STAY/GET BACK IN SHAPE VOL 3.0 -- A New Niketalk = A New Thread

[luckyluchiano]

I'm gonna try IF for a week and go from there. I'm gonna have 2 scoops of whey when I wake up and my first meal around 8pm. Besides my daily meal I'm gonna still have my normal post workout shake and casien before bed if I don't hit my protein goal and drink bcaa and water during the day.

 

[stuntman mike]

hemavol has no stims in it and will not interfere with bedtime. the lemon drop flavor is super good. bulk powders can be found online. one of the cheapest is here: http://sportsnutritiononline.com/collections/vendors?q=SNS

using bulk ingredients can be tedious though. i prefer to just throw a scoop or two in the shaker cup, chug and go.

 

[datznasty]

Ah of you guys ever used any of the walden farms zero calorie products? I see they got BBQ sauce and all that

Yeah posted about it earlier in the thread. Walden farms is the s.

Which ones? I had been looking at them too. Wal Mart has a 0 calorie peanut butter substitute, it's only 3 bucks I should have just bought it, but that just seems like it has to be disgusting.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?q...01,p_4:Walden+Farms&sort=reviewrank_authority

 

[luckyluchiano]

Which ones? I had been looking at them too. Wal Mart has a 0 calorie peanut butter substitute, it's only 3 bucks I should have just bought it, but that just seems like it has to be disgusting.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?q...01,p_4:Walden+Farms&sort=reviewrank_authority

I hear its disgusting. I'm gonna cop their honey BBQ o I can start making BBQ chicken, and their blue cheese.

 

[jordan23dotcom]

It's really just a math equation, as long as you are in a deficit you will lose weight and eventually hit single digit bf as long you make adjustments to your TDEE along the way.
You don't even have to hit the gym to get there if you don't care about preserving muscle/strength.
"Eating right" is subjective, I know people who eat healthy but still take in too many calories to lose fat. You can eat crap but as long as your in a deficit you will drop fat.
Eating healthy > eating junk food of course but the point is it doesn't matter what you eat/if your in the gym everyday if you aren't in a deficit you won't lose weight.

Most of all GENETICS

 

[Deleted member 87369]

So after a few days I don't think I strained any muscles but probably just over worked them because I jumped into a full workout. I'm going to run all week and rest my shoulders, biceps and triceps because that's what's hurting so hopefully ill be good to go by the weekend. I want to loose 15-20 lbs

 

[Bert.]

I'm gonna try IF for a week and go from there. I'm gonna have 2 scoops of whey when I wake up and my first meal around 8pm. Besides my daily meal I'm gonna still have my normal post workout shake and casien before bed if I don't hit my protein goal and drink bcaa and water during the day.

did i read that right? doesnt sound like IF to me

 

[dauldierce]

Mocha cappuchino is best tasting whey.

Come at me

 

[picasso swerve]

Cheat day once a week. Not AIMING to have a cheat day, but if I atleast say once a week it helps a lot mentally. If I skip my cheat day I feel even better.

Cant say no to Louisiana Chicken Pasta from TCF. Get at me bros.

 

[Bert.]

Mocha cappuchino is best tasting whey.

Come at me

:x

 

[pacers31]

has anyone on here actually tried or are currently doing IF? how were the results?

 

[marvin hagler]

has anyone on here actually tried or are currently doing IF? how were the results?

I'm having great results doing IF.

 

[knappps]

As u lose weight u gotta keep decreasing calories.
Is that statement true^^^^

losing weight = more energy output (calories burned) then energy input (caloric intake)

heavier people dont always eat more food, in fact most times overweight people actually eat less but are also less active

 

[es el]

has anyone on here actually tried or are currently doing IF? how were the results?

I'm having great results doing IF.

i am as well.

Im down to bout 230lbs from 260lbs since last Sept.

I dont follow it exactly tho, more like a week with hardcore IF. than the next back to a regular diet etc.
But I consciously pick foods to eat healthy.

My boy told me since im fasting, my stomach has shrank and i do notice that i dont eat as much as i used to.

 

[luckyluchiano]

did i read that right? doesnt sound like IF to me

How so? IF Has no standard you create your own window, hell every one is Doing IF its called Sleep.

 

[jking0821]

I hear you guys on the tender back stuff. Deadlifted yesterday and then will do squats probably thursday or friday. Just enough time for my back to get back to normal and then it gets sore again. But i also use 0 accessories.

