Hey all,
I never thought I'd post one of these but this forum was quite helpful to me over the last year and a bit.
I started out at about 6'2 160lbs. I would definitely classify myself as skinny-fat. As of now, I'm about 210lbs and could probably start cutting at this point. My journey was definitely slow and steady... I didn't really do a "bulk" phase as I didn't want to put on a significant amount of fat and have a cut that resulted in my losing a lot of mass. So, I basically just kept a slight overage in calories, kept my cardio going, and hit the weights.
As for weights, I kept with the 4 day split, 5-8 rep range. Chest/Tris; Back/Bis; Shoulders/Abs/Calves; Legs. I really think the 4-day split is perfect balance for keeping you motivated but not requiring too much of a time commitment.
Diet was pretty standard... really nothing insane. I kept it to around 20/40/40 fats carbs protein. Lots of whole grains and no unprocessed foods. Supplements were only creatine and a few different vitamins.
Anyways, really enjoy this forum and glad I found it! I'll post the after in the replies.
Thanks again!
solid tight thick thanks for the motivation brah
/fit/ told me boogie would die during his surgery
But today he is still alive...
>>42407920
Fuck off boogie
>>42407920
Boogie if you're still alive why can't you just be happy about it? Why are you still coming here?
>>42407920
He has to drink cartoons of molasses every moment of the day in order to keep his weight on.
That's not a kind of life. What was left of his freedom died on that table. He is wholly a slave to his need to be a pitiful tub of lard now
I'm trying to get a thicker neck, but idk how. Any exercises that can help with that? (Inb4 that neck harness thing) (and yes, I already know I'm ugly, fat, and have no muscle. I'm trying to work on that so that I don't kill myself) pic is me
>>42407876
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>I'm trying to get a thicker neck, but idk how. Any exercises that ca
>>42407876
suck your boyfriends cock harder/faster
>>42407903
This. But please PLEASE know the correct form, if you don't you'll end up with shoulder and chest gains.
It's all about the head bob. 2 sets of 15 reps with a 30 minute resting period in between. After that deep throat a banana and do 1 last set of 8.
After that take a break from working out your neck, have your boyfriend plow your ass instead to get some vitamin S
Hi guys, I'm asking for a piece of advice about accelerating fat loss.
I did olympic weightlifting for a while, so I know how to increase lean mass, strenght and flexibility. But I am completely ignorant about losing fat mass. I started to lose weight with bike, and now I run 4 times a week, and this way I went from 286 pounds to 242 pounds in about 6 months. But I'm stuck on a plateau and I feel like shit. I don't even look like I'm 242 pounds because I have a lot of muscle on legs and bottom, the problem is that I have a lot of flubby fat around the belly and it sucks.
I know how to decrease calories and how to organize the meals: I eat 6 times a day with a 40-40-20 carbs, protein, fat ratio, starting with a full carbs meal and ending with a full protein meal, in the evening.
How do I improve from here? Do you know some good strategy to accelerate fat burning? Any advice on meals, training routine, best time to work out in the day, everything you know: feel free to suggest everything. Supplements are welcome too, but only if they don't interfere with testosterone.
Hear me out, this is honestly me not trying to meme or anything, but seriously look into fasting. Essentially you fast for X amount of days (5-7 days would be recommended for your first fast).
That means NO FOOD.
Obviously you drink a fuck ton of water to stave off the hunger, but after about 2 days, the hunger signals start to go away.
What you will essentially be doing to your body is switching it to a state of ketosis, which means that your body will start to utilize fat. Imagine your body taking a meal from itself each day - kinda sounds a bit weird aye? But it does work.
As you are probably thinking about at this point "am I going to loose muscle or my gains?", my completely biased n=1 response would be, no muscle lost visually, strength was maintained, I guess you could reason that you would loose proportionally more fat than muscle, so that its not noticable, but I seriously think I didnt loose much muscle when I did the fast for 6 days, and went from 81kg to 76kg...
Yep theres such a thing as water weight (which probably includes everything from whether you have taken a dump, or pissed etc), but for me this was about 1kg or so, such that after about 3 days after the fast I was 77kg. Im still this weight 4 weeks out.
Will you put the weight back on quickly? In my case no, but I plan on fasting again in a while to go to a target weight of 72kg, in which case I will be shredded.
Expect to loose around 0.5kg to 1kg a day.
Things you need:
Water
Electrolytes (specifically a source of potassium, sodium and magnesium) - I get these by drinking one of those artificially sweetened sports drinks, be it powerade, gatorade or loaded - whatever is in your local city.
