Gloves and Speedo Workout, Fitness & Nutrition Thread

[HSanders]

@Ice_Ice_Brady
good info,thanks! i do have a calorie counter app i use and check it against the one that tracks my heart rate,calories (constant,not just from exercise). i burn about 250 sleeping at night... (my app says,anyway)
the other mistake i've made is using the calorie counters on the machines themselves(bike,climber) because they are made to show what someone of avg weight etc. burns.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Interesting article…kind of aligns with what I observe.

The Ideal Male Body Type According to Women (Survey Results)

We surveyed 423 women, having them pick the male body types they found most attractive. Muscularity, leanness, proportions, and more.

bonytobeastly.com

 

[HSanders]

Interesting article…kind of aligns with what I observe.

The Ideal Male Body Type According to Women (Survey Results)

We surveyed 423 women, having them pick the male body types they found most attractive. Muscularity, leanness, proportions, and more.

bonytobeastly.com

4 for me

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Some interesting stuff in this poll (and a few other notable ones) that kind of make sense intuitively but interesting to see results.

Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women - BuiltLean

These Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women will allow you to better understand your own body fat percentage.

www.builtlean.com

-Men like more body fat on women than women like on men. Body fat softens women and gives them curves and also gives fuller facial definition. Some roundness on women’s faces enhances cheekbones and makes it less angular. However on men, fat soften/blurs facial definition and hides the bone structure. Women find men most attractive in the 12-15% body fat range, but if you read the results closely and look at numerous discussions on Reddit, it has less to do with body definition and more to do with facial definition.

-Generally women like that 12-15% range for men’s bodies as well because it’s more natural looking. You can see six pack definition but it doesn’t look like a chiseled statue. When men start going to 10% or less you get extreme muscle definition and vascularity. A lot of women associate it with vanity, bodybuilding, modeling, and maybe infidelity as well.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

4 for me

That may be the difference I noted in the above post. Body 2 is shredded, extremely muscular whereas Body 4 looks a little more naturally athletic and less manufactured.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I was on my way to fully blowing out my rotator cuff. Nightly pain in shoulder. This is a must watch if you do lateral raises and it’s only a minute.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=MVgC_a1g0BxsDhjV&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjQsMTY0NTA2&feature=emb_share&v=sS77YMMLX-8

 

[tabmixer]

I do light weights and a lot of cardio has kept me in shape. The most important thing to me is my blood work.

 

[HSanders]

I was on my way to fully blowing out my rotator cuff. Nightly pain in shoulder. This is a must watch if you do lateral raises and it’s only a minute.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=MVgC_a1g0BxsDhjV&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjQsMTY0NTA2&feature=emb_share&v=sS77YMMLX-8

ugh...i was taught to do it straight arms, palms parallel to the ground. my shoulders constantly hurt. granted i am not lifting 1/1,000,000 as much weight as you are or the amount of reps since i do classes, i am sure. but shit...thanks!!! what about flies?

 

[666]

I do light weights and a lot of cardio has kept me in shape. The most important thing to me is my blood work.

How often do you check yours? I'm tempted to get on TRT

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

ugh...i was taught to do it straight arms, palms parallel to the ground. my shoulders constantly hurt. granted i am not lifting 1/1,000,000 as much weight as you are or the amount of reps since i do classes, i am sure. but shit...thanks!!! what about flies?

On those lateral raises, even the roiders are using relatively small weights because of the leverage on your side delts. I go up progressively with almost every exercise but not really on this one…it is more micro increases like adding a pound. Today I did sets of 7.5, 10.5, and 12.5. If I try to do like 20 lbs I’m probably going to blow something out. For this exercise it is really more about volume and high reps and it’s an anomaly. The big weight increases for shoulders should be on overhead press, military press, face pulls etc.

For flies I don’t know if there’s really rotator injury risk from the way you hold them, but I have stopped doing dumbbell flies because they don’t work very well. There’s no tension until the top of the range. I love cable flies, with a cable in each hand and standing upright, both high/low and low/high.

 

[tabmixer]

How often do you check yours? I'm tempted to get on TRT

Every 6 months and anytime I could donate blood I do so as well.

 

[666]

Every 6 months and anytime I could donate blood I do so as well.

I'm getting bloodwork done next month. If my levels are low I'm getting on the TRT. I qualify barely since I just turned 26

 

[Lord Guts]

I'm getting bloodwork done next month. If my levels are low I'm getting on the TRT. I qualify barely since I just turned 26

You don't need TRT in your 20s dawg
You in your prime

 

[666]

You don't need TRT in your 20s dawg
You in your prime

Maybe not but that's why I'm getting bloodwork. I'm awfully fatigued randomly.

 

[Lord Guts]

Maybe not but that's why I'm getting bloodwork. I'm awfully fatigued randomly.

Hopefully you get that sorted out then. How's your diet you did say you were in college right?

 

[666]

Hopefully you get that sorted out then. How's your diet you did say you were in college right?

I track what I eat with MyFitnessPal it's a pain but it does keep me honest with what I'm consuming.

 

[Kontradiction]

Too long to break down, but it looks like this:

Week 1 - Cables. Heavy cardio every other day. BJJ 2-3x per week.

Week 2 - CrossFit/HIIT. Heavy cardio every other day. BJJ 2-3x per week.

Week 3 - Free weights. Same routine otherwise as above.

Week 4 - CrossFit/HIIT. Same routine otherwise as above.

Note gains in my phone. Move up in weight next month when I do those specific workouts.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Found some footage of @Lord Guts giving personal training sessions


View: https://twitter.com/TimeIsM43143700/status/1749618398277816523

 

[jlaff]

Some interesting stuff in this poll (and a few other notable ones) that kind of make sense intuitively but interesting to see results.

Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women - BuiltLean

These Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women will allow you to better understand your own body fat percentage.

www.builtlean.com

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-Men like more body fat on women than women like on men. Body fat softens women and gives them curves and also gives fuller facial definition. Some roundness on women’s faces enhances cheekbones and makes it less angular. However on men, fat soften/blurs facial definition and hides the bone structure. Women find men most attractive in the 12-15% body fat range, but if you read the results closely and look at numerous discussions on Reddit, it has less to do with body definition and more to do with facial definition.

-Generally women like that 12-15% range for men’s bodies as well because it’s more natural looking. You can see six pack definition but it doesn’t look like a chiseled statue. When men start going to 10% or less you get extreme muscle definition and vascularity. A lot of women associate it with vanity, bodybuilding, modeling, and maybe infidelity as well.

From that I think I'm around 17% right now and think I've peaked at 14% with very light ab definition in university.

Why is 14 to 12% so tough?

 

[jlaff]

Curious people's thoughts on this.

I've never really taken exercise to a high level. I'm 186 now after taking over a year off following a knee injury. I was 218 when I worked in the oilfield 14 years ago (I was super solid everywhere and doubt I could hit that again).

My whole workout life I've used the routine of a day on then day off with light cardio every day on:

Day 1: chest/triceps
Day 2: rest
Day 3: back/biceps
Day 4: rest
Day 5: legs/shoulders
Day 6: rest

I now want to get a little more aggressive with my training.

Do you really need a day off if you're working different muscle groups?

Or what about hitting all those muscles every 3-4 days if you're recovering fast enough? Ex:

Day 1: chest/triceps/shoulders
Day 2: back/biceps/legs
Day 3: rest