The Sideshow Freaks Fitness Thread

[jimmie_dimmick]

Makes sense. Thanks ski.

Oh and I feel you on the chicken.

I want to go on a calorie deficit but the gains in getting at the moment are the most I've seem in two years at the gym. This puts me in the mindset of "you gotta good thing goin here...keep it up" but then I look at my gut and love handles...sign

Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

 

[Skiman]

Makes sense. Thanks ski.

Oh and I feel you on the chicken.

I want to go on a calorie deficit but the gains in getting at the moment are the most I've seem in two years at the gym. This puts me in the mindset of "you gotta good thing goin here...keep it up" but then I look at my gut and love handles...sign

Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Yea I ate chicken for a very LONG time! Also on fish I ate nothing but it in 2007.

Well there's two ways to look at it, unless you are on HGH, a teenager, growth spurt you are either going up or down there's no getting 200lbs all muscle and cutting at the exact same time "NATURALLY", people will argue and say that you CAN do it and inch there way up there in 15-20 years but I'm going to feed in order to build new muscle and tear down to see what all the hard work is about. <--- My opinion, and most every natural bodybuilder I've ever talked to or met in almost 20 years. So it's working, don't fix what is not broken.

It's a two way street IMO, you might make little gains while eating better if the diet was dirty but if you've been eating healthy for a long time it does plateau and inch it's way up without a calorie surplus. Now this does not mean to gorge and go over 3,000 calories and think it's all going to be muscle, so there's that disclaimer as well. Just enough like 500 cals over maintenance or more for a hard gainer to build on more size and then comes the full circle merri-go-round, we strip back down again to see if we are happy.

Ski

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

I'm 32 and the inching is very true.

I'm @ 2500 calories per day. Very clean diet. Eating 250g of protein per day.

When u cut, is it the deficit plus doubling up on the cardio? I noticed that when I was doing an hour per day I was getting rail thin. Now that I've put on size along with my weight gain in the undesirable areas, I'm afraid I will lose most of what I built up.

 

[Skiman]

I'm 32 and the inching is very true.

I'm @ 2500 calories per day. Very clean diet. Eating 250g of protein per day.

When u cut, is it the deficit plus doubling up on the cardio? I noticed that when I was doing an hour per day I was getting rail thin. Now that I've put on size along with my weight gain in the undesirable areas, I'm afraid I will lose most of what I built up.

What type of cardio? It should be low intensity to maintain muscle mass.

Ski

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

Stairs for 30 on a normal day (level 5 of 20).

When I do an hour I will do stairs for 30 then cruise the sit-down stationary bike for 30.

 

[Skiman]

Stairs for 30 on a normal day (level 5 of 20).

When I do an hour I will do stairs for 30 then cruise the sit-down stationary bike for 30.

Yea just walk for 40 minutes (2.5-3.0 pace on the treadmill), keep the protein high and pump the weights at a good pace, 30 second to a minute rest between sets.

I'll tell you this and it's the same thing I did in my twenties is I did the cardio way too intense, where I was at 4% at 165-170lbs but lost a LOT of mass, its more of a finesse with bodybuilding for keeping mass while cutting weight.

Focus more on the diet than the training for cutting and whenever it's back to bulk time focus more on training than the diet.

Ski

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

Yea just walk for 40 minutes (2.5-3.0 pace on the treadmill), keep the protein high and pump the weights at a good pace, 30 second to a minute rest between sets.

I'll tell you this and it's the same thing I did in my twenties is I did the cardio way too intense, where I was at 4% at 165-170lbs but lost a LOT of mass, its more of a finesse with bodybuilding for keeping mass while cutting weight.

Focus more on the diet than the training for cutting and whenever it's back to bulk time focus more on training than the diet.

Ski

I do rest only 30 seconds to a minute so thats good. Treadmill if I do it I'm usually up around 3.5-4.0 on an incline from 3.5-9.0 (increase every 5 minutes or so).

Thanks Ski as always

 

[crows]

very good video to work out,

[ame]https://youtu.be/w-ixnJWJV9s[/ame]

 

[Skiman]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8vPEjioirE&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/ame]

 

[OSCORP]

That should be posted in the I love 80's thread. God DAMN i love a lot of that movie soundtrack included.

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

How does everyone deal with injuries?

My right rear delt and trap have been giving me pain for over a week. I can't turn my head, lift my right arm over my head or get out of bed/roll over without a shooting pain.

I have been doing cardio but lifting anything beyond light weight seems out of the question.

Any advice? Lift light or just rest the muscles?

I will do legs however. No issues there.

 

[Skiman]

Neck strain is what it sounds like, just time on that end for it to pass.

Heating pads and warm showers to try to stretch it out and turn.

Ski

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

Neck strain is what it sounds like, just time on that end for it to pass.

Heating pads and warm showers to try to stretch it out and turn.

Ski

I have been doing the above. I guess it's cardio an legs until it heals. It's a bummer to say the least. My gains have been my biggest to date.

 

[Skiman]

Hated legs today but oh well, it's one thing I can't stand to train is hamstrings, quads are great, calves are great but those freaking hammies.

Oh well, another day in the record book.

Ski

 

[Skiman]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkArcLgYM6A&feature=em-uploademail[/ame]

Ski

 

[EVILFACE]

I think everyone hates doing legs.

 

[Skiman]

Nah, just hammies. I love squats, leg press, calve press, etc...

Ski

 

[Skiman]

More basics, in case people don't know but I thought it was helpful for beginners.​

[ame]https://youtu.be/cnuOYwTfBQ4[/ame]

Ski

 

[Skiman]

[ame]https://youtu.be/wer5jLd4plo[/ame]

Ski

 

[Skiman]

I had shoulders and tris today, really had a strong workout, I was able to get a set of 4-6 reps on 275lbs with close grip which I do NOT recommend unless you've been doing these for quite a while. I have abnormally strong wrists and one day they will break.

Time to eat and paint!

Ski