Weightlifters/Bodybuilders/Anyone who works out..

[dan7532 10+ year member]

Lift big, eat big, sleep big.

 

[blackman 10+ year member]

get the expensive creatine that sucks water into your muscles.....ull get alot bigger but gain weight and stuff too.....but u have to workout....

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

lol I fluctuate 5lbs daily

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

If you do buy creatine, please stay away from Cell Mass and other higher priced creatine products.

I'd highly recommend one of these. Good bang for the buck.I like them both and had better results than with Cell Mass.

http://www.proflexsports.com/page/P/PROD/CRB/UN17

http://www.supplementmarket.com/axis-labs-creatine-ethyl-ester-360-caps-10-free-p-787.html

 

[tc300 10+ year member]

its all about genetics.... some ppl can look huge but cant put the weight up, others are lean/cut and shock the hell outa ya on the weights.. LOL

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

If you have the strength, whats the problem?.

My whole family was weightlifters. My brother has a few bench records from his teenage years. I wasnt as serious but still did it almost every day for the longest time. I used to be 6'3 240 when i was 16/17 and benched around 300. Thats when i pretty much lost sight of it. Now im almost 6'5", only about 230, can prolly only bench 260/270. but I feel way better currently than I do now.

But I always had a problem, since I was so tall my arms were always longer and thinner than the other lifters, plus I had to press the bar over 3 feet in a typical repetition. I could never really get as beefy as my brothers, who are about 6'

But even so, I was still a big guy. I wish I was smaller, cause then more people would have started shit with me, and that means I would have got to punch more people in the face growing up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[RaiN 10+ year member]

i second that motion.... sleep is very important. don't jump on the ZMA bandwagon either to help with fatigue and lack of sleep. glutamine is very important for this... pick up a tub

also... like rain said a good cheat meal 2 to 3 times a month will help you appreciate good food. once you start eating right you'll never wanna eat that trash again. jay cutler(2 time and reigning mr. olympia) cheats with fast food hamburgers... he never touches processed foods or soft drinks...

Yup... glutamine will help out a lot. Don't forget about a good quality multivitamin just to make sure all the bases are covered. I also used to workout in cycles... Heavy Lifting vs Heavy Cardio. I'd try to do a lot of Cardio right before summer started so I could lean out... during the winter months I'd pound the weights to bulk up.

****, I need to get back into the gyms being 260 an flabby sucks.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

Well that'd be a shit ton of protein a day lol like 5 times my intake now...
I could do that but hmm....

dude you can eat your weight in protein, but a lot of it just goes to waste. you probably knew then, you should probably talk to a trainer.

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

Wrong, weight has everything to do with it. Muscle is heavy, if you aren't, the muscle just isn't there, and never will be if you don't eat more than your body needs to sustain itself.
Also, he shouldn't be doing concentration exercises at all really. Fastest way to bulk up is to do big exercises that call on many muscles at once doing a lot of work. OP, forget about the small exercises for a while, and concentrate on doing primarily: bench press, squats, deadlifts, rows, and shoulder presses. Those big complex movements stimulate the release of the highest amounts of natural HGH (human growth hormone) in your body as well as testosterone, and you will always see the biggest gains mass-wise from them, provided you eat plenty.

Olympic lifts would be a good idea too if your gym has platforms for it, but you'd need someone who knows what they're doing to teach you how to do them properly

wrong?... uh if u curl 75pounds and ur swinging it up there and im doing 45pounds but with correct motion your going to be bigger than me? what does the weight u workout with have 2 do with the amount of muscle in your body... lmao

 

[TSGP]

thats not what he's saying. A concentration exercise works ONE muscle (concentrating on that muscle)

A compound exercise works a muscle group

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

i went back and read some of the posts, im sorry but alot of you guys are complete idiots. i will say there was alot of good info stated. bottom line

Lift big, eat big, sleep big.

as for suppliments, you can go crazy or stay simple. crazy as in taking everything or simple as in just protein. if you want 2 go crazy which as with bassheads there are muscles heads who take a bunch of stuff.

when you do your split workout dont do body parts close to eachother. Muscles crave oxygen, blood carries oxygen, if you do bisepts and tricepts on the same day all the blood is going into your arm and i dont remember exactly what the disadvantage of that was but there is one. keep the muscle groups seperate. oldschool push/pull (bench is the push and tricept pulldowns is the pull) work well or the new school way of chest/bi's because u dont use bicepts in chest exercises and viceversa so your tri workouts can be that much harder with more weight.

random bullshit i want 2 add

tris = 75% of your arm. want big arms? get big tris

if you want 2 look huge and dont care about numbers work the upper chest well (incline exercises) because the upper chest is the main surface that you see.

your body gains muscle together, if you work ur chest all day everyday and skip legs or back ur bench will go up untill you platue (sp?) work EVERY muscle group

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

derrrr

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

sorry to thread jack , but what about to the guy who is ~145-150lbs 5' 7-8inches(weight fluctuates like crazy) and just wants to tone up/build muscle/stay the same weight, but drinks beer daily , lol.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

dude you can eat your weight in protein, but a lot of it just goes to waste. you probably knew then, you should probably talk to a trainer.

This man is the first one I have seen that has made a good statement your body can only handle/digest about 18 calories per hour so taking 30-35 grams of protein a sitting is not always best. The reason companies and magazines say to take this much is simple the more you take the more you buy. Its all profit driven take about 20 grams of protein every 2 hours in forms of lean steak, chicken, egg whites, and protein shakes. Try to take a shake that is multi blend protein *** well part whey part casien. Good luck 5-8 reps 65-85% or you max capacity you will get bigger.

 

[gymfreak101 10+ year member]

i went back and read some of the posts, im sorry but alot of you guys are complete idiots. i will say there was alot of good info stated. bottom line
as for suppliments, you can go crazy or stay simple. crazy as in taking everything or simple as in just protein. if you want 2 go crazy which as with bassheads there are muscles heads who take a bunch of stuff.

when you do your split workout dont do body parts close to eachother. Muscles crave oxygen, blood carries oxygen, if you do bisepts and tricepts on the same day all the blood is going into your arm and i dont remember exactly what the disadvantage of that was but there is one. keep the muscle groups seperate. oldschool push/pull (bench is the push and tricept pulldowns is the pull) work well or the new school way of chest/bi's because u dont use bicepts in chest exercises and viceversa so your tri workouts can be that much harder with more weight.

random bullshit i want 2 add

tris = 75% of your arm. want big arms? get big tris

if you want 2 look huge and dont care about numbers work the upper chest well (incline exercises) because the upper chest is the main surface that you see.

your body gains muscle together, if you work ur chest all day everyday and skip legs or back ur bench will go up untill you platue (sp?) work EVERY muscle group

oh and triceps and chest on the same day is push/ push fyi