/fit/ - Fitness, Health, Exercise, Dieting, etc

>>125880

>5'10

what do you mean with "Fuckin around", by the way?

best of luck, although I think you should cut some of those challenges by 25-50%, you've only got 3 months after all

>>125891

I change shit up EVERY WEEK.

And I also want to prove that I'm a fuckin' badass.

My body adapts to training extremely quickly, and calcifies when it's not in use. So basically I go nuclear with gains after working out for a week or more (with intensity and volume), and then I make steady nuclear reactor gains afterwards.

I've always fucked around too much, but not this time.

It's all about that Fire. Goal oriented (my goal is to make world class athletes look like hobbiests).

Plus I can do 7 one arm push ups on a good day, I should be able to do a couple hundred normal push ups.

>>125880

You seem personally challenged, if you know what I mean

>>125880

With all of that, why only 30 sit ups? I can't do any of the rest but I've always done 2x40 and that's just something I throw in at the end, I could do over a 100 easily in one set if I cared.

Is this the result of the

>you don't need to do abs

meme again?

>>125902

Hey your insults are improving a little, good job!

>>125904

I'm just way out of practice, and I've never trained seriously and consistently, especially my core.

It's like those big gut strong dudes who can lift heavy shit without having gone to the gym ever but they have to roll over to get off the ground.

BIG GUTS

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So no one wants to post a public personal challenge? DO YOU ALL FEAR HUMILIATION?

>>125922

Nah man challenges are cool and all but yours is retarded.

>>125972

Are you under the impression I want others to perform my challenge?

I'm saying that people should post their own self-imposed challenge, so we can applaud when they achieve it or boo when they fail.

Also to try and inspire those who give hope on their own goals.

>>125880

God damn my elbow and shoulder hurt.

>>126359

yes :,(

Honestly I just don't push myself. I've done 160 squats, going for my max or something, and just thought "When will it end. I'll just wind up being unable to move later if I go for my real max." so instead of waiting for my body to collapse and go unconscious at 1000 I just stopped there.

To compensate I've been developing a gritty inner will and "IF I DIE I'LL DIE" attitude so that I just go for the impossible.

I have been practicing energy/qi work so I can be confident in my ability to recover as well. Mostly I've been learning how to engage the 5 elements, and Water really is the "recovery element". I get totally different physiological responses from each element. It's awesome.

I guess that makes all my numbers artificially low though. The deadlift and physique gains will be the deciding factor.

>>125880

Well it's been over three months, how did you do?

>>125885

Guts is such a constant crybaby.

>>132101

>19

are you even allowed to lift weights without your parents supervision?

>>125922

>So no one wants to post a public personal challenge? DO YOU ALL FEAR HUMILIATION?

All the things I want to work on are aesthetics related. So I dunno if that's relevant. Performance will come after I drop enough weight. Shall I post it?

>>132159

yes

>>132139

they were definitely gains goblins when I was growing up, good thing I never listened to them.

Forgot the Why:

>I want to dominate the competition and crush their sacred dreams. I want to become the strongest man in the world.

>>132101

If your muscles are soft, they will deteriorate more quickly. Hard muscle is better, but soft muscle grows (tears) easier. Easier isn't better. Just workout more (effectively) to tear more, if you need to add muscle, and eat a shit ton more too.

>>132159

Sure. Why not focus on developing hard, dense, strong, quick fighting fit muscle then? Basically, you focus on the sinew, joint strength/hypertrophy/density, bone density/size, vessel strength/health, recovery ability, stamina, hardness/toughness, weak points, rootedness (how difficult it is to topple you, move you at all, or throw you off balance), tensile and compression strength (resistance to stretching and crushing, which is hand in hand with the above), and a new thing: fascia.

