*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***

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Did a good arms session today, Biceps and Triceps!

I know i've done a good session when I struggle to dry myself with a towel after the shower, my arms just don't want to move :o
 
Dj_Jestar said:
The lack of exercise depression is proven. It's because exercising releases endorphins. Endorphins are the happy hormone. Lack of those == depression.

body dysmorphic disorder is a disorder suffered by people who continually adjust their body. Be it through plastic surgery, or other drastic measures. I'm not sure I'd call a BB fanatic someone with BDD, but that line is hazy so I am probably wrong. :)
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I would, there are huge amounts of gym goers who have BDD imo
 
I eat about 120-150g of protein per day, this is for maintenance however and seems to be working for me. That said what are your thoughts guys?

Training is 5x5 twice a week and thai kickboxing once a week.
 
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Steedie said:
SkSkotchegg, you're certainly not shy of saying you're massive are you? :p
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This is so true.

SkScotchegg said:

I'm still not 100% sure why everything has gone so well for me recently, I'm wondering if because I cut cardio out completly, it made my muscles grow better? Just got a funny feeling the cardio was stopping me from progressing. But I feel like am big enough now and just need to cut down and get lean. So am gona change from 8 meals to 7 which will reduce my calories and then also start doing cardio.
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Cutting cardio is not going to affect weight gain unless you're training incredibly strenuously (hours on end, marathon training etc) otherwise you just weren't eating enough.

Unless you were tiring yourself out with cardio before weights also.

I'd leave cardio to after weights, when cutting your priority is to keep muscle. Keep your weights as heavy as possible.
 
I dunno, it's easy to burn 800kcals in a cardio session. Do that 4-5 times a week and it will affect growth. Of course you could just eat the 3600kcals that you are burning of wit the cardio :P
 
Clum said:
Why on earth would you want 4000 calories of protein? That must be over 500g per day. Do you not eat any carbs?
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haha not just of pure protein :p 4000 of clean meals - pasta, rice, chicken, nuts, fish, pb, cottage cheese etc! Pretty tough and hard on the wallet for a minimum wage earner :( i'm just not growing anymore... i'm convinced my metabolism runs at hyperspeed. any activity will cause my body to rage with heat, and hunger sets in very quickly :(
 
No problem, just asking. You are saying you are biggest in gym and dwarf doorstaff (not sure why that matters but it does to you).
 
Fella, nobody is arguing. You need to calm down if you think we are.
I'll read the rest of your post later, maybe. Tbh getting bored with your assumption that everyone wants to argue and getting all defensive!
 
Can some advise me - im going on a 10 week clean cut diet; ill be upping my training to a 6 day split with 3 cardio sessions. I plan to maintain muscle mass but drop bf - currently 11.3% .

Please can you criteq my diet plan?

07:30 MP Impact Whey
07:40 Ceral - skimmed milk

08:30 Green Tea
10:00 100g Chicken Breast
Steam Veg


13:00 100g Chicken Breast
Steam Veg
Green Tea

15:30 PHD ISO 7

17:00 Jack3d

19:00 PWO PHD ISO 7

19:30 120 / 150g Turkey Breast / Chicken
Steam Veg

21:00 Green Tea
23:00 MP Impact Whey - Bed
 
What cereal fella?
How does the values work out fats/protein/carbs?
Total kcals?
Whats your BMR?

Dropping from a low bf% will be hard, why you aiming to do so?
 
$loth said:
I eat about 120-150g of protein per day, this is for maintenance however and seems to be working for me. That said what are your thoughts guys?

Training is 5x5 twice a week and thai kickboxing once a week.
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I'd personally aim for more protein, there is no harm and it will make it far less likely to lose any lean mass. If you'r worried about calories just replace some carbs with protein, which is far safer in terms of fat storage anyway.

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Morba, morba, please, this is what I said, read this sentance again 10x until it gets into your head, please, please, please, theres no need to argue for absolutly nothing, read this sentance!



I'm not being vein, or arrogant, or anything there, I was just stating that I know that I'm fat, but I am big! I dont know any other way to word it.........christ sakes, you guys can argue about absolutly anything. drives me nuts!

And I was explaining in that paragraph how I feel torn in my head, because I am half wanting to lose weight and half wanting to get big, all the time I am torn between this decision! always chopping and changing, which is why I might come across as contradicting myself if I use words like fat or massive.

I obviously never meant for the word massive to mean I look like ronnie coleman type massive, I do look massive with or without clothes but I dont have huge muscles and am not lean.

I even posted pictures ages ago on pictures thread, which for me took guts tbh, but it seems like people just want to rip into me...As I can see from "skull's" words above he's being quite harsh when there's really no need to state the obvious. I've never hide the fact that I'm fat especially around my waste, and the fact that I uploaded pictures even proves that.

Sick of having to explain myself to you guys and also defend myself tbh...sometimes I feel like I'm dealing with a bunch of kids.

EDIT: Also, bouncers are bodybuilders too, everyone knows this, so why not compare yourself to them, everyone I know always compares themselves to bouncers and say bouncers are these huge guys and they're, bouncers are usually the biggest guys that you see in any given city. I live in Leeds, we have loads.
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It's because you're saying massive like its a good thing, especially when you do things like comparing yourself to bouncers and say you're the biggest in your gym etc. To be honest it makes you sound like one of those guys who because he is quite big (tall and high body fat) goes around thinking he's some kind of tough guy.

I'm not saying you are like that, but the way you comunicate certainly makes it seem that way. It's your responsibility to commucate the message you're trying to get across, not ours to struggle to find it (although a lot here have tried). I'm not trying to be mean about your weight, to the contrary I think it's great your making progress in the way you want to.

But crucially, notice how nobody else seems to argue that much.

[random anecdote]I had a incident with one of these guys in a club a while ago. I was in a bad mood already when a group a guys started trying to wind me up, led by a fat guy who was a little taller than me. All came to a head when the guy pushed me from behind (I was ignoring them) and then I turned round and much to the surprise of him and his friends I shoved him clean through his group. To be honest I'm not pround of that. But to be more honest, I kinda am ;):o[/random anecdote]
 
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