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"am by no means consuming 5000 calories, i would be lucky to hit 500"
WTF...No? NO no no
Wasting away because of lack of calories in the kitchen and pushing heavy in the gym is negating all your goals. Don't tell me this is true. 500? a pre adolescent 10 yr old eats more! Ok..I feel I am coming on strong here..you bet I have to. Can I smack you silly about now/
IMO a 14 yr old girl who eats 2000 calories a day will look better then you and all hour hard work..all she has to do it eat clean, no training.
How long have you been a member here? Honestly..500 calories? I won't waste my time anymore responding.
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Im not overly proud of my diet its mostly due to scheduling and time, and then money
i work monday - friday 8 -5
so im up at 7, bowl of cereal at work for 8, eat a small wrap at lunch, home by 5:30 pending its not busy, get a shake into me unwind a bit have a 30 minute nap get ready for the gym and out the door, at the gym for 7, home at 10:30 in bed at 11. On non gym days its pretty well the same but instead of the gym, i'm biking, or street boarding, and if the weather sucks im usually running errands like grocery shopping or cleaning.
On gym days i take 5 scoops of powder, which is about 400 calories/160 grams of protein, a wrap with some salsa and cheese on it (very gourmet i know) and then for dinner (if its not a gym night) i'll either make another wrap or have another bowl of cereal. On weekends i try my best to relax as much as possible but one day is a gym day so the other tends to be biking or something. I have never had an issue bulking or with general energy through the day. I cannot eat with 3-4 hours of exercise or i cramp up pretty bad, and i don't have much time to eat at work, i work for a small family business and its busy busy all day. If i had and extra $5 at the end of the month i would invest it into food >_< but theres only so much of it and i am by no means living a lavished lifestyle haha i do have the internet but no home phone or cable tv ;P so its just trying to balance out what i can afford with what amount of time i have.
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Good workout but meh overall. I had good energy and a great warm up and was pushing some great numbers i just could not get my head into the gym today. I did 6 reps total 3,2,1 @ 125 lbs for a total of 265 lbs. I have noticed substantial improvements in my fore arms both in size and endurance, and my back is starting to look pretty good as well. I did a very smooth set of 5 reps @ 45 lb dumb bell bicep curls, and had no fore arm and no shoulder pain! So i think things are looking up on that aspect and i am thinking my pain was just due to a lack of muscle in my fore arms in comparison to the strength in my biceps. Just looking forward to a relaxing afternoon, going to my gym buddies baseball game tonight so i will take my Nikon D90 and play around with it a bit =D
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Almonds are cheap and one cup is about 1000 cals.
Peanut butter
Oil
Pasta
Rice
are all cheap foods that will add extra calories to your diet.
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I felt like a Duramax diesel pick up running a alison transmission at the gym today. I got 3 nice solid and smooth reps of 215 lbs on the flat bench and it felt REALLY good, it felt very heavy but it kept moving! I was kind of toying with my dips today to see what i was feeling, without weight and at 45 lbs i felt kind of stiff and kind of like a brick. I got 4 reps @ 125 lbs and 3 reps for a total of 265 lbs. It felt very good and had me pumped for thursday, if today went well i am going to push for 3 plates, it only another 10 lbs and it will be alot easier to load consider all the holes lineup. Got some nice smooth sets of hand stand push ups in, and i thoroughly surprised myself with some very clean one arm push ups which not surprisingly end up at one arm/one leg haha. It was a good day and will lead to some great workout days ahead.
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Been attacking weighted dips for about 1 month now and i feel like i have made some substantial progress. I started with 35 bs and i am now up to 135 lbs, i got 2 sets of 2 reps @ 135 lbs and i felt AMAZING. I got the insane tearing feeling and the insane pump it was pretty epic (to me). I did a few other workouts and i wanted to hit the flat bench because it was un occupied, i got 5 reps @ 210 lbs, and it also was pretty great! it was just a good night i felt good while i was there, although i slept on my arm funny again and my shoulder has had some insanely sore moments. Greatly looking forward to saturdays workout adn i will hopefully get out street boarding this weekend.
