Training and christmas booze

xgtdec

Hi All

Ive been training hard over the last few months and getting good results with my goals....clean diet and good compound lifts mixed with cardio and all is going well......

but part of the clean diet is that i dont drink alcohol....and its been so long since i have drank alcohol that with christmas here i have a few "sessions" to go to....just wondering what effect a few sessions would have overall or is it better just to steer clear.......you know what its like when you show up and say your not drinking......its almost just not worth going for all the questions and grief.......any thoughts?

Hanley

You'll be grand.

If possible, train the day of (5-6 hours beforehand), have the day after free and as much as it sucks - try to rehydrate aggressively and eat as normal to get your body back ready to go the following day.

mrpink6789

its xmas, if you want to drink, drink. if you dont then dont. personally i enjoy a few pints so I'm going to relax and have my few pints and get back to the training once its done.

Its important to take a break from the norm every few months, the norm for you right now is training, eating clean and not drinking.

going on a few sessions isnt going to turn back the clock on all the hard work you have done.

again I will say though - only if you want to drink then drink.

gazzer

I have been training really hard for the last 12 weeks (Did 6 weeks of the Squats and milk workout) and am at the moment doing a split body workout 4 times a week (hour per workout). Have a night out planned this Friday as well as the following Wednesday and the Friday after that.

I was actually feeling guilty about going out as I know that I wont be any fit state to workout on the day after and as I am going out straight from work I cant workout those days either. Also I would love to think that I wont drink on these nights out but chances are I will. I am just going to workout for 2 days both weeks and then after xmas will get back into it. There is no harm in taking a bit of a break. Life is too short imo

G86

Have a few (or a ton!) of drinks, it's Christmas! What's the point in training hard if you can't let loose now and then?

Canis Lupus

You've your entire life to get fit. Enjoy your drinks/yourself over xmas.

dartstothesea

Beer is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink milk.

El Horseboxo

I try to limit the amount of beer i drink and usually stick to vodka or rum mixed with water and a lemon or lime in it. Which i actually really like, especially when ice cold. It's a lot lower in empty calories than beer and because it's mixed with water you are being hydrated all night and don't get a hang over meaning you can get up and knock out a quick session without feeling too bad. I don't be knocking them back either. And if i do drink beer it's usually something light. Mates give a bit of stick over it but they quickly shut up when i pick them up and do an overhead squat with their puny bodies.

Hanley

El Horseboxo wrote: »

they quickly shut up when i pick them up and do an overhead squat with their puny bodies.

HIGH5!!

Khannie

Use booze in the "recovery window". I do. Nom. Nom. Nom.

Magic Eight Ball

If I've learned anything from the past year it's that a few beers every weekend and the odd take away won't catastrophically derail your training or progress.

life's too short for poxy paleo chocolate, non alcoholic organic beer and cauliflower pizza!!

I feel a little sorry for people who fret over a few christmas beers..

mrpink6789

Wow this thread is making me real thirsty.....

Molly

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

If I've learned anything from the past year it's that a few beers every weekend and the odd take away won't catastrophically derail your training or progress.

life's too short for poxy paleo chocolate, non alcoholic organic beer and cauliflower pizza!!

I feel a little sorry for people who fret over a few christmas beers..

Agreed, except that cauliflower pizza is amazing

xgtdec

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

I feel a little sorry for people who fret over a few christmas beers..

does posting about it on boards = Fretting....


i thought so:(

johnn

Maybe have one or two light beers OP if you MUST(can't people get by without the sauce :rolleyes:) but keep it to a minimum if you are as serious about your training as you say you are.

BCC4LYFE

dude you only live once like r u a pro athlete or something? i go out every weekend and get completely trollied but am stll in better shape than most people on this forum

discus

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

dude you only live once like r u a pro athlete or something? i go out every weekend and get completely trollied but am stll in better shape than most people on this forum

That's a big statement to make, throw up some pics there mate.

johnn

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

dude you only live once like r u a pro athlete or something? i go out every weekend and get completely trollied but am stll in better shape than most people on this forum

You only think you're in better shape than them cause they are fat power-lifters but are probably stronger than you tbf to them. I like to keep myself lean :cool:

BCC4LYFE

yeah but which pulls the motsarellas? haha jk

johnn

*Awaits part-time gym goers wondering if its ok to have a few selections boxes* :rolleyes:

discus

Oh jesus.

