Diet and Workout Routines

[Nicky]

Speaking of cutting-- I have a friend who just bought some whey protein. She doesn't workout at all, and she's not cutting anything from her normal eating routine. She makes these shakes, nightly-- often adding in peanut butter, honey, bananas, ice cream, and Oreo cookies.

Her goal is to make these shakes 600 calories-- all this without working out. From what I know, she's not trying to gain weight, but this will surely help her out. She's been doing this for almost 2 weeks.


Anyways, in addition to my pulled hamstring, I have a slight sprain in the opposite ankle, and I'm developing shin splints.

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

Speaking of cutting-- I have a friend who just bought some whey protein. She doesn't workout at all, and she's not cutting anything from her normal eating routine. She makes these shakes, nightly-- often adding in peanut butter, honey, bananas, ice cream, and Oreo cookies.

Her goal is to make these shakes 600 calories-- all this without working out. From what I know, she's not trying to gain weight, but this will surely help her out. She's been doing this for almost 2 weeks.


Anyways, in addition to my pulled hamstring, I have a slight sprain in the opposite ankle, and I'm developing shin splints.

has your friend ever been told energy in versus energy out? And getting injured sucks, only way to recover is to rest up..keep your diet on point and you should be ok, aside from the mental anguish of not being able to exercise

 

[David.]

shakes are so fucking bad for cutting.

except if youve managed to space out your food perfectly all day and can afford a meal that doesnt make you full. Then its a great distribution of protein

 

[Nicky]

has your friend ever been told energy in versus energy out? And getting injured sucks, only way to recover is to rest up..keep your diet on point and you should be ok, aside from the mental anguish of not being able to exercise

My friend is going to do what she wants. I tried to tell her, but she doesn't think she'll gain.

And as far as resting-- I can't/won't do so. I just more so do hybrid yoga if adding weights (single leg storm stances, etc.) I think I'm good to go with my routine, tonight. If not, I'll just go back to yoga.

 

[QuadrupleDouble]

Do arms. Guys love chicks with thick muscular arms. Just ask Dave.

 

[Sumac13]

I've been doing low impact kung fu based exercises for about a month now. Isometric ones for upper body development and a series of stances for leg development. The upper body routine started at a low number of sets (10) and has increased one set per day. It will continue until 100 sets are reached and then will be done for 10 more additional days. As for the leg stances, I've been a bit lazy with those. Nevertheless, my legs get some workout as part as the upper body routine as it is done in a riding horse stance. I am up to standing in a riding horse stance for 12+ minutes now while doing the upper body routine.

I started already in my ideal range for my BMI, but with an unsightly bulge around my mid-section due to being grossly inactive since August (due to recovering from bacterial meningitis + seizure). Nothing too special with my diet, other than cutting out most cheese (which has been hell) and eating more fruit and vegetables. Mainly, I just try to control my calorie count (eating less and eating fewer empty calories).

Progress? More than anything, my posture has improved substantially. Some muscle gain and tone has occurred already in chest, shoulders, upper back, and arms (biceps, triceps, forearms). I'm down a couple belt notches.

What I like: It is low impact. It requires minimal space. No equipment costs. The results have been fairly quick. (Note: My expectation were not insane).

What I dislike: It can be monotonous; and I need to stay focused to ensure I don't let up on the resistance since it is isometric-based. At the end of 100 days, the upper body routine will take 30+ minutes. It is going to be a mental exercise to finish as much as a physical one. I am one unfocused fuck. Perhaps this might help in this regard.

Now that I am getting some of my stamina back, I will add some sit-ups and other exercises to work on my core. Have yet to work on cardio.

Edit: Fixed poor grammar.

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

So far I have done 4 days in a row (today is day 5) of the "Warrior Diet", basically IF with a 4 hour eating window.

Positives:
*In a caloric deficit, it makes your little food seem like a lot
*Extra time fasted is always a plus
*The buzz you get from breaking the fast

Negatives:
*Hard to force down all that food sometimes (veggies take up a lot of space and taste bland as fuck [I just got a personal blender from amazon, gonna make a fruit/veggie smoothie every day)]
*My eating window is 2-6PM every day, by the time 830 rolls around everyone else is snacking or drinking a beer while all i have is water and diet pop..sucky feeling.
*The last hour before breaking the fast drags on and on

I do feel a lot better lately, no adverse effect on my lifts. Gonna give it another week and get some scientific measurements and review it again. I would not try this if you aren't in a significant caloric deficit. It's hard to get 2000 calories of high protein food in 4 hours, i couldnt imagine closer to 3000

 

[Nicky]

I did an hour long Kettlebell workout. My arms are slightly sore, but I know that tomorrow will be another story. Single arm bicep curls, while standing was probably the most brutal part. You have to bring your arm all the way down and the up to a curl.

I have another hour long Kettlebell workout that I'll probably do this week. Out of all the workouts that I do, Kettlebell is the one I least like.

 

[el_capitan]

So far I have done 4 days in a row (today is day 5) of the "Warrior Diet", basically IF with a 4 hour eating window.

Positives:
*In a caloric deficit, it makes your little food seem like a lot
*Extra time fasted is always a plus
*The buzz you get from breaking the fast

Negatives:
*Hard to force down all that food sometimes (veggies take up a lot of space and taste bland as fuck [I just got a personal blender from amazon, gonna make a fruit/veggie smoothie every day)]
*My eating window is 2-6PM every day, by the time 830 rolls around everyone else is snacking or drinking a beer while all i have is water and diet pop..sucky feeling.
*The last hour before breaking the fast drags on and on

I do feel a lot better lately, no adverse effect on my lifts. Gonna give it another week and get some scientific measurements and review it again. I would not try this if you aren't in a significant caloric deficit. It's hard to get 2000 calories of high protein food in 4 hours, i couldnt imagine closer to 3000

Funny you mention this, I just started this diet today. What do you usually have as your under eating snacks? Today I had an apple, an orange, a handful of almonds and black coffee. And what about over eating? Are you still trying to eat really healthy during the over eating or are you not to worried about it, as long as it is some type of veggie and protein?

 

[David.]

Do arms. Guys love chicks with thick muscular arms. Just ask Dave.

they like a sociable dude with options, who doesn't need them, is funny, confident and knows how to progress the relationship.

But being buff aint hurtin nothin, cept cervixes.

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

Funny you mention this, I just started this diet today. What do you usually have as your under eating snacks? Today I had an apple, an orange, a handful of almonds and black coffee. And what about over eating? Are you still trying to eat really healthy during the over eating or are you not to worried about it, as long as it is some type of veggie and protein?

im not doing any snacking, just water coffee and tea and then smashing high protein food to fill my 2k Calorie goal. Its not technically the warrior diet, just IF with a 4 hour eating window.

I dont track macros or anything, just eat my calorie goal and get as much protein as possible

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

Weighed in this morning..
185.6lbs and 17.3% BF at 5'9

Over the summer I was like 195 18.5%, but i just now started taking my diet seriously. I feel stupid cuz I could be at my goal already if i just took the shit seriously. Oh well, I feel great and get better every day so thats what is important

 

[Nicky]

I have to up my veggie intake. I think this is really the worst part in losing weight. It's not the workouts, it's the vegetables.

 

[FiveThous]

I'm making steak wraps tonight.

Dice up some green peppers and mix them with the steak seasoning I use. Can't wait!

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

pack of ramen + can of tuna + handfulls of veggies = cheap, delish, protein/carb/veggie dense