For the above two posters:

Fascia is stronger than muscle, and is like being wrapped in rubber when built right. Active stretching (actively resisting a somewhat deep stretch) will remove fascia in that range of motion; it will remove surrounding fascia if you rock/sway slightly in the stretch to sheer it off as well. High reps and intensity will develop it. Fascia is basically like scar tissue; it can be developed in your muscles as well as without. Nothing wrong with it on its own. That's why intensive active stretching every morning will remove unnecessary scar tissue, and working out will reapply a fresh coat, maximizing strength and power potential. This effectively removes scar tissue in the muscles and between the muscles and skin, and then integrates small amounts of it on a more microscopic level. This prevents it from obstructing movement, but instead providing a granular composition of rubber that permits the muscle to handle higher tensions and recruit more muscles without being destroyed. It's the penultimate for aesthetics and fighting fitness.

Rigidity is effectively tensile strength, and necessary for great aesthetics and fighting fitness. It gives the "ripped" look. It develops a shit ton of little muscles and your tendons/sinew. It also effectively manages and distributes the fascia. It becomes easier to develop muscle as well; muscle that will stay with you rather than disappear. Your body will become damage resistant as well, preventing injury and making you useful in a fight.

>>133017

Hey I appreciate the help. I usually stretch at night before bed, but I guess I'll try to in the morning as well. I'm also brittle as hell in the morning.

And yeah… Okay I'll post something when I'm not stressed and overloaded with shit to do.

>>133302

I suggest eating garlic or onion and becoming an ogre. Nothing brittle about that. Seriously though garlic and onion in your system will help you deal with all stress, all 'falling apart', all of that.

I also would like to modify my wording and say that you should do stretches for strength and endurance; holding a front-back split then standing up by doing a smooth scissor motion for example. That would be like a lunge x 10 in one go.

Another example: Get two chairs at wingspan, then put your arms out to the chairs and your feet up on a desk or table, and get into the stretch; try to lift yourself up from this position, straight arm (in the direction of the stretch). If you can, do small rotations in both directions in this RoM.

Maybe you guys should keep your fitness logs online and post them. weightxreps.net used to be a favorite.

>>133348

Do glute ham raises, overhead squats and front squats, focus on the 50 - 100 rep range. I recommend crouched and standing calf raises as well, focusing on time under tension and mind-body connection, in the 100 - 250 rep range. Just get up to the bottom of the range and then don't go under it again.

Glute ham raises targets those difficult to target muscles, overhead squat builds stability in your squat and a different kind of core strength (you can't rely on packing your gut with air/liquid), and front squats complete the package. Do a single session of heavy back squats once a week or every 10 days.

>>132101

So how's the progress?

>>133017

>>133332

I probably an not reading what you wrote well enough but does this mean that effective rolling and stretching will possibly help increase the size of the muscle?

I would like to improve the shape and performance of the smaller muscles of my glutes and hips which are chronically tight anyway. So would extremely focused attention on these muscles help them grow?

I mean in general, that's the idea right?

>>133824

Passive stretching is different from active stretching. Stretching will allow you to workout your muscles more effectively, while helping them recover as well (and muscle growth happens when we are recovering as we know). So yes stretching will help you both body build as well as get a more "ripped" or "wrapped" look by having more hypertrophy in smaller muscles. You have to active stretch though, to strengthen them. Crushing and squeezing the muscle afterward would complete it, actually. I should have talked about that…

Contracting a muscle at its shortest and longest length is good, basically.

>>133831

Focus on rear delts, lat delts and use db's for bench/incline bench. Do bench 1 db at a time and then both. Don't just press straight up, cross the median line and squeeze the pecs. Looks like you need to work on your lats, if you want to improve on bench. You need the stabilizers.

Stomach vacuums, hanging leg lifts and woodchoppers, at high reps (100 - 250+), would be good for core aesthetics.

>>133841

You think it's my back that's doing it? I've got a pretty thicc back but maybe it's something to look into. I do incline bench and weighted dips as assistance specific to the pecs/tris, and weighted chins and Kroc-tranny rows for the back on that day. Core could always get better, I do some leg-lifts but I want to get back to doing L-sits too on my cardio days.

Thanks for the advice frienderino.

>>133015

From what I can see your face is a lady boner killer

>>133846

I make weird flex faces and it looks weird and bird-like from the side, which is why I try to look directly at people, relax my eyes and retract from the scalp to get a clear look. Working on my jaw, face muscles and teeth to have it all set properly. It's more about personality, communication (including body language) and how you emote than anything else when it comes to women.