Anyone have some sort of dead-lift metric or goals. I have just recently started doing them and the heaviest i have gone is 235lbs. I still keep a traditional grip too. Is 315lbs a good goal? I am 6 foot about 175lbs. As the weight gets heavier i still have trouble dropping my hips i tend to default to using too much lower back. So i have been crawling up in weight the past couple workouts.

 

[bigboss]

Cheat day once a week. Not AIMING to have a cheat day, but if I atleast say once a week it helps a lot mentally. If I skip my cheat day I feel even better.

Cant say no to Louisiana Chicken Pasta from TCF. Get at me bros.

QFT.

My vice is chicken wings, even though I cook chicken everyday, it's just something bout some teriyaki wings 

 

[miniojw]

I did my leg day wearing my Vibram shoes and I must say they felt great. On squats, it was easy to get to parallel and my knees felt good (I have a on going light knee problem and I'm afraid to push it). My max is 315lbs and I was able to rep 275lbs. Lunges felt good also and I was not as tried after the second and third set as I usually am and knees still felt good. Front squads went very well. I feel I can start upping the weight. Currently I worked my way up to 175 lbs.

I won't wear them to jog. It will not feel right and I won't wear them everyday (don't need to). I'll just wear them on my leg day and my lower back/hamstring days.

 

[martinseinfeld]

Haven't been in a gym in like a week plus I've been slacking on my diet. I'm going to they gym today and getting back on my track. I hate when I lose focus

but I can't give up. Hopefully on my next weigh in I weigh in the 295-297 range. I'm going to try to lose as much weight as I can in these last 2 weeks, harder workouts, stricter diet and no more excuses!

 

[kdawg]

This is the one I used a couple of years - http://www.gymjunkies.com/strength-training/

It really worked for me - huge improvements in strength and even people I didn't know well would say things - the muscle mass across my upper shoulders especially was incredible after about 2 months.

I think the best thing about it is the fact that when you get to 5 reps you add more weight - so in the few weeks preceding you'll manage maybe 5 reps then 5 then 4 then 4 then 2 - and as soon as you can do 5,5,5,5,5 you add some weight - and you'll go back to failing on a couple of the sets.

It worked for me I think mostly because I never coasted - it's easy to think "I've done 10 reps of this before so I'll do 10 again" - but you're not really pushing yourself. This way you can't really do that because it's the weight changing and the target is always 5. Made sense to me anyway.

Thanks for the link!! looks great, just a few quick questions about it.
1. When it says shoulder press, does that mean military or standing shoulder press?
2. I have been lifting for a little while, but my form sometimes is still iffy. Should i only use as much weight as i can have great form with?
3. Is it really only 2 lifts per day? or should i add in other lifts to those body parts?
Thanks a lot!!

I'm no great expert but:

1. I just did a sitting shoulder press - actually I used a machine because I was always wrecked after squatting or whatever and that meant I couldn't drop the weight. I don't think what you do exactly would make much difference - just a simple shoulder exercise.
2. I would use as good form as you can - you want to do it right and not starting to swing your body etc to cheat. That won't help.
3. Yep. Don't add anything else. You'll have to take my word for it but it works - and you'll be wrecked if you do it right anyway.

 

[freeze]

Haven't been in a gym in like a week plus I've been slacking on my diet. I'm going to they gym today and getting back on my track. I hate when I lose focus but I can't give up. Hopefully on my next weigh in I weigh in the 295-297 range. I'm going to try to lose as much weight as I can in these last 2 weeks, harder workouts, stricter diet and no more excuses!

That's the main piece that so many people miss, and which is what makes this so hard...focus. You gotta stay focused bro, no matter what. Losing wight and getting in shape and whatnot, this is no hobby, this is a lifestyle. There's so many different variables and pieces to this puzzle that literally anything can be done with the right diligence. Falling off the wagon is the weakness that lives inside of you. It's in all of us. You must develop a discipline that beats the hell out of that weakness whenever it has something to say. Your discipline must be willing to put that weakness in 8 headlocks followed by a Hulkamania leg drop if need be lol.
Falling off happens to the best of us, dust yourself off, and keep pushing. Realize why you fell off though, think about what made you get those burgers, or ribs, cakes, whatever it was, besides that good flavor, what mentally made you want those things after already knowing you want to lose weight. Identify why fell off and set up roadblocks so to speak..alternatives, and other ways to think about it so when those feelings come about again, you maintain.



