Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

stuchyg

The worst part of a strong healthy diet is the effect of anything bad for you on your guts, first fry in 8 months this morning, not good.

colman1212

stuchyg wrote: »

The worst part of a strong healthy diet is the effect of anything bad for you on your guts, first fry in 8 months this morning, not good.

Frys are a good thing, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms.
Sausages and bread are about the only bad stuff in there.

Zombienosh

colman1212 wrote: »

Frys are a good thing, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms.
Sausages and bread are about the only bad stuff in there.

Not if it's mad greasy and oily.

Brian?

colman1212 wrote: »

Frys are a good thing, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms.
Sausages and bread are about the only bad stuff in there.

Grill bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes and you're on a winner. Fry the eggs

colman1212

Yeah.. or even using coconut oil makes a big difference..

Essien

What's the craic with bacon? I grill it and avoid all visible fat, is it ok? I'm not overly concerned about salt as I eat very little of it elsewhere in my diet and I drink heaps of water too. About how much protein/fat could you expect in 100g of bacon prepared as above (not that I'd eat 100g in one go)

googled eyes

I've been looking at deadlifting programmes and at Coen's DL programme in particular for a while but thought my numbers were not big enough.

Just for the hell of it I decided to give it a go. Set the programme for a 20kg increase over the course.

Did it yesterday morning.

I AM SORE TODAY !

Dermighty

Essien wrote: »

What's the craic with bacon? I grill it and avoid all visible fat, is it ok? I'm not overly concerned about salt as I eat very little of it elsewhere in my diet and I drink heaps of water too. About how much protein/fat could you expect in 100g of bacon prepared as above (not that I'd eat 100g in one go)

I eat the fat. Saturated fat has cholesterol in it which is needed to make testosterone, afaik. Started eating bacon about two weeks ago, feels and tastes great to get piggy goodness.

Essien

Dermighty wrote: »

I eat the fat. Saturated fat has cholesterol in it which is needed to make testosterone, afaik. Started eating bacon about two weeks ago, feels and tastes great to get piggy goodness.

Oh I just don't like the fat, never did, I get plenty of sat fats from stuff like eggs and cheese too.

Dermighty

Essien wrote: »

Oh I just don't like the fat, never did, I get plenty of sat fats from stuff like eggs and cheese too.

I see. I only like the fat if it's crispy.

Marty McFly

Can't beat a bit of bacon , I also like to add in some turkey rasher to my breakfast .

Seen this posted on a facebook page called bodybuilding recipes, pretty sure chocolate is a bad thing.

Thinking maybe if you made it with dark chocolate and added some chocolate whey protein it wouldn't be to bad? Maybe even do it strawberries for some variety.

DL Saint

Anyone had any issues ordering off myprotein recently? I put in an order, it took it, processed it okay and then got an email off them an hour later saying there was a problem charging my card. I then checked all the info, tried again and it still came up with an error. I then tried a different card, it processed it grand and then I got the same email an hour later saying there was a problem charging it. I'll try and ring them tomorrow but just wondering has this kind of thing happened to anyone else? I don't want to have been charged twice for their error...

Mr. Manager

What do people do when they hit a bit of a flat line?? I've been stuck on the same weight for my bench press and just can't get passed it.. Was doing really well, adding weight each week but now I just can't.

LuckyLloyd

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

What do people do when they hit a bit of a flat line?? I've been stuck on the same weight for my bench press and just can't get passed it.. Was doing really well, adding weight each week but now I just can't.

Deload. Go back to work sets at ~85% of the sticking point and work back up. Micro load your jumps between work sets.

JJayoo

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

What do people do when they hit a bit of a flat line?? I've been stuck on the same weight for my bench press and just can't get passed it.. Was doing really well, adding weight each week but now I just can't.

What rep range were you following?

Mr. Manager

JJayoo wrote: »

What rep range were you following?

I do 5 x 5. First one is a warm up with an empty bar then I get into it.

Oisinjm

DL Saint wrote: »

Anyone had any issues ordering off myprotein recently? I put in an order, it took it, processed it okay and then got an email off them an hour later saying there was a problem charging my card. I then checked all the info, tried again and it still came up with an error. I then tried a different card, it processed it grand and then I got the same email an hour later saying there was a problem charging it. I'll try and ring them tomorrow but just wondering has this kind of thing happened to anyone else? I don't want to have been charged twice for their error...

Do you know if they use Realex? Been having problems myself with some banks, pain in the hole.

Oisín

JJayoo

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

I do 5 x 5. First one is a warm up with an empty bar then I get into it.

