Weight Loss Program

azian6er said:
What do you all think a good weight is for a very athletically built 6'3 person?
honestly, weight means nothing. i go to the scale outside of gnc sometimes and it tells me i'm 30lbs over weight. i say just get in shape, and when you're happy with how you look, weigh yourself, and that's what you should weigh
 
jred321 said:
honestly, weight means nothing. i go to the scale outside of gnc sometimes and it tells me i'm 30lbs over weight. i say just get in shape, and when you're happy with how you look, weigh yourself, and that's what you should weigh
yeah i know i had second thoughts about posting that because everything is relative.

-B
 
LaserBlue said:
No.. jan 03 I was rear ended hard and that slowed me way down. I was gaining while maintaining my workouts though.
Im not implying that it was a mysterious force....I ate more and worked out less. The thing is that the internal mechanisms that drive eating are way beyond willpower. For example..... Imagine having hot chicks available 24 hours a day and making sure that you never take more that one home every other day. GOOD LUCK!
Sexual appitite is no where near as strong as the drive to eat. Its not like you'll croak if you dont get laid....er well maybe :)
lol

you just have to find healthy foods that you enjoy eating, and when you cut out other foods for long enough you don't desire them anymore. also it helps if you don't put yourself around those types of foods. if they're not there, you can't eat them.

my dad works for keebler, and i used to eat cookies and all that bad stuff all the time, but since i moved away to college a few years ago i'm not around that stuff and really don't like it anymore even when it is around (except for the occassional snack :))

it's not totally about will power, but if you don't test your will power it makes it way easier :)
 
Alright, how about some tips for me here. I lost the weight, and am pretty tone. I would like to gain a bit more definition muscle-wise. I have a weight machine at my apartment's fitness room (no free weights).

Right now I bench 130-140-140-130 12 times, incline bench 100-110-100 12 times, butterfly 70-80-70 12 times, curl 50-50-50 10 times, and a couple of other things I don't know the name of :).

Should I be doing more weight, less reps? I also tend to eat more carbs than protein. So I suppose I should up the meat, beans, eggs etc :).

Thanks
Chris
 
DooMer_MP3 said:
Alright, how about some tips for me here. I lost the weight, and am pretty tone. I would like to gain a bit more definition muscle-wise. I have a weight machine at my apartment's fitness room (no free weights).

Right now I bench 130-140-140-130 12 times, incline bench 100-110-100 12 times, butterfly 70-80-70 12 times, curl 50-50-50 10 times, and a couple of other things I don't know the name of :).

Should I be doing more weight, less reps? I also tend to eat more carbs than protein. So I suppose I should up the meat, beans, eggs etc :).

Thanks
Chris
yep, heavier weights less reps. the most reps i ever do is 10 per set, and most of the time i add weight each set so by the last set i can only do 6-8 reps. plus you have to keep adding weight as you get used to what you're lifting. if you're not struggling with what you're doing right now (i mean bearly able to lift it), you're not lifting heavy enough. the key is to always push yourself, which is why it is good to lift with someone else to spot.

protein is what builds muscle, so if you're not eating enough then you won't build any.

also it seems like you do those exercises every day. if you want to build muscle, you need to focus on 1 to 2 muscle groups per day. i lift monday-back, tuesday-chest, weds-arms, thurs-legs, fri-shoulders, sat-whatever i didn't get a good workout on. each day i lift these for about an hour and at the end i do 15 mins of cardio and an 8 minute ab session. most people prefer 2 muscle groups per day though.

if you don't have the fat, all you need to do is add muscle to get definition. if there is fat, cardio will get rid of it. hope this helps somewhat.
 
jred321 said:
yep, heavier weights less reps. the most reps i ever do is 10 per set, and most of the time i add weight each set so by the last set i can only do 6-8 reps. plus you have to keep adding weight as you get used to what you're lifting. if you're not struggling with what you're doing right now (i mean bearly able to lift it), you're not lifting heavy enough. the key is to always push yourself, which is why it is good to lift with someone else to spot.

protein is what builds muscle, so if you're not eating enough then you won't build any.

also it seems like you do those exercises every day. if you want to build muscle, you need to focus on 1 to 2 muscle groups per day. i lift monday-back, tuesday-chest, weds-arms, thurs-legs, fri-shoulders, sat-whatever i didn't get a good workout on. each day i lift these for about an hour and at the end i do 15 mins of cardio and an 8 minute ab session. most people prefer 2 muscle groups per day though.

if you don't have the fat, all you need to do is add muscle to get definition. if there is fat, cardio will get rid of it. hope this helps somewhat.

Yeah I pretty much concentrate on upper body, and go every other day or skip 2 days... I need to start working a little on my legs. But I don't care too much about them. :). Thanks for the tips.

Chris
 
Hey, send it to me as well clownphish@mail2infinity.com. I've got all the tools I just need something to keep me on track and motivate me for f's sake. It seems to be more difficult to stick to a weight loss program in the winter - but you gotta do the work now to look good for the summer, catch 22, whatev. Email it to me though, maybe it will help, thanks! :D
 
Ok guys I apologize about the wait on this but I am having some trouble with hotmail, it's not letting me send the email. It is 166kb (the attachment). Is this file to big? is there a way to upload it here so you guys can see it? I usually don't have problems with sending attachments with hotmail but this thing is being a b****. Let me know if anyone has any ideas?
 
when I do that it tells me that it cannot save multiple sheets in tab delimited and that if I save the sheets seperatly the formulas may be lost.
 
Zip it up and post it as a zip file would probably work. If you have WinZip or PowerArchiver installed, you should be able to right click on the file, and click 'Add to zip file...' or 'Compress to <filename>.zip', or something similar.
 
Ok Patrick hooked me up with an address at rue-true.com and I was able to make it work, everyone who asked for it should have it in their in boxes, IF i forgot you please let me know and I will send it again.
 

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