LukasMcNeal Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 A bench is really a must for chest really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 have you guys changed your diet much? Just if been going to the gym 3 times a week. My routine is Monday - Chest and arms Wednesday - Legs going to slip abs in there Friday - Back going to try and get some else in there too I do cardio on the "days off" I've noticed a different in my chest and arms. they have lost that fatty layer too! I havent changed my diet much. I normally eat a lot of chicken normally, but have the odd bacon butty every now and then. but its not great. I would get a pic but my beer guts MASSIVE!! and you'll be laffin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I don't get how anyone does any session without abs. I know I'm not massive, but any people I've trained have always had abs in between every set. Active rest style, just means you can get 400+ ab reps into every session and avoid that beer gut. The only thing I could pride myself on body wise is my core, and I reckon thats why - that and the monthly session of a thousand abs. 20 sets of 50 for the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I don't know why we don't i said to the guy I go the gym with. he was like "oh shit ye" I shall start Monday! Might get a median ball and a bench thinggy do it after the gym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 I don't know why we don't i said to the guy I go the gym with. he was like "oh shit ye" I shall start Monday! Might get a median ball and a bench thinggy do it after the gym. Stick a mat next