Gym/working Out

[Prometheon]

An excellent back excercise:

 

1.Get a barbell and load up one side with desired weight. Leave the other side empty.

2.Put it on the ground

3. Straddle it, and bend the knees slightly, making sure to keep your back straight

4. Grab the weighted end. Your hand should be between your legs, and when you pull the bar up, it should be as if you're pulling it towards your groin.

5. Repeat with other side.

yeah those are T-bar raises.there are machines for that.well, a platform and a spot to load weights. that was my favorite back exercise by far. I loved that thing, always felt it. But they got rid of it to make space for something else.

Yeah, it's awesome. It doesn't hit your lats very much, but that's fine because that's why you do pulldowns. It does hit all of the middle of your back, which is hard to target with most other excercises.

 

Also, military presses have sort of plateaued for me, what are some other good delt strength excercises?

[heyrabbit]

actually it mostly hits your lats, (your lats are your back)they're just huge so people dont think it's one muscle. but your'e right it mainly hits the inner portion .there's exercises you can do if you widen them.

 

for shoulders, which head to you want to target?

 

I've always made the most gains doing laterals.(mainly side delt, depending on how you do it) you probably know what those are. it's difficult to explain the proper form but if you want I'll type it out. people always do this one the wrong way.

you can also use cables.

 

frontal raises. (front head)

 

upright rows are awsome for your whole shoulders including traps.

 

reverse flies are a bitch(upper back and rear delt), mostly becuase nobody ever works out their rear delts. behind the back shrugs with barbells are good for your rear delts.

 

Arnold presses are very effective.

 

 

any one of thoes things alone should shock your delts if you don't normally do them. do supersets with any two of those workouts and you'll kill it

[Kyle86]

So, I just got home from a pretty big work out at the gym. As most of you know, protein after a workout = good. Now as I stated before, I dont use any supplements, I usually go all-natural.

 

I didn't feel like grilling up a chicken breast for time sake and dishes sake, so I made a home-made protein shake. I only eye-balled what I put in, but here's what it was:

 

- two raw eggs

- egg whites

- milk

- a little bit of organic maple syrup

- a lemon-merigne yogurt

- splenda

- ice to make it like a smoothy

 

believe it or not, not only am I still alive, but it actually tasted damn good.

Edited May 20, 2006 by Kyle86

[heyrabbit]

sounds good. what's splenda?

 

my favorite post workout meal is chicken and yams. and I usually have protein/milk

 

someone questioned my oatmeal tip further up somewhere, I forget who. oatmeal is pure carbs, that's why. if all you're eating is toast or cereal, you'd probably double your energy with oatmeal.

 

also, this is my favorite workout nutrition tip: bananas!

 

there's about as much sugar in a banana as in a can of pop, albeit not the same sugar but nonetheless. try eating one right before you workout.literally right before. I change, and then eat a banana.

[RicardoObviouso]

splenda is like sugar, but not.

 

 

 

 

i cant believe i just posted in the gym/workout thread.

[ecnarf]

Splenda = sugar that has (I think) been fluorinated (or run through some type of similar chemical process). Basically, it changes the sugar molecule so that your body can't metabolize it and it passes right through your system. So it's a "low-calorie sweetener".

 

It is also widely considered the safest sugar substitute. Aspartame runs the risk of methanol poisoning in some people.

[RicardoObviouso]

i cant believe YOU just posted in the gym/working out thread.

 

 

 

THE BORED amazes one and all, once again.

[ecnarf]

Just because I'm 6'1 and weigh 150 pounds soaking wet doesn't mean I can't post in the working out thread.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

splenda causes cancer.

 

have i already said that?

[ecnarf]

You cause cancer.

 

P.S. No it doesn't.

[heyrabbit]

I would be worried about that. usually stuff like that is too good to be true.

 

I actually prefer sweetener for coffee, and I prefer diet coke over regular. Im sure it's all bad for me somehow.

[Kyle86]

splenda is a low calorie sweetner made from sugar. It is not bad for you. You're thinking of sucrelose (sp?) or aspertain (sp?) . Splenda is fine for you.

[ecnarf]

splenda IS sucralose.

[Kyle86]

... well there y'go sucralose isn't bad for you is it?

 

I think it just gives you the shits if you have too much.

[ecnarf]

aspartame = the one you should probably avoid.

 

plus it tastes like shit.

[Kyle86]

yeah, i drink diet pop. I've grown accustom to it over time. I can't stand the sugary syrup of regular pop. A bit of aspertame wont kill me (yet). Y'know there's good or bad in everything. The toss up is if you drink regular pop there's a shit load of fat and empty calories... which leads to diabetes, heart disease, hyper-tension...

 

one way or another pick your poison.

 

call it taking the driver seat of your fate. look at it this way, most people have no idea what health problems/death they'll face. least i wont be surprised.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

You cause cancer.

 

P.S. No it doesn't.

ps - no i don't.

[Kyle86]

You cause cancer.

 

P.S. No it doesn't.

ps - no i don't.

prove it.

[ecnarf]

yeah, i drink diet pop. I've grown accustom to it over time. I can't stand the sugary syrup of regular pop. A bit of aspertame wont kill me (yet). Y'know there's good or bad in everything. The toss up is if you drink regular pop there's a shit load of fat and empty calories... which leads to diabetes, heart disease, hyper-tension...

 

one way or another pick your poison.

 

call it taking the driver seat of your fate. look at it this way, most people have no idea what health problems/death they'll face. least i wont be surprised.

I just don't drink pop.

[Kyle86]

thanks Captain Fitness.

[ecnarf]

Any time, Professor Obvious.

[Kyle86]

 

Is more like it.

[little miss sunshine]

Splenda = sugar that has (I think) been fluorinated (or run through some type of similar chemical process). Basically, it changes the sugar molecule so that your body can't metabolize it and it passes right through your system. So it's a "low-calorie sweetener".

 

It is also widely considered the safest sugar substitute. Aspartame runs the risk of methanol poisoning in some people.

Oh, Adam. How you disappoint me. I figured you would at least do some research before posting a response to this.

 

Splenda is an artificial sweetner (sucralose) used in low-cal items and is a god send for people with diabetes who want to enjoy something sweet and not worry too much. Because of it's chemical properties, sucralose takes longer to be metablolized and won't lead to dangerous blood sugar increases for diabetics making their insulin requirements more predictable.

 

The aspartame controversy pisses me off to no end. I am actually in the process of reseaching this topic and from what I can see, aspartame DOES cause cancer (disclaimer-in rats at 3000 times the dose a human would ever consume). So, that study just seems completely ridiculous. By the way, everything causes cancer, we are all gonna die and people should just get over it.

 

Aspartame MUST be avoided in people with phenylketonuria which is a genetic inability to process phenylalanine. If you have this, you are diagnosed shortly at birth and are smart enough to read labels. The methanol issue I would have to look into.

[Ravenous megin-sane]

I just don't drink pop.

ahem...

 

i looooove pop.

[Kyle86]

me too... root beer!

 

chocolate milk is also pretty much my life force.