JonnyBoy Posted 2 June 2015 Posted 2 June 2015 On initial thoughts sounds like you need more protein Have you got your macros for this? I started back at the gym on Tuesday once the football season finished with the intention to lose so weight and tone up a bit. I am giving up the beer until football season starts and trying to get myself into a decent routine. I have cut out all the junk food and am determined to stick to it for as long as I can. My diet is normally something like this Breakfast A bowl of cereal and mixed fruit with yogurt blended into a drink to have on the way to work Mid - Morning A protein shake and a banana Lunch A mixed salad in either a bowl or sometimes in a cob Pre workout Porridge Dinner Varies but always some sort of meat or Fish with Salad or veg Protein shake My routine is normally Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for 1 hour. 30 mins Cardio with 30 minutes mixed weights focusing on a particular muscle group Fell free to add any thoughts on this what I could do to improve etc Th term 'tone' is a bug barer of mine. Toning up doesn't exist, you can either build muscle by eating in a calorie surplus or burn fat by eating in a calorie deficit. Sounds like you might want to do a summer cut. I would probably invest in the Ldn muscle cutting guide. They are making a lot of noise atm and have proven results. Will set u back a bit but all you need to do is just follow the guide, it has great detail with the exercises and also the diet. They are pro flexible dieting to an extent so you won't be eating rice, chicken and broccoli every three hours.
Ollie93 Posted 3 June 2015 Posted 3 June 2015 Managed to pull 110kgs for 5 for deadlifts today, I know its not incredibly heavy but pretty happy tbh.
Itsthejoeker Posted 3 June 2015 Posted 3 June 2015 If anyone needs to put on weight, my mate is on ON serious mass. Tells me its 1250 calories a serving?! Gotta be worth a try
Buzzell Posted 3 June 2015 Posted 3 June 2015 If anyone needs to put on weight, my mate is on ON serious mass. Tells me its 1250 calories a serving?! Gotta be worth a try Just did a quick Google search on it. Quite cheap with high reviews. Might give it a try when I get back in the gym.
Guest Papasmurf Posted 3 June 2015 Posted 3 June 2015 Check out Decathlon for reasonably priced gym gear.
1993fox Posted 4 June 2015 Author Posted 4 June 2015 Choosing new flavours for myprotein soon, have been recommended to try out either latte or mocha by a colleague - can anyone tell me about the taste? Or what they recommend? I got banoffee and chocolate mint last time. Choco mint was brill, banoffee has made me want to vomit everytime 60% of the time
Ollie93 Posted 4 June 2015 Posted 4 June 2015 Choosing new flavours for myprotein soon, have been recommended to try out either latte or mocha by a colleague - can anyone tell me about the taste? Or what they recommend? I got banoffee and chocolate mint last time. Choco mint was brill, banoffee has made me want to vomit everytime 60% of the time I usually go for chocolate of strawberry safe I know but can't go wrong!
Turtles Head Posted 4 June 2015 Posted 4 June 2015 Choosing new flavours for myprotein soon, have been recommended to try out either latte or mocha by a colleague - can anyone tell me about the taste? Or what they recommend? I got banoffee and chocolate mint last time. Choco mint was brill, banoffee has made me want to vomit everytime 60% of the time I get unflavoured and buy a few of the flavour syrup things from myprotein, nice to be able to vary shakes. Banana / toffee at the minute, they last ages too
Marmite Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 I order my protein powder from myprotein.co.uk I normally order chocolate or banana as they are nice and seem to mix well. I decided to order Rasberry last week and wish I had'nt, it tastes minging and I have nearly a 1kg to get through
Ollie93 Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 Anyone got any good push workouts? Just wanted to try something a bit different today!
Carl the Llama Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 Anyone got any good push workouts? Just wanted to try something a bit different today! http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/finder/lookup/filter/force/id/Push/force/push This is a great website for figuring out routines that focus on the muscles you want them to.
RonnieTodger Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 Completely agree. You use calipers to measure your bf? Hotbodys on Belgrave Gate if you want to get big is the place to go.
