How Much You Bench?
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Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Dont go in overhaul right off the bat or youll get burnt out...as far as nutrition goes. Its a learning process. Keep it simple by:
- getting into the habit of reading nutritional fact labels
- try eating at least 5 small meals per day, this will keep your metabolism up
- AVOID soft drinks, if you really must...grab the diet kind. You may wanna stay away from fruit juices as well tbh.
- Try to keep the dual intake of carbs & fat to a minimum...especially in conjunction with starches. Meaning, if you are eating pasta/bread/white potatoes, eat lean protein sources with it like chicken breast, turkey breast etc. If you are eating a hamburger, skip the bun and fries. Either carb/pro or pro/fat meals, so to speak. Try replacing the starches with veggies though and it has a lot less of an impact. (This all has to do with blood sugar levels and insulin spikes, but dont worry about the technical side of it, as long as you know what to do first, then you can read up on the why)
- Keep carbs to a minimum later in the day...try getting them in early. Your body utilizes them better early in the day, as well as your metabolism being a bit faster.
- Drink AT LEAST 1/2 gallon of water/day.
- Always have some kind of protein source with each meal.
- Take a good multivitamin.
- Get a good 7-8 hours of sleep in per night.
As far as cardio, you can do that without even joining a gym. Go for a brisk walk. Play some hoops. If you have a track at your campus, jog some laps. Do wind sprints. There are so many possibilities.
If you can come up with some kind of regimen that can take into account most of the things above, I guarantee you that youll see improvements. Unless you are taking in more calories than you are expending, which shouldnt happen if you drop the the bad stuff you are earting and replace it with good stuff, like soda/juice for water, starches for fruits&veggies, etc. Also, a calorie isnt just a calorie. You can eat 2500 calories of nothing but shit and look like a completely different person by eating 2500 calories of good, nutritious and balanced food. (dont use that 2500 calories as a benchmark for anything, as I dont know your lbm, bmr, etc)
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Also, to the above "ditch the fries" comment. ALWAYS ditch the fries. That's a high glycemic index potato fried in fat. (carb/fat combo) 
Didnt wanna get you confused.
Didnt wanna get you confused.
skeptik
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Yeah...I'm not going to be going too strict on the diet thing. I'm too used to eating what I eat to care enough to change. To be honest, I'm just looking to lose some weight and get a bit of definition. Eating more fruits and vegetables and cutting back a bit on the shit, coupled with a workout routine, should be able to get me what I'm looking for.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Fuck DIET SODA!!! This shit is 10 times worse for you than normal soda pop that is loaded with sugar. Aspartame and all that other shit isn't fit for human consumption.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
The blood of your enemies.
Actually, I drink Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. I live in NJ... by body is immune to chemicals.
Zod
I agree with the eat-every-2/3-hours method, it has worked great for me.
One additional factor that is important it to treat your food with respect.
Eating fast, and not sitting down with your food and chewing it properly is what makes many people overeat. It's amazing how much more satiated you feel when you give at least 20 minutes for every meal, while you can be much hungrier even if you're eating more food yet in shorter time.
Eating your meal with vegetables, and drinking water while at it, can also make you feel fuller without actually adding any calories.
One additional factor that is important it to treat your food with respect.
Eating fast, and not sitting down with your food and chewing it properly is what makes many people overeat. It's amazing how much more satiated you feel when you give at least 20 minutes for every meal, while you can be much hungrier even if you're eating more food yet in shorter time.
Eating your meal with vegetables, and drinking water while at it, can also make you feel fuller without actually adding any calories.
swizzlenuts
i'm sciencing as fast as i can
I lifted upper body on Sunday and I feel like I'm going to die.
Well, time to go lift/run again
Well, time to go lift/run again
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
lol, i can barely make it all the way up my stairs without feeling like my legs are gonna give out on me.
AsModEe
also known as ass-mode
fucking hell, studies are making it impossible for me to train. I'll have to be uber careful about it this summer and train like crazy. I'll try to get a good cardio for a change, and be more careful about my food. The idea of 5-6 meals a day is interesting, but I can't really bring that many lunches at the university, and I don't really have much time in between classes. Goddamn.
2 guys in ******** are in the football team and train 15-18hours/week, I wonder how they do it seriously. I guess they have more motivation than I do, since I got no apparent reason to train except the phoby to get fat again like in my younger days.
2 guys in ******** are in the football team and train 15-18hours/week, I wonder how they do it seriously. I guess they have more motivation than I do, since I got no apparent reason to train except the phoby to get fat again like in my younger days.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
AsModEe
also known as ass-mode
^^ knowing them, they probably are 
I talked to one about his training and his said he usually trains 6 times a week, usually for 2 to 3 hours every time. He said he takes a break every once in a while so he doesn't get burned up, and he can stop training a group of muscle for 2 weeks if needed to. You get the picture. I don't remember exactly what was said, and I had some beers in my organism.
I talked to one about his training and his said he usually trains 6 times a week, usually for 2 to 3 hours every time. He said he takes a break every once in a while so he doesn't get burned up, and he can stop training a group of muscle for 2 weeks if needed to. You get the picture. I don't remember exactly what was said, and I had some beers in my organism.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
^^ knowing them, they probably are
Thats annoying. You see them guys spending 2 hours in the gym, taking 13 minutes between each set, talking to everyone and trying to pimp the wimmenz. Ugh. Then them wimmenz who eat it up. My gym is pretty limited with that but they do come, mostly during the rush hour 5-7pm, which I avoid like the plague. I prefer training in a dungeoun.
Then you have the "martini glasses" walking around.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
AsModEe
also known as ass-mode
seriously, give me a whole year with nothing to do and I'll look like Arnold (when he was young). I just lack time and it pisses me off. Being consistent is pretty hard when you get something new to do every 5 minutes and screws your entire planned schedule.
Dazed and Brutal
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I have to lift everyday for football/wrestling (plus eat a massive amount of protein) and I run routinely. I have to get bulky, but I only seem to get more cut. Any suggestions for getting bulky?
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