I like to go heavy (for me) so that means moderate to heavy weight.
Gym shyt you used to swear by that you bushed
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Fasted cardio first thing in the morning is great to me.
Now if you’re doing cardio in the PM, might be a different story.
Now if you’re doing cardio in the PM, might be a different story.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Feeling like I need to go to crazy classes like insanity and kickboxing for a good cardio workout. incline treadmill walks or stair stepper = just as good without the impact. Wish I was a swimmer, that's really where it's at
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
No arm work- "I dont need that frou frou shyt".... fast forward a few years and direct arm work has my shyts looking right. I'm so pissed I threw away all those years not hitting them
And that includes forearms too.
bytches love forearms apparently. :_RVD_:
Carolina Slim
Superstar
Early on I was heavy on the whole "six meals a day" thing, buying boxes of Myoplex meal replacement shakes and all that. I remember how bloated I used to feel off that. Now I'm down to like 2-3 meals a day, and I'm good if 1-2 of them is just a straight up protein/spinach or kale shake.
Its still propagating
I walk around picking up all the gains people leave on the table
H. Selassie
Black Royalty
regularly bench
pressing 200 pounds and above- swore i was beasting when i was adding plates every other week till i started training for the military and realized how much i sucked at push-ups, sit-ups, and cardio. Left bench pressing alone for a whole year and focused solely on cardio and core workouts, lost 65 pounds and knockout my Military PT with relative ease yearly.
Right now I’m training for a half marathon so it’s still cardio/core>>>weights but i do plan on adding occasional bench press back in my routine for the sake of toning. Nothing above 175 though. For my goals, i can maximize with that with stuff like countdowns and emphasizing depth over the number of reps.
pressing 200 pounds and above- swore i was beasting when i was adding plates every other week till i started training for the military and realized how much i sucked at push-ups, sit-ups, and cardio. Left bench pressing alone for a whole year and focused solely on cardio and core workouts, lost 65 pounds and knockout my Military PT with relative ease yearly.
Right now I’m training for a half marathon so it’s still cardio/core>>>weights but i do plan on adding occasional bench press back in my routine for the sake of toning. Nothing above 175 though. For my goals, i can maximize with that with stuff like countdowns and emphasizing depth over the number of reps.
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Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
How much being able to press 300 plus pounds doesn't really show your true strength. I was benching close to 275, squatting over 350ish, blah blah but couldn't do an actual pull-up. Bodyweight exercises are underrated as hell.
H. Selassie
Black Royalty
Fam, i see it every year. Brolic dudes failing the sit-ups portion of their PT test and/or unable to finish a mile & a half run without needing oxygen from the EMTs. Really changed my perspective on true fitness.
yeah thats when I decided I'd rather be overall in good shape than just in gym shape...When I took an APFT and I maxed the pushups and situps and didn't even score 70 points on the run....I rather score 70-80 in each event....
Julio Jones
Pro
I've mainly bushed heavy lifting as well as regular bodybuilding protocols. Like some of y'all, I got a lot of gym strength, but not all of it translates to actual fitness. I'm leaning more towards those metabolic workouts with a lot of supersets and circuits. Been good for my overall cardio and keeping muscle mass.
Also gotta put more emphasis on bodyweight exercises. I could bench and row a lot of weight but could barely do push-ups or chin ups
Also gotta put more emphasis on bodyweight exercises. I could bench and row a lot of weight but could barely do push-ups or chin ups
BLΔCK⁂W⊙LF
All Star
Following other peoples advice/programs.
Doing back-squats
Doing back-squats