Itsthejoeker Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 Just did a quick Google search on it. Quite cheap with high reviews. Might give it a try when I get back in the gym. Get the biggest bag they do though, the scoops are massive!
leicesterlad1989 Posted 5 June 2015 Posted 5 June 2015 Th term 'tone' is a bug barer of mine. Toning up doesn't exist, you can either build muscle by eating in a calorie surplus or burn fat by eating in a calorie deficit. Sounds like you might want to do a summer cut. I would probably invest in the Ldn muscle cutting guide. They are making a lot of noise atm and have proven results. Will set u back a bit but all you need to do is just follow the guide, it has great detail with the exercises and also the diet. They are pro flexible dieting to an extent so you won't be eating rice, chicken and broccoli every three hours. I've been an avid gym user for the last few years. Dropped a hell of a lot of weight but didn't do it correctly (barely ate). I then bulked up and worked a lot on strength but I never took into account of my macros. Some days I would be strong and others I would be weak. I started the LDN Cut on Monday this week and so far, I've done 3 lifting routines and 2 cardio sessions. It's taught me to count my macros and so far so good. I feel in peak condition before I train. Hopefully see more results. I want to cut more fat and not just look "big."
Alex_LCFC Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Use weights in my garden. Feel like I did enough on my biceps last night. Don't acke this morning. Don't get it
theessexfox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Use weights in my garden. Feel like I did enough on my biceps last night. Don't acke this morning. Don't get it My biceps tend to ache the least out of all of the muscles I work.
JonnyBoy Posted 11 June 2015 Posted 11 June 2015 I've been an avid gym user for the last few years. Dropped a hell of a lot of weight but didn't do it correctly (barely ate). I then bulked up and worked a lot on strength but I never took into account of my macros. Some days I would be strong and others I would be weak. I started the LDN Cut on Monday this week and so far, I've done 3 lifting routines and 2 cardio sessions. It's taught me to count my macros and so far so good. I feel in peak condition before I train. Hopefully see more results. I want to cut more fat and not just look "big." Yea it's got great reviews. I used to love them when they only started out but go to big now. Good luck with it. Anyone can look 'big' the hard work is getting lean and having size too!
zak_lcfc Posted 12 June 2015 Posted 12 June 2015 If anybody is looking for more calories the best thing is peanut butter if you like it, packed full of calories with both protein and good fats, it's what I used when I needed more I just added two teaspoons to my shake which had like 200 calories in it
Itsthejoeker Posted 2 July 2015 Posted 2 July 2015 Two weeks into my cut phase and the lb's are falling off, that's what happens when you "bulk" for two years!!
Guest ttfn Posted 3 July 2015 Posted 3 July 2015 Two weeks into my cut phase and the lb's are falling off, that's what happens when you "bulk" for two years!! Out of interest what have you been eating? I've tried to follow a plan which was to get down to 50g of carbohydrate a day and it was absolutely impossible - everything has loads of carbs in it - a glass of orange juice has like 30g, a glass of milk 10g etc. Even totally cutting out bread, potatoes, pasta and rice I struggled to get under 75g on any given day.
ozleicester Posted 3 July 2015 Posted 3 July 2015 Bugger!!......Broke the cable on my home gym!!... hmm this should be in the "manly" thread.
Freesolo Posted 3 July 2015 Posted 3 July 2015 Love this homemade gym a guy and his wife made In the US, says it cost $12k total which I think is a good deal if you think about the money you save on membership, fuel to get to the gym, time getting to and from the gym, waiting for machines etc. It would probably pay its self off in 8-10 years i suppose, the only downside I can see is if you want to move house. What do you guys think http://imgur.com/a/lrFPS?gallery
Ollie93 Posted 3 July 2015 Posted 3 July 2015 Out of interest what have you been eating? I've tried to follow a plan which was to get down to 50g of carbohydrate a day and it was absolutely impossible - everything has loads of carbs in it - a glass of orange juice has like 30g, a glass of milk 10g etc. Even totally cutting out bread, potatoes, pasta and rice I struggled to get under 75g on any given day. I'm on about 50g of carbs a day now for the last 2 weeks of leaning up. I'm on around 2100 Kcals a day just below maintenance. Egg white omelette for breakfast with 2 yolks cooked in coconut oil. Shake Tuna/chicken salad of some sort, usually spinach with peppers onions tomatoes etc. (I don't really count veg towards my Kcals) I have one shake about an hour before I work out with a scoop of oats. PWO shake. Chicken and sweet potato for dinner. Easy, cheap and effective. Just takes perseverance.
Freesolo Posted 3 July 2015 Posted 3 July 2015 Use weights in my garden. Feel like I did enough on my biceps last night. Don't acke this morning. Don't get it How long have you been lifting for? how heavy were you lifting, it doesn't matter about the weight everything is relative but was is high reps and low weight? or heavy weight and low reps? How many sets and reps did you do, what exercises where you doing?
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