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WheatGot the flu today. Anyone know anything I should eat that won't make me feel like shit?
WheatGot the flu today. Anyone know anything I should eat that won't make me feel like shit?
WheatGot the flu today. Anyone know anything I should eat that won't make me feel like shit?
WheatNot really a smoker. I have the stomach flu so no headache.
BenWhitI rarely work out in the morning, but had to today. my gym has abridged hours because it's Marathon Monday, basically a holiday here in Boston. I thought I would feel shitty on 5 hours of sleep, no food or water... but aside from shitting twice before I actually got into my squats, I felt pretty good. I think I would need to get up a little earlier than 6 to make it for 6:30, but overall it was OK. Anyone an early riser?
Davinbut you are wrong.. youre making an assumption on my body type. I am not naturally skinny and never have been.
I have pretty bulky shoulders and have a decent amount of muscle. I am just looking on how to cut the body fat % down around the muscle that is there. I have wide shoulders but a size 30 waist. Not the lanky body type of skinny.
BenWhitI rarely work out in the morning, but had to today. my gym has abridged hours because it's Marathon Monday, basically a holiday here in Boston. I thought I would feel shitty on 5 hours of sleep, no food or water... but aside from shitting twice before I actually got into my squats, I felt pretty good. I think I would need to get up a little earlier than 6 to make it for 6:30, but overall it was OK. Anyone an early riser?
BenWhitI rarely work out in the morning, but had to today. my gym has abridged hours because it's Marathon Monday, basically a holiday here in Boston. I thought I would feel shitty on 5 hours of sleep, no food or water... but aside from shitting twice before I actually got into my squats, I felt pretty good. I think I would need to get up a little earlier than 6 to make it for 6:30, but overall it was OK. Anyone an early riser?
BenWhitI rarely work out in the morning, but had to today. my gym has abridged hours because it's Marathon Monday, basically a holiday here in Boston. I thought I would feel shitty on 5 hours of sleep, no food or water... but aside from shitting twice before I actually got into my squats, I felt pretty good. I think I would need to get up a little earlier than 6 to make it for 6:30, but overall it was OK. Anyone an early riser?
louie.miragsDude, sleep (recovery) is just as important as proper diet and form. You don't want to get an injury that can be prevented...
cobra_commanderMy best 'performance day' happened on less than 3hrs of sleep following 22 hours of being awake and eating mostly fast food and drinking coffee.
californiagrownIts actually not super important. To an extent you can out eat sleep deficiency. Its a distant third to diet and training in terms of importance.
Don't get me wrong its still good to get the necessary rest and sleep, but it certainly doesn't have to be dialed in the way training and diet do.
cobra_commanderMy best 'performance day' happened on less than 3hrs of sleep following 22 hours of being awake and eating mostly fast food and drinking coffee. Only thing I really had going in my favor was I was well hydrated. I think my average for that week was around 3hrs of sleep.
I PR'd my 2 mile run and max push ups in the morning, then Bench Press and Dead lift in the afternoon.
Sometimes you have to perform in other than ideal circumstances.
If I am running in the morning I wake up and loosen up before heading out. If I am lifting I wake up about 2hrs before I start lifting, drink a cup or two of coffee, read the news and get some work done prior to heading to the gym. I make sure I am well dressed (puffy jacket, and sweat pants) to start ramping my body heat up prior to starting to lift. This is in ideal circumstances though.
californiagrownIts actually not super important. To an extent you can out eat sleep deficiency. Its a distant third to diet and training in terms of importance.
Don't get me wrong its still good to get the necessary rest and sleep, but it certainly doesn't have to be dialed in the way training and diet do.
californiagrownIts actually not super important. To an extent you can out eat sleep deficiency. Its a distant third to diet and training in terms of importance.
Don't get me wrong its still good to get the necessary rest and sleep, but it certainly doesn't have to be dialed in the way training and diet do.
BenWhitsome of my best training days have come following a night where I've crushed a pint of ice cream, popcorn, chips, mac & cheese...
louie.miragsI'm not saying you can't perform ideally under 3 hours of sleep. I'm saying you won't recover as well. Hit your maxes one week and get a full night sleep. Then, hit your max again another week with 3 hours of sleep following it and see which one you feel more sore after. Sleep is important. Your body needs rest to recover.
louie.miragsAccording to the top google searches, sleep is pretty damn important piece to the puzzle
cobra_commanderAs someone who has undergone both food and sleep deprivation, food is significantly more important, you really can't even compare them. This is from personal experience, not google.
louie.miragsAccording to the top google searches, sleep is pretty damn important piece to the puzzle
nobody would argue that. That is too much energy to even burn off...
louie.miragsWhy not maximize them?
louie.miragsAnd I also based my post on my personal experience and sourced articles. Actually, multiple articles. If you want to maximize performance then sleep is important. Of course you can still see gains. Why not maximize them?
cobra_commanderLife.
