Gym And Supplement Discussion

[TTT]

Nuts are the worst thing to snack on. I just can't f**king stop eating them once I start!!

For sure

Edited November 9, 2012 by TTT

[Trozzle]

For sure

Leave me alone! haha

WALNUTS, MACADAMIAS, and CASHEWS then. Happy?!

[Birds]

Nuts are the worst thing to suck on. I just can't f**king stop sucking them once I start!!

Come on man, this is a PG forum.

Squats help with addiction.

[TTT]

Squats cure gheys

[Trozzle]

Squats cure gheys

I wouldn't so much say they cure them, but they certainly make it clear who they are - they're the ones shitting themselves on the way back up from worn out sphincters.

[NickR33]

unless you squat naked... and your spotter has a massive erection...

[Dani Boi]

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lol

but Nick that made me lol

[TM7GTR]

This is one of those awkward moments where you check this thread after a short break, and you have no idea how it ended up at erections, and Troy being gay...

[jangles]

yeah i didnt like it either, but had to be done. The alternative was to leave without squating or wait 20 minutes for it.

funny thing, because my current routine jumps around the body for push pull, earlier in the routine I did standing military with the Olympic bar. Don't know why but it felt so much better then using just a normal barbell.

Why don't you make Barbell exercises primary?

20mins isn't so bad to wait if it's before you've started especially if you include warm up/stretches

[Tangles]

No squats is > than doing it in a smith machine. You'll injure yourself....

Love smashing these legs. No squats makes me cry inside tho

Trying Maxs mass gainer cookies & cream, omg so nice!!

My mix I made up is horrid, but with a cple of scoops of max irs like a party in my mouth, without nuts!!

[Trozzle]

Bloated gut the morning after binging....had a heap of home made banana cake last night at parent's place, followed by like a third of a jar of organic peanut butter on rye biscuits.

Not even unhealthy!! hahahaha I've mentally conditioned myself a bit too far I think lol

[Trozzle]

Oh also on the subject of smith machine squats vs nothing - if the power cages are all taken, consider doing some goblet squats while you wait.

I'm sure you probably know what they are, but in case you don't they're where you hold a dumbbell vertically under your chin against your chest and squat with it there. I will generally use a 40kg dumbbell, so obviously you can tell this isn't particularly a leg exercise; but my god does it work your core.

At least this will kill some time while you wait to do real squats.

[darksky34]

or why not hold dumbells (2 x 25kg etc) above shoulders like doing a shoulder press and then squat like that? or even, using the fixed barbells for squats without a cage, cos they usually aren't so heavy that you need a cage anyway and still are solid squats. just not the weight...but can focus on reps

[NickR33]

barbell front squats... you will find even light weight quite difficult and you won't need the cage... pick it up as you would a deadlift... hang clean it to your shoulders... front squat

great for your quads

[Birds]

Dumbell squats! Hold them like suitcases...don't need a cage cause you can just lower them to the floor. My gym has 65kg dumbells, so not as if you're getting off easy.

Shit even leg press isn't a bad alternative.

[Mitcho_7]

barbell front squats... you will find even light weight quite difficult and you won't need the cage... pick it up as you would a deadlift... hang clean it to your shoulders... front squat

great for your quads

Definently agree with this. Front squats are the business!

[TTT]

Bloated gut the morning after binging....had a heap of home made banana cake last night at parent's place, followed by like a third of a jar of organic peanut butter on rye biscuits.

Not even unhealthy!! hahahaha I've mentally conditioned myself a bit too far I think lol

Hey mate... this is how eating disorders start..

I'm not joking.

[Trozzle]

Hey mate... this is how eating disorders start..

I'm not joking.

Exactly what do you mean by disorder? As in, skinny or fat direction?

I agree though, I can't necessarily 'enjoy' food any more. If you mean eating disorder that sees me unable to eat 99% of available foods because I see them as "unhealthy" and "fattening" then I agree and see why you mean.

I'll have a hugely relaxed mindset over the Christmas period, then again as soon as Summer is over I'm going to relax it again (since shirt will be staying on a lot more lol) and start aiming for some real gains. Depending on a lot of variables like injury etc, I'm going to aim for 225kg deadlift by end of winter next year, which I hope to be able to maintain while I cut back to somewhere around 75kg for summer - ideally achieving triple bodyweight deadlift.

I'm undoubtedly setting slightly unrealistic goals here, but yeah...

[-FIGJAM-]

i developed reflux recently. Its real bad to. Cant drink a protein shake, milk is a struggle, anything acidic like orange juice is murder.

[TTT]

Troy - I meant heading towards skinny.

A mate from another forum was 85kg and lean.. but wanted to get to single digits, so cut some more..

got to single digits but still wanted to get even tighter around the lower abs and obliques (he already was but at this stage he was well on his way to his problem.)

got down to 78kg and was lean as.

then, just like you say, he wanted to hold on to it, so stayed away from certain foods, just basically went to the extreme with food, training, sleep, timing of when he eats and what, timing around lifting, rest, duration or sets etc etc.

Anyway, he dissapeared off the forums for about 4 months and made a return.

When he came back online, he eventualy posted a thread titled "Guys, I've got a problem"

he told his story as above and then said that he'd been sick and then said he was 43kg and posted a picture.

I shit you not, it was a scary sight.

a skeleton of a man.

a long 18 months later he was back to a light 70kg.

he had to see a psychologist 3 times a week, a nutritionist 2 times a week and his doctor once a week.

for months they tried to get his blood work to how it should be for his age, but his body was f**ked up and wouldn't produce hormones like youd expect a mid 20's guy who used to lift.

Eventually had to be put on TRT.

It took him AGES to get his mind right and stop seeing himself as fat (even when he was around 50kg)

He is now 95kg, has benched close to 150, squats 200 and deadlifts 240

and is still fairly lean.

long story but I'm sure you can see some similarities from the story to what goes through your head.

Be careful mate.

Mitch - Do I need to remind you how to fix that?