weight lifting

[bk12321 10+ year member]

i can't even do half that. in high school i could bench 250, now i don't even do 100 cause i don't have anyone to spot me so i just be safe and use less weight till i build up my muscle

when i started out about 7 months ago I could only do 105 about 5 times

and i had never worked out a day in my life before that

now my max is 225ish, possibly a little more, its been a bit since ive checked it

it just takes work, if ur getting in the gym guys will have respect that ur trying to change urself

EDIT: you would be surprised how quickly you will gain, muscle memory is astounding, ive seen guys get huge SOOO FAST after being out of the game for years, all because they were big at one point.

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

so squats are basically where i take a barbell put it on my should and squat? does that create a lot of pressure on the knee? i severly injured my knee in high school and i wana try not to strain it, so that's why i do leg extensions

They have machines which make it quite a bit easier to do, I tend not to use the bar method very often. Yes it puts a ton of pressure on your knees, especially when u reach the lowest position (butt even with knees or lower). If ur fine with doing leg presses just do those, i wouldnt risk an injury.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

so basically i'll start by doing leg presses or squats, then the back excercise, then abs, then the curls, then tricep extensions, then military press, then bench press? the ab machine thing they had had you hanging upside like a ****ing bat. idk how the hell i'll fit into it, but it'll be fun to try //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

this thread has inspired me to buy 1 whole italian sub calazone, 1 order of cheesey bread, and 1 large pepperoni & extra cheese from Hungry Howies.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

this thread has inspired me to buy 1 whole italian sub calazone, 1 order of cheesey bread, and 1 large pepperoni & extra cheese from Hungry Howies.

this thread made me take a shit. i'm quite relieved

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

also on bb.com the recommend i warm-up>stretch>weight lift>stretch>cool down>drink protein shake

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

so basically i'll start by doing leg presses or squats, then the back excercise, then abs, then the curls, then tricep extensions, then military press, then bench press? the ab machine thing they had had you hanging upside like a ****ing bat. idk how the hell i'll fit into it, but it'll be fun to try //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

That sounds alright, definitely start out with legs and do arms last, but I like doing bench before I do curls.

Remember to do around 2-3 sets of 2-3 different exercises for EACH body part, like for legs I like to do squats and leg presses, chest I do crunches situps and then crunches on the big rubber ball things, triceps I will do cables extensions and then skull crushers, shoulders ill do military press dumbbell press lat pulldown and front raises, back ill do t-bar row, barbell row, bent over barbell row, and side cable rows, for chest ill do cable flys bench press and dumbbell flys, for calves i do weighted raises, smith machine platform raises, and standing dumbbell raises, for traps i do shrugs

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

That sounds alright, definitely start out with legs and do arms last, but I like doing bench before I do curls.
Remember to do around 2-3 sets of 2-3 different exercises for EACH body part, like for legs I like to do squats and leg presses, chest I do crunches situps and then crunches on the big rubber ball things, triceps I will do cables extensions and then skull crushers, shoulders ill do military press dumbbell press lat pulldown and front raises, back ill do t-bar row, barbell row, bent over barbell row, and side cable rows, for chest ill do cable flys bench press and dumbbell flys, for calves i do weighted raises, smith machine platform raises, and standing barbell raises, for traps i do shrugs

what i read is to do one exercise for each group and then after 4-6 weeks, switch to a different exercise for that group

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

also on bb.com the recommend i warm-up>stretch>weight lift>stretch>cool down>drink protein shake

have a single serving shake before with water, preferably with BCAAs (some protein shakes have these in them), and then post workout immediately drink a single serving protein shake with bcaas in water and an hour later drink another protein shake.

really it is recommended to continuously flood ur body with bcaas during your workout, but most people do not have a bcaa supplement like that so before and after works almost as good.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

what are bcaa's?

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

cardio looks too much like car audio its making reading this thread more of a mind**** than it should be

 

[MiSeRy 10+ year member]

this thread has inspired me to buy 1 whole italian sub calazone, 1 order of cheesey bread, and 1 large pepperoni & extra cheese from Hungry Howies.

wtf? Hungry Howies is still around? i used to eat there when i was younger and lived in florida, but i have never even seen one in georgia. they were the bomb back in the day.

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

what are bcaa's?

branched chain amino acids

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/bcaa.html

and heres a GREAT bcaa product

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/clabs/purple.html

andd this too

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mrm/bcaa.html

and according to Purple Wraath, here is what each individual one does:

Leucine:

- Primary anabolic trigger

- Enhance recovery

- Optimize hormone levels

Valine:

- Energy

- Recovery

- Glucose production

- Nitrogen balance

Isoleucine:

- Energy

- Recovery

- Glucose production

- Hormones

Lysine:

- Beta-oxidation

- Nitrogen balance

- Calcium absorption

- Energy

Arginine:

- Vasodilator

- Nutrient delivery

- Anti-Catabolic

Histidine:

- Vasodilator

- ****** function

Threonine:

- Nutrient uptake

- Immune system

Methionine:

- Enhance metabolism

- Energy

- Mood

- Antioxidant

Phenylalanine:

- Energy

- Hormones

- Mood

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

wtf? Hungry Howies is still around? i used to eat there when i was younger and lived in florida, but i have never even seen one in georgia. they were the bomb back in the day.

yup there's one here. Sunday's & Wednsdays are $4.99 pizza's.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

yup there's one here. Sunday's & Wednsdays are $4.99 pizza's.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

here they do every day 4.99 pizza //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif they match dominos 555 deal near our campus, pretty bad ***