How is my progress, considering I started as a 5' 7" skinnyfat with small shoulders with below average strength.
Big 3:
Diddly: 135kg
Squat: 102.5kg
Bench: 87.5kg
Been 6 months lifting
If your bench is that close to your squat and dead, you need to actually do a legday
>>38446613
You seem to be missing a head
>>38446613
Depends how long you've been lifting, you're about the same as me and I've been lifting a few months.
>I started as a 5' 7"
Why is this relevant? Have you grown several inches since you started lifting?
Help me /fit/guys how the fuck do I kick softdrink? I work in a high stress environment where almost everyone smokes in their break. In my break I have my meal (usually fried rice with meat &veggies or some home prep stuff) and a 600m coke. I dont smoke or drink and Im really trying to get gud with lifestyle. Ive done it since I can remember, get a 600m in my break at work and while everyone is outside smoking or doing eachother I just enjoy my drink and it relaxes me so damn much. I tried it remove it completely from my life and for two days I sat in the staff room in my break feeling incomplete, like it just felt wrong and empty not to have my drink and I didn't feel chill after my break.
Help me!
Iced tea.
>>38446553
Dont do so in such a drastic way if you cant handle it. Work at it over time. Do one day a week where you skip on the drink then increase from there as you can handle.
Also replace the softdrink with something else. Tea worked for me.
With a different drink, retard. Like coffee or tea (no sugar u fat fuck)
Drinking on no carbs sucks
I've only had one beer and I feel like I've had three already
I'm really having a hard time seeing the negative here
>BEER
>no carb
Not gonna make it.
>>38446510
Drinking on a no carb diet? You're just like my dad, stop fucking drinking and especially stop drinking beer. Beer is pretty much liquid bread.
Why do people still talk shit about Brad Pitt's body in fight club?
Even after lifting for 3 years I still think it's one of the very best aesthetic looks.
>>38446499
He didn't work for it
Epitome of genetics gets no love from people working hard as fuck
/thread
>>38446525
Yeah no. He still has some muscle mass but it's concentrated into his shoulders, arms and upper chest all the while being very lean. Most Internet lifters are 15%bf and have their muscle mass concentrated into their lower body because of the training they do.
Turns out squat-heavy routines don't give you big shoulders and arms. Who would have guessed.
>>38446499
>I still think it's one of the very best aesthetic looks.
because its brad pitt. Would you think that is was the epitome of aesthetics with someone else's face? No. Fuck you.
Why is American weightlifting so terrible?
People praise Jon North, Donny Shankle, and the rest of the California crew, but none of these guys come even close to being as good as Klokov, Ilya, Akkaev, or Torokhty.
Ameriga puts all its money in swimming. No support for weightlifting.
>>38446477
best way i could put it is the western culture, dont know how to really explain it but they are fat, born onto ipads, and they all lift for girls. just the way a kid would be raised in the west as opposed to the east is a big difference that
>>38446542
Hahaha.
Drop the redpill garbage. In the East most young kids fail because when they hit 16 they would prefer to go to clubs, get drunk and have sex with girls. Sheiko specifically programs so much volume so that by the end of the day you are so wrecked that a night out seems like torture.
We dominate the Oly lifting scene because we put our best into it. Your boys go into the NFL and basketball. Plus we train better. Compare ya boy Pomponio with Illya.
Any of you guys get back into working out after being addicted to booze or drugs?
I was lifting for about two years straight, then for the last two years I've been pretty much drinking 12-15 beers a day 6 days a week.
I've been sober for 5 days now and feel fine but I'm scared I might have fucked myself up permanently and die in the gym or something
Degenerate
>>38446318
Your alcohol related death will probably onset slowly and manifest in a diagnosis after you go to the doctor complaining about blood in your spit/poop. It'll happen because you relapse because you're too proud to go to an AA meeting.
>>38446318
Liver problems are what you can face but it shouldn't affect your lifting. Just keep at it. We're all gonna make it. And many of us would dream to die in a gym rather than in hospice
Post songs you listen to while lifting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZrAYxWPN6c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY
Elder is the shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbKlR8AGYmQ
I wish they could come to Cali soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgkt9jdjTU
What do you guys think of an ALL NUT DIET?
What comes with this type of diet?
One reason I want to try this diet, is because I know that if I eat just nuts, they wont really show up on my appearance.
The only thing I can think of at the moment why I might not like this diet, is because it would have lots of protein, and I am not a big fan of being "big" or muscular.
What would be wrong with this diet?
