When Was The Last Time You Worked Out At The Gym

[Liltuffgirl]

Originally Posted by CFD

I don't know your size or body composition but 1000 cals is quite low.

DON'T DRINK YOUR CALORIES !!!!

The only exception is if you utilize Whey Protein, with this you can make lower calorie shakes that are high in protein which is essential for both muscle growth and fat burning. But skip the smoothies, they are too high in sugar content. Even though fruits are healthy sugar is sugar as far as how the body processes it.

Well my friend made a strawberry and blueberry shake with low fat yogurt, kale, and whey protine.
I want to try one with banana, kale, natural PB, protine powder, and small amount of stevia (I don't think ill need that with the protine I use its tasty.


1,000 is way too low. I need to be a out 1,800 for a bit then 1,900 then 1,700. But getting there isn't easy for me. I forget toe at which sounds totally stupid.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Liltuffgirl

Well my friend made a strawberry and blueberry shake with low fat yogurt, kale, and whey protine.
I want to try one with banana, kale, natural PB, protine powder, and small amount of stevia (I don't think ill need that with the protine I use its tasty.


1,000 is way too low. I need to be a out 1,800 for a bit then 1,900 then 1,700. But getting there isn't easy for me. I forget toe at which sounds totally stupid.

That's cool, usually when someone says smoothies I think of fruit drinks. Protein shakes are a different thing but it's always best to get your calories from whole foods when possible. The body was designed to digest foods and from a fat burning stand point it requires more calories to digest food than liquids.

You just sent up a red flag The protein I use is tasty. lol Check the ingredient list. How much sugar? and what else besides the whey protein that you paid for?
All protein powders are not created equal.

[Liltuffgirl]

I'd tell you what it is but I can't remember it's still at my ex's house. Gotta ask him to bring it to work for me.
I've read many many hours on body building forums lol this was a popular low calorie low everything one. Not great with water but love it with almond milk.

I have the body by Vi stuff too... Great to "regulate" lol low calorie and some good things I need in it. But again I can't use it as a meal replacement.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Liltuffgirl

I'd tell you what it is but I can't remember it's still at my ex's house. Gotta ask him to bring it to work for me.
I've read many many hours on body building forums lol this was a popular low calorie low everything one. Not great with water but love it with almond milk.

I have the body by Vi stuff too... Great to "regulate" lol low calorie and some good things I need in it. But again I can't use it as a meal replacement.

That's good. Many protein powders contain added sugars and other trace amounts of ingredients that are for label decoration(marketing) A good quality whey protein will have the first ingredient being a whey protein isolate or whey concentrates. there shouldn't be a long list of ingredients and the first shouldn't say proprietary blend, that's always a flag.

If you need a quick meal replacement add some uncooked oatmeal to your protein shake. This will give it substance and oatmeal is an excellent slow digesting starchy carb. If you drink it post or pre workout don't use the oatmeal or any fat as it will slow the digestion of the protein and lower the GI. This is the only time you don't want that.

Almond milk is an excellent simple carb to use but again watch for added sugars. It does have sugar naturally, usually a decent one would be around
8g some have in excess of 18g, this is not natural but added sugar.

[Liltuffgirl]

Yea I have the unsweetened almond milk right now and I do not like lol

Ill have to look at my protine to see the ingredient list. I never really paid attention.
I've always had decent muscle mass for a female. It's just "toning" aka fat maintenance that I need to work more on.
I have sprees that I do great!! But after I hurt my knee I fell off the wagon lol then once I started PT I was doing good but the pain wouldn't stop. Trying to get back in again and hope I can build up the quad to stop the pain.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Liltuffgirl

Yea I have the unsweetened almond milk right now and I do not like lol

Ill have to look at my protine to see the ingredient list. I never really paid attention.
I've always had decent muscle mass for a female. It's just "toning" aka fat maintenance that I need to work more on.
I have sprees that I do great!! But after I hurt my knee I fell off the wagon lol then once I started PT I was doing good but the pain wouldn't stop. Trying to get back in again and hope I can build up the quad to stop the pain.

Not sure if you've seen this thread but it may prove useful. There are many tips on fat loss and nutrition as well as many great recipes that will make things easier, there are some of the C5 women who are regulars there and were in the same situation as you and have had great success. They are very supportive of each other and that motivates you to stay on track. I often post there as well as a few other very knowledgeable people who can help with almost anything you would need to know. The same info is known here but that thread has been ongoing for several years and has accumulated much info.

