Breaking Decency Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I've been trying olympic lifting and bulgarian lifting. That combined with some cardio (about an hour on the treadmill) straight after, then a protein shake has made a big difference. Stick on the TV and youre sorted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 You not like running outside BD? f**k doing an hour on the treadmill imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Muscle food Black Friday chicken deals. I've still got plenty from my last order, but 10kg of chicken for £36 will be getting purchased. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 My gf is Doing a couch potato to 5 k in 9 weeks programme and it's going fairly well. It's a 20 minute a night exercise and you don't run entire time just for 3 minute intervals now on week three but getting gradually fitter. It's not very hard for me but I go along for the moral support, as a result I now just have a swim membership which saves me 20 a month and she is losing a bit of flab. Playing 5's twice a week now as well, went a year without doing it out of laziness and low self esteem but it's great how much happier I am just from doing it plus I have made a few new pals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry boy Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Dislocated my left knee, broke it in 2 places and tore tendons and soft tissue about 8 months ago and still cant jog yet. Ive went from 13 stone (toned with abs coming through) to 15 stone now and far too much fat. Im 5'10. Working with Dundee uniteds head physio (oops) for a few months and starting to see small progress. The minute my knee allows me to run im gonna smash it at the gym, cycling, swimming till im back to about 12-13 stone with good muscle definition again. Will be tough as I cant afford any set backs. Feels absolutely awful knowing im putting on weight yet I cant really do much cardio work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Dislocated my left knee, broke it in 2 places and tore tendons and soft tissue about 8 months ago and still cant jog yet. Ive went from 13 stone (toned with abs coming through) to 15 stone now and far too much fat. Im 5'10. Working with Dundee uniteds head physio (oops) for a few months and starting to see small progress. The minute my knee allows me to run im gonna smash it at the gym, cycling, swimming till im back to about 12-13 stone with good muscle definition again. Will be tough as I cant afford any set backs. Feels absolutely awful knowing im putting on weight yet I cant really do much cardio work. Not do weights in the meantime? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Derry Boy can you not swim at all just now? Even front crawl with a float between your legs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry boy Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Actually didn't think of that to be honest ill double check with my physio. I can cycle a little on a exercise bike but if I try got at speed I get a shooting pain in my knee and need to stop so need to work on that. Weights im doing just now, mostly machines as I cant bend down and pick up weights at the same time, tried the other day and nearly fell and looked like a bellend haha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking Decency Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 You not like running outside BD? f**k doing an hour on the treadmill imo. Nah, I have drop foot so I have to be careful when it kicks in. Don't want to be stuck in some woods or something! My ex's dad suffers from a lot of medical problems and had a quadruple heart bypass, so if he runs for an hour, why can't I? Bit of a motivator. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Been doing stronglifts for a while but need a change. Looking for a 3 or 4 day routine, any suggestions? Really struggling to pick one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Been doing stronglifts for a while but need a change. Looking for a 3 or 4 day routine, any suggestions? Really struggling to pick one! Probably not what you're looking for but I manage all my lifts each week in 4 days. Tuesday - Legs Wednesday- Chest & Bi's Thursday - Back Friday - Shoulders & Tri's Plus I do abs on all four of they days. Like I said probably not what you're looking for or you're meaning something completely different. Anyway onto my own dilemma. I've been making a fair bit of progress the last few months although I still feel I should of made greater progress in this time. I track my macros the majority of my days and I hit my fat and protein macros no bother. It's the carbs I struggle to reach, I'm always about 50g too short when I've hit my daily calorie intake. Fibre is a slight problem to although does that matter a lot?. Anyone got suggestions for foods with high carbs? On a daily basis at the minute I consume Oats, Pasta, Sweet Potato, Bagels etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm at the point where I'm skint and will need to cancel my gym membership. I'm at Glasgow Club and I'm being charged about £27 a month, and that's with a 30% student discount - f**k that. Thinking about joining Pure Gym sometime after the new year if I can find a part-time job to sustain it. In the meantime I'm trying to find some kind of fat loss routine that I can do from home that doesn't involve jumping about mental indoors, as I can't really do that without making noise that will carry through to the rest of the house or to the neighbours. I have a 30kg bar that I do squats, rows or shoulder presses with, and I'll do push-ups as well, but as far as cardio goes I'll either have to settle for the combined two-and-a-half hour walk to and from uni every day, or take up jogging which I hate. Is there anyone else who just exercises at home, and if so what kind of routine do you do? