Weight Loss Thread

I'm on about you contradicting your own stupidity.

Elurin_sl said:

If you're wanting to be primarily a runner, run first.

If you're wanting to be primarily a lifter, run after (or not at all).

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This. Think of your muscle ATP as training currency, if you spend it all on running first than then you can't spend it on lifting weights. If you want to get stronger focus on your lifting. Generally speaking I found that lifting weights properly and getting stronger for someone that doesn't train at all is by far the biggest bang for your buck. It is a much more complete training regimen than running and produces more benefits for less time, including cardiovascular benefits.

Your warm up should be short, it doesn't need to be 2 miles, just enough to get you warm. Hence the name Just enough to cause a light sweat, wear a sweatshirt (name again!) to get it done even faster.

Heallun_sl said:

Just remember that that exercise is only about 25% of muscle mass gain. It's important and it's invigorating getting good sets in, but also don't forget your nutrition, suppliments and sleep. Macros are important in nutrition and having specific bulking and cutting phases is pretty much mandatory when you're low BF % (<10% or so, fit ). Creatine's a solid suppliment, most whey proteins are similar if your macros aren't coming out right (eating right's fucking expensive), some will mention nitrous but, eh, useless imo, glutamine's okay during low kcal cutting phases to protect your gainz. Testosterone steroids are incredible but be prepared to spend serious money on supporting medications (acne, gynecomastia). Enanthate is probably the safest for casual building and it's far less of a hassle than most, especially prop.

If this is way more than you needed, then just eat well (high prot, med fat, low carb), sleep right, and keep at it. You'll do fine =D

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This is terrible advice, supplements are very, very overrated. There is no substitute or supplement to good food and good sleep, and that can be recommended to anyone. Spending an entire paragraph talking about all the other nonsense is just distracting.

I don't see how you could possibly advise taking anything else without knowing more about his goals and stats. Even creatine monohydrate, possibly the only supplement worth taking, isn't something that should be universally recommended. No other (legal) supplement has any scientific merit when it comes to effectiveness. And even if something else did work, the entire industry is completely unregulated with no testing what-so-ever to ensure that you are actually getting what the package says. The supplement industry is one great big giant scam, one you'd be smart to stay clear of.

Hell, I don't even like protein powder all that much. It isn't even a supplement, it is just food. There is nothing wrong with protein powder per say, just that it is a highly processed nutritionally deficient food, packaged leftovers from cheese making. Homemade curds & whey is super easy to make and like 15 times more delicious. Bonus points if you can track down local grass-fed milk, better fat profile and your money doesn't go to big companies that are ripping people off (supplement industry).

I'm not here to argue with anyone (Unlike 80% of the posters in this thread) I'm just sharing what works for me.

I run a mile or two before I lift (Whether I do it or not doesn't effect my lifts at all) and I can run pretty fast at usually a 7 minute per mile pace and can also lift a good amount over my body weight.

If you find yourself wanting to look leaner/have more endurance but don't really want to commit a lot of time to cardio I find a quick 15-17 minute run before a lift an easy way to accomplish that.

I'm no power lifter as I only bench about 300ish (Max) and weigh 215 lbs but yeah I don't really find the days I do decide to run changing the way I lift at all regardless if I'm doing legs, core, or upper body.

You're saying it doesn't affect your lifting at all, but what are you lifting? What is your regimen?

Itlan_sl said:

Yo question about sleep. Does it matter if you nap? Cause god damn... I love naps. Wake up from a nap, go blast out some fuckin sets, eat, shower, watch some sports, go to bed. Shit is krieg.

