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The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 2:08 am

Inspired by a late night party where members were discussing fitness, I decided to make a thread about it! Post goals, discuss things, asks questions and the like regarding fitness here.

Currently I'm at 6'5", maybe 180lbs. My goal is to reach 200lbs by the end of this year. Ever since college started, I've been very good about planning my nutrition to hit goals while eating clean. However, a big problem I've had is managing my time, particular when I'm nearing an exam, to get both a workout in and to make all the food I need to reach my weight goals. TO overcome this I am about to start doing meal prep. I hope to make all of my meals for a week on Sundays. Anyone have experience in meal prepping that can tell me some things to look out for, or recipes to consider?

Side note, I used to always do two big, 2 hour long weight lifting sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays of a week. I am now trying to aim for at least 1 hour of physical activity a day, and while the title initially turned me off, I have decided that I will use the following workout plan for the 12 weeks remaining in summer. I'll post results. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/steve-c ... ainer.html
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:54 am

I ride my bike at least 16 miles/day for commuting to work. Since it's my only workout time because kids, I push hard, not like a leisurely ride in the park. My only goal is to get faster. I don't really care about weights or anything like that. Just pedal harder, beat my previous time.

I'll post a picture later of my sweet jersey... i know muffin's gonna love it.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:55 am

brickfungus wrote:
I'll post a picture later of my sweet jersey... i know muffin's gonna love it.

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Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:00 am

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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:01 am

ughghghg.... i'd be faster, though, just trying to out pedal the ugly....
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:56 am

I sometimes go for a few km run but I'm slacking on this. I did cut down on candy,sweet stuff,soda and junk food like one and a half year ago, not avoiding it completely but just less. Also drinking way more water then ever.
Otherwise I have alot workout with my job as plumber haha.
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 1:01 pm

Yeah, I never noticed how much soda affected my body until I cut it out while traveling Africa however many years ago. Now whenever I drink it, I feel sick almost immediately. Hate sounding like an 'enlightened' douche, but water is just so, so much more important than I realized
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:32 pm

I exercise a lot between work, swordfighting, hockey, and just being me (I like to run and jump around like a puppy). My problem is that I find eating and cooking boring, and mixing that with my picky eating habits leads to me being underweight. For me, eating is just a thing that I get out of the way as fast as possible so I can get back to doing fun things. And now that I work all day every day, I have even less free time to do fun things, so I try to be as efficient as possible with my food.

So, I dunno. That's where I'm at right meow.

That meal prep thing might work for me, but I don't think its possible for me to do right now since I'm still living with my parents and they keep the fridge packed to overflow with junk I don't eat.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:36 pm

Meal prep may be something for you to look into as well if you really do want to add weight. I'm going to start doing it for similar reasons, so
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:41 pm

You could check out Soylent for some quick meals. https://www.soylent.com/product/drink/ I've been having a couple per day for breakfast and sometimes lunch for like a year. It tastes kinda like the milk left after eating a bowl of cheerios and is a little thicker since it has all the fiber etc. The powder version is a bit different.
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:08 pm

Muffin wrote:
My goal is to reach 200lbs by the end of this year.

I hate this goal, but understand it because at your age I was 6'2 and about 170ish lbs. Currently I'm 6'2 ~193lbs. I've been as heavy as 210.

Most of you already know I played multiple sports in high school and some at the collegiate club level. I also used to be a memeber of the National Strength Coaches Associate and I even passed the Certified Strength and Conditioning coaches exam.

Now that I should have a little more credibility than just being 40, I'll explain why I hate that goal. At that height and weight proportion I always felt skinny and not in an attractive to females way, more like a "man that guy's a twig" way. While you motivation might not be exactly the same, I don't think just adding weightfor the sake of weight is a good thing.

I much rather see you have goals related to being strong or to have a specific strength purpose. Could be a sport, could be ninja warrior, or could be to win a cross fit competition or something. Regardless, I feel like just trying to be bigger in my experience is usually poor for your functional movement, but it's also usually short lived.

Back when I went up to 210 from about 175-180 my goal was to be able to play line backer and not get manhandled by fullbacks and tight ends. I needed to be heavier and stronger to preform this. I didn't know it at the time but most of my weight was put on because I was using multiple chains of muscles in almost all the exercise I was doing. At the same time I ate like a ravenous ant colony. It was a lot of work. I was able to keep the weight on because I was using all those muscle chains and supplying my body with more than enough calories and protein to sustain it.

Another thing about having a specific strength goal or challenge is mind is that your body will make itself right for that challenge. For examples if you train for a marathon you'd like lose a bunch of weight. If you train for rock climbing you'll probably make massive gains in upper body strength.

If you just want to get bigger, I understand. I've been there, but since you want to be me in 10+ years I should help you get there.

1. align your ideal body to the ideal body of someone that activity well (hopefully something you enjoy)
2. train and eat for that activity
3. Don't really look at the scale much

As for meal prep, I suck at it. I can say the f-fal opti-grill is a fantastic machine for cooking 4 chicken breasts at a time. I'd marinate up to 4 and just use that machine to cook them after 24hr marinate.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:16 pm

Criporc wrote:
I exercise a lot between work, swordfighting, hockey, and just being me (I like to run and jump around like a puppy).
I mentioned working out at the gym to this guy at work and he said something incredibly profound. "The gym is for people who's lives are to boring to burn off all the calories they eat"

Also... forgot to mention that Chocolate almond milk, chocolate soy protein and nesquik are a fantastic pre sleep recovery drink.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:37 am

For you, muffin....



and sexy legs??



AND rockin socks?????
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:46 am

brickfungus wrote:
and sexy legs??
God DAMN
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:49 am

Look at Brick, thinking he's the king of legs. That's cute.

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