Supplements are less regulated than foods but they are required to use the same guidelines in writing food labels so the same basics can be followed. The ingredients first on the list have the most quantities. Proprietary blends means it's a blend of the manufacturers own ingredients, 96% of the time it's useless fillers and trace amounts of useful ingredients but the doses are minimal just to claim they are there for marketing purposes. Generally speaking, the less ingredients listed the better, if you buy whey protein, you don't want the added junk. Just like peanut butter, the main and only ingredient should be peanuts, anything else is added and it almost always is in part sugar and or salts. That's why eating whole foods makes it much easier and more healthy. The thing that really sucks is they're starting to mess with that too. lol
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267500

[Mydivorcegift]

CFD you read those articles yet?

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by Dznts

Hell yah. My chest day was yesterday.

Nothing to report chest day....just training around my elbow...

Another 5lb pr tonight off the low box in the squat...

505

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift

CFD you read those articles yet?

Not yet, are they going to be different than when I read them last night?

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by Aubrey64

A bit off topic, but does anyone here have a gym membership at Lifetime Fitness? If so, is it worth the money? I currently have a membership at a small local gym, but I REALLY like the fact that Lifetime is open 24/7 and it has so many different options

I belong to a private club more geared toward powerlifting/strongman, have a membership at Planet Fitness (just to go somewhere different to do cardio and the tanning beds), and LA Fitness.

I like LA Fitness....big...a lot of options....and 4 benches and 3 squat racks.

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by CFD

Not yet, are they going to be different than when I read them last night?

The ones I posted today about the conjugate method....

But there is more to them than that...one of the points it talks about is the pitfalls of the progressive overload way of training as well as other "programs"....

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Mydivorcegift

The ones I posted today about the conjugate method....

But there is more to them than that...one of the points it talks about is the pitfalls of the progressive overload way of training as well as other "programs"....

Just screwing with you. I do plan on reading them, most likely over the weekend when my mind is clear and I can comprehend.

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by CFD

I agree, usually when progress stops and your training hard, nutrition and rest are adequate it's one of two things, you could be overtraining or the supporting muscles for the lift in question are the problem. Either way stopping and a change up may be the remedy.

I personally have problems with benches specifically, but not exclusively, not from muscle weakness directly but because of life altering injuries,

I am now 6'1", (I started shrinking) @ 180, about this time last year at the same body fat% I was at 170, I was bummed I couldn't bench my body weight for a 1RM. I just couldn't do it. about 3 months ago I changed a couple of exercises, went to close grip benches, flies with lighter weights and bent rows instead of flat benches. After a month those lifts increased steadily. I just checked my 1RM this morning and hit the 200 mark. Perhaps not a lot of weight to some but I got past my sticking point and personally am quite happy about it.



All I can hook you up with at the moment is 8 and a bunch of change.

This is what would be at our disposal.

In addition let me go back. Most people have no bench because they don't push their triceps. Your triceps can handle a ton of weight if you constantly work them. Most people go to a gym and do flat bench, then incline, then even sometimes decline. They may even do some dumbbell presses or flyes. Then they do triceps as an afterthought...doing 20lb kickbacks and rope pushdowns with 100. Want to increase your bench use free weights....dumbbell extensions on a flat bench, straight bar extensions (skull crushers), 2 arm dumbbell extensions over your head....Then if you feel the need do the lighter weight exercises. For a point of reference I'm 195 and work up to 100lb dumbbell extensions and work up to 225lbs for straight bar extensions. I didn't of course start there....it's taken years. But that is what living this "lifestyle" is all about....a lifetime commitment. I have 99 problems but the bench ain't one of them

CFD that is a nice setup you have at your house. I look forward to it

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by Liltuffgirl

Yea lifting. I do one day of legs now and my knee is sore for two days. Not sure how he's expecting me to do 3 days a week. I think he's nuts.

Love your username.

I read your post in the other thread about your knee surgery. I also read where you said you can't do squats.

You can. You need to learn to sit back to take all of the pressure off your knee. This is one of the most common BS things I hear in a gym. "I can't squat I have bad knees". If you are squatting correctly your knees don't come into play. You should be using your ass and your hamstrings. Learn how, on the ascent, to push with your traps first. If you push with your feet first your legs will shoot forward placing the knee past the toe and putting strain on your knee. Also widen your stance.