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As long as it doesn't affect your nightly sleep it doesn't matter. Sleep is required for muscle repair but the depth of the sleep (and reaching REM sleep) is not even super important. Quite a few great bodybuilders will have split sleep in the evening to maintain nutritional and supplement needs throughout the night. This is an extreme method though and unless you're doing it professionally is far, far less than required. Lots of the met-rx strongmen follow a sleep schedule similar to Mariusz Pudgenowski, for obvious reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariusz_Pudzianowski

>My energy comes from my diet. Breakfast is 10 eggs and two to three pounds of bacon. Between meals, I eat lots of candy. In the morning, it will be several 3 Musketeers and/or Snickers bars; I need them for energy. Lunch, at 1 or 2 PM, is a double meal of a Polish pork chop, sauerkraut and potatoes. An hour later, I work out, then take lots of supplements: magnesium, creatine, amino acids, all that stuff, and more chocolate. Dinner is whatever meat I can grab?steaks, pork chops, bacon?plus more sauerkraut and potatoes. At 9 or 10 PM, I work out again. Afterward, I have a protein shake and more chocolate. At 3 or 4 AM, I wake up and have more chocolate, then go back to sleep until morning.[31]

Eating the kind of kcals he does and not abusing steroids is almost unheard of and I have a sneaking suspicion he doses during seasons without competition but I cannot say that with any certainty.

You are "suspicious" he uses steroids?

Haha, he probably hasn't come off steroids in over 15 years. Every strongman, competitive powerlifter, bodybuilder, etc are juiced to the gills.

There isn't one in existence who isn't.

arkktheseaotter_sl said:

You are "suspicious" he uses steroids?

Haha, he probably hasn't come off steroids in over 15 years. Every strongman, competitive powerlifter, bodybuilder, etc are juiced to the gills.

There isn't one in existence who isn't.

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I know I just, I want to believe. It's like an older man's wrestling, you know? I'm not even against steroids, just being against the rules~

chaos_sl said:

Ah yeah, I think the shit I buy is fat free, but I didn't see any added sugar so I went with it.

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I actually went and looked after saying this and found that the yogurt I buy has "evaporated cane juice" in it. Which sounded suspicious, and of course it turns out it is sugar. The more you know, I guess.

Any of you guys have a Vitamix? thinking about getting one. Are they as good as people claim?

Convo_sl said:

Any of you guys have a Vitamix? thinking about getting one. Are they as good as people claim?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZArusuuQrc

Video where America's Test Kitchen reviews blenders.

Thanks for the link

So I was looking up some smoothie recipes and came across this.http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.c...e-your-health/

WTF??

That sounds retarded to me. I think if you just increase your water intake you'd be fine. My concern with eating those kinds of smoothies often would be the amount of sugars you're taking in, but even then, as long as you know what you're eating and can balance the rest of your macros out you're not going to die.

It's still probably a stupid fad.

Really just made no sense to me.. I did notice they were selling a book so you got consider that. As far as smoothies I just use mostly green stuff and an apple so far

Even if you're putting in a lot of fruit, how fucking big can your smoothie possibly be? I mean seriously... besides, the greens and other shit are providing fibers to slow down digestion.

I don't drink them cause they're "healthy." I drink them cause they taste fucking great and mask the shit taste of protein powder.

Does it really matter if I eat before bed? I heard that it does not actually make you gain more weight if you eat before bed. But I figured it was true

Eating before bed gives your body something to burn while you sleep, making your metabolism work more. You should probably stick to something that digests slowly though, like casein. Generally most people wake up feeling shitty if they eat carbs before bed, so you may want to avoid those. But really, you can experiment and see what makes you wake up feeling best.

But to answer your question, no, eating before bed doesn't magically make you gain weight. Eating extra calories can. If you're eating 500 calories more than you normally would, you'll end up with a one pound surplus over the week. So make sure you're either doing extra activity to burn them during the day, or you limit your calories during the day to allow for the night time calories.

Steve.Oh_sl said:

Does it really matter if I eat before bed? I heard that it does not actually make you gain more weight if you eat before bed. But I figured it was true

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Eating before bed making you fat is a myth, as Elurin said.

http://www.simplyshredded.com/carbs-...boogeyman.html