G86

This thread died a page ago...

blah88

http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html
Drinking is fine. It's the excess calories from the chipper afterwards that makes you fat.

johnn

blah88 wrote: »

http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html
Drinking is fine. It's the excess calories from the chipper afterwards that makes you fat.

what about the excess calories from the booze lol

Inspector Coptoor

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

dude you only live once like r u a pro athlete or something? i go out every weekend and get completely trollied but am stll in better shape than most people on this forum

see how long that lasts

johnn wrote: »

You only think you're in better shape than them cause they are fat power-lifters but are probably stronger than you tbf to them. I like to keep myself lean :cool:

define lean


I havent drank in the last 8 weeks.
Ive lost 9kg in the last 10 weeks by eating clean and training hard and smart

Im competing on saturday, then Im gonna eat pizze til it comes out my ears and drink a case of corona.
then Im gonna enjoy my christmas and as soon as January 1st hits, its back off the booze and back on the clean eating trail.

johnn

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

I havent drank in the last 8 weeks.

Well surely your post is irrelevant as you didnt drink to achieve your gains and that is what the op is asking:rolleyes:

d'Oracle

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

I havent drank in the last 8 weeks.
Ive lost 9kg in the last 10 weeks by eating clean and training hard and smart

Eating?:D

Inspector Coptoor

johnn wrote: »

Well surely your post is irrelevant as you didnt drink to achieve your gains and that is what the op is asking:rolleyes:

shove your smiley up your arse

My post is relevant because in my opinion, training hard and eating well for a period of time and abstaining from drink makes going back for a few pints and cheat meal or two even more rewarding.

Or did I not spell that out clearly enough...............

Inspector Coptoor

d'Oracle wrote: »

Eating?:D

Eating good stuff!

johnn

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

shove your smiley up your arse

My post is relevant because in my opinion, training hard and eating well for a period of time and abstaining from drink makes going back for a few pints and cheat meal or two even more rewarding.

Or did I not spell that out clearly enough...............

No what you said didn't make any sense whatsoever.

You were saying that you have achieved your goals for the competition this Saturday and then are letting yourself go altogether with "Pizza coming out of your ears". That is not what the OP is asking, he is asking would it be ok to maybe have a few beers without effecting his progress.

He doesn't want to go overboard but obviously you are very proud of yourself as you decided to come on here for some reason and tell us your life story :cool:

G86

johnn wrote: »

No what you said didn't make any sense whatsoever.

You were saying that you have achieved your goals for the competition this Saturday and then are letting yourself go altogether with "Pizza coming out of your ears". That is not what the OP is asking, he is asking would it be ok to maybe have a few beers without effecting his progress.

He doesn't want to go overboard but obviously you are very proud of yourself as you decided to come on here for some reason and tell us your life story :cool:

Go away.

Inspector Coptoor

anyone with half a brain would have grabbed the jist of the post.

you appear to have missed it however.

in short
eat clean and train hard the majority of the time.

having a few beers and few cheat meals the odd time wont affect you're training or your long term goals.

just gt back to eating clean and training hard immediately after, as hanley already alluded to.

That clear enough?

johnn

G86 wrote: »

Go away.

My point here was a fair one, nobody asked what Liam did or how much he gorges but he used it as a vehicle to give himself a pat on the back.

The OP may not train as stringently as Liam so its not really up to him to tell the OP to eat whatever he likes till its "coming out his ears" over x-mas.

Inspector Coptoor

there are these things in the vernacular known as "figures of speech"

a search engine may help you in your quest

metamorphosis

G86 wrote: »

Go away.

Legend

BCC4LYFE

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

see how long that lasts



define lean

grand you can waste your life eating clean and having a boring life while i go out every weekend gettin locked and still have guns and a 6 pack:D

johnn

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

grand you can waste your life eating clean and having a boring life while i go out every weekend gettin locked and still have guns and a 6 pack:D

:rolleyes: I call Troll

BCC4LYFE

just stating facts man

Inspector Coptoor

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

grand you can waste your life eating clean and having a boring life while i go out every weekend gettin locked and still have guns and a 6 pack:D

you sound like an 18/19 year old whose pubescent metabolism is making up for a crappy lifestlye.

Continue this lifestyle into your mid to late twenties and you will BATTLE like Custer against the bulge.

As for the boring life comment, Im not gonna take the bait.

BCC4LYFE

whatever brings you joy man....i guarentee ill never be an oaf...i work hard..i play harder...out every weekend with the guys. birds are always diggin the bod so am doing something right

overhand_right

Oh god nothing better than abstaining from drink for a few weeks and giving it a right lash for a weekend

johnn

BCC4LYFE wrote: »

whatever brings you joy man....i guarentee ill never be an oaf...i work hard..i play harder...out every weekend with the guys. birds are always diggin the bod so am doing something right

I would like to see you release a fitness video bro, i'd buy it.

the drifter

Thread closed as it just became a feeding ground for trolls...