Physical training is a small part of my life that facilitates the rest of it. My life does not revolve around the gym or my training schedule.
Quality and volume of sleep is important, but 7-8 hrs of sleep 7 days a week is unrealistic for many people.
californiagrownSee below. The gains from the gym are intended to make my life better. When I sacrifice career goals, social life or other recreational things in the name of gains, I am doing it wrong haha.
It generally becomes a situation of: food, training, sleep. Pick two. And bang for your buck, leave out sleep. Unless you really, really need a 12 hour recovery coma haha.
californiagrownSee below. The gains from the gym are intended to make my life better. When I sacrifice career goals, social life or other recreational things in the name of gains, I am doing it wrong haha.
It generally becomes a situation of: food, training, sleep. Pick two. And bang for your buck, leave out sleep. Unless you really, really need a 12 hour recovery coma haha.
louie.miragsI originally quoted Benwhit who commented earlier on the fact he placed wayyyy lower than he anticipated in his competition. Well, maybe he needs to get his training, diet and rest more dialed in. If he likes his training and diet, maybe he is overworking himself and not getting enough recovery time. Every body-building website stresses the fact that sometimes "it's not always what you do in the gym". So, when competing I would bet you should pay attention to all 3 and not pick just two (training, diet)
BenWhitNext year tho!
californiagrownSleep is important. Just not nearly as much as diet(1) and training(2).
dmskiNever posted in here and not sure if this question has ever been asked. I'm starting a new to me workout with the 5x5 program to compliment my running/biking/soccer that I currently do. Does anyone have experience with the 5x5 program and are there any complaints or things you would alter from that basic MWF program. Tuesday Thursday I'll be biking or running and usually Saturday and or Sunday I'm running or biking when I'm not skiing.
cobra_commanderHow does it divide the lifts between Monday, Wednesday and Friday?
When do you play soccer? What is your practice schedule/breakdown like?
ABallsand the occasional set of dips
ABallsAny specific lifts to build a more complete tricep?
Currently I'm doing incline skullcrushers, rope pull downs, oth rope pulls, two handed oth dumbell raises, and the occasional set of dips
-benedettoHeavy close grip always kills my wrist. Any suggestions on how to help that?
cobra_commanderDips - 6-20 rep sets ( I super set with pull ups)
RedPandaI'm amazed at how much strength I lost after a week of heavily drinking on spring break in Costa Rica hahah. I was planning on working out while I was there but that didn't end up happening.
dmskiThat would proabably be helpful knowing what the workout breakdown is. My bad. Im starting with the simple stronglifts 5x5 program but may add bicep/triceps to the mix but I want to see how this goes for a while. Basically 5 workouts you rotate every other week. First week would look like this:
Mon: Warmup, Squats, Bench, Barbel Row
Wed: Warmup, Squats, Overhead Press, Deadlift (only one that is 1x5)
Fri: Warmup, Squats, Bench, Row
Week 2:
Mon: Warmup, Squats, Overhead Press, Deadlift
Wed: Warmup, Squats, Bench, Row
Fri: warmup, Squats, Overhead press, Deadlift
Soccer is relaxed rec league two days a week for 1.5hrs. Those days I will also do an abs/core circuit. My warmups are usually jump roping 2-300 singles or 100 doubles or erging.
cobra_commanderUnderstand that the high frequency aspect of your training will limit your intensity. This is probably a good thing as it will limit your chance of injury as an untrained athlete. The high frequency, high volume, low intensity aspect is probably good for you. Your lifting intensity will likely self limit itself, but be careful with your bike and run, I wouldn't do any sprint work.
Understand that you will want to move to a lower frequency higher intensity training schedule down the road as you develop the ability to reach that intensity.
cobra_commanderI'm assuming that coming from a running/soccer back ground you will be more developed as a runner/sprinter and be able to stain higher relative intensity. When training high frequency it is best to limit overall intensity. Keep in mind that sprinting taxes your body and requires recovery similar to performing lifts in the 65% + range - likely an area where most of your lifts will be done.
MACAQUEI have about a month left of school and I'm trying to get back into lifting before the summer starts. I can lift at least 5 days per week over the summer, but at school I've been so shitty about getting into the gym because I haven't made it part of my every day routine. At the end of last summer I was in the best shape of my life and I'm trying to get past where I was by the end of this summer. I haven't lost a ton of muscle mass, but I definitely lost some and I'm not nearly as strong. What would you guys recommend doing for the next couple weeks so that I can push it hard once school ends? I'll be able to make time for 3 training days per week for the next 5 weeks, but I don't have a lot of time to focus on eating really well. I want to get my base strength up, so I was thinking about just squatting, benching, and doing rows every training day. I'm not really concerned with bulking right now, just getting some of my strength back.
