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awec wrote: »

I came home from the gym and ate 4 eggs. That definitely won't last. :pac:

Would there be much difference between 3 days a week and 2?

I ended up biting the (nutri)bullet and getting one of them, protein powder (optimum french vanilla - nom), banana, milk and some frozen spinach = beautiful. Have one for breakfast which is after I go gym works nicely.

Uhh I'm not a PT or anything but I'd say personally yes, unless you were absolutely killing it twice a week. I personally got every weekday at 5am and adjusted to it quite nicely. Got to the point where I wake up at that time anyway so I either lie there or go gym, so I go.

Chad Waterbury I believe did quite a few 2-3 day a week full body routines, and he's pretty well regarded, might have something that'd fit the bill.

A good way to look at is probably not 2/3 times a week, but just having alternate sessions, so you do slightly different exercises in each and rotate. Then it'd fit 2,3,4 times a week as you see fit.

Week 1: Workout A, Workout B
Week 2: Workout B, Workout A
Week 3: Workout B, Workout A, Workout B
Week 4: Workout A, Workout B, Workout A

(Sorry I'm not trying to be patronising I just don't explain things well sometimes..!)

I either go in at 7am or around lunch time. The weights room in my gym is great but it's really small so there's no point even trying to get in in the evening when it's busy, morning & lunch there's nobody around so I can get everything done.

I am pretty awful at getting out of bed too so it tends to be more lunch time than 7am...

My work day is about 10-7 and I went to the gym once in 2007 to pick up a lucozade

(Actually I work out at work, you guys need to change your employers)

Rory making bit of a charge now

awec wrote: »

Is there much benefit to free weights over the machines?

We have a gym in work too and I could go at lunch but it's not very good at the moment, it's more geared for cardio stuff.

I think if you actually plan on using the muscle (to play sport or lift heavy ****) then Free Weights are much better, instead of just training the main bicep or tricep for example, they're training all of the muscles in the arm.

However, if your aim is to just look good when you wear a tight white t-shirt to have a cheeky Nandos in DD (or like to fit into an Ireland "Test" Jersey), then your grand on machines.

awec wrote: »

We do have a machine that's supposed to emulate free weights. It has a series of pullies etc. You can do bench presses, bicep curls etc.

Like for bench press you clip the bar onto two pullies at the bottom, set the weight and then lie on the bench and push the bar up and down.

Does that differ a lot from doing it with an actual barbell?

Sounds like you're describing a cable machine, does it look something like this:



? They are pretty good for a lot of exercises but still won't quite emulate the benefits of free weights. I wouldn't worry about it too much for now, I'd get cracking on whatever programme you've picked out and try to get your diet and routine in order first and worry about free weights later on.

awec wrote: »

Anyone else noticed that in the Conor McGregor dream advert his haircut changes half way through?

It's intentional

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Alaska.

+1. Hike some mountains.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You can travel anywhere in the world alone for two weeks. Where do you go

Not eurodisney.

Definitely not fcuking eurodisney.