>>38446138
gayboi
>>38446138
Nuts are excellent for building big shoulders but that's about it.
You want to add at least some chicken breast for chest, milk for legs, oats for lats and tuna for biceps.and triceps, and whey in general helps every muscle so don't buy into the 'no shake' bullshit.
>>38446138
Can I achieve gains on a WIC diet?
This is a two week allowance of food:
- 2.5 gallons of cow milk or soy milk
- 36 oz of plain breakfast cereal OR dried beans or lentils
- 16 oz peanut butter
- 16 oz government cheese
- 10 x 12oz cans of frozen orange or grapefruit juice
I have a PT neighbors run the local neighborhood gym and physiotherapy clinic, and they allow me unlimited use in exchange for doing cleaning/laundry. So there is no limits on training time, just calories and nutrition. I also get free prenatal vitamins from a church program.
I am super scrawny and weak, recovering from an MVA that left me unable to walk for several months. I have a lot of muscle atrophy. Now that I am back on my feet, I want to gain as much muscle as possible before popping this baby out in six months.
Sorry, having a bit of trouble with autocorrect. I meant to say that my neighbors own a gym and PT clinic, and allow me use of it.
Go to food bank negro
>>38446208
1.) yes, yes, your wit is scathing, your discourse fresh and original. Bravo.
2.) I am white and poor, so you can switch to the cracker/redneck/trailer trash stereotypes and jokes now
3.) There is a local food bank, but availability of supplies is unpredictable and inconsistent. I have to call for a reservation, and food is distributed by zip code, those closest to the food bank get first dibs. I live an hour away, so I might get a box of groceries once every three months, if I am lucky. Most months I miss out.
I also hit up church suppers, work in the community garden in exchange for produce, etc, but none of these are a guarantee.
For planning my meals, WIC is my only solid and reliable source of food.
>want to get stronger but too intelligent to lift
What should I do?
>>38445794
Doesn't matter just go make money with that brain and Stacey will be all over u
He did say we're all gonna make it
ALLLL
My IQ is higher than yours. STFU pussy and lift you faggot.
>>38445817
/thread
Anyone else here fucked their shoulder on bench press? How long did you have to rest it for? How do I know if it's a tear or just inflammation?
>>38445583
I fucked up my shoulder playing American football. some some days it's no problem, other days I can't do anything and just leave the gym, like today. I have to warm it up real good, especially my rotator cuff. I try to avoid bench and use dumbells. for some reason they are easier on my shoulder.
>>38445583
without an Mri, I don't think it's real easy to tell inflammation vs minor tear. tendons a take a long time to heal. it will feel like an eternity.0, you will get back to it eventually. you don't want to push it too far, a good way to make a partial tear worse is to try and push through the pain. this that whole good pain/bad pain thing.
not me, ive always used a narrow grip to bench
not CGBP tier narrowness, but much more narrow than what most people bench.
my chest has still developed.
>tonight at gym
>walk up to play volleyball
>these two qt 3.14s that I've talked to off and on that night and acted super nice to me and touched my arm and shit are there
>guys say "woooh we got tall guy on our team
>fast forward
>Im absolute shit at it
>cant hit the fucking ball ever
>total liability total weakest link
>they keep trying to encourage me and shit but I just cant do it
>could do dodgeball alright, did pretty good at that thing where you hit "birds" with that tennis racket thing
>cant play volleyball to save my life
>qts lose interest
>they eventually leave
>everyone is basically leaving
>I go to
>say sorry for being so bad
>they seem to encourage me that its ok but I still feel like shit
You're never gonna get better at anything it if you give up
You need to keep doing it and act on instinct, don't overthink sports
Normies have been athletic their entire lives, enrolled in sports by their parents since age 6 and active until 18 or 22.
i thank zyzz everyday that i grew up surrounded by sports and was born athletic
Just smack the fucking ball op, watch where it's headed and smack the shit out of it before it crosses the net since you're tall
what does /fit/ listen to in the gym? let's get some quality eargasms in here brahs ~~~~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e_HEDoT6yY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tHH0BNH0Sc
>mfw i forgot to activate my almonds this morning
>arrive at gym
>forget shovel for scoops
>mfw I didn't take out the yolk from my eggs
>>38445459
>not eating the most nutritious part of an egg
you know what to do
>>38445296
suck my balls phaggot, you are not going to make it. I do push ups everyday nigga it's a ritual. Only a beta male would base their amount of effort on a binary code. fucking nigger
For glory
Here we go