Anytime I hit a wall with 5 x 5 I will switch up the rep range for a month or so. Sometimes it's a mental/confidence issue once you get under the bar, so if for example I was stuck on 70kg 5x5 I will start doing 3x 5 for a few sessions. If I know I can get 70 x 5 reps x 5 sets well then I know I can lift heavier than that for 3 reps.

Then when I return to the 5x5 I know what it feels like to be under the bar with a heavier weight.

On a slightly different note my bench feels 100x better since I have brought up my rear delts. Feels like I am glued to the bench. Feels like my ability to get into the best possible position to push the weight has shot up.

cletus van damme

Marty McFly wrote: »

just made cake of this. waiting for a bit of qt in the house before i start

Hanley

cletus van damme wrote: »

just made cake of this. waiting for a bit of qt in the house before i start

Jesus. You may as well just get into the bath right now because that ISN'T gonna be pretty on the way out.

cletus van damme

Hanley wrote: »

Jesus. You may as well just get into the bath right now because that ISN'T gonna be pretty on the way out.

LOL- it's only a side plate not a dinner plate.

had 2 slices , was delicious now back in the fridge , quite heavy so unless you on a mission to complete it 1 to 2 slices are enough.

Hanley

cletus van damme wrote: »

LOL- it's only a side plate not a dinner plate.

had 2 slices , was delicious now back in the fridge , quite heavy so unless you on a mission to complete it 1 to 2 slices are enough.

Randomly enough, I actually made some this morning too. VERY sweet and only so many you can consume.

Trying to think how they'd work with strawberry instead.

Zombienosh

http://www.independent.ie/videos/strongman-struggles-with-water-bottle-29472804.html

I lol'd.

Marty McFly

Hanley wrote: »

Randomly enough, I actually made some this morning too. VERY sweet and only so many you can consume.

Trying to think how they'd work with strawberry instead.

Sweet but tasty .

Been thinking the same myself if you feel like being the test dummy and reporting back let us know how ya get on with it

Mr. CooL ICE

I made those banana/PB bites yesterday. Forgot about step 3. Would have made the whole process much, much easier

Blacktie.

Anyone have any suggestions where I can improve my bulking diet? 24 year old male at ~84kg getting to the gym 3 times a week looking to improve strength and size. Looking to get to about 90kg.

Breakfast-
2 scrambled eggs with with some herbs and some kind of precooked meat like a few slices of ham or a small chicken breast cut up.
Pint of milk

Work snacks-
Apple
Banana
Nature valley bar
Protein shake with scoop of creatine

Tea-
This can be a few things. It's usually a stir fry with one or two chicken breasts. The stir fry mix would be one of them packs you buy in Tesco and I might throw on some extra brocolli if I have some and I have it with whatever stir fry sauce I can find.

Lunch/Dinner
This is 2 meals but I'd have the same kind of meals for each one. Just not in the same day. Dinner would usually be a bit bigger than lunch aswel and I'd have a pint of milk with dinner.
-Home made cashew chicken curry with sweet potatoes. 2 120g (raw) chicken breasts with garlic, ginger, onion and some herbs and spices
- Home made Chilli. 200g mince with 1/3 can of red kidney beans and 1/3 can of butter beans, some chillies, garlic and spices
- 2 chicken breasts with some marinade and ~150g broccoli and some sweet potato chips
- Fajita kit with cheese, onion, bell pepper and sometimes jalapeños. If I'm having this for lunch I won't have the wraps but at home for dinner I'd have wraps and sour cream with it. This would probably be the most common one as cooking/preping is quick and easy and it's tasty.

After work snack (preworkout snack)
- 3 egg omelette with cheese and some kind of sliced meat.

Then I usually have my dinner from above after the gym.

I'm thinking of bringing in a peanut butter shake as well to up the calorie intake again as it was working pretty well when I started. Just had to take it off originally for a few weeks but it looks alright to bring back now.

amazingemmet

Blacktie. wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions where I can improve my bulking diet? 24 year old male at ~84kg getting to the gym 3 times a week looking to improve strength and size. Looking to get to about 90kg.

I will help you but do me a favour, bang that shopping list of stuff into fitday.com or myfitnesspal and tell me what's the total calories and the grams of protein/fat/carbs/fiber

brownej

Blacktie. wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions where I can improve my bulking diet? 24 year old male at ~84kg getting to the gym 3 times a week looking to improve strength and size. Looking to get to about 90kg.