Probably also need a doctor - assessing things like baseline urea and electrolytes on a blood test, the major concern with fasting for prolonged periods is electrolyte abnormalities mainly with potassium - as you will be supplementing these it should be too much of an issue.
Ask me questions.
>>42409106
First of all, thank you for the answer.
My biggest concern about fasting is that I don't want to put my body in starving mode. I would lower my metabolic rate. At least this is my thought process. But I think this problem is easily solvable with a day of pushing, after the end of the fasting, and starting again with work outs the day after the pushing.
So my questions are: do you workout during the fasting, before, after? When?
How would be to get 2 days of fasting, let's say: the first two days of the week, then a day of pushing, normally eating till sunday, and then fasting again? I am healthy for what concerns urea and electrolytes, I regularly have blood tests.
Yep your metabolic rate will go down for sure while you are on the fast, but its not matched by any amount of food going in, so its always going to have to burn endogenous sources of energy. I got a bit more colder than normal (its winter where I am). I just made sure to have a heater going and exercised every day. Obviously once you start reintroducing food again, your MR will go up.
I workout during the fast every single day
Funny thing is, my energy levels skyrocketed on day 3 onwards, this was probably because of the body becoming adapted to breaking down fat and using it as a fuel source (for which there is plenty on your body).
I would limit willingly the weight I used though while on a fast, just because I didnt want to necessarily break down the muscle by having too much tension, so instead of doing 80kg bench press, I kept it at 60kg etc. As you arent eating any protein - theres nothing to gain muscle from.
Most of the days before the gym session I would have a sugarfree energy drink or black coffee for some caffeine. Maybe one other black coffee at another stage in the day to pick me up.
My impression and from reading others who have done a fast, is that it gets easier to stick to the fast after the 2 day mark, because your body becomes adapted too it. Easier in the sense that you will get less hunger pains etc.
If you have ever done IF, then its a good segway into a fast, because its that mental willpower to get over that first day or 2 of fasting that counts, after that its what you want to make of it.
Why aren't there more politicians living and promoting healthy, active lifestyles?
putin isn't actually living a healthy active lifestyle. those photos are literal 21st century propaganda
Because they get blood transfusion and organ donations donations from the children they help traffic. No need for a healthy lifestyle.
is this possible natty?
>shoulder starts clicking
>>42407692
me on over head press tbqh. might just stop doing it all together.
>>42407692
>knees sound like pop-rocks at 19
>>42407868
Enjoy the inevitable knee replacement!
>27 years old and have dislocated my knee 3 fucking times
Why even lift if you have narrow shoulders?
This skinny mexican nazi will always look better than you no matter what you do.
My left biceps lift the same stuff as my right one, but when I try to flex it, I am unable to do it completely, My left biceps is soft compared to my right one. Is it normal?
>>42407575
Who cares about biceps, vanity muscle.
>>42407575
fap w/left hand 2 x F
>>42407607
t. pic
>>42407622
I've been fapping with my left arm since I could haha.
Is it true fit likes attention whores?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXYNiYHH8U5/?taken-by=leonlaurenn
>>42407550
FUARK
https://youtu.be/zMKjPZXfORA
Based zyzz
>>42407503
Cant you see this guy is autistic as fuck? How is that a role model? Why would anybody want to be anything like this guy?
>>42407503
i lel'd at "build a wall"
What do you do for jaw gainz?
Nothing. Genetics
>>42407477
Cocaine and gum
>>42407477
I hear tren helps
What does /fit/ think of this wrester's workouts?
This is his legs routine from earlier today. Is /fit/ sure legs are just a meme???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xdszc-qO4
Been lifting for about 6 months now. I started off dumbbell benching but now I just do barbell for more weight. I get a sharp pain in my right shoulder (dominant arm) on the way up when I'm doing flat bench. I've asked a few guys at the gym to evaluate my form and they say all good but I still get the shoulder discomfort on the way up.
RIP rotator cuff.
>>42407275
Look up the strong lifts guide
Take a video of your bench
Post here
The bar is probably too high on your chest, that was my problem.
Sounds like your grip is too wide and you're using more shoulder than chest. A wider grip causes you to flare out your elbows more. Your elbows should be no more than 45 degrees out from your torso.
I bet you think you can hit broly mode natty
>>42407257
>get psychic powers from a fish alien
>learn through clairvoyance that the equivalent of a god is planning to exterminate your race
>gradually appear more insane to your colleges as you mutter conspiracy-laden murmurings to yourself
>throw a ball of ki at Freezer and be evaporated by a planet-cracker