🏥 Health Workout chat

[Spivitz]

Back, arms, walk, abs
Winning


Took a week off, not by choice but a week off every six months is good imo.



So last Monday while benching neck locked up. I knew to stop, it ached three days, healed. I could had lifted Saturday but thought what was the harm waiting till today.

Health is wealth ???

 

[sickmint79]

i did legs and pizza saturday, chest shoulders triceps and hamburgers yesterday. pretty slow but positive progress vs. some old sheets i found where i wrote stuff down, certainly a lot more improvement in some lifts vs. others. think my worst problem is not getting near enough sleep, actually zonked out i get 5 hours at the most. wonder how my newbie gainz (feel slow but i have no idea) are now vs. what they could have been if i picked up some weights at 21 or 31 vs. now 41. muay thai today but no fighting kids.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

RIP days of newbie gains. Literally flail around at the gym holding weights with your high T 16-21YO self and double all your lifts in a year

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Leg day.
back squats hurt my hammy a little bit after first working set, switched to front squats.

just a quick one today, I’m gassed after working all day.

 

[Shawn1112]

Back, arms, walk, abs
Winning


Took a week off, not by choice but a week off every six months is good imo.



So last Monday while benching neck locked up. I knew to stop, it ached three days, healed. I could had lifted Saturday but thought what was the harm waiting till today.

Health is wealth ???

I usually take a deload week every 12 weeks or so. I’m not lifting at all this week as my left elbow has been very sore. Maybe tendinitis, if it continues I’ll go get it looked at.

 

[Spivitz]

I usually take a deload week every 12 weeks or so. I’m not lifting at all this week as my left elbow has been very sore. Maybe tendinitis, if it continues I’ll go get it looked at.

Ya, definitely a good call. When I'm lifting every other day I don't get that "good pain"
The next day after lifting.

However, every time I take a week off, the next day it's there. For example I benched Wednesday and even today when I squeeze my pecks they still ache (if that makes any sense)


Thus, maybe I get more out of lifting taking time off.


I truly do not know, just making an observation.

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[Aircal]

For those of you that take pre workout. How long between taking it and starting your workout? How long does it last?.
I work till 6 and get to the gym at 6:45ish. Get home between 8 and 8:30. Should be in bed by 10ish but 11 is lucky.

 

[1quick]

For those of you that take pre workout. How long between taking it and starting your workout? How long does it last?.
I work till 6 and get to the gym at 6:45ish. Get home between 8 and 8:30. Should be in bed by 10ish but 11 is lucky.

That depends on what you take and when you take it, I used to just put a scoop right in my mouth in the parking lot of the gym on an almost empty stomach in the morning and it would hit me in about 5 minutes but if I was on night shift I couldn’t take a nap for the rest of the day after I took my pre workout

 

[Aircal]

That's what I worry about need to get to bed 1 and a half to 2 hours later.
I am just so exhausted when leaving work. I start before 7am and go to 6.

 

[Shawn1112]

For those of you that take pre workout. How long between taking it and starting your workout? How long does it last?.
I work till 6 and get to the gym at 6:45ish. Get home between 8 and 8:30. Should be in bed by 10ish but 11 is lucky.

My pre is JYM which is pretty strong. I take it 30-45 min before I lift and I'm still wired 2hrs later. I normally workout between noon-3pm, if I took it at 6pm, I wouldn't sleep. But I lift HEAVY 90% of the time, so take that for what its worth

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

That's what I worry about need to get to bed 1 and a half to 2 hours later.
I am just so exhausted when leaving work. I start before 7am and go to 6.

