Bodybuilding/Workout/Diet thread

[rjs246]

Age can suck my hairy shteinshoot.

[Zanshin]

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and keep fighting the good fight.

[paco]

Started back at the gym Monday. I do 30 minutes of cardio and 15-20 minutes of weights at a fast pace. Good news is my strength has held up even though I haven't lifted much in the last 2 years. My goal is to get back to 200 lbs. by opening day of the NFL. Not even gonna bother weighing myself but I'm guessing I have around 30 lbs. to lose.

Same here.  Im trying to drop 15 lbs by the end of summer.  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday have been doing an hour+ of cardio.  I travel thursday, so its hard to get anything in.  Friday, saturday, sunday is a combination of outdoor activities and indoor cardio.  This Sunday, for example, I took a hike (http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/bear_peak_S_2082.asp) before I got picked up for my flight.


Unfortunatly, I dont have a gym in my condo, and the hotel gym has nothing for weights.  So for now, Im more focused on cardio with some pushups and whatever strength training I can do in my room.

[Rome]

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and keep fighting the good fight.

Pick me up a cheesesteak and a six pack of Guinness on the way back from Pilates then.

[General_Failure]

Just one cheesesteak?

[Zanshin]

As far as beer goes, Guinness is actually one of the better dietary choices.

[rjs246]

Less calories than skim milk. No carbonation. Delicious.

[SD_Eagle5]

Started back at the gym Monday. I do 30 minutes of cardio and 15-20 minutes of weights at a fast pace. Good news is my strength has held up even though I haven't lifted much in the last 2 years. My goal is to get back to 200 lbs. by opening day of the NFL. Not even gonna bother weighing myself but I'm guessing I have around 30 lbs. to lose.

Same here.  Im trying to drop 15 lbs by the end of summer.  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday have been doing an hour+ of cardio.  I travel thursday, so its hard to get anything in.  Friday, saturday, sunday is a combination of outdoor activities and indoor cardio.  This Sunday, for example, I took a hike (http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/bear_peak_S_2082.asp) before I got picked up for my flight.


Unfortunatly, I dont have a gym in my condo, and the hotel gym has nothing for weights.  So for now, Im more focused on cardio with some pushups and whatever strength training I can do in my room.

I cut my cardio down to 25 minutes from 30 and added a fast paced weight routine in high reps. I'm getting a lot better results than just straight cardio, which gets boring as all hell. Diet I'm on isn't bad so far, made a great stir fry for dinner. Tomorrow I won't be able to make the gym, so I plan on walking for 30 minutes and doing a bunch of pushups. If you remember my uncle from camp I'm following his program. Don't plan on breaking at all until camp, and even then it'll be a modification.

[paco]

I cut my cardio down to 25 minutes from 30 and added a fast paced weight routine in high reps. I'm getting a lot better results than just straight cardio, which gets boring as all hell. Diet I'm on isn't bad so far, made a great stir fry for dinner. Tomorrow I won't be able to make the gym, so I plan on walking for 30 minutes and doing a bunch of pushups. If you remember my uncle from camp I'm following his program. Don't plan on breaking at all until camp, and even then it'll be a modification.

If you are following his program, does that mean you are going to get guns as big as my quads?


What do you think of those Bowflex SelectTech weights?  I would like to have some weights in my place, but I live in a 900 sqft loft, so space is an issue.

[SD_Eagle5]

I used them before, weights are weights. I'd say go for it. I quit doing a body part a day until exhaustion, I mix things up a bit and do different body parts daily in high reps.

He's into crossfit, I'd like to get into it but I don't feel like driving 30-45 minutes to his gym when I have mine literally 5 minutes down the road. He's had those guns since we were in our early teens, nothing can supplement great genetics.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I've mixed up my routine quite a bit and nothing seems to work better for me that what I originally did. I have gotten bored with the cardio and there are some days that I dread stepping on the elliptical but since I hate the treadmill, I climb aboard.

The routine I've gone back to is this:

6 days a week of 35 minutes on the elliptical
150 crunches per day
Alternating days of upper body and lower body weights

Upper routine:
3 sets (12, 10, 10) regular bench
3 sets (12, 10, 10) incline bench
3 sets (12, 10, 10) dead lift
3 sets cable crosses (12, 10, 10)
3 sets sitting rows (12, 10, 10)
3 sets on each arm of overhead cable pull downs (like a pitcher throwing the ball)

Lower routine:
3 sets squats
3 sets leg press
200 calf raises
3 sets lunges

It's pretty simple because that is how I started out and it worked, so I stayed with it for the most part.

My diet isn't as strict this time (I drink more diet sodas than the one per week I allowed myself before) but I still follow the 1500-1900 calories per day with one "cheat day" per week.

I will also stray on adding in something like an ice cream cone or candy, but I always fit it into my caloric intake for the day.

I really want to lose this final 30lbs and hit 225...

[Zanshin]

If you're at a standstill, you might want to think about a HIIT routine for your cardio to shake things up a little.

[rjs246]

If I see one more P90X infotainment piece I might throw a brick through my television.

On the other hand, anyone know if that shtein works?

[Seabiscuit36]

p90X workouts turn you into a douche, ive seen it first hand. 

I really want to become a heroin junkie to lose weight

[rjs246]

Well that much I already knew.