thats sweet, i had doing shoulder press with db, but gotta do em

Boom, i was there

im a gym noob, RRxtar is showing me the ropes. having someone show me around and make sure im not doing shit wrong/wasting my time is very important to me, but we got a plan worked out and im pretty pumped

im not looking forward to hitting this wall everyone keeps talking about tho, i feel like a hero when i add on weight every other workout haha

going in starting at 150lbs at 5'11.5"
month later (tonight) i weighed 156
goal for the first year is 165
i took a before picture we can all lawl at later when im bigger haha

welcome to the shitshow of bad opinions and misinformation jeffh. haha

DB shoulder pressed 80s today. 6 reps, 3 sets.....then did a set with 75s for 8 reps.

Just curious as to what type of ab workouts you guys do? I'm thinking of doing the P90x Ab Ripper X for my ab workout.

leg raises
that is about it 4 me

leg raises is about it for my main ab workout too. i also do oblique side bends sometimes. and i do what i call "Tyler Throws" (long story. haha) thats basically holding a 45lb plate out infront of you almost at full arm extension an swinging it side to side but with an arc up in the middle.

you need to incorporate holding a beer at the same time tho haha

legs on tuesday. still cant even get out of a chair. damnit

I don't consider protein or fish oil as supplements. So creatine, beta alanine, BCAA. Sometimes I'll take 5-HTP and Rhodiola.

are you supplimenting them into your diet? if it comes in a pill, liquid, or powder and doesnt come dirrectly from regular food, then its a suppliment.

check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBynS...eature=related

^holy shit

holy fuck look at his shoulder as hes sitting there when hes done

No, it's food. A protein shake is a shake. With a lot of protein.

Fish oil, I guess you could call that a supplement.

So yeah, I supplement with fish oil. Not with protein shakes though. I eat protein shakes, supplemented with creatine and beta alanine :lol

symantics is definatly relevant to a fitness forum...

looking forward to destroying wood camping this weekend, if for nothing other than the great workout that it is hahaha

as for a protein supplement to my regular diet, i just have whey in shake
and glutamein

I just supplemented my diet with a glass of water. That was awesome!

does anyone here know the side effects of smoking pot + weight lifting? I heard it can hinder muscle growth, is this true or does it depend how much of a smoker you are? I smoke maybe once or twice a week.. but small amounts

im sure it might hinder muscle building a little bit , maybe try and cut back

I just remembered, right before I got sick, I tried something different with my PWO nutrition. I usually take a 2/3 serving of Torrent (for the insulin spike + BCAA's and hydrolysed whey). But since I am really trying to cut weight, I tried going with just whey protein.

I felt the same for a while, but then on my last workout, after weights I went to do my 12 minutes of HIIT on the bike. I literally could barely pedal! My legs just weren't working. Even at the "jogging" level of 9, it felt like it was already set to 16. That sucked.

To me, this hows quite clearly how important a high carb post workout shake is. Of course I "knew" this from reading advice from People With A Clue, but I wanted to see how big a difference there would be.

So if you are working out and NOT taking a high carb shake afterwards, you could be severely limiting your performance.

If you're wondering how it works, basically it uses insulin, which is a very powerful and very useful hormone when utilized at the right time (it can also be very bad for you if you have a lot of it in you at the wrong times) to shuttle glycogen into the muscles rapidly. This basically shortens your recovery time by a significant margin. If you are only workout out 2 or 3 times a week I'm sure it doesn't matter. But if you are doing weights + HIIT + steady state on off days, that means 6 days a week of training and you will kill yourself without something like this.

Look for Universal Torrent or Biotest Surge, or perhaps something similar. Or even a handful of raisins + whey shake + BCAA's.

yeah bio test is good stuff

All that, and that is your response? :lol

Honestly I think Torrent is far superior to Surge. It's loaded with Leucine.

Oh I should point out that you do not want any fat in a PWO shake.

did shoulders/ legs today
started with smith machine millatry press
35x15 to warm up
45x10
45 plus 25 x 8
lateral raises 3 sets of those with light weight
then Arnold press
55x10
65x9
75x8
LEGS
squats
45x20 to warm up
45 plus 25 x 10 reps
45x45 x 8 reps
barbell lunges around the gym for 3 sets with 45 plates on each side those fucking kill
finished off with some hamstrings

bio test products are hard to find unless u buy from US
or T-nation

Just had my first workout in almost 2 weeks, after getting over a cold. And it was an ass-kicker:

5 minute warmup on elliptical

Bent-Over DB Rows - 50 lbs x 2 DB's
DB overhead push-press - 50 lbs x 2 DB's
DB front squat - 60 lbs x 2 DB's
Hanging leg raises

All for 20 reps, 40 second rest between sets

Then 13 minutes of HIIT, 2 minute cooldown.

I had to sit down after the last set of squats.