Bodybuilding/Strength Training
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I do lunges and squats, but not THAT many squats because of my bad knee. My quads and ass are always on fire but my hams feel so numb. Should I switch to some machines that target that area or is there another workout?
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Some great articles here about the fraud that goes on within the fitness and bodybuilding industry, written by highly experienced HIT trainer and natural bodybuilder Dave Landau... http://www.exercisefraud.com/
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Has anyone tried body beast? I'm looking for a new routine and this one seemed good because its not a home workout routine. Or at least from what i can tell. Has anyone tried it? Also if you have does it come with a nutrition plan and it it easily modified to make it vegan?
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http://muscleandbrawn.com/strong-strength-standards-raw-natural-lifters/ This article is one of the best in relation to general goal setting with realistic outcomes. It comes just in time as one of my local powerlifters who I thought was natural for the longest time has been taking hormones and competing. It really took me for a loop.
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Hello! I am 16, female, and began strength training about a month and a half ago. Other than lifting, I run a bit(1-2 miles a few days a week), and walk some(3 miles a few days a week). I usually workout at the gym 4 days a week, and for 1 hour or 1 hour 15 minutes. I begin by running 2 miles on the treadmill or elliptical, then strength train the rest of the time. Since I'm just getting started, my weights aren't incredibly high yet, but I'm getting there! Also, I struggled with an eating disorder last year, and don't feel that my metabolism is as great as it was before, but i can't be sure. I'm about 5'5" and a half, 120 lbs. I've been tracking calories on MyFitnes…
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Hi everyone =) So after my exams I wanna do the Insanity workout because it's been 3 months I workout everyday , 6 days a week and I don't see as much results as I would like (except on my arms, but yeah for a girl that's not the part I wanna improve the most). So I think Insanity would be a great challenge for me, but I have knock knees. It doens't hurt me at all when I do sport but I have to be careful to my positions. For example when I squat, I need to be careful because my knees want to go inside xD . So anyone did Insanity before ? Do you think I can do it ? Thanks =) Choé
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I've heard a lot that doing cardio while weight lifting is like "driving a car with the brakes on". In other words, it's going to be hard to put on lean mass if you're burning all your calories, which makes sense. But is this true? I'm probably ~5lbs overweight right now and don't want to put on anymore, my goals are basically to just build lean muscle and get rid of as much fat as possible. Anyone have any insight into this? Do I still need to eat a lot of food to do this or will I just get fat? Thanks everyone!
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Every month i add 5 kg more to my weightlifting schedule, and the first week of changing is always harder for me and most of the time i am not able to finish the reps especially when is about barbell curls. generally i make 4x10, but this week i was only able to lift 1x10, 1x8 and 1x6 (i am actually lifting 40kg after 5 months of training), does this kind of workout still count and is it effective? or was just useless? should i lift even when my arms are tired and try to finish those reps?
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Hi Would appreciate some advice. I'm 6ft male 38 years old. I weight 93kg and have 28% body fat. I am therefore keen to get my body fat right down whilst also gaining muscle. My current diet is 3 weeks in and generally consists of: Breakfast (8am) oats with pumkin seeds, cashew nuts with almond milk Lunch (12.30pm) Superfood salad with almonds Dinner (7pm) Tofu with vegetables 9pm - Herb protein shake with almond milk I have just started in the gym focusing on free weights. Happy to answer questions to help me get it right. I'd like to get my weight down to about 83kg with 16% body fat (to start with! Jay
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Hello, this is my first time posting here. I've been a vegan for almost a year now and all my life I've been a stick figure build. I'm 5'8" and ~130lb. Being in the military I have a lot of for lack of a better term "meat head" co-workers that tell me I need supplements if I want to get big. I have tried searching for vegan pre-workouts, creatine, testosterone boosters and protein. I only found the protein and currently use PlantFusion protein. I'm just looking for information so I'm better prepared. Thanks in advance!
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Hi everyone I'm enjoying on youtube and I find this video,it's very amzying with me. what do you think? what is your's favorite exciese in Guy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcOi-muonYQ
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So I have been reading up on the 811 diet, which is where you consume 80% of your calories from carbs, 10% from protein, and 10% from fats. I was wondering if anyone that has participated in using this diet has managed to gain a considerable amount of lean mass. Currently I eat around 300 grams of protein a day, 350 carbs, and 90 grams of fat. Would I still be able to gain muscle while on an 811 diet. Also if I started doing 2 a days wouldn't my protein requirments rise?
