Transformations... Weight Loss and Muscle gain

[htownfister]

Originally Posted by ryk

I like it because I get to focus on the quads one day, then come back and fuck up my hammies n calves the next. I feel a bigger difference that way as opposed to grouping them. The way I see it, my chest gets a special day, my back gets a special day, minus whale give my legs a seperate day tew.

I can give you some quad/hammie specific excercises if you'd like to try it.
And a double goodie is when you work your hams after a quad blast, you get a niiiice stretch in on the sore muscles.

Never though about it that way in regards to legs. Thanks for the tip. Im going to incorporate this into my leg workouts.

[ryk]

Originally Posted by htownfister

Never though about it that way in regards to legs. Thanks for the tip. Im going to incorporate this into my leg workouts.

You'll notice a difference. Quads take a big chunk of your energy when working legs so in a way, you're robbing yourself of a REALLY good workout when grouping. Of course, this is advice towards building size.

[Slappy]

Originally Posted by Lreyes66

edit: i hate going to work w/o packing my 2 meals.... now im forced between either my fit foods () or chick-fil-a ()

I prep all my meals(B/L/D) myself. Only time I'll use My Fit meals is on a Monday like today because I usually dont make a dinner Sunday night. Then I'll grab ONE My Fit Breakfast for those just incase days.

I have all my veggies(red, yellow, orange peppers, mushrooms, and onions) prepped/chopped up sundays for breakfast each morning. Then just pour my egg whites in.

[Cheese]

I'm not worried about the "guns". I'm more focused on my chest.

What's the most you can work out a particular muscle per week? I figured I could work the same muscles every other day or every 3rd day atleast.

[cr85]

I'd say twice max. You want the muscle to have time to recover and grow as well.

[htownfister]

I like to give them a minimum of 3 days rest in order to allow them recovery and growth.

Are you a bench presser junkie?

[Cheese]

Oh, so no more than twice a week?

I have to work out everyday to keep myself in a disciplined routine. The only days I take off is when I absolutely can not work out for whatever reason. Not sure if this is a bad thing or not.

[winc281]

Just listen to your body. I couldn't do it every other day b/c I'm usually sore for a couple days and I wouldn't be able to go at it as hard as I'd like.

[cr85]

You should take 2 days off a week so you can recover. You can stay active on the days off, but I wouldn't do any hard lifting like on your normal workout days. You'll just end up over training and injuring yourself.

[Lreyes66]

Do other physical activities other then lifting weights


I did a lot of cross fit to shock my.muscles in-between plateaus. B4 my goal going to.Vegas in june


Edit: oh wait. Yeah rest

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[Cheese]

I don't get sore really anymore unless I am just starting to workout again after a long break of not working out.

I guess i'll take Saturday and Sunday off and see how my body reacts. I also like to jog and was wondering is it bad to jog everyday? I usually jog at least every other day and the days that I don't I go to the court and play basketball.

[Lreyes66]

Like everyone says, if ur not sore cuz ur muscles are use tto the stress.....or ur nnot trying hard enough

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[cr85]

Light cardio like jogging isn't bad to do daily.

[Slappy]

Originally Posted by cr85

I'd say twice max. You want the muscle to have time to recover and grow as well.

Xzachary

Originally Posted by htownfister

Are you a bench presser junkie?

lol

[Prelude92]

Originally Posted by Prelude92

i have shed like 2 in. off my waist tho..


before from earlier in the thread
start



after:
02/12

Now



need to tighten up my diet a bit more.. and i should be back @ 35>* ate taquitos from whataburger this morn. first time in MONTHS that i ate fast food. prob my last for the next months..
doing pushups a bit more regularly havent started situps like i had mentioned.
should be soon.

[htownfister]

GG Alex, looks like it is paying off. Look into adding pull-ups/chin-ups as well.

[projecks15]

Originally Posted by Lreyes66

Like everyone says, if ur not sore cuz ur muscles are use tto the stress.....or ur nnot trying hard enough

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Most likely you've hit a plateau and need to do a new workout to confuse your muscle. It happened to me and I had to change my workout routine.

[Jeebus]

Question for a couple of you guys. I know some are familiar with fat burners, my question is do you guys stack a pre workout supp while on fat burners? I'm on the 4th week of using a fat burner and the scale has not budged. My diet hasn't been perfect but even when I didn't use burners I managed to lose weight. The strange thing is my girl has also not seen any weight loss and she is better at the dieting than I am. Both noticing clothes is fitting bigger but I just don't see it feasable that I am retaining or even putting on mass and burning fat simultaneously enough to remain at the same weight. I'm wondering if the pre workout and fat burner might be working against each other. I had been using NO explode and meltdown. Been doing bare min of 15 mins cardio daily after lifting, most of the time it's a 3 mile jog or solid 30 mins of cardio.

[taz394]

Originally Posted by Jeebus

Question for a couple of you guys. I know some are familiar with fat burners, my question is do you guys stack a pre workout supp while on fat burners? I'm on the 4th week of using a fat burner and the scale has not budged. My diet hasn't been perfect but even when I didn't use burners I managed to lose weight. The strange thing is my girl has also not seen any weight loss and she is better at the dieting than I am. Both noticing clothes is fitting bigger but I just don't see it feasable that I am retaining or even putting on mass and burning fat simultaneously enough to remain at the same weight. I'm wondering if the pre workout and fat burner might be working against each other. I had been using NO explode and meltdown. Been doing bare min of 15 mins cardio daily after lifting, most of the time it's a 3 mile jog or solid 30 mins of cardio.

whats your wieght stuck at ?

its fairly easy to drop weight aslong as you keep 100% dedication on diet

Drop calories and it shouldn't be a problem

Or maybe you're just putting on too much muscle mass lol so it don't wanna move lol

[Jeebus]

sticks between 168 and 170. Gola is 155-160. a few months ago when I got more serious about cutting I got down to 162 without fat burner aides and I was actually doing LESS cardio than now with about the same diet. Im starting to wonder if my carb intake is too high but normally if I eat carbs its things such as whole grain pasta or bread. I do not eat white bread and once in a while I'll have a tortilla with some tuna but that doesn't seem enough to stop me from losing weight. I had a way easier time going from 200 to 170 when I tried to cut but I wasn't taking any fat burners or bcaa so I felt like I lost a lot of mass in a short period of time which is what I am trying to avoid this time around.