Originally posted by Bentley
I'm also in the best shape of my life. Currently just doing light exercise, not trying to bulk up or anything, but I've gained muscle weight and shaped up a lot. I'm eating less crap and I always watch a bit the nutrition due to being vegetarian. I definitively need to add more cardio to my routine though.
A proper vegetarian diet is among the best diets out there.
Originally posted by Surtur
America will always win.
There is another interesting tidbit about the data.
The average may be going down but the top athletes are stronger and faster than ever in all of history. For example, when I was a senior in high school, I was stronger than almost every single professional football (NFL) player that played in the 1970s and before. Put that into perspective: a teenager was stronger than the top of the top explosive strength athletes in the world. - just from different decades. And I was a "ginormous" weight of 175lbs. And I wasn't particularly remarkable - just a standard high school student following the strength programs.
Originally posted by dadudemon
There is another interesting tidbit about the data.The average may be going down but the top athletes are stronger and faster than ever in all of history. For example, when I was a senior in high school, I was stronger than almost every single professional football (NFL) player that played in the 1970s and before. Put that into perspective: a teenager was stronger than the top of the top explosive strength athletes in the world. - just from different decades. And I was a "ginormous" weight of 175lbs. And I wasn't particularly remarkable - just a standard high school student following the strength programs.
A bunch of kids in my school took "enhancements" in order to look bigger.
Originally posted by Putinbot1
We are an ageing group it seems. Hopefully, we'll all be here posting in another ten years, Mindship will be 70+, I'll be 62 and the rest of you guys like you, Bada, Bash, Rob, Nib 50-56. And we'll all be fitter than the young uns 😎
Hopefully Ill be too busy to post regularly. Busy getting richer and more ripped. But wont completely abandon my fellow oldies 🙂
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
6 days a week is best. I aim for a minimum of 5. But I try to average out 6.At 24, and the best shape of my life. Sitting pretty at 7-10% BF and 215lbs. Cardio is key.
But since I've started putting on more mass, I'm ranging a lot more towards 10% BF and cardio is getting hard.
If you boys haven't, try intermittent fasting. I was a little on the chunky side in the midsection from lifting heavier and eating more, but intermittent fasting and cardio is literally magic. You will get a shredded six-pack in like 4 months AND maintain it.
I think having abs and being ripped AF might very well be the base state of human beings past childhood. Poor diet, bad sleep hygiene and lack of exercise just ****s us up.
Damn respect for the 7-10%. Guess not all youngsters are lazy.
Best I managed was around 11% (but looked a bit skinny). At around 13% now but looking better having packed on some muscle.
Yes Intermittent Fasting really helped me in shedding the pounds, as my main issue was snacking all morning. Kept it up since. Breakfast is proper over rated as the most important meal.
Originally posted by Bentley
I'm also in the best shape of my life.
Great to see so many of us here are. Keep it up lads 👆
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Breakfast is proper over rated as the most important meal.
Couldn't agree more. I try to avoid eating anything until about 11AM, (depending on work patterns of course.) if I'm hungry when I wake up then I'll eat something but I won't force myself to eat if I'm not hungry just because people think breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Originally posted by NemeBro
I'm probably at the functionally strongest I've ever been, able to grab and carry two eighty pound bags of concrete at once with ease. I'm easily the strongest person I work with. But I'm also probably nearly in the worst shape in my life. I get a lot of exercise in my day to day life, but my diet is horrible. I eat utter garbage and have been drinking like eight coca colas a day for years now. I'm honestly nearly clueless about how to eat better because I've been eating like shit for my entire life.
Cut out the soda to start, that's 1,200 shit calories of pure high-fructose shit sugar. In the very least cut down to two a day and then work on cutting it down to one a day. Seriously, drinking this much soda will destroy your body in the long run.
I assume you probably eat fast food (or similar) for your work lunches? If so, stop that, start packing your own lunch. Make a turkey sandwich with wheat bread, throw in some lettuce, tomato, onion. Tuna sandwiches are also good, or tuna and white rice (what I'm having today). The $7-10 you'd spend on fast food will cover at least two meals/days of you stocking up on healthier meats, veggies, bread, rice to make sandwiches.
Originally posted by Robtard
Cut out the soda to start, that's 1,200 shit calories of pure high-fructose shit sugar. In the very least cut down to two a day and then work on cutting it down to one a day. Seriously, drinking this much soda will destroy your body in the long run.I assume you probably eat fast food (or similar) for your work lunches? If so, stop that, start packing your own lunch. Make a turkey sandwich with wheat bread, throw in some lettuce, tomato, onion. Tuna sandwiches are also good, or tuna and white rice (what I'm having today). The $7-10 you'd spend on fast food will cover at least two meals/days of you stocking up on healthier meats, veggies, bread, rice to make sandwiches.
When I was a chef I hardly had to spend money on food as you can just pick at bits of food the entire day, not good when you're working in a run-of-the-mill place, you end up eating fries and ribs all day. I have worked in a few high end places though where we would 'accidentally' prep half a dozen oysters even though the dish only requires 4, I've never eaten so fabulously. The healthiest I've ever eaten was when I worked in a vegan place though, you can actually make yourself feel sick as your body goes into hyperdrive to process all the nutrients you're getting.
