Who lifts weights?

mrdc

mrdc

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I go to the gym 5 days a week and have been for several years. I also have a nice cardio setup at the house but I take care of the weight training at the gym. I'm wondering who else lifts and what are they trying to accomplish... strength, form, lose weight, ...
I am trying to get big and get stong. However, it's been a long road but I see progress slowly. I am just curious in what you are doing. We can talk about programs if you are interested. My goal right now is to bench press 225 at least 15 times. That's the way I gauge my strength and basically its a matter of how much I can lift so many times.
 
tangman99

tangman99

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I used to lift weights seriously about 20 years ago. I was at my peak at 22. Benched around 315 lbs and weighed in around 195. 32" pants were lose on me back then also.
I'm thinking about getting back into working out but more for conditioning and not strength. I was in law enforcement then and the strength came in handy all the time. I just want to be in good shape once again. I've kept my weight at around 190 but the probem is now I wear 36" pants.
 
mrdc

mrdc

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I wore 36" since forever but now i wear 38". I guess it comes with age but I am trying to slim down w/o losing strength. 315 is great! I max out around that and would love to do that in reps! The guy I work with can but he doesn't do it often since he works out with me
. He does 225 at least 30 times so if I can get up to 15 times ... maybe I can do 315 more than once!!!!
 
aquatics24

aquatics24

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ok...rule number one, you cant lose weight and gain muscle. not going to happen and never going to happen, you need to bulk or cut...so im seeing you need to cut, since you "want to slim down"...a morning cardio of 30-45 mins, then an afternoon-evening workout like so:
monday; chest, tris, abs, cardio (20-30mins)
tuesday; bis, back, forearms
wednesday; legs, calves, butt, abs, cardio (20-30mins)
thursday off
friday; traps, shoulders, forearms, abs, cardio(15-20mins)
saturday off
sunday; repeat
now with your diet, you want to make your protein, carb, fat ratio at a 6:2:0...and when i say protein i mean white meat only...whey protein shakes, etc.
you want to keep a 6 meals a day to keep your metabolism strong
7:00am- protein shake
10:00am- water, fruit, form of carbs (1cup oatmeal)
1:00pm- water, white meat, veg, form of carbs (ie, beans)
4:00pm- protein shake
7:00pm- water, lean meat, veg, form of carbs (ie potatoes)
10:00pm- protein shake
of course you dont have to eat exact for the next 8-10 weeks, but keep it like that, as far as drinking, stick to water, also your meal times may vary, but keep it like that. get lots of rest too, do a variety of work outs, dont stress yourself..and dont take a bunch of supplements thinking they are going to work and help...they dont, they will mess with your routine
 
mrdc

mrdc

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My diet has been off for awhile but it's back on. I don't eat read meat but eat lots of fruits, veggies, soy, white pork and chicken, whey, oatmeal, cereal, rice, ...
The weight has come on because of diet and hip problem which has messe dwith my cardio. The hip problem is a recurring problem due to the muslcles around the hip joint. I have had MRIs and the other tests and it came down to the muslce around the hip is tightening up which I am supposed to stretch out twice a day which I have been doing again since I won't take advil and such.
Anyway, here is a typical workout:
Monday: tris
Tuesday: back and bis
Wed: jog
Thurs: back and shoulders
Fri: legs
Sat: off
Sun: Jog
Squash at least twice a week
I work out during lunch and jog or squash in the evening
Supplements: multi, creatine (just started), tonalin, coq10, efa
Now if you want to talk about routines let me know and I can list what I typically do.
Also,
Age 34
Weight 210 (trying to get back to 190...was 216 a few weeks ago so making strides)
Height 6"
BF: ?
 
aquatics24

aquatics24

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dont eat too much fruit...you dont want the simple sugars...and rice is a no no, stay away from foods like this and flour...ie foods that your body isnt use to breaking down. id drop the creatine too...it will have your muscles hold water, and you dont want that type of holding...also you will be bloated, and you want those shreaded abs
 
martinc909

martinc909

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Well hello. I'm taking a Weight Lifting/pe3 class for high school. I've never worked out before in my life and I'm pretty skinny. I'm six feet and weigh 150lbs. Like I said I never worked out in my life so I max at bench at 125lbs. Squat 205. And they make us do a Power Cleanse and I do it at 115. I want to get BIG also. but I really have no idea how. the only thing that I know for sure is "no steroids". I'm also the tallest person in my family(literally my entire family, as in family tree). I'm only 16. I need help. Any advice please. I could do curls 30lbs 17times.
 