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>I had this thread in the fitness forum, but i moved it because it was there for 3 days without any traffix :S< Greetings, i've been out of commission for about a month or so (no transport, it's driving me nuts), and my sports season is coming up in a few months this year i was hoping to really up my game, and stand out more, particularly on recovery/stamina, possibly so i can get into a higher grade i want some tips on how i can improve my stamina and recovery when i'm on the field, so i can sprint more often, and stay in the game more of the time anyway, i want to get cardio-fit, without compromising any weight gain goals, personally i don't really like runnin…
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I'm looking to lift free weights three times a week for strength and size. I have very weak and skinny arms+poor upper body strength due to developmental dyspraxia, which lag greatly behind my lower body. Given my constraints, should I do a workout a week focused on this area? or will a good full body workout improve my arms, shoulders and chest and make them catch up with the rest of me?
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Hi, I'm new here. Although I have always been into fitness and nutrition and have always done strength training and even power lifting in the past. I still can't work out my body type. I don't seem to strictly fit into any of the 3. I think I'm a cross between an endomorph and mesomorth? But then what regime do I lean towards? I'm 5ft 7inches Hourglass Distribute fat evenly Build muscle easy but also store fat easily I've a curvy figure but dont think what you'd especially call rounded :-/ Help?! Ummmm due to the nature of the majority of my work its hard to find pictures that show my shape without showing too much
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Hi everyone, I've just noticed that in my neighbourhood some bars had been built. I hope that I will take advantage of it, in my opinion street workout is a good way to get fit and strong. "My portfolio" -> I'm the beginner (in street workout and bodybuilding), my max. pull-ups - 10, height - 181 cm, weight - 72 kg, vegan - since 2 months, other sports - volleyball, skiing, tennis Could you give me some advices how to train on bars (to gain muscles), how should my routine look like ? I started searching by visiting sites: www.madbarz.com and www.veganwarriors.net , there is some useful info, for example on the madbarz I see many routines on different muscles. B…
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She's vegan?
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Okay before anyone says "google it" I have done, a lot. There's a lot of conflicting information on the internet so I thought I would get opinions from people that genuinely weight train. So my question is, how many reps/sets do you find best for gaining muscle size!? Personally I like to go for between 10-12 reps for 3-4 sets
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Hi All, Been watching this years worlds strongest man contest, got me thinking back to my favorite strongmen competitor's Magnus Samuelsson and Magnus Ver Magnusson, especially Samuelsson. I remember watching the first time he competed in 95 when he broke the arm of fellow competitor Nathan Jones (who had 24" arms) in an arm wrestling event. This is a brilliant video called world strongest arms, if you've not seen it, your in for a treat. Happy new year everyone:) Rob
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Hi All, Here's another method i'd like to share... I've spoke about using cluster sets on my training log, however i don't think I've spoke about why i use them... For those who are unaware of what they are, cluster sets are nothing more than a form of rest pause training, there's lots of rest pause variation's, but the one that has produced best results for me is Brian Johnston's 3 rep cluster set method. To begin, the trainee uses 80% of their typical working for 8-10 full range reps, from there, you perform 5 mini sets of 3 reps each, with 3 deep breaths between each mini set. If you get to the 5th mini cluster set and can preform more than 3 reps, do so, go to f…
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hey everybody, i would like to know if making pushups in the evening (3 sessions of 20 with open arms and 3 sessions of 20 with close arms) the same day of the workout at the gym (generally i train at 8am) is useless or it helps as a bonus training. generally the workout i make at the gym is based on barbell curls, barbell bench press, barbell row, squat, deadlift, cable crossover and latmachine. i asked because i am going to start muay thai and in the cardio training i need to make pushups too.
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Hi! My name is Annicka, I've been powerlifting for about a year and recently started focusing more on aesthetics. The only reason I didn't go back to a vegan diet is because I thought I couldn't get, in the words of Mark Bell, "jacked and tan" lol. I've seen some impressive male athletes BUT I have yet to see a female vegan bodybuilder with the muscle mass I want. However, I do realize that these are only a few women that I've seen. I wasn't sure if they don't have bigger muscle on the lower body because they CANT or they just prefer not to (I've seen some buff arms, and *personal preference* "lacking" legs). I want (and have) a lot of muscle on my legs and glutes an…
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+ Do chin ups!
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This seems like an obvious question, but I think I'm mostly in denial about it because I'd rather avoid having to buy even more groceries... So I've been lifting and eating big for a little over a month and have put on 8-10 lbs from 150 to 160. It only makes sense then that I up my caloric and protein intake as well to match this change in weight, right? OR should I stay pretty close to what I've been doing and just monitor my progress? Thanks
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