2013 FITNESS CHALLENGE

[AUChase]

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You look sort of like the guy who plays Cole Phelps in L.A. Noire

[PadresFan]

When I bought my MusclePharm Combat and Assault, the owner gave me samples of some Creamean products. Anyone use any products from this company?

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[Feared]

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I'm struggling, fellas.

I'm having the same problem I had several months ago before I stopped lifting. Over the past few months I've slowly been adding light weight reps and different excercises to my running, pushups, and situps to put some muscle back on and get stronger.

I'm starting to gain weight again, but I measure the same and If anything I look a little more slim. When I cut from 226 to 208 back towards the beginning of the year, I quit lifting all together and I don't want to have to stop lifting again, but I may have to.

I'm back up to 213 from 208 and I need to stay under 211.

I wish I could find an affordable diet and routine for myself. I've been trying to get stronger and stay conditioned for basic training in November.

My frame can carry 220 and look good, easily.. this is bull **** lol.

If anyone has been through this before and has some tips, let me know. I'm thinking about still keeping my food and calories log, but focus more on cutting out the carbs (breads) from my diet.

As it is, I'm still eating a decent amount of whole wheat bread. It would also probably help if I cut my microbewery beer out I don't drink much beer, but I do have a few from time to time.

While I'm rambling here, It may be worth mentioning I was sitting in the steam room every night back at the beginning of the year. Could that help or is it that mostly a mental thing ? I always felt like it made me sweat, but also dehydrated me.

Sounds like you need to lift less, or just do heavy weight but very, very low reps and sets to keep strength but not hypertrophy the muscles. Also cut back on Carbs probably should drop the bread all together for now, and definitely the Beers, and up the cardio.

You are going to lose some muscle mass, it's pretty much unavoidable when eating at a calorie deficit and doing cardio but it's going to be insignificant and you will honestly probably look more ripped with a lower BF%; but it seems like what you're striving for is to lean out anyway.

[Scott]

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What sort of ratio do you guys do for Carbs/Protein/Fats?

[jmik58]

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What sort of ratio do you guys do for Carbs/Protein/Fats?

Use this calculator to get your macros. Granted it's based on the Keto diet, but whether you go that strict or not you at least get a baseline from which to adjust.

Keep in mind also that F/P/C can be communicated two ways. It can be based on total grams per day or based on % of calories.

For example: I try to stay at or under 2100 calories a day and the percentages are something like 65% of calories from Fat, 35% of calories from Protein, and 5% of calories from Carbs. Based on that, my macros would be 65/35/5

However, I try to focus more on grams. I think it's easier to track and if you stay under those numbers then the above macros generally takes care of itself. I try to be under or at 180 grams of Fat, 160 grams of Protein, and 20 grams of Carbs each day. Instead of calculating percentage of calories, I just count grams and make sure I don't go over the 180/160/20 marks while paying attention to the 2100 calorie limit.

Here's the link with URL if you're interested in calculating: http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/

My Protein intake numbers are higher than most because I lift 5 days a week and don't want to start burning muscle for fuel, just fat.

For some good general info just visit: http://www.reddit.com/r/keto

[AUChase]

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I'm hurting a little from yesterday, but I'm still going to attempt to run after work.

20 pullups
75 pushups
75 full situps
65 squats
50 tricep dips

The goal was 50 pullups, but man I just can't do them. That's pulling up 200+ lbs and it sucks. I'm going to start doing negatives and strengthen my arms some more so I can do them. They aren't required for my particular PT test at the RTC, but they help.


We had our PT at the park and they actually have a section with pullup bars, boxes, and bars to do dips on... very handy.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Can anyone recommend a workout routine that mainly focuses on speed and agility? Something that I would actually need to do out in open space, I'm tired of the living room workouts I've been doing. Trying to get faster for Ultimate and flag football.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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This is my last week of Month Two of Insanity and I have to say I'm a little bummed this is almost over. Month 1 works you hard, but Month 2 tires you out and gives you the shaky legs. Not to mention how much "change" you can see in Month 2. Its ridiculous.