But what do you mean, I look like a caveman or somethin'?

I'd rather be an ogre with layers than a vampire with sparkles.

>>133844

No it's the shoulders, core and lats. Stability breeds power. Widen your back. I'd throw in neck, arms, traps, and grip work too, to improve stability. Think of the core and grip as something you can and should hit all the time and the iron core of where your strength comes from. The neck needs more but has to be adjusted to higher volume and loads, being a vulnerable place and all – dynamic body resistance using your hands to workout is good for when you're on the computer, and a high rep set of curls and extensions every morning. You probably don't do enough sets and reps for chest though. 12 sets 5 - 25 reps for chest is good; do a similar volume for shoulders. 8 reps and under is difficult to get muscle growth out of unless you go for 20+ sets. Volume will get you out of bench hell.

>>134027

Don't believe him, anon. It's hard to tell how you look from the picture but you probably have at least an average face.

Even somewhat ugly faced people can look decent with a good body and all the other things like haircut and clothes.

>>135975

Please pardon the gay formatting I used on weightxreps.

>>135975

I'm going to try wearing a weight vest again, 24/7. I'll report back when it's hopeless.

Fuck. 80 lb vest.

How are people's progress?

I'm reviving this shit.

>>135975

This is me. I have 1 month. I've been doing that qi/neuroendocrine shit mostly. My hand/eye intelligence has been going through the roof though, from all the visualization stuff I do (I am trying to find all practical uses of visualization and mind shit in general). I can basically think whilst fumbling an object now, in a proactive way. My time sense is growing and evolving. It will be awesome when I apply it effectively to sports.

That's my update but it isn't related to my PERSONAL CHALLENGE AAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Going to do each thing on the list individually all day until I hit the goal then go to the next exercise. So 5 days of push up marathon = 200 push ups, then 5 days of squat marathon = 400 squats, etc.

**5 days of push ups/squats leads to 200/400 max

It's great that there is a thread for this, because I wanted to talk about a cut I'm going to do, but a new thread seemed excessive.

I need to lose some weight. I'm 73kg but I want get back to 70kg, the weight I had last summer. This is so I can fit well in my shorts and other summer clothes again (I can kinda fit in it right now, but not as perfectly as I want).

The problem is that I really hate having to stop training for strength and size, even if it's only for less than a month.

Even if I know that with less weight I'll look better and more defined, I still feel resistance. Often I go to the gym, I start training for weight loss and then I go back to lift weights and eat when I'm at home because I worry I will lose gains.

Anyway, it's time to challenge myself.

Challenge:

>lose 3 kg

Reason:

>I don't want to go around shopping for shorts I already have

>I want a look that better show my gainz

Timeframe:

>20days or when I get to 70kg

Diet:

>eggs

>grass fed beef

>various top-tier cheese from my country, low in lactose

>yogurts + pumpkin seed

>onions + beans + carrots (special soup)

>cucumber, bananas, and various stuff that grows from plants

>two meals a day

Routine:

>wake up

>work

>train at the gym (A: HIIT + upper body work, B: HIIT + core) (4times/week)

>meal one

>work

>go out and walk/sprints (6km) (every day, sprints on the days off from the gym)

>meal two

>socialize

Most difficult thing is not bore myself to death with the walk/sprints. In fact I'm gonna look for alternatives in these days, hoping to find something (the city I live in isn't big and also not big on sports, so it's hard to find things to do especially in June). In any case, considering that's the worst thing, I say I have it really good. I'll post some pics in the next days.

>>139288

Try a multi-spice tea. Spicy shit, herbs, strong stuff, vinegar, all in a big thermos. Should boost your metabolism and provide all of your micro-nutrients. Then you can reduce food intake without losing out. Just force it.

I got all my gains from isometrics, and have a very high metabolism. Do flexing/tensing/isometrics all the time (even just a small passive amount for all day). You'll keep your metabolism up that way. I'm the OP and >>135975.

You can literally lose 3kg in one day. Up the intensity and volume.