*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***
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Don't use myfitnesspal calorie goal values, they are complete horse ****. Just use it for tracking calorie intake
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Oh, is that what he was using? I had it in mind that it was something off the Tesco's website!
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Well i assume so considering LiE linked it a couple of posts before 
Looks like it anyway although i use the app not the web one.
Looks like it anyway although i use the app not the web one.
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Is the phone app any good? Been looking for one of them macro counter thingees.Well i assume so considering LiE linked it a couple of posts before
Also missed out the tea/coffee/beer you drink as well
Dont drink any of it. Just water.
Yea it's good, just ignore the recommended amounts (you can't change them sadly).
You can change the target intake of calories and the pie chart helps you figure out roughly how you are doing on the split.
How does everyone cope with homemade dinners where there a multiple ingredients? Do add them all in or just ones of note?
How does everyone cope with homemade dinners where there a multiple ingredients? Do add them all in or just ones of note?
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I think by the point a piece of asparagus has to go on the chart, one might as well forget about losing weight: you've basically lost your mind.
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Ya.
I guess the important ones for homemade meals with mixed ingridients (only have to do it once) - e.g. shepherd's pie is being made tomorrow - I know how much mince is in it, and I guess the potato and cheese and divide that by 4 for my portion of it - 1/4. I don't count anything else that goes into it because it's unimportant.
If you're trying to track every single thing that goes in your mouth to the nearest whole number macro or calorie wise, and you're not some pro-bodybuilder doing their stage-lean prep phase... hello orthorexia nervosa.
I don't, I just eat carefully.
Lost slightly over 3kgs so far, so must be working. According to the stupid step on bf measuring things I've lost 4% bf too. 21.4 (iirc) to 18.2 this morning.
Though I totally understand they are not accurate at all.
So annoyed, went to do some squats today and on the 2nd rep of the 4th set my lower back just went. I'm in completely agony, I don't think it's anything serious but at the moment I'm struggling to walk.
The thing is I did 2 warmup sets, stretches etc I just think I tried to lift too much. Really frustrating as it'll be 2 weeks now before I can get back in the gym.
I'm on quite an aggressive cut, would my restricted calories and the fact I was training fasted have had an influence or will it have been an arched spine due to lifting too much?
I'm trying to adapt my workouts around the big 3 compound movements but my lower back constantly lets me down, I think this is the 3rd or 4th time in the last year this has happened.
The thing is I did 2 warmup sets, stretches etc I just think I tried to lift too much. Really frustrating as it'll be 2 weeks now before I can get back in the gym.
I'm on quite an aggressive cut, would my restricted calories and the fact I was training fasted have had an influence or will it have been an arched spine due to lifting too much?
I'm trying to adapt my workouts around the big 3 compound movements but my lower back constantly lets me down, I think this is the 3rd or 4th time in the last year this has happened.
Warm up was just the bar (20kg) x 12. Then did some stretches. My BW is 76kg.
80 X 10
90 X 8
100 X 7
105 X 2 (Fail)
I agree it was quite possibly my form. At this precise moment in time I'm really worried I've done something quite bad as my back is in a lot of pain. The injury occurred on the 2nd rep as I went to push the bar back up, it just went. No snapping/clicking noises or feelings I just felt the muscle go. Fortunately I had my bro to assist me in getting the bar back on the rack.
So disappointed with myself as last week I had a really good clean squat session, bashed out a good 8 sets after warm up but didn't go above 90.
I'm on a cut so I should really have just left it at 100 and moved onto the next exercise but I was so pumped this morning I wanted to give it 100%. Idiot.
Being on a cut is never a reason to not push yourself 
However, could be your sciatic nerve, I have big issues with mine. Physio is my recommendation, as long as you know a good one. Got any lifts recorded? You should post them up if you haven't already done so.
I had the exact same thing tho, was squatting 120, got a few sets in, and it's like my nerve has moved and is now being forever pinched.
However, could be your sciatic nerve, I have big issues with mine. Physio is my recommendation, as long as you know a good one. Got any lifts recorded? You should post them up if you haven't already done so.
I had the exact same thing tho, was squatting 120, got a few sets in, and it's like my nerve has moved and is now being forever pinched.
No videos but my bro checked my form. Said my lower back and legs were nicely parallel at the bottom of each rep. I'm almost entirely sure it's my form on the heavier weight. I have been abroad for a month and I think I've just tried to over do it. Should have capped it at 90kg and eased back into it.
Physio is definitely a shout seeing as this has happened before. Maybe there's an underlying problem. Suffice to say I'm going to go easy on squats in the future, if I want to over do it bench press would be a much safer option.
Physio is definitely a shout seeing as this has happened before. Maybe there's an underlying problem. Suffice to say I'm going to go easy on squats in the future, if I want to over do it bench press would be a much safer option.