Gym And Supplement Discussion

[Birds]

I'd be interested to see what you guys think of my current routine/ how I'm doing.

In terms of the bigger lifts I'm a 65kg guy and I'm doing:

55kg bench

75kg deadlifts

60kg squats (these are dumbbell squats, I don't have a squat rack )

Sort your routines into days of push and pull exercises IMO. It's okay to have one exercise in there, to break things up, but I think you have too much crossover.

[R31Nismoid]

Wasn't a big fan of their chocolate, but as I've said a hundred times, it's not something I drink for pleasure so as long as it's not rancid tasting I'll get it down and get over it..

Their chocolate definitely isn't as sweet as something like dymatize ISO 100 though, that shit tastes like drinking cake mix

I actually don't mind the chocolate because it's less sweet.

I'm not a huge fan of " overtly sweet" tasting stuff so the stawberry is probably the limit for me and choco isn't too bad at all.

Either way its not a$$ as you said

[Dani Boi]

Too many exercises/volume.

Try Lyle Mcdonalds Generic Bulking routine, it's an upper body and lower body split twice a week.

[dezz]

I had a quick look around the place and worked out that for a guy my weight 81kg, I should be getting roughly 67-70g protein a day,

I hope you're not trying to gain muscle with those figures

[No Crust Racing]

Nope, and my point of that comment was only to say that given the exercise I do I should be able to take on a fair bit more protein without any ill effects, such as smelling like an ogre when I exercise.

[R31Nismoid]

If you are basing your BO on RDI - you are tripping.

Maybe you are just a smelly kent?

[No Crust Racing]

lol not normally dude, and whilst it could be just age, my diet hasn't changed enough in any area to make me think it's something like that.

Read the link and what I'm saying will make sense, found a heap of other people commenting about the same thing too.

Anyway, as I said, can just smash up some more carbs and if it's what was mentioned in the link it should help, if not, maybe it's the supplement but after having a count of things I eat, it shouldn't be too much protein, if anything I should be eating more.

[TTT]

Dan - if your tshirts are old, even though you clean them, they tend to have a stink in the pits.

Get a couple of cheap tshirts to start with.

and use some deoderant FFS.. lol

[R31Nismoid]

[No Crust Racing]

*facepalm* you guys are really missing the point.

I did not nor have I ever had my sweat smell like it has in the last 6 weeks. I have always used the same few shirts, for years, and a simple wash is all that's been required to have them smelling fresh again.

Now I can wash them on hot and they can still have a tinge of odour. I do not have any BO during the day, it is only when I sweat for extended periods and only in the last 6 weeks.

Of course I used deoderant, I work in an office and I'm not a f**king animal

None of you read the link huh...

It also sounds like I might be alone on this one, at least on here.

[TTT]

of course we didn't read the link.

it goes to BB.com

If I wanted to read stupid posts about lifting or bad advice I'd just go here

[NickR33]

I'd be interested to see what you guys think of my current routine/ how I'm doing.

In terms of the bigger lifts I'm a 65kg guy and I'm doing:

55kg bench

75kg deadlifts

60kg squats (these are dumbbell squats, I don't have a squat rack )

I feel like I'm repeating myself for the 100th time but forget the arm stuff for the time being... your bicep and chest heavy in your routine... you have zero vertical pulling exercises and only one horizontal pulling exercise... ditch the bicep curls and do some pull ups or lat pull downs... your back has many different muscle groups and needs to be hit MORE than the front... you also need to include some overhead (vertical) pressing to go with your bench press (horizontal pushing)

at your weight and strength level I'd be doing full body workouts 3 x a week... start with different compound exercise every session... one day start with deadlifts, next day start with bench press, the next day squats... then alternate pushing/pulling exercises throughout the session so the small muscles in your arms don't fatigue before your back/chest/shoulders

spilt routines for people that barely lift their bodyweight is rubbish... no offence but you asked

[Birds]

Try shaving under your arms...seriously...it does reduce BO. And yeah, new shirts + maybe a different deoderant? Rexona never lets me down. Re-apply just before the gym and you should be right. What you eat can certainly make a difference to the smell of bodily fluids. What have you introduced in the last 6 weeks that it happened? The protein?

There is a guy at my gym who smells so f**king bad, it's not even a BO smell, I think he must have a medical condition because you can't exercise within 5 metres of him and not smell the guy. Shit chokes me up bad. There was a similar guy at the gym my dad and I used to frequent when I was younger. You want to say something, but feel bad if it is a medical condition.

[SoFreshSoClean]

Fair enough.. Probably should have mentioned I do this all from home, I'm only using a bench press and free weights so there's nowhere to do lat pull downs etc. Probably should get one of those door mounted things..

[TTT]

[NickR33]

Fair enough.. Probably should have mentioned I do this all from home, I'm only using a bench press and free weights so there's nowhere to do lat pull downs etc. Probably should get one of those door mounted things..

ah yes that does make things more difficult... a chin up bar or dip station would be a good addition

[No Crust Racing]

Try shaving under your arms...seriously...it does reduce BO. And yeah, new shirts + maybe a different deoderant? Rexona never lets me down. Re-apply just before the gym and you should be right. What you eat can certainly make a difference to the smell of bodily fluids. What have you introduced in the last 6 weeks that it happened? The protein?

I've never shaved under my arms and I'm not about to start now. I have tried using some non gym shirts this week, it has made no difference. The smell is not in the shirt (as in left over), the smell is my sweat and is only prevalent after extended periods of sweating, that isn't going to change by wearing a different shirt. I also use Rexona 24hr Deoderant fyi.

I am almost 100% sure it's dietary, unless I have some weird gland/hormone problem that has only just started as I have never in my life had my sweat smell like it does in recent times.

In the last 6 weeks I have started taking supps again, some old WPI I had and now the Dymatize, but the issue pre-dates the Dymatize easily. So it's either too much protein, unlikely given I ran some numbers last night and it looks like I'm only just hitting what I should be getting without exercise anyway. The other change is as mentioned, moving from higher reps/lower weight 40min workout to higher weight lower reps more intense 60min sessions.

I didn't realise you guys hated BB.com but the link basically states that if you don't have enough carbs for fuel during high output times, your body will use amino acids instead, leaving behind nitrogen = stronger smell in urine and sweat. Answer eat more carbs which I'll be trying.

My interest was more so if anyone else had had this sort of notable change and managed to reduce it successfully with carbs/diet change, not shaving armpits, new shirts, different deoderant.

Had a good lol at that youtube clip

For the BB haters, another link with similar take on the topic.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/information/nutrition/ammonia-sweat-smell.htm

Edited March 1, 2012 by ActionDan

[R31Nismoid]

Found the problem…

I also use Rexona 24hr Deoderant fyi.

Rexona now have 48hr protection, you are using inferior product!

[NickR33]

drink more water... can we change the topic now please?

[No Crust Racing]

Not really, as unlike you I shower daily and it gets washed off and needs to be reapplied.

This explains your pit stains at DECA...