Fitness And Nutrition General

So just add another lift day and run a few miles everytime? I wouldn't care so much about cardio but I still need to drop some stomach fat and I thought I read cardio was the way to go.

Cardio at the end of each lifting day (Or on non lifting days just a bit around the neighborhood) would be more useful to you than just one cardio day at the gym.

Not saying not to do cardio. I do cardio 3 days a week (outside of my biking).

What tiger is saying is, there is no real need to devote one day a week towards doing abs & cardio (it actually won't do you any good anyways, as little as once a week).

Personally, I start every workout with 15-20 minutes of cardio, depending on what im working out. A nice uphill walk for 20 minutes with the incline on 15 and speed around 3-3.5. Cardio can be done every day, but its not something you need to spend one full day on. Rather, it should be done as often as you can, either beginning or end of workout, or simply go outside and walk/jog for a few miles.

Abs, I'm kind of torn on this one. I never was one who liked doing abs, and I see VERY LITTLE results, regardless of how hard I train them and eat. I have drank soda for weeks and ate like a pig and came back and still had a sick pack. And I've fasted and sweated myself out for weeks and it looks blubbery. I can't win with that body part.

As tiger says, focus on core as opposed to the abs. Personally, I try to do abs every time I workout, but thats just my thing. Again, its not something you need to dedicate one full day to. You could just as easily choose to do 20minutes of abs and core along with cardio at the end of every workout day. Its that simple.

Another noon one. I know core is your body core and I know squats is a big one but past that I'm lost. I honestly just started doing weights like mid February/March one to two times a week. Just now I'm getting more into it and wanna do it right.

But isn't your forearm/grip going to be weakened, edit: therefor making you rely on straps? Or is it not that big of an impact?

Yeah bacon, I dont use straps. Not sure if you copied something about straps cuz i didnt see it in there, but I always didn't like straps cuz they kind of take away the important aspect of lifts.

In short, yes you're right. Doing Biceps a day or two before doing back will weaken you a bit. I should have clarified this earlier, and it was my bad for making it sound like it would not.

I meant that supersetting biceps won't ultimately be enough to drain then before back day. Its kind of like doing rope pulldowns the day before chest - yes it will weaken your push strength, but probably not so significant that you would feel drained when you went to press or bench. I was assuming he wouldn't be going that heavy. whenever i super set, I don't go heavy in between, but try to rep 10-12 of whatever im doing. So if you're supersetting lightly in between sets, I don't think it would matter much. If you're supersetting deadlifts with say squats....yeah, kill yaself... lol

Ahh ok no I was just asking was thinking of adding biceps super-sets back to my chest routine. Im currently doing Chest>Leg>Back at the beginning of the week. So wasn't sure how much impact it would impact my deadlifts on wednesday.

How many biceps supersets to not impact wednesday(back day)?

I can't really say. Like I said, I usually just go light, and do 10 reps in between the first 2 chest workouts I do. So I do 3-4 sets of chest, so I'd be doing anywhere between 60-80 curls in between my rest, only curling 35s or the EZ curl bar.

You may be different, but I have always had natural bicep strength. I could completely rip them apart on Monday and go right to doing back the next day. I would say Just focus on a weight you can comfortably do 10 times without feeling like your arm is going to fall off. Its just the pump of doing it as opposed to sitting and resting, thats what makes me love super sets.

But it may or may not be your style. Try it out and let me know if you think it works for you.

Always a good introductory video

Would it be okay to do dead lifts with an EZ curl bar? Just grip outside/inside of the humps?

If that is comfortable for you Weakness, then yes. Don't think the bar matters as much as the movement and form, although EZ bars probably don't hold much weight.

More about no gym, limited space, and working with what I got.

Dont try this at home, or your gym.

Here is a answer to the strap question. Only use straps were your grip wold give out before the muscle you are working. Like bent over rows, shrugs and so forth.

Dat quote at the start

Okay, just didn't read enough apparently. Supposedly easier to keep good form with dumbbells on dead lifts than an EZ curl, so I'll just do dumbbells.

This is how my biceps are. I feel they heal very quickly which is why I was thinking of hitting them 3x a week. So definitely going to give it a try this following week. Thanks

Chest/Biceps Monday
Legs Tuesday
Back Wed
Thur off
Fri Biceps/Triceps
Sat Legs/Shoulders
Sun off

You would probably really enjoy reading Lyle McDonald's work. Alan Aragon too.

Strength training programs typically have lower weekly deadlift volume because it's really not necessary to go beyond one high intensity set of five to progress. But this assumes you're also squatting heavy at least twice a week to build some of the leg strength required to break the bar off of the ground.

Due to the high CNS demand, deadlifting more isn't always the answer to getting better at deadlift. Glenn Pendlay's lifters literally only deadlift a few times a year since they are so focused on oly, but their numbers still go up due to plenty cleans, snatches and squats.

In general, I wouldn't suggest trusting highly polarized opinions, especially from random dudes on the internet. But if it's deadlift strength that you're after, you can choose to not trust us or your friends and simply follow one of the many strength training programs that have been crafted for our enjoyment.

Most of this post is absurd. I'm not sure where you get this stuff.

Elaborate. I don't know what you're talking about specifically. You may have a different way of training, or you may just be an internet lifter. Either way, you didn't identify anything specific, so I'll wait for you to clarify what was absurd.

This is something I've wondered. Deadlifts are so exhausting, especially 5x5, I feel if/when I do them the rest of my workout gets hindered. However, i like how they are a great compound back exercise.

If you want back thickness Bacon try bent over rows.

These helped my bench press a lot too.

I usually integrate bent over rows into my workout. Was just wondering if I should drop deadlifts frequency? Right now I do them like every other week.

Deadlifts arent for back, they are a compund movement for legs hopefully more glute activation. Since a deadlift is really a deep squat.

spot on thanks a lot~

Traditional deadlifts hit the upper/lower back and erector. I'm not talking SLDL or RDL. I know some guys do DL on leg day based on preference.

If you just want to increase your 1RM, why not do one heavy set of five per week (not 5x5) as seen commonly in programs? Getting up to a 2x bodyweight deadlift within a few months is pretty achievable for anyone who follows those programs strictly. It gets pretty voodoo after that though (speed pulls, rack pulls, deficits, stance variations, assistance exercises-- everyone seems to have their own magic).

Cheat day, I suppose.

Tried to be as clean about it as I could. All you can eat sushi/hibachi for $10 (made to order, not a buffet)

I usually get a lot of crab rangoon and a lot of sushi rolls; instead, I did

1 egg drop soup
1 Sushi roll (6 pieces)
4 pieces of sushi (Just fish/rice, not a roll)

lol then I did somewhere between 15-18 orders of shrimp hibachi (6 pieces of shrimp each order)

finished it off w/ a very small cup of icecream (4-5 spoonfuls tops)

Edit: Will drop calories by 300 for the next 2 days to be safe

Just curious, how many different work outs do you try to do per muscle group? Sets/reps also