There’s a ton of non-stimulant pre workouts on the market now. Haven’t used one but I think I remember N20GT does?

if you wouldn’t drink two cups of coffee at the same time you’d be taking pre, I wouldn’t take it. I do take it sometimes as late as 8pm, but I’ve got to be absolutely gassed from a 12+ hour work day. It will fuck with your sleep for sure.

having some simple carbs like fruit or candy helps me some times too. Banana before I’m out of work or grab a little pack of skittles or at a gas station on my way to the gym.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

There’s a ton of non-stimulant pre workouts on the market now. Haven’t used one but I think I remember N20GT does?

if you wouldn’t drink two cups of coffee at the same time you’d be taking pre, I wouldn’t take it. I do take it sometimes as late as 8pm, but I’ve got to be absolutely gassed from a 12+ hour work day. It will fuck with your sleep for sure.

having some simple carbs like fruit or candy helps me some times too. Banana before I’m out of work or grab a little pack of skittles or at a gas station on my way to the gym.

Stim free pre is the way to go. I use AML stim free pre and post workout, they’re dosed pretty heavy where it counts.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Most pre workouts like to go heavy on caffeine because it’s cheap, then go light where it matters (creatine, citrulline mallate, beta alanine etc)

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Also if a preworkout has taurine its junk

 

[Spivitz]

BENCH FTW
abs
Will walk etc

Feels good

??

 

[Shawn1112]

Stim free pre is the way to go. I use AML stim free pre and post workout, they’re dosed pretty heavy where it counts.

Ive tried a couple of different stim free pre, and neither did anything for me at all. Might give the AML a shot

 

[DEEZUZ]

First day back at gym. Flat, incline, rope, cables incline and decline. Chest n tris.

Almost walked out. So many fucking people... Not that I'm worried about Cv19, just there's not enough machines... And this place huge... Frustrating...

Got a good pump and I was wanting to do more but I know the first few days if I go hard I'm fucking dead sore.... I'll ease into it.

Well see how long I stick to it. If anything I'll rejoin anytime and go to my closest one if the crowd bothers me

 

[DEEZUZ]

And of course got home and was starved. So 3 egg whites, 2 yolks, and a bowl of lettuce with teaspoon of dressing. Trying to down water to fill up

 

[Shawn1112]

And of course got home and was starved. So 3 egg whites, 2 yolks, and a bowl of lettuce with teaspoon of dressing. Trying to down water to fill up

Even when I'm eating better (not clean) just better lol. I have to put at least a couple of tablespoons of dressing on my salads.

 

[Spivitz]

First day back at gym. Flat, incline, rope, cables incline and decline. Chest n tris.

Almost walked out. So many fucking people... Not that I'm worried about Cv19, just there's not enough machines... And this place huge... Frustrating...

Got a good pump and I was wanting to do more but I know the first few days if I go hard I'm fucking dead sore.... I'll ease into it.

Well see how long I stick to it. If anything I'll rejoin anytime and go to my closest one if the crowd bothers me

Dude, I see bitch dots...?

 

[1quick]

And of course got home and was starved. So 3 egg whites, 2 yolks, and a bowl of lettuce with teaspoon of dressing. Trying to down water to fill up

Your going to waste away eating like that are you doing keto?

 

[DEEZUZ]

Your going to waste away eating like that are you doing keto?

No but I need to lose alot of fat

 

[1quick]

No but I need to lose alot of fat

Give keto a shot, you will feel fuller than egg whites and salad and drop weight pretty fast

 

[DEEZUZ]

Give keto a shot, you will feel fuller than egg whites and salad and drop weight pretty fast

Just not gunna happen and it won't last long. I will not give up carbs or sugar. Period. Won't happen.

I just have to stop eating absolute trash all week. I need to have weekends off but during the week eat good and less

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Just not gunna happen and it won't last long. I will not give up carbs or sugar. Period. Won't happen.

I just have to stop eating absolute trash all week. I need to have weekends off but during the week eat good and less

Anything is better than eating junk 24/7 but try and moderate weekends a little bit also. Your metabolism will slow a bit in a calorie deficit so if you’re eating 3k cals/day m-f then binging Friday night through Sunday, that’s def not ideal.

but like I said any progress is good progress, don’t obsess over it