Originally posted by samhain
When I was a chef I hardly had to spend money on food as you can just pick at bits of food the entire day, not good when you're working in a run-of-the-mill place, you end up eating fries and ribs all day. I have worked in a few high end places though where we would 'accidentally' prep half a dozen oysters even though the dish only requires 4, I've never eaten so fabulously. The healthiest I've ever eaten was when I worked in a vegan place though, you can actually make yourself feel sick as your body goes into hyperdrive to process all the nutrients you're getting.
Grazing all day can be healthy if done right, you just have to be eating more healthy foods than not (eg more fresh veggies instead of fries) and watch your overall calorie intake.
Eating like this tends to kick your metabolism into high(er) gear, so it can work as a fat burner diet as well.
Originally posted by NemeBro
I'm probably at the functionally strongest I've ever been, able to grab and carry two eighty pound bags of concrete at once with ease. I'm easily the strongest person I work with. But I'm also probably nearly in the worst shape in my life. I get a lot of exercise in my day to day life, but my diet is horrible. I eat utter garbage and have been drinking like eight coca colas a day for years now. I'm honestly nearly clueless about how to eat better because I've been eating like shit for my entire life.
Damn 8 is a lot. I usually have 1, maybe 2 a day. I tend to buy in bulk when it's on sale so I don't have to buy it that often.
Perhaps try replacing soda with some juice instead. Juice can contain a lot of calories too so what you wanna do is dilute it with water. My grandma used to use half a glass of orange juice and half a glass of sparkling water mixed together and it tasted fine.
Originally posted by Robtard
Grazing all day can be healthy if done right, you just have to be eating more healthy foods than not (eg more fresh veggies instead of fries) and watch your overall calorie intake.Eating like this tends to kick your metabolism into high(er) gear, so it can work as a fat burner diet as well.
I'm a type 1 diabetic so I have to keep an eye on my carb intake throughout the day, once I'm at or around where I need to be at the time of day blood sugar wise then I'm usually tucking into some lettuce or something as vegetables have negligible carbs and the majority have zero carbs in them, the same goes for meat though so I have to avoid the temptation to eat bacon all day.
Originally posted by Darth Thor
Damn respect for the 7-10%. Guess not all youngsters are lazy.Best I managed was around 11% (but looked a bit skinny). At around 13% now but looking better having packed on some muscle.
Yes Intermittent Fasting really helped me in shedding the pounds, as my main issue was snacking all morning. Kept it up since. Breakfast is proper over rated as the most important meal.
Great to see so many of us here are. Keep it up lads 👆
Thanks bro. Having a low body-fat is basically a super-power in 2019 imo. Highly recommended.
1000%.
So overrated. I don't even eat until like 13:00 some days and I'm fine. I could have a two-hour workout in the morning and be fine with water.
Fasting has ridiculous benefits for longevity and better health. I want to start doing 72 hour fasts once a month. School keeps me super busy, so once I graduate, that's on my to-do list.
You quickly learn the difference between needing food and wanting food. From being hungry to being bored. I don't mindlessly snack. Okay, sometimes, but it's like almonds and cashews unsalted and raw.
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Thanks bro. Having a low body-fat is basically a super-power in 2019 imo. Highly recommended.1000%.
So overrated. I don't even eat until like 13:00 some days and I'm fine. I could have a two-hour workout in the morning and be fine with water.
Fasting has ridiculous benefits for longevity and better health. I want to start doing 72 hour fasts once a month. School keeps me super busy, so once I graduate, that's on my to-do list.
You quickly learn the difference between needing food and wanting food. From being hungry to being bored. I don't mindlessly snack. Okay, sometimes, but it's like almonds and cashews unsalted and raw.
Only advice I have is to move your eating window to be around your workouts. Or move your workouts to your eating window.
Originally posted by NemeBro
I'm probably at the functionally strongest I've ever been, able to grab and carry two eighty pound bags of concrete at once with ease. I'm easily the strongest person I work with. But I'm also probably nearly in the worst shape in my life. I get a lot of exercise in my day to day life, but my diet is horrible. I eat utter garbage and have been drinking like eight coca colas a day for years now. I'm honestly nearly clueless about how to eat better because I've been eating like shit for my entire life.
Quit pop. Treat it with the severity it deserves, like a drug addiction.
If you want tips, just message me. Assuming you have even a smidge of disposal income, it is easily doable to eat healthy. Eating fast food, the money and time you save on convenience will enact a toll on you 100-fold in the future.
Drink water, nothing else. Not coffee, not milk, not liquor. Water. If it isn't clear, you don't need it. Just doing that for four months will change your life. Start eating within a 10-hour window. For example, if your first consumption other than water is at 9:00, your last should be at 19:00. If your first is at 12:00, your last should at 22:00.
This is super easy to incorporate into your lifestyle. Remember, it's OKAY to go to bed a bit hungry sometimes. It's actually beneficial for you.