 hours everyday, sometimes we would do calisthenic work for a week straight just to loosen the muscle,but mostly we were on the weights.
Monday&Wed(Chest&Shoulders):
Chest:
Incline Bench(5 sets) Rep range 20,15,12,8,4
Flat(5 sets) Rep Range 20,15,12,8,4
Decline(5 sets) Rep Range 20,15,12,8,4
Pushups (3 sets) Burnouts
Shoulder(Reps and Sets same as chest):
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Standing Lateral Raises
Seated OHP
Shrugs/Pullups(Burnout)
Tuesday&Thursday(Arms&Back)
Biceps:
Preacher Curls
Single Arm Curls
Hammer Curls
Chin-ups
Triceps:
Dips
Skull Crushers
Close Grip Bench
Dips(Cats are crazy about the dips in there)
Back:
Deadlift
Bent Over Row
Pullups
Lat Pull-Downs
Friday(Legs&Abs)
Squats
Calf Raises
Lunges
Leg Presses
ABs:
Sit-ups
Planks
Dumbbell Side Bends
Saturday's(Calisthenics)
Pushups
Pullups
Dips
Sunday Rest
Now when you say in shape,I think of cats who are lean and who have wind and are strong,so if were going by those standards,then no,not alot of guys in there who are like that.
You have the very few guys who do nothing,no running,no lifting,no calisthenics,just don't workout at all.
Then you have the very few guys who are ripped,strong and big.
But alot of guys are strong,but alot of bodyfat,and no wind,you got the guys who have no abs,but have a flat stomach,but most guys have a stomach if they're super strong,like I said it's some genetic freaks in there,but not many.
So most cats focused on strength,mainly to be strong to protect themselves,or for intimidation,but most of those guys had no wind,so some of em got beat up as they would tire out very very quickly.
The majority of guys who were crazy ripped(10% and lower) did alot of calisthenic work.
No weights are still around alot of places,guess it depends on where your locked up at,and what level facility your at,maximum security places have no free weights,all machine,lower levels have it all.
We also would have the strong man competition and iron man competition every summer.
Strong man went by weight classes,and it was some strong cats fareal
Iron man went by age group,and that was more endurance type,but it was some strong cats who would win those as well
If you won both of those,or even one of em,cats had respect for you.
I could make a full thread,but alot of cats on here are ignorant,come in talking shyt and what not,but if enough people wanted info on this type of stuff,I'd have no problem,if you got any questions on anything or if I missed a question let me know breh.
@Serious
sounds about right, if I had more time and lived walking distance to the gym(like across the street), I'd workout everyday. I remember watching a documentary a few years back that talked powerlifting in prison. Won't front I used it motivation to get stronger in the past.Thanks for taking your time out to share breh. Idk where I heard about the weights being taken out, but it's w/e. Either way, I thinking working out and being able to lift is a great release for cats locked up, because staying in shape to a large degree, is one of the few things in life a person really has control over in their life. For the most part being in shape shows hard work and dedication. Not surprised that cats focused purely on strength and bulk, get rocked, due to the lack of endurance, I know I just recently decided to up my cardio...
