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Alf Veedersane · 19-01-2020 01:13PM

shutup wrote: »

Any concerns about someone going from occasional push ups to a 100 per day push up challenge. Should you make sure to counter all those push ups with an opposite exercise?
This would be as part of a program that has push ups, inverted rows, dips and pull ups.
The push ups would have by far the most reps if I were going for 100 a day.

There is a balance of pushing and pulling in terms of exercises but if the volume of push ups is much higher then Id look to add in things like band pull-aparts etc for a bit of balance.

Minime2.5 · 19-01-2020 05:26PM

Male
6ft 0 Tall
41

Weight 20.5 Stone

I'm very overweight but I've done some training in the past so I have a good bit of muscle

I'm looking to eat 2400 calories a day with 200g being protein with the rest of the calories being split between fats and carbs, some days will be lower carb others will be higher fat

Exercise wise Ill be doing an upper/lower body weight-training split 4 days a week
Also going to try and hit 10k steps every day for the extra calorie burn

My long term goal is 14 stone but initially I'm focused on getting to 16.5 stone

How long do you think It should take

colm_c · 19-01-2020 11:43PM

Minime2.5 wrote: »

Male
6ft 0 Tall
41

Weight 20.5 Stone

I'm very overweight but I've done some training in the past so I have a good bit of muscle

I'm looking to eat 2400 calories a day with 200g being protein with the rest of the calories being split between fats and carbs, some days will be lower carb others will be higher fat

Exercise wise Ill be doing an upper/lower body weight-training split 4 days a week
Also going to try and hit 10k steps every day for the extra calorie burn

My long term goal is 14 stone but initially I'm focused on getting to 16.5 stone

How long do you think It should take

Can't give you an answer on how long, but fair play giving it a go!

I would also say, that if you are not active at the moment, you will loose weight very quickly with diet an exercise.

And make sure whatever diet/gym/exercise you do, that it's sustainable and a change of how you live, otherwise you won't be able to maintain it long term, which you need to do to keep the weight off.

Alf Veedersane · 19-01-2020 11:47PM

Minime2.5 wrote: »

Male
6ft 0 Tall
41

Weight 20.5 Stone

I'm very overweight but I've done some training in the past so I have a good bit of muscle

I'm looking to eat 2400 calories a day with 200g being protein with the rest of the calories being split between fats and carbs, some days will be lower carb others will be higher fat

Exercise wise Ill be doing an upper/lower body weight-training split 4 days a week
Also going to try and hit 10k steps every day for the extra calorie burn

My long term goal is 14 stone but initially I'm focused on getting to 16.5 stone

How long do you think It should take

It really depends on what your actual Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) is because that determines the level of deficit that 2400 kcals is.

Just do what you've planned, see how it goes and adjust as necessary.

D'Agger · 20-01-2020 08:50PM

Any recommendations for apps for tracking workout sessions, goals etc

Have used Google sheets in my phone before but found it a bit annoying

Alf Veedersane · 20-01-2020 09:21PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Any recommendations for apps for tracking workout sessions, goals etc

Have used Google sheets in my phone before but found it a bit annoying

Fitnotes is supposed to be good.

SuprSi · 20-01-2020 11:01PM

I attended Britains Strongest Man in Sheffield on Saturday evening. First time at something like that and it was very enjoyable. Do those guys use steroids? I mean, Tom Stoltman is 6 foot 8, 160kg and 25 years old.

Could he get that big naturally?

Phil.x · 20-01-2020 11:16PM

SuprSi wrote: »

I attended Britains Strongest Man in Sheffield on Saturday evening. First time at something like that and it was very enjoyable. Do those guys use steroids? I mean, Tom Stoltman is 6 foot 8, 160kg and 25 years old.

Could he get that big naturally?

All strongmen and competing bodybuilders use steroids unless they enter the naturals competition.

the baby bull elephant · 20-01-2020 11:24PM

SuprSi wrote: »

I attended Britains Strongest Man in Sheffield on Saturday evening. First time at something like that and it was very enjoyable. Do those guys use steroids? I mean, Tom Stoltman is 6 foot 8, 160kg and 25 years old.

Could he get that big naturally?

It may be possible to get that big naturally but it's highly unlikely. Especially giving the testing or lack thereof it's safe to assume the majority of top level strongmen are using some form of PEDs. There was however apparently a handful of guys in the early 2000s who apparently competed as naturals.

I don't think the gear usage really takes away from what they can accomplish though.

Alf Veedersane · 20-01-2020 11:27PM

Thor said he's taken steroids. If he's taken/taking them, well...you can draw your own conclusions about the world level competitors

Reps4jesus · 21-01-2020 09:50AM

there is basically no chance any of the top strongmen in the world have not been on steroids

Mr. CooL ICE · 21-01-2020 10:24AM

IIRC, most strongman feds state they are drug free but never drug test. So...

