Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Inspector Coptoor

D8 fitness on the quays if you're based in Dublin.

there's usually only €5 difference in the price so I'd go for competition bell all day every day.

If you're buying it as an investment and you have the cash, buy two, a 16kg and a 24kg.

googled eyes

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

D8 fitness on the quays if you're based in Dublin.

there's usually only €5 difference in the price so I'd go for competition bell all day every day.

If you're buying it as an investment and you have the cash, buy two, a 16kg and a 24kg.

I had D8 in mind. Thanks for all the info.

Stench Blossoms

googled eyes wrote: »

I had D8 in mind. Thanks for all the info.

They are on Cork St now.

http://www.d8fitness.com/location/

Zyzz

Raw gym or Blackrock gym?

Thoughts?

Duck's hoop

I got this thing called 'the grenade' the other day. It's a bit of plastic tube with foam wrapped around it.

It is possibly the best thing I have ever bought. Staggering.

Orla K

Just as I was getting back into the swing of things after my thyroid going completely awful I would have to break my finger Typing is hard

Stench Blossoms

There was a post months and months ago from someone who described what they did before a bodybuilding comp.

Can anyone remember who wrote it or have a link to it?

ronanc15

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

There was a post months and months ago from someone who described what they did before a bodybuilding comp.

Can anyone remember who wrote it or have a link to it?

Nutrition or Training wise can you remember?

cloudatlas

Everytime I go on an Irish sports persons twitter there is always a post going on about that Vita Coco drink. Can anyone explain what is so good about it or is it owned by some ex rugby player or something.

Stench Blossoms

ronanc15 wrote: »

Nutrition or Training wise can you remember?

Nutrition (I think)

ronanc15

I might have a link there to an article somebody linked about carb depletion pre-comp & loading after pre-judging. I'll see if I can dig it out!

amazingemmet

cloudatlas wrote: »

Everytime I go on an Irish sports persons twitter there is always a post going on about that Vita Coco drink. Can anyone explain what is so good about it or is it owned by some ex rugby player or something.

They have a huge advertising budget. Literally we had a representative into all the gyms I worked in london each week and assume they were doing the same with other chains. Personally I think it tastes like cack compared to other brands

Zombienosh

It's rubbish, Koh ( I think ) is nicer and it's just coconut water, vita has loads of stuff added AFAIK.

googled eyes

Front Squats can go and fück themselves !

Duck's hoop

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

There was a post months and months ago from someone who described what they did before a bodybuilding comp.

Can anyone remember who wrote it or have a link to it?

I can't help on that specifically but if it's good solid knowhow based around that sort of thing you're after, and you don't know already, then Bodyrecomposition is the place to look.

Ant11

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

There was a post months and months ago from someone who described what they did before a bodybuilding comp.

Can anyone remember who wrote it or have a link to it?

Was this it??

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_diet_mass/shredded_in_6_days

Stench Blossoms

Ant11 wrote: »

Was this it??

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_diet_mass/shredded_in_6_days

Nah it wasn't that but that's good, thanks.

ronanc15

Very briefly tested our custom built sprint sled tonight. All 90kg of cronin_j jumped on - it is going to be a gem for out and out leg destruction.

conzy

Doing a lot of fasted lifting / cardio recently and according to Mr Leangais Martin Berkhan I should be taking BCAA..

Its on offer on myprotein at the minute and if you spend over €25 and use BCAA20IE you get 250g free

I just got 750g delivered for €30.71 its usually over €30 plus delivery for 500g

Blacktie.

conzy wrote: »

Doing a lot of fasted lifting / cardio recently and according to Mr Leangais Martin Berkhan I should be taking BCAA..

Its on offer on myprotein at the minute and if you spend over €25 and use BCAA20IE you get 250g free

I just got 750g delivered for €30.71 its usually over €30 plus delivery for 500g

I got ON unflavoured BCAA. It tastes terrible! Get flavoured or find something to mix it with. Though if you're taking them in a fasted state it's to be tough to find a 0 calorie drink to mix it with.

amazingemmet

Blacktie. wrote: »

I got ON unflavoured BCAA. It tastes terrible! Get flavoured or find something to mix it with. Though if you're taking them in a fasted state it's to be tough to find a 0 calorie drink to mix it with.

I use fizzy vitamin C tablet in mine and covers the taste fine.

conzy

Blacktie. wrote: »

I got ON unflavoured BCAA. It tastes terrible! Get flavoured or find something to mix it with. Though if you're taking them in a fasted state it's to be tough to find a 0 calorie drink to mix it with.

I got 500g of Berry Blast and the free 250g is unflavored. I might just mix them together hopefully the 2:1 ratio will be enough to mask the taste!

Dathai

Regarding the ON BCAA - just mix it with Ribena or another fruit dilute and blend it. All you have to do is just down it from there.

Blacktie.

Dathai wrote: »

Regarding the ON BCAA - just mix it with Ribena or another fruit dilute and blend it. All you have to do is just down it from there.

Problem with this is it takes you out of the fasted state. I assume he's taking BCAA's to avoid catabolism while lifting in a fasted state.

xgtdec

I find the scivation extend range very good from a flavour point of view, grape being my Fav...bit expensive though at 60 quid a pop!

brownej

Blacktie. wrote: »

Problem with this is it takes you out of the fasted state. I assume he's taking BCAA's to avoid catabolism while lifting in a fasted state.

Would a sugar free dilute drink take you out of a fasted state?
Nutrional info on the Robinsons site says theres 2 calories per 100ml.

Blacktie.

brownej wrote: »

Would a sugar free dilute drink take you out of a fasted state?
Nutrional info on the Robinsons site says theres 2 calories per 100ml.

Ah wasn't aware that they were basically calorie free. Though I have heard that aspartame has the same effect on your insulin levels as sugar which is what you're trying to avoid when fasting. I'm assuming they replace sugar with aspartame here?

rocky

Blacktie. wrote: »

Ah wasn't aware that they were basically calorie free. Though I have heard that aspartame has the same effect on your insulin levels as sugar which is what you're trying to avoid when fasting. I'm assuming they replace sugar with aspartame here?

That's incorrect. Otherwise after a diet coke while fasted you'd suffer from hypoglycemia.

Blacktie.

rocky wrote: »

That's incorrect. Otherwise after a diet coke while fasted you'd suffer from hypoglycemia.

I Dono I've seen it in a few different places. Mostly paleo related places I think so there obviously is a bias. And I don't mean it had the same effect gram for gram. Honestly I don't know enough about it to argue either way I've just seen it mentioned a few times.

amazingemmet

Blacktie. wrote: »

I Dono I've seen it in a few different places. Mostly paleo related places I think so there obviously is a bias. And I don't mean it had the same effect gram for gram. Honestly I don't know enough about it to argue either way I've just seen it mentioned a few times.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22853297

In the above study Carbs + asprtame reduce insulin during exercise

Insulin reduced in this one too

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2923074

No effect

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3046854

Interestingly in this one the only thing that elicited an insulin repsonse was the apple pie, sham feed in this study means they chewed the food then spat it out.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7652029