You gotta want this bro. Because as bad as I want this for you and wish you all the success in the world, it won't mean anything until you want it yourself. But it's not going to be easy, it is going to hurt and it's going to challenge everything you once thought you liked, and you may want to quit, but be strong.

 

[JCMojica24]

Words well spoken freeze!!

 

[sneakerfan1]

Cheat day meal once a week. Not AIMING to have a cheat day, but if I atleast say once a week it helps a lot mentally. If I skip my cheat day I feel even better.

Cant say no to Louisiana Chicken Pasta from TCF. Get at me bros.

The way I look at it, that's about 14% of the week that winds up being spent not eating clean.  For me personally, that always gets me to stay strict with my eating and limiting my "cheat" to a meal or two.  Indulging is fine, we only live once, and some are able to get away with it more due to good genetics, but I've hit the point where I don't even miss some of the unhealthy foods.  I've always loved baking though so I'm going to task myself with reinventing some of the stuff I used to enjoy.  It's tough to do especially since I stay away from artificial stuff.

Had to force myself to take the weekend away from the gym.    After the situation in Newtown (20 mins away from me), it just had my head all over the place.  Didn't want to have my lil one out of my sight at all.

To the dude who touched on the joint formula, that's next on my list.  I just ordered up a few bottles of this stuff: Amazon product ASIN B002HI1LSI
I'll let you guys know how it works out.

What do you guys do as far as snacks are concerned?  I usually mix up a trail with a few nuts/seeds/cranberries.  Almonds, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, a lil bit of dried cranberries, and raisins is the mix I currently have on my desk at work right now.

Haven't been in a gym in like a week plus I've been slacking on my diet. I'm going to they gym today and getting back on my track. I hate when I lose focus

but I can't give up. Hopefully on my next weigh in I weigh in the 295-297 range. I'm going to try to lose as much weight as I can in these last 2 weeks, harder workouts, stricter diet and no more excuses!

That's the main piece that so many people miss, and which is what makes this so hard...focus. You gotta stay focused bro, no matter what. Losing wight and getting in shape and whatnot, this is no hobby, this is a lifestyle. There's so many different variables and pieces to this puzzle that literally anything can be done with the right diligence. Falling off the wagon is the weakness that lives inside of you. It's in all of us. You must develop a discipline that beats the hell out of that weakness whenever it has something to say. Your discipline must be willing to put that weakness in 8 headlocks followed by a Hulkamania leg drop if need be lol.
Falling off happens to the best of us, dust yourself off, and keep pushing. Realize why you fell off though, think about what made you get those burgers, or ribs, cakes, whatever it was, besides that good flavor, what mentally made you want those things after already knowing you want to lose weight. Identify why fell off and set up roadblocks so to speak..alternatives, and other ways to think about it so when those feelings come about again, you maintain.



You gotta want this bro. Because as bad as I want this for you and wish you all the success in the world, it won't mean anything until you want it yourself. But it's not going to be easy, it is going to hurt and it's going to challenge everything you once thought you liked, and you may want to quit, but be strong.

Good stuff my dude.

Reminds me that I need to rewatch the How bad do you want it series of vids on YouTube.

 

[JCMojica24]

I begin week 2 of my two month cycle today using OxyElite Pro Super Thermo. I've been stuck in between 254-252 pounds since August so I figured I'd give this a shot. Weighed in last monday morning at 254 and this morning at 249.5!! It seems that it's going well so far! I'm excited to see what happens as I continue to do my workouts while on the OxyElite pro. I also completely cut out breads this past week so I figure that helped also.

 

[dauldierce]

I hear you guys on the tender back stuff. Deadlifted yesterday and then will do squats probably thursday or friday. Just enough time for my back to get back to normal and then it gets sore again. But i also use 0 accessories.
Anyone have some sort of dead-lift metric or goals. I have just recently started doing them and the heaviest i have gone is 235lbs. I still keep a traditional grip too. Is 315lbs a good goal? I am 6 foot about 175lbs. As the weight gets heavier i still have trouble dropping my hips i tend to default to using too much lower back. So i have been crawling up in weight the past couple workouts.

Drop the weight and focus on your form