D'Agger · 21-01-2020 10:57AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Fitnotes is supposed to be good.

Working away with that now, thanks Alf

Bredabe · 24-01-2020 01:43AM

I found all the machines I needed access to from before, in terms of beginning strengthening/fat burning, how many reps/time should I spend on each machine do people recommend?

Mellor · 24-01-2020 08:01AM

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

It may be possible to get that big naturally but it's highly unlikely.

It’s definitely possible to get that big naturally.
He’s not 6’8” because of steroids.
Historical strongmen have by bigger and taller without steroids.

...but he’s also on steroids for other obvious reasons.

silverharp · 24-01-2020 10:16AM

I remember watching a few debunking natural vegan bodybuilders videos, my takeaway was apart from someone making gainz too quickly was that you “cant” be big and ripped, that there is a trade off?

silverharp · 26-01-2020 03:38PM

anyone ever donate blood and notice their aerobic capacity reduce? donated on Thur, had Thurs and Friday as rest days, kind of bonked doing the concept 2 Sat morning , strength stuff was fine, didn't notice anything there.

Alf Veedersane · 26-01-2020 04:04PM

silverharp wrote: »

anyone ever donate blood and notice their aerobic capacity reduce? donated on Thur, had Thurs and Friday as rest days, kind of bonked doing the concept 2 Sat morning , strength stuff was fine, didn't notice anything there.

Yeah but it's to be expected. Red blood cells carry oxygen. You've donated a chunk of your blood so takes time to recover that.

I never gave blood during the season cos of it

silverharp · 26-01-2020 09:09PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Yeah but it's to be expected. Red blood cells carry oxygen. You've donated a chunk of your blood so takes time to recover that.

I never gave blood during the season cos of it

its an odd feeling when your body doesn't do what you expect it to do. I basically did 1000m at the same split I'd do a 2000m. The other conditioning seemed normal.

Alf Veedersane · 26-01-2020 09:36PM

silverharp wrote: »

its an odd feeling when your body doesn't do what you expect it to do. I basically did 1000m at the same split I'd do a 2000m. The other conditioning seemed normal.

RBCs take longest to recover to pre donation levels. At an elite level, where tiny margins matter, you're looking at weeks for that recovery.

lcstress2012 · 28-01-2020 08:13PM

Does the FlyeFit in drumcondra have private shower cubicles (not open showers)? Thinking of joining! What do you all think of this gym ?

Mellor · 29-01-2020 12:16AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

At an elite level, where tiny margins matter, you're looking at weeks for that recovery.

At an elite level, they simply don't donate I imagine

Alf Veedersane · 29-01-2020 12:35AM

Mellor wrote: »

At an elite level, they simply don't donate I imagine

I doubt it. I wasn't suggesting they did, per se.

Mellor · 29-01-2020 01:40AM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I doubt it. I wasn't suggesting they did, per se.

Or actually, they donate...to themselves at a later date.

el Fenomeno · 30-01-2020 08:16AM

When doing bicep curls using a preacher bench / stand / whatever it's called, I find my lower arms (between my elbow and wrist) hurt. Am I doing them wrong?

This is with a barbell. Would dumbbells be better?

I don't get that pain when doing standing barbell curls. Only seems to be with the preacher.

Alf Veedersane · 30-01-2020 09:20AM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

When doing bicep curls using a preacher bench / stand / whatever it's called, I find my lower arms (between my elbow and wrist) hurt. Am I doing them wrong?

This is with a barbell. Would dumbbells be better?

I don't get that pain when doing standing barbell curls. Only seems to be with the preacher.

Try with an EZ Bar or dumbbells and see. It feels uncomfortable when I use a strsight bar so I never do.

silverharp · 30-01-2020 11:39AM

As well as the EZ bar another tip that might help is add bands to the exercise, might smooth it out and possibly allow you to drop the weight a little bit , still with more bang for your buck

Brian? · 30-01-2020 01:26PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

When doing bicep curls using a preacher bench / stand / whatever it's called, I find my lower arms (between my elbow and wrist) hurt. Am I doing them wrong?

This is with a barbell. Would dumbbells be better?

I don't get that pain when doing standing barbell curls. Only seems to be with the preacher.

I’d stop doing them. They’re not really needed if you do plenty of pulling and some ez bar curls.

Brian? · 30-01-2020 01:29PM

silverharp wrote: »

As well as the EZ bar another tip that might help is add bands to the exercise, might smooth it out and possibly allow you to drop the weight a little bit , still with more bang for your buck

Why would you add bands? If you want to make it harder you add more weight.

I understand using bands for things like benching or deadlifts to train through sticking points in the movement. Curls, I don’t see the point.

Alf Veedersane · 30-01-2020 01:31PM

Brian? wrote: »

Why would you add bands?

WESTSIDE DENIER!!!

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