I'm going on vacation in 2 weeks and will start another round when I get back. This time I'm gonna drill down on my nutrition and re-evaluate my plan. I've been kind of 'fast and loose' from where I was once was early last year.

[8]

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Well my vacation to Florida is this Sunday so I figured I should give an update on my weightloss. Since around march I've lost 40 pounds and gotten down to about 215. My ultimate goal is to get to 200-205 which would put me around 9-10% body fat. I actually exceeded my goal for the trip. I was expecting to maybe make it to 225. Good thing is I maintained the majority of my muscle. Biggest thing besides exercise was cutting out soda and fast food. When I get back from my vacation I'm going to start a clean(ish) bulk, not allowing myself to go over 225-230 lbs. It'll be nice to go on vacation and not be petrified of having my picture taken.

[buickbeast]

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10 months of getting back in shape:
Started this lifestyle change at 245 and a 40" waist. Could barely go 36 hours w/o drinking. Was a total wreck, especially when I was out in public.
I'm down to 200 and a 32" waist for the first time in 4 long years. Day 60 of being totally sober is tomorrow and week 9 of P90X starts on Monday. BMI went from over 40% to 27%
I'm giving up soda and really goin cut down on my diet on Monday.
I live in Gainesville, FL. Funnest thing is that I moved during the summer last year and got heat exhaustion twice in July. I got a handyman job in January that saw me doing a ton of work outside during the summer and most days I had a ton of energy even after working outside all day.

This thread definitely helped me stay on track, thanks guys. Goin' do another cycle of P90X than it's onto Insanity.

[Holic]

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10 months of getting back in shape:
Started this lifestyle change at 245 and a 40" waist. Could barely go 36 hours w/o drinking. Was a total wreck, especially when I was out in public.
I'm down to 200 and a 32" waist for the first time in 4 long years. Day 60 of being totally sober is tomorrow and week 9 of P90X starts on Monday. BMI went from over 40% to 27%
I'm giving up soda and really goin cut down on my diet on Monday.
I live in Gainesville, FL. Funnest thing is that I moved during the summer last year and got heat exhaustion twice in July. I got a handyman job in January that saw me doing a ton of work outside during the summer and most days I had a ton of energy even after working outside all day.

This thread definitely helped me stay on track, thanks guys. Goin' do another cycle of P90X than it's onto Insanity.

Way to go man! I'm also down to a 32'' waist for the first time in 15 years or so. Had to have my wedding ring resized from a size 12 to a size 10 and 4 links taken out of my watches. Overall loss is from 242 to 184 since March 18th.

[Scott]

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Ran the Cowboys NFL 5K this weekend, didn't do that great, but finished in 35 mins, so not terrible figuring i haven't been running a ton.

[NDAlum]

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I'm closing in on breaking 230 and getting back into the 220s.

I think my frame has matured a bit and I'm just designed to carry a little more weight at the age of 28. I still have excess fat around my misection by everywhere else has leaned out pretty well. I'd say I'm 15-17% bodyfat right now so I still have quite a ways to go.

[psychraider32]

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I'm trying to gain weight myself. I'm '5-7" 134. Just can't seem to gain weight although I have no problem with muscle or strength. I can hit 225 on the bench a few times and can squat 295. Guess I just need to start eating a lot.

[Feared]

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I'm trying to gain weight myself. I'm '5-7" 134. Just can't seem to gain weight although I have no problem with muscle or strength. I can hit 225 on the bench a few times and can squat 295. Guess I just need to start eating a lot.

Try increasing your Carb intake. I'm a perennial skinny guy, and I didn't start putting on weight until I really upped the Carbs. I was probably only eating about 150 g of carbs a day I upped it to 300 and on heavy workout days 400.

Do it with wholesome clean carbs though. For me I started the day with a Cup of Rolled Oats, and through out the day I'd have like a Sweet potato, or a Cup of Brown Rice with my meal. Whole wheat bread for Peanut Butter sandwiches is great too, can get some fats in there.

I was 120 lbs. about 3 years ago, 24 now but I got up to 160 this year I got injured (wrist and knee) and can't work out now so I dropped down to 149.