Despite the fact that I probably won’t do any of this, I find all of this really interesting. I honestly had no idea that body building was so very complex. I knew it was difficult, just didn’t know it involved so many things.
I’ll show you what it’s like to have someone up your ass (srs).
Buy a Bowflex and the South Beach Diet. ??? PROFIT.
So my legs are like fucked after an hour of HIIT yesterday. I was going to start madcows wednesday routine today but I don’t know if I’ll be able to manage the squat.
Something I’ve always wondered, if you’re heavy or overweight, wouldn’t running strengthen your legs or even lower body in general? Because they have to carry so much weight bscly.
Don’t start a new routine until you can start on Monday on a fresh week.
And running doesn’t really build muscle, it actually does the exact opposite. It can strengthen your legs in a sense of endurance but it isn’t going to make it any easier for you to do your leg workout.
Really? Cause Kaze’s the only one who really made me feel better about my grandfather when he was in his final stages. Could a dick be so understanding.
If I ever thought someone was a cock, I’d say it. I;m not one to kiss up. If Kaze suddenly became some uber-jerk, I wouldn;t be defending him…But that’s not the case.
And I’d appreciate it if everyone stopped calling ass-kissing on the first person to recognize someone’s good qualities.
My randomness embarrassed me.
So I went to the gym today and tried out the deadlift and squat. Deadlift, the form I think I have down fairly well, but squatting is bloody hard. I was practicing bodyweight squats at home before and thought I had the form but then I got to the gym and kept on stumbling over backwards.
Its the fact that you can’t let the knees move too far forward that gets me. Any tips on this? Even now when I do a body weight squat, I have fairly decent form (well I think so anyway).
I can’t advise you on your diet if you don’t tell me how many calories you’re eating.
Define “dumbbells”. There’s more than one exercise you can do with them.
Your routine seems a bit random and lacking purpose, but do what you want. You just need to compensate for all that extra nonsense you’re doing by eating extra calories.
Hips back, ass down. Also, make sure you either wear soft-soled shoes such as Converses, or you do it barefoot. Soft-soled shoes = shit power transfer.
I’m in the middle of getting together a routine to get cut. Before I finalize it, how many rest days should I typically have?
My current routine is as follows:
Mon - Legs
Tue - Abs
Wed - Rest
Thurs - Pecs and Delts
Fri - Biceps and Triceps
Sat/Sun - Karate (Cardio/mixed muscle groups)
Some cardio would be involved each day as well (half-an-hour on the elliptical trainer) to cut fat and keep metabolism up.
Should I consolidate to get in more rest?
You spread everything too much IMO.
3-4 days a week(skipping one day) is probably what you want to do.
How many times will I have to say you don’t need a 5 day split hypertrophy routine until you are actually capable of putting up heavy weight?
Seriously people, unless you are benching at least your bodyweight, squatting 1.5x bodyweight, and deadlifting 2x your bodyweight, you don’t need a hypertrophy split. They’re designed for people with developed skills, form, strength, and bodies.
You can do that routine as much as you want but you’re much better off doing a strength routine than you are doing it.
I’m skipping the gym during the summer holidays (I usually go three times a week), but I don’t want to lose my muscle mass y’know.
So far I do pushups and weighted sit-ups, when I wake up and before I go to sleep, but will this keep me in shape?
Thanks.
Edit: I can provide a workout plan, if needed.
Define “in-shape”.
Why exactly aren’t you going to the gym?
I have no practical ass and it’s getting to the point to where I will no longer be able to sit.
So, are you saying I should consolidate it or just through the routine away all together and just work out with th random essential exercises (squats and the like)?
Also, I’d like to add I am not a member of a gym, nor is there much of a point to signing up now since I’ll be away for college soon. All I have are two dumbbells with a weight of about 15 pounds each. I know that’s certainly not enough to do anything. But are there some exercises I can do to make some progress just until I get access to the Stony Brook gym?
The gym is a 30-40 minute drive away with the bus, and I usually go there after school because it’s nearby. I don’t want to drive all that way just for the gym in the holidays.
And by “in-shape”, I meant so that I won’t collapse under the bar-bell next time I hit the gym, and generally just be able to lift the same amount of weight as before the holiday.
Wouldn’t it be easier to drive to the gym during vacation than otherwise when you have school/work?:brow:
Blame laziness.
Seriously, I cannot understand those people, first they admit that they cannot get their asses up from the sofa, next they are asking for advice.
If you’d really cared about adding strength to your body, you’d never skipped gym unless for some really serious reason.
You won’t be able to do this after you skip 3 months. End of story.
Enjoy yourself catching up in september.
Not really 
On a normal school day, when I’ve been to the gym, I’m usually home around 18:00,
at wich point I start doing homework.
And I don’t have a job anymore, I do expect to get one soon though.