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SUN? haha i got out for a bike ride today, it was pretty good but it took a few minutes to adjust to the temperature. I have not really been biking in a week and a bit and only been working out indoors so once i got my breathing under control put some air in my fatty tires it was a good stretching of the legs. Got some new bicycle shorts, had a lovely walk to and from the gym, hit the 275 lb dips again for 3 consecutive reps and just feel pretty awesome right now! doing some tanning tomorrow!
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It started about noon on sunday, i have been having some intense lower back pain. Today at work was pretty sketchy and was a intense day up and down day. Getting into and out of my car i have been using the band aid approach... fast and painful >_< I had a good day at the gym though i got a smooth 3 reps @ 275 lb dips, i got 4 reps 215 lbs on the flat bench, and did a ton of stretching. This allowed me some relief but allowed me to pin point that its only on ym left side just beside my spin and feels like a pulled muscle. So i am going to get some rub on lakota and we will see what happens. I may have picked up another gym buddy to, haha she did a few sets of abs on the decline bench and has been in some intense pain for about a week so she want to come workout now to =D
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KABOOM! it was a extra spectacular workout today. My lower back muscle is feeling about 80% better after a few layers of lakota and some intense stretching. I was feeling really good before i started my workout and was highly contemplating a push for 2 plates on the flat bench. Well i did my warm up, 5 reps @ 135, 3 reps @ 185 and then just said screw it and added another plate. So with 225 on there and one of my most substantial goals in the balance i got 3 VERY smooth reps that were not overly difficult and a decent 4th, i had a little spotting at the pivot but the rest was all me. Cooldown then dips, i got stretched and warmed up and i got 2 set of 3 reps at 275 lbs (140 + 135) and it once again felt pretty beast, i am fighting on whether to finish the week at that weight and push for more reps or run it another week then try for more? haha its not a big deal either way i just have a thirst for dips =D I will say that doing these dips has GREATLY improved my bench pressing regularity. I was having issues always hitting 215 and if i did i would get jammed a lot in the pivot from elbows inline with the body to above or as most call it the tricky spot. But i have found since hitting some serious numbers on my dips i have a lot more consistent power and its not above and below the pivot change. My fore arm pain is gone and my back is getting quite large. All in all it was well worth it! I had another former high school class mate join me today and she asked me if i was one of those people who "always want more" haha and i had an immediate "theres no other way". It seems so pointless to be satisfied being in 6 short months i went from 95 lbs on the flat bench to an unrealistic goal of 225 lbs, so what i just stop the flat bench now? haha NO WAY. Lots of protein, sleep, and relaxing for friday when i will again destroy some weight!
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Deception.... I was feeling great when i got there other then a slight pinch in my left shoulder, so i did EXTENSIVE stretching. I did a nice warm up on the incline bench then attacked the flat bench with style. I got 3 smooth reps of 230!!!!!!! i was pretty happy with this. 2 Days in a row now i managed to increase my weight but i can assure you it will not be a third. I got another 2 sets of 3 reps @ 275 lb dips and i am not sure if i will increase this sunday or not, i guess it depends on how my shoulder feels, but sundays are good days for push's because i don't work. Pushed my core pretty good today to make up for this weeks lower back issue which is now about 95% its just mainly stiff. Just feeling good and living life i suppose. I did Hawaiian dancing last night with my mother, a few family members, my 39 weeks pregnant sister inlaw, and my mothers red hat group (a few of them) and it was alright, definitely more of a female thing but my mother seemed to appreciate my attendance and thats why i was there. Some of the teenagers there (the regular ones) felt it appropriate for mockery (i have never talked to them before) and i found this rather amusing. So when i seen them around and about i amde a few tid bit comments "get these ladies Hula dancing and they start to lift like men" haha i don't think they enjoyed it nearly as much as i expected them to but they were rude, these are the same guys that have made very rude comments about my gym buddy so they deserved it >_<.
