> be me
> get a gf
> have to skip gym for her
>>41781196
>skipping gym
> for a girl!!!!
just kill yourself
>>41781196
>be you
> green text with spacing
probably best you skip bc some brutha will easily steal her from her
>skipping gym days to spend with your girlfriend
and this is how you get cheated on, quit putting pussy on a pedestal and manage your time better dumbass.
What albums do you lift to?
>>41777601
Avatar: The Last Airbender OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cxh68ZqtPc
Disc 1 ofc
So, is dad strength a real thing or just kids idolizing their dads and dads pretending to be stronger than they are?
I used to think it's all bullshit, but recently me and my dad helped out a relative with building his cabin. We competed in lifting and carrying bags of cement, logs etc. He matched me in everything except grip strength - there he won by quite a margin.
I'm an intermediate lifter, desk job, do farming and some construction around my cabin:
>25yo, 90kg, 182cm.
>BW military press, 120kg bench, 160kg squat
>Eat decently, a bit chubby.
>Smoke, but still got 120% lung function due to genetics.
>No major injuries except slightly busted shoulders.
Dad never works out, has a desk job, only does a bit of manual labor around the house and property:
>55yo, 100kg, 180cm.
>Eats mostly processed meat and bread - I doubt he gets more than 70g of protein per day.
>Heavy smoker, has 70% normal lung function.
>Shattered his wrist, has 5 pieces of shrapnel in his back, broke half his ribs.
How the fuck is that possible? The last time he was regularly physically active was about 15 years ago. Before that he was very active and strong, but is it really possible to retain gains for that long? He even looks like a typical overweight, out-of-shape guy.
you're just a big fucking pansy
>>41770300
I know what you mean, I'm a head taller and 24 years younger than my dad but he could definitely take my ass in a fight.
What I'm about to say has nothing backing it up but my grandfather onceentioned that a man's prime in strength is during their 40s. Not sure how true it is because he comes from a post commie country with a shite education but its worth a note
>tfw I lift because I wasn't strong enough as a kid to stop my dad from abusing me
Anyone else do this?
>need constant motivation pics to keep my mind on my fitness/physique goals
>don't want to look at shirtless dudes all the time cause /homo
>crossfit/muscular girls have good physiques, some are hot with BRAAAP butts
>look at these girls for muscular motivation AND don't have to /homo with pics of scooby
>get to fap and be motivated at the same time while still feeling straight
it's like god mode
>>41760202
maybe stop being a cookie cutter limp dicked wristlet and you won't need to compare yourself to ugly women for "motivation"
It's only a matter of time when you switch to fighting game qts
I am supposed to eat 215 g of proteins if I'm overweight and don't want to lose my muscles? Isn't that a little overboard?
Forgot to say I'm obviously 215 pounds.
Are you trying to lose weight or gain muscle?
>>41796005
Lose weight and not lose all my muscles. I will start lifting tomorrow, today I'm watching videos and taking notes to not kill myself like a retard lifting weights.
/backproblems/ general
So I got my diagnosis the other day. I have spondylolisthesis grade 1, degenerative disc disease, spondylosis and several disc protrusions. at 22 years old. AT FUCKING 22. doc says the L5 vertebra must have slipped when I was very young (10-15) and all of the other shit just followed.
my back aches everywhere pretty much constantly but I dont have sciatica (yet) because the nerves are not that compromised.
so /fit/ where do I go from here?
surgery is not an option at this age because it could have severe complications.
I will start physiotherapy soon. I need to strengthen my core (even more). I was thinking about starting swimming 2-3 times a week and doing isolation exercises to preserve some of my gains. I was never big on squats and deads, only went up to 2pl8 because I was worried about my back and watched my form religiously (ironic innit). but no more compounds for me.
anyone having similar problems got some advice for me? Am I doomed to a life of pain, nogains and opiate addiction? Is it ogre for me? how do you manage? I am scared and feel like my life went down the shitter. I'm not gonna make it.
>inb4 squats and oats lol
>inb4 just deadlift through the pain
>>41795782
inversion table
weed
kratom
>>41795782
Holy fuck this is probably me.
Severe back pain sometimes
Pain on one side a lot of the time on squats and deadlifts
Can feel a bit of something protruding on one side in lower back
Still haven't went to the doctor just googled shit and trying everything they said for months. Fuck man I'm getting worried I'm going to have something rly fucked just like you,
>>41795820
will try kratom and inversion table. weed makes me paranoid and anxious. thanks for the tip
>>41795840
it's probably just muscle strains, calm down.
go to the doctor though, it's better to know this shit. get an Xray or MRI
btw according to a study like 6-8% of young adults have spondylolisthesis. I thought it was something old people had to deal with. fuck.
What's your shake of choice?
Oh fuck, tell me that's not real.
>>41795810
It's real if you want it to be
>>41795765
Water.
Because I'm fat.
Damn, this should be required reading.
>>41795729
What's it about? Sell it to us OP.
I read once and don't remember anything. Catching name title to get easy shekels from betas.
>>41795729
>>41795746
It's "just be confident breh" the book.
so I was checking some cbt threads and some dudes who're barely out of DYEL mode claim to have lifts like B: 240 and S: 368 . yeah sure I'm gonna believe that. I've been working out for like 8 months, looking fairly big and I can't bench or squat those amounts. Even the big roided out dudes at my gym bench life 240 for 5 reps. Either most guys here are strong as fuk or everyone at my gym(and uni gym) is a weak faggot
>>41795344
Those are piddly 1rms.
I'm sorry about how weak you are.
Lift*
>>41795361
Yeah I know it's 1rms but it still doesn't make sense for skinny looking dudes to claim they can 1rms that much
how much should I squat to prevent this?
>>41795260
Get calcium gains
>>41795260
its not how much you should squat, it's squatting as deep as you can that helps prevent knee snap city.
Is that real?
Redpill me on lifting at maintenance and recomposition /fit/
recomp takes 100x longer to get to your goal physique than cutting and bulking. this applies even if you are beginner.
>>41795245
What is recomposition?
>>41795261
Should I be at an already low bf% to properly bulk?
Anyone here takes creatine pills? Stalling on my stats and wanted a boost in performance
What pros/cons?
Just take powder
>>41795052
pros
>one more rep each set
cons
>you will get bald
>>41795052
>hair loss
>mood swings
>cancer
Not worth it man. I wish I never started creatine.
Quick question.
1.74m / 5'8"
73.4kg / 161 lbs
Yes yes, dyel, but in terms of weight loss, how much would you say I need to lose to get to 10% bf?
5'9 170
>>41795050
Quite a bit senpai,but you look like you've got mass underneath. I'd say lift heavy and stay consistent
>>41795194
stop posting everywhere you fucking cur
leave this fucking board you gold necklace wearing fucking degenerate
>>41795050
calculate it yourself dumb fuck. find your bf% and then your lean mass then you'll see how much you have to be at for 10%
I can't get rid of this shit. Do I need to go skelly mode, then bulk again? Wtf I'm confused
>You can't spot reduce
>You can't spot reduce
>You can't spot reduce
>>41794938
So am I doomed forever?
>>41794930
Doing exercise won't get rid of the watermarks... you'll need a photo editor for that, I hear photoshop is good
Is this the mode of male body most female go for?
I've never seen a super beautiful female with a mutant desu.
>Lifting for women
You're not going to make it.
>>41794786
look where they are, obvs $$$ is what women go for
>>41795271
This
Look where they are. Now, guess which one of them paid for the boat and the trip out there.