How Much You Bench?

You guys talk about "cheat meals" - but I thought most of this thread was suggesting that you should basically be consuming a fuck load of calories. Or did you mean this should all still come from healthy food, just that you eat a hell of a lot of it?
 
Doom said:
You guys talk about "cheat meals" - but I thought most of this thread was suggesting that you should basically be consuming a fuck load of calories. Or did you mean this should all still come from healthy food, just that you eat a hell of a lot of it?
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Depends whether you are bulking or cutting...also is very dependant on your metabolism and what bodytype you fall under.

If you're a skinny ectomorph, eat everything under the sun. Youre gonna have o in order to ingest the sheer amount of calories needed to gain significantly. Also, ectos should stay as far away from cardio as possible if you wanna gain as quickly as possible too.

Endomorphs, gain weight/muscle a lot more easily and have to watch more closely what they eat. Mesoporhs can basically do wtf ever they please and they'll still gain fast and stay relatively low bf%. But bottom line, when bulking is to get higher than maintenance calories. How much? ..like I said, it depends on you. :)



Cutting is an entirely different ballgame.
 
Fuck, it's a total science really isn't it? I feel I know lots more than I did when I started working out regularly (just over a year ago) but seems like there is SO much more to know.

I'd say I was an endomorph. I've never been overweight but I've ALWAYS had to watch what I eat.
 
Doomcifer said:
That's semi a lot of volume bro. Are you counting warm ups as a set? Plus, a whole 3 minutes between each set?! Yikes.

Also, I would ditch them declines...but thats just me.
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I suspect I'm still not being understood. I do one warm up set, before I begin doing working sets. For this one set, I do low weight, high reps, simply to warm up/get the blood flowing. I take a three minute rest between this set and starting my routine. I do no other sets like this, nor do I take a three minute rest again. I've found that beginning this way alleviates the shoulder pain I feel when I warm using other techniques.

Zod
 
Doomcifer said:
Depends whether you are bulking or cutting...also is very dependant on your metabolism and what bodytype you fall under.

If you're a skinny ectomorph, eat everything under the sun. Youre gonna have o in order to ingest the sheer amount of calories needed to gain significantly. Also, ectos should stay as far away from cardio as possible if you wanna gain as quickly as possible too.

Endomorphs, gain weight/muscle a lot more easily and have to watch more closely what they eat. Mesoporhs can basically do wtf ever they please and they'll still gain fast and stay relatively low bf%. But bottom line, when bulking is to get higher than maintenance calories. How much? ..like I said, it depends on you. :)

Cutting is an entirely different ballgame.
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What he said.

Zod
 
General Zod said:
I suspect I'm still not being understood. I do one warm up set, before I begin doing working sets. For this one set, I do low weight, high reps, simply to warm up/get the blood flowing. I take a three minute rest before this lone set and my regular routine. I do no other sets like this, nor do I take a three minute rest again.

Zod
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Gotcha.
 
swizzlenuts said:
If I want gain some muscle, but not really bulk up, what should I do?
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Wtf are you trying to ask? Seeing pics of you, you look to be a true ecto, with crazy-ass metabolism who cant gain an ounce if you eat 10 bigmacs/day. lol

Eat at least 5 meals/day, can sub MRP shakes in there for convenience...just eat like an animal, hit the weights, and then just maintain once you have gained the amount you are looking for. Also, I know you like to run a lot. You, due to your monster metabolism, MUST stay away from that if you are looking to put on some muscle.

Also, you may think you are eating a lot, but most of the time, once you acually write it down and calculate the numbers, you really arent eating shit. Its good to keep a diet journal to keep track, unless you just wanna fucking horde...which you can prob get away with. Food is the single most anabolic substance you can put into your body.
 
I want to start lifting, sort of, but I don't want to bulk up and be huge.

EDIT: I've only really lifted to become as big and strong as possible. Maybe just get a tone or something?
 
I'm looking to get a more defined frame as well, and to lose a bit of weight, but my problem is that I don't want to do it through lifting or jogging, and I'm not too keen on changing my diet, which isn't particularly great. Basically, I'm asking for effective calisthenic exercises, but it seems that most people here are lifters, so I'm not sure how much help to expect. :loco:
 
swizzlenuts said:
I want to start lifting, sort of, but I don't want to bulk up and be huge.

EDIT: I've only really lifted to become as big and strong as possible. Maybe just get a tone or something?
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You sound like a chick. :p

You're already really skinny, get some muscle on your frame, and you will look toned due to the added musculature.
 
Necuratul said:
I'm looking to get a more defined frame as well, and to lose a bit of weight, but my problem is that I don't want to do it through lifting or jogging, and I'm not too keen on changing my diet, which isn't particularly great. Basically, I'm asking for effective calisthenic exercises, but it seems that most people here are lifters, so I'm not sure how much help to expect. :loco:
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Dude, have you read the routine they were following for the 300 movie? It's insane. I beleive it was in Mens Health magazine or something like that. I was reading it while in the waiting room @ the chiro.
 
Doomcifer said:
You sound like a chick. :p

You're already really skinny, get some muscle on your frame, and you will look toned due to the added musculature.
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Well, I used to be like 220 lbs and now 165-170, so I'm kind of scared to put extra weight besides muscle.
 
Doomcifer said:
Dude, have you read the routine they were following for the 300 movie? It's insane. I beleive it was in Mens Health magazine or something like that. I was reading it while in the waiting room @ the chiro.
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Can't say that I have...I pay no attention whatsoever to any of this kind of stuff.
 
swizzlenuts said:
I want to start lifting, sort of, but I don't want to bulk up and be huge.
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It's really about what you want to accomplish. If you want your muscles to grow (get stronger) you need to feed them properly. Your muscles don't bigger without getting stronger. And they don't get stronger without getting bigger.

You don't have to worry about getting big from only lifting. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Diet is a huge component.

swizzlenuts said:
EDIT: I've only really lifted to become as big and strong as possible. Maybe just get a tone or something?
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Tone, cut, ripped... all a function of body fat percentage. The lower the percentage, the more toned/ripped you'll look.

Zod
 
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