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Look up complexes, Alwyn Cosgrove had some good ones on his site. I'm out just now but will have a look later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Moo 50g carbs is f**k all don't worry about it. Would be surprised if you're not getting enough fibre if you're tracking your diet I eat figs or dates after training to get good amount of glucose to help recovery process they're both high in fibre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm at the point where I'm skint and will need to cancel my gym membership. I'm at Glasgow Club and I'm being charged about £27 a month, and that's with a 30% student discount - f**k that. Thinking about joining Pure Gym sometime after the new year if I can find a part-time job to sustain it. In the meantime I'm trying to find some kind of fat loss routine that I can do from home that doesn't involve jumping about mental indoors, as I can't really do that without making noise that will carry through to the rest of the house or to the neighbours. I have a 30kg bar that I do squats, rows or shoulder presses with, and I'll do push-ups as well, but as far as cardio goes I'll either have to settle for the combined two-and-a-half hour walk to and from uni every day, or take up jogging which I hate. Is there anyone else who just exercises at home, and if so what kind of routine do you do? https://www.t-nation.com/training/complexes-for-fat-loss 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I've been doing Stronglifts for just under two months and have basically doubled my squat, deadlift and bench press. I manage everything OK aside from he overhead press which I find a nightmare. I'm basically skipping the scheduled OHP lifts and working on my form with lower weights, I'll then build back up. It's really good, I'm enjoying it. I'm going to ramp up my running in between sessions as well to train for the Inverness half in March. I do need to sort out my diet, which im going to do in the New Year. I'm incredibly lazy and eat shite for dinners but I'm confident I'll be able to turn it around. I like eating healthily, once I get into a routine I'll be grand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I live in a flat and I bought a mat from Argos to cut down on the noise of me jumping about doing Insanity. That's worked pretty well. The downstairs neighbors say they don't hear me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I've been doing Stronglifts for just under two months and have basically doubled my squat, deadlift and bench press. I manage everything OK aside from he overhead press which I find a nightmare. I'm basically skipping the scheduled OHP lifts and working on my form with lower weights, I'll then build back up. It's really good, I'm enjoying it. I'm going to ramp up my running in between sessions as well to train for the Inverness half in March. I do need to sort out my diet, which im going to do in the New Year. I'm incredibly lazy and eat shite for dinners but I'm confident I'll be able to turn it around. I like eating healthily, once I get into a routine I'll be grand. Really good eh. I was amazed at how much progress I made. Unfortunately knees aren't great and it's getting harder to squat 3 times a week, heavier each time. Looking for a compound heavy, simple workout that I can get stuck in to. Would appreciate if anyone has any to share. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 No giving a f**k about counting macros over the holidays. Have a good one lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Looking for a bit of injury-related advice P&Bers. Anyone here has keyhole surgery to a meniscal tear? I've got a large lateral tear and a smaller vertical one in my knee cartilage. I've seen a specialist who's put me forward for an op to trim the cartilage down to the offending tear, as it's torn in an area that can't regenerate. What i'm wondering is the length of time from the op to recover to the extent that I can run, cycle, hillwalk etc. My fitness is in the toilet as a result of this, and I'm way overweight. I've been told I can expect an op end of March. In the meantime I've started going back to the gym solely to use a crosstrainer on high-ish resistance and a recumvent bike, again on high resistance in an effort to strengthen the leg muscles in some sort of futile gesture aimed at easing my recovery time. Any advice would be great, especially from anyone else who's had this done. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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