30 that's great man! Perfect age. I was 29-33 when I was training heavy and it was great. I see your avatar if that's you keep up the good work. Train Heavy , eat alot and it good. I used to take a gallon of water in the gym with me and when I walked out it was empty. Your young man. I'm 40 turning 41 soon so dont sweat it.
Yep, I've only been back to lifting for a little under 2 years now. When I was younger I could lift alot more, train harder and didn't have these damn injuries! My back was getting great, took out my lower back and it keeps going out so I've had to take standard rows and yates rows out of my back routine. Lost some size in my back because of that. It's still not horrible though, considering I'm all natural Forgive the hair but my backs current condition. I'm hoping that my lower back is healed enough to start hitting the rows again this coming week!
Damn, that is insane...i don't think i can ever bench that much, not even 75% of it... I am 5-11, 210 pound of fat. I want be strong but don't want all the mass
Work on your form Form alone can bring your bench up big time. I see little sticks putting up 300! I can guarantee it's not all strength on many of them, they have tweaked their form, plus shorter arms helps I don't lift that either, I'm at about 380 ATM. I keep building up, then hurting myself!
Thongs? Where? In this thread? So when you are counting your reps, do you count up or count down? I would normally count up. I noticed that my trainer counts up to 10 and then counts down the last 5. I'm sure it makes no difference, but how does everyone else do it?
I count up, counting down is dumb to me. If lets say I normally do 10 reps, I am going for 10, I count down but I have plenty of energy left and am able to go for 12 I've already counted down to 0. IDK makes it harder, less likely to increase, plus kind of 1/2 empty, 1/2 full.
I always see people either just work biceps or arms... I do legs and upper body, form is better then how much weight you can do And another tip is get off DP and work out!
I have another question... I am borderline hypoglycemic. Under normal circumstances I have maybe 2 blood sugar crashes per year. But I have noticed that since I have been lifting weights again, in the last 2-3 weeks, I have had 2 blood sugar crashes. Anyone know the connection between weightlifting and blood sugar?
http://www.webmd.com/content/chat_transcripts/1/103390.htm There are many articles on it, here is one that might help.
That one is about Diabetes, which is the opposite of hypoglycemia. So it didn't really help, but thanks anyway.
Yeah, I know. And it's all related somehow, but I haven't been able to really find the answer. It's all related to the insulin levels that your pancreas is putting out and how fast your body is burning the glucose... But everything I find is either over my head with the medical terminology, or talking more about diabetes instead of hypoglycemia.
Seriously.. about diet and protein shakes and all that.. I used to be a builder, trainer and also did martial arts. In all honesty, you really just get into the shakes and all for 2 reason - - You diet sucks! - You don't have time to eat properly. In most case, you need to sit and do up your diet. With most average and just starting out, the protein you take within your diet should be sufficient without getting into shakes and what's not. Protein shakes are really for those HARD-CORE 4 hour a day training people.. which you might become later on... or those that go no time to eat properly and still need that little building blocks.. The only thing I ever recommend (remember, I been out of the game for years now) was cretin, that allowed me to hit the weight HEAVY, FAST and my recovery was amazing.! I never got into the shakes, I prefer my protein pure.. and by that I meant eggs, chicken breast, nuts, beans etc etc... One advise I will alway give though.. GET A PARTNER.!.. nothing pack on more strength and all, than getting someone to spot you when you lay on the weight... My old regime was 6 - 8 - 10 - 12. I will lay on the weight till I can only do 6 reps.. and 2-3 weeks, go up 8 reps... and then 10.. and 12. Once I can do 12, I increase the weight till I can only do 6.. and cycle again. (cause when you get to a weight of 10 rep, on the last set, I increase the weight and do 4 rep just to get the body ready for my next weight increase). Always use 2-3 exercise for one area.. and best on how your body handle things, you can either start or end with a compound exercise.. (bench, squat etc etc).. Hope that helps...
Yet protein shakes are the #1 recommended supplement by amatuer and pros alike If you want 'pure' protein that would be a shake, not a whole food source 4 hour a day people are also on steroids, not simple protein shakes.
remember when I said I was going to the gym? well I lied. I didn't. but I want to go, and isn't that the same?
I have a word of warning - don't do steroids... might sound obvious but I'm speaking from experience. Back in 1992, when I was the tender age of 22, I decided to get into bodybuilding more seriously and took up an offer of a small course of oral anabolic steroids. I believe they were Pronobol 5 and Dianabol if I remember rightly and they came with a small sheet of paper explaining how to take them over a 12 week period. The idea was to start off on small dosages and build up and then come down decreasing the dosage to 'ween' you off. Well the results were great and I'd never felt better. There was a small part of me that acknowledged the reasons I felt great were actually delusions of grandeur brought on by the steriods themselves... After I'd finished the course - in fact it was about 2 months later - I felt a bit rough. I took a few days off work and put it down to flu. After about two weeks of feeling bad I took some more time off - it was about 6am and I hadn't slept properly all night, my legs ached and I was sweating.... I sat on the edge of the bed and tried to push myself up but my legs wouldn't support me. It wasn't as tho I had no strength it was like my legs weren't getting the signals they were supposed to - they weren't doing what I was telling them. I decided to lie back down in bed and my wife asked me why I wasn't getting up for work - I showed her what happened when I tried to get up - she instantly thought I had a brain tumor for some reason and called the doctor. The doctor that came didn't know me - my GP was on holiday. This doctor tested my reflexes in my knees and checked my breathing and heart rate. After about 5 minutes he said he thought I had Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and that he thought I should go to the hospital. When he asked if I'd like him to call an ambulance I really started to panic... After two days in the hospital I'd lost the use of my legs and I couldn't raise my arms high enough to brush my own teeth. After 72 hours I was in an intensive care unit on a ventilator completely paralised apart from one side of my face... I stayed that way for EIGHT WEEKS. When I eventually got out of the intensive care unit I then went on to spend 5 months in a rehabilitation ward learning how to walk again. Now GBS is a rare illness and it's never been proved that it was caused by the steroids but the evidence is there. Steroids, apart from other side-effects, damage your immune system and GBS is an immune system disorder. I think I've ranted enough - I'm back to full health now but this illness wrecked my marriage and I've lost contact with my son... All because I wanted to have a better physique! Be safe - stay happy. Cheers, p.
While I am not pro steroids, I also feel bad for what happened to you I highly doubt it was the steroids themselves. It also doesn't sound like you used them correctly. Orals from what I've read would never go for 12 weeks, plus like alot of supplements and especially with illegal steroids a post cycle therapy is going to be needed with support supplements. If anything and it was actually the steroids it sounds more like user error, not the substances themselves. Take too much aspirin for too long, see what happens.