Breakfast-
2 scrambled eggs with with some herbs and some kind of precooked meat like a few slices of ham or a small chicken breast cut up.
Pint of milk

Work snacks-
Apple
Banana
Nature valley bar
Protein shake with scoop of creatine

Tea-
This can be a few things. It's usually a stir fry with one or two chicken breasts. The stir fry mix would be one of them packs you buy in Tesco and I might throw on some extra brocolli if I have some and I have it with whatever stir fry sauce I can find.

Lunch/Dinner
This is 2 meals but I'd have the same kind of meals for each one. Just not in the same day. Dinner would usually be a bit bigger than lunch aswel and I'd have a pint of milk with dinner.
-Home made cashew chicken curry with sweet potatoes. 2 120g (raw) chicken breasts with garlic, ginger, onion and some herbs and spices
- Home made Chilli. 200g mince with 1/3 can of red kidney beans and 1/3 can of butter beans, some chillies, garlic and spices
- 2 chicken breasts with some marinade and ~150g broccoli and some sweet potato chips
- Fajita kit with cheese, onion, bell pepper and sometimes jalapeños. If I'm having this for lunch I won't have the wraps but at home for dinner I'd have wraps and sour cream with it. This would probably be the most common one as cooking/preping is quick and easy and it's tasty.

After work snack (preworkout snack)
- 3 egg omelette with cheese and some kind of sliced meat.

Then I usually have my dinner from above after the gym.

I'm thinking of bringing in a peanut butter shake as well to up the calorie intake again as it was working pretty well when I started. Just had to take it off originally for a few weeks but it looks alright to bring back now.

I have found this
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=67325308
and this
http://www.dominicmunnelly.ie/2013/06/ultimate-enery-bars/

A very easy way of getting a few extra calories into me. You can make the bars as big as you want. For the first one I have experimented with some of the ingredients and it works out really well. You can increse the protein or carbs or nuts etc depending on what mix of macros you need.

The second bar is just really calorie dense. (Theres alot of fats in it)
I find having 1 each of those bars a day is good for an extra 7 or 8 hundred calories.
Its a bit of effort to make them but worth it.

Blacktie.

amazingemmet wrote: »

I will help you but do me a favour, bang that shopping list of stuff into fitday.com or myfitnesspal and tell me what's the total calories and the grams of protein/fat/carbs/fiber

Grand I'll get back to you at lunchtime with this. Thanks.

Blacktie.

Blacktie. wrote: »

Anyone have any suggestions where I can improve my bulking diet? 24 year old male at ~84kg getting to the gym 3 times a week looking to improve strength and size. Looking to get to about 90kg.

Breakfast-
2 scrambled eggs with with some herbs and some kind of precooked meat like a few slices of ham or a small chicken breast cut up.
Pint of milk

Work snacks-
Apple
Banana
Nature valley bar
Protein shake with scoop of creatine

Tea-
This can be a few things. It's usually a stir fry with one or two chicken breasts. The stir fry mix would be one of them packs you buy in Tesco and I might throw on some extra brocolli if I have some and I have it with whatever stir fry sauce I can find.

Lunch/Dinner
This is 2 meals but I'd have the same kind of meals for each one. Just not in the same day. Dinner would usually be a bit bigger than lunch aswel and I'd have a pint of milk with dinner.
-Home made cashew chicken curry with sweet potatoes. 2 120g (raw) chicken breasts with garlic, ginger, onion and some herbs and spices
- Home made Chilli. 200g mince with 1/3 can of red kidney beans and 1/3 can of butter beans, some chillies, garlic and spices
- 2 chicken breasts with some marinade and ~150g broccoli and some sweet potato chips
- Fajita kit with cheese, onion, bell pepper and sometimes jalapeños. If I'm having this for lunch I won't have the wraps but at home for dinner I'd have wraps and sour cream with it. This would probably be the most common one as cooking/preping is quick and easy and it's tasty.

After work snack (preworkout snack)
- 3 egg omelette with cheese and some kind of sliced meat.

Then I usually have my dinner from above after the gym.

I'm thinking of bringing in a peanut butter shake as well to up the calorie intake again as it was working pretty well when I started. Just had to take it off originally for a few weeks but it looks alright to bring back now.

So I just entered a typical day into myfitnesspal and it's coming out as 3,129 calories 226c/126f/285p/22fibre and 109 of sugar.

I'm pretty surprised about the fibre considering everyhitng is going fine and frequent! Also sugar count is pretty high but is that avoidable with the amount I'm eating?

Protein seems pretty high. What's a chicken breast/100g? Figure I've been using on MFP is 165 calories with 31g protein. Some people say its 20g/100g and some say 30g/100g.