*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

Depends on your budget really, if you can afford just over £50 the. Get red, purple and green as these will be all you will need for a good few years. The reds are a good starting point for most work and can be used for some home based exercises such as face pulls as well. Purples are a nice start point for all shoulder and chest mobility work, whole greens are good for ankle/leg/hip work.
Myprotein is the best place to buy from because they cost them same as other suppliers but you get 2 bands not 1, so quite a bargain, and you can start using them for added resistance on exercises once you get that far :)
 
2 singles from pullum would cost the same as 2 pairs from myprotein, if you didn't realise, the myprotein price is the cost of a pair of bands.

If you can only go for 1 choice of band I would choose the purple. That should be fine for you to use for your shoulders, and if you need a but more resistance on your hip then you can use both bands.
 
Hmm just checked, it looks like they are out of reds at the moment, purples are 11-36kg.

In order of least resistance to highest is as follows:
Red, purple, green, blue, orange.
 
Random question, im 5ft5 143lbs. Im looking on my fitness pal and it appears my macronutrient ratios are currently around 54C/32P/14F but my carbs for the day are around 205.. is this too many when trying to cut/lose fat?

Edit: on a 1500 calorie cut my TDEE is 2000 give or take 50calories giving me a 500calorie deficit a day
 
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Ignore percentages, they're a dumb way of working out ratios.

Keep it simple - protein 1g per lb of bodyweight (maybe 1.2-1.5 as you're dieting), fats around 1g per kg of bodyweight and make the rest up with carbs. If you want to add fat at the expense of carbs you can, but generally not the other way round as fats are important.

Also you want a deficit giving you around 1-2lb a week loss (after the initial water weight loss), don't get too caught up with numbers on a sheet, and if you have to lower anything along the way to keep progress always start with carbs, unless you've already replaced a load of them for dietary fat.
 
Anyone want to hit me with some high carb, meal ideas that can be eaten cold?

So far I've got wraps/sandwiches, potato salad, cold pasta.

Really not feeling the idea of some kind of rice meal cold :S

So yeah, what have you got for me?

Worst case scenario is I go with one of the above and supplement with shakes.

kd
 
King Damager said:
Really not feeling the idea of some kind of rice meal cold :S
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Syla5 said:
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Somnambulist said:
Ignore percentages, they're a dumb way of working out ratios.

Keep it simple - protein 1g per lb of bodyweight (maybe 1.2-1.5 as you're dieting), fats around 1g per kg of bodyweight and make the rest up with carbs. If you want to add fat at the expense of carbs you can, but generally not the other way round as fats are important.

Also you want a deficit giving you around 1-2lb a week loss (after the initial water weight loss), don't get too caught up with numbers on a sheet, and if you have to lower anything along the way to keep progress always start with carbs, unless you've already replaced a load of them for dietary fat.
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i dont think i could do so little carbs due to not liking vegetables grr.. i practically live off carbs mainly rice with every meal to keep me full. 98g of carbs is very few :(

protein 143g = 572cals
fats 65g = 585cals
carbs = 98g = 393cals

=1550calories
 
Lol disco boy, cold rice for years, food poisoning not even once......man up phaggot


Fair play KD.

Alternatives are sweet potatoes mash, the whole meal
Pita breads that FF suggests (and I think Monkee eats to) are other options.

Why do you need carbs though, in this situation? Not saying there bad and you shouldn't, but high fat meals can really bring in some variety, all kinds of cold salady type gains with plenty of fats going on for hitting your cals :)
 
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Syla5 said:
Lol disco boy, cold rice for years, food poisoning not even once......man up phaggot


Fair play KD.

Alternatives are sweet potatoes mash, the whole meal
Pita breads that FF suggests (and I think Monkee eats to) are other options.

Why do you need carbs though, in this situation? Not saying there bad and you shouldn't, but high fat meals can really bring in some variety, all kinds of cold salady type gains with plenty of fats going on for hitting your cals :)
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Yeah, I don't really have an issue with eating cold rice, it's just not something that's my favourite thing to eat unless I'm really out. Weird texture thing going on with it xD

Sweet Potato mash may work cold, but not sure, Pita Breads though, yes :D Hadn't really thought about that one.

As for why carbs, I'm starting work in a few weeks and am putting a few recipes together and ideas for cold lunch meals, high fat salads (1000cal) is pretty easy to come up with, as are other salads. If I'm finding I'm needing more carbs though (I'm doing a bit more girly cardio right now) I feel I'll probably get fed up of cold pasta and sandwiches quite quickly.

I've pretty much got a list of quite a few meals now, but needed to know if I was forgetting something glaringly obvious (read Pitta)

kd
 
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