Can you pinch my awful fat folds?
#161
Before or after? My understanding is that post-workout meals (ie, within 3-4 hours) can be more carby to replenish depleted glycogen stores. Pre-workout meals don't really need to change...if anything, working out after an intermittent fast (ie, when you first wake up, before breakfast) can encourage more fat burning.
#163
Diet seems to be working well for me. I started thursday and then took a break over the race weekend because I couldn't organize the food logistically. I'm not sure what this carb flu or whatever was all hyped up about. Havent had a chance to work out because of so much school. I did ride my bike to work yesterday and didn't bonk or crash, heck I actually managed to make it up walk of shame hill without walking, though at half the speed some roadie douche that recorded the same segment on strava.
#164
Carbs will definitely allow you to workout harder because they offer fast burning fuel but to actually build the muscle the post workout meal is still the most important. You need to load up on protein roughly 45 minutes after a muscle building workout because your body is at the peak of protein absorption at this point. It uses all of the protein to rebuild your muscles. This is something I actually know about because at one time I actually had big muscles :(
#169
I need to. I don't have time though. And I think I'm going to be doing body weight only stuff for a few years until I'm in a better financial place and can afford a gym membership. I really need to check what my health insurance covers for this.
That sounds like work. Right now I eat like a king, and just ignore the stares of the delicious grains that are still in my apartment from my glucose burning roommate.
That sounds like work. Right now I eat like a king, and just ignore the stares of the delicious grains that are still in my apartment from my glucose burning roommate.
#172
You can do a lot without weights or a gym.
Pushup variations (all the way from standard to inclined to handstand)
A $25 door frame bar give you tons of pullup/chinup variations
2 chairs work just fine for dips (or you can do bench dips on the edge of the bathtub)
Grab something heavy and do zercher squats
Lift that heavy thing over your head too
The only really difficult thing without weights is big leg strength. That's not really my goal -- I want athletic, muscular legs, not tree trunk weightlifter legs, so I'm training more for explosive strength (jump squats, burpees, etc.) than just raw strength.
Pushup variations (all the way from standard to inclined to handstand)
A $25 door frame bar give you tons of pullup/chinup variations
2 chairs work just fine for dips (or you can do bench dips on the edge of the bathtub)
Grab something heavy and do zercher squats
Lift that heavy thing over your head too
The only really difficult thing without weights is big leg strength. That's not really my goal -- I want athletic, muscular legs, not tree trunk weightlifter legs, so I'm training more for explosive strength (jump squats, burpees, etc.) than just raw strength.
#173
^ +1
I got in incredible shape for rugby by doing solely body weight resistance exercises. You need to optimize the use of your actual being first and then you can include low to medium weight dumbbells if you really need to add strength from there. Like racing to the limits of a slow car before going big power that you cannot wield. Plus, you work all of the accessory muscles that get neglected from the deliberate motions of standard weight training.
Regarding big leg strength, you can still achieve a lot of it if you find a steep hill and get on them toes for sprints. You get pretty far with that and big weight lifter legs serve no purpose or function other than looking obnoxious and moving a steel bar up and down to earn bro grabs.
I got in incredible shape for rugby by doing solely body weight resistance exercises. You need to optimize the use of your actual being first and then you can include low to medium weight dumbbells if you really need to add strength from there. Like racing to the limits of a slow car before going big power that you cannot wield. Plus, you work all of the accessory muscles that get neglected from the deliberate motions of standard weight training.
Regarding big leg strength, you can still achieve a lot of it if you find a steep hill and get on them toes for sprints. You get pretty far with that and big weight lifter legs serve no purpose or function other than looking obnoxious and moving a steel bar up and down to earn bro grabs.
#178
Tree trunk leg weightlifter here. Still faster than all my skinny friends. lol.
No, seriously, my friend is a retard. He's 6'3", 185 and his best mile is mid-high 8's. I'm 5'11", 220 and run mid-high 7's, currently. He preaches to me that the best way to get a faster 1-mile time is to just run 1-mile at time. No strength training, no sprints, no mixing it up.
He has a ******* hissy fit every time we go running. He doesn't get how training my legs to carry twice my body weight makes it easier for them to carry my pudgy *** farther and faster. Still tells me that I'm wasting my time in the gym, lol.
No, seriously, my friend is a retard. He's 6'3", 185 and his best mile is mid-high 8's. I'm 5'11", 220 and run mid-high 7's, currently. He preaches to me that the best way to get a faster 1-mile time is to just run 1-mile at time. No strength training, no sprints, no mixing it up.
He has a ******* hissy fit every time we go running. He doesn't get how training my legs to carry twice my body weight makes it easier for them to carry my pudgy *** farther and faster. Still tells me that I'm wasting my time in the gym, lol.
#179
Theres a large distance between speed running and endurance running. Technically hes right, to train for 1 mile runs you gotta train for 1 mile runs. Endurance on the other hand train entirely differently.
Just take a look at the difference in runners. Never seen a giant endurance runner have you? Usually they are skinny as hell... on the other hand the speed runners have quite large legs.
Just take a look at the difference in runners. Never seen a giant endurance runner have you? Usually they are skinny as hell... on the other hand the speed runners have quite large legs.
Last edited by triple88a; 05-01-2013 at 02:59 AM.