aquatics24

aquatics24

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you need a good diet with around 4000cal, 6:4:2 protein, carb, fat ratio
6-8 meals aday...lean and red meat...get myoplex protein shakes to help...you need a good variety, and good routine...follow the routine i have above, and work out hard, dont over do it, get lots of rest, drink lots of water (gallon-2gall a day)
 
compjtc

compjtc

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when I can (I've been off for about 2 weeks now due to a few projects going on) I have a workout routine.
Typically I jog about 5 miles sunday, tuesday, and thursday. On Monday, wedesday, friday I jog about 2 miles and stationary bike for about 10 to warm up and then lift for about 45 minutes.
I started doing this last april because I was overweight and really unheatlhy. I started my workout routine and changed my diet by completely dropping snacks, limiting myself to healthy food, and eating reasonable portions. Since then I've gone from 220lbs to 175lbs. (I'm 5'10) I plan on losing another 5 pounds and then I'm going to ramp up the weight lifting to start building muscle mass. The best part about it: I feel great! Never before has running been so easy. I can now jog up stairs without losing my breath, whereas before i'd be out of breath by the time i went up 3 or 4 stories. So good :)
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Well a good diet with a lot of protein will help. You say you are lifting in PE...how long is the class? I work out at least an hour each time I workout and that is with a lot of supersets and sometimes tri-ceps (not the muscles). I also believe in confusing your muscles which means don't get caught up in doing the same routine. If you want big, you also have to go heavy and you have to have rest. Negatives are good too. Tomorrow I will post my current arm routine. Would do now but I have it already in a nice Excel format at work which I will copy in tomorrow
 
martinc909

martinc909

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pe is my first class and it starts 8:14 in the morning and lasts 53 minutes. So by the time the announces are over and we dress out and get to the weight room we end up working out like 30 minutes a day
 
martinc909

martinc909

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I drink tons of water. The ro water that I use for my tank is the water we use to drink. And the 5g water thing is filling up almost everyday. I've never seen how much water I drink regularly. but my mother told me it's good to wake up and drink water before eating,washing teeth, etc.
 
aquatics24

aquatics24

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Originally Posted by martinc909
I drink tons of water. The ro water that I use for my tank is the water we use to drink. And the 5g water thing is filling up almost everyday. I've never seen how much water I drink regularly. but my mother told me it's good to wake up and drink water before eating,washing teeth, etc.
yah...good...but for working out you want to spend atleast an hour on each muscle...i spend about 3-4 hours in the gym...take about 2 min breaks between sets too
 
martinc909

martinc909

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at home I only have a curl bar, 2 dumbells, and a broom stick. and about 115lbs of weights that don't fit on the curl bar. I don't want to start off with an extreme workout since I've been totally inactive for about 3months. The only exercise i've been getting lately is at work and we have to hustle alot at work. I'll try to do workouts that I can't do at home,@ school. and thanks by the way. I really appreciate it.
 
jmick

jmick

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I’ve been lifting for the past 8 months and the results thus far have been really good! I have always been rather active and when we had our son about 2 years ago I gained about 20lbs of fat in my mid section and one day my wife made a comment about it and I at that time I decided it was time to get back into lifting.
I limit each workout to an hour because IMO, anything more is over training, unless you are a genetic freak.
Day 1 is Chest, shoulders and Triceps
Day 2 is back and biceps
Day 3 is legs
I tend to take 4 days off between each muscle group. Bodybuilding.com has some great info and so does some of the sites on myspace.
I take creatine, solid multi, green tea extract and whey. My goal isn’t to become huge, I’m much more interested in being toned and so far so good, I’ve dropped 15lbs of fat and replaced it with lean muscle, which really burns those calories!
 
soto

soto

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i am a bodacious studmuffin. i am the epitomy of sexy sexiness. when i'm not shooing screaming groupies away like flies then i'm usually military pressing titanium barbells with my tongue. sometimes i like to pick up several fat people at a time and spin them on my finger. one day i was curling 300lbs in each arm and for a second i felt a little unsure of myself due to small amount of weight. then upon fixating my eyes at my bodacious, flaring, sweaty, shiney, massive rock sized pulsating biceps i realized that nobody can possibly equal manliness to the caliper of the SOTO that is i.
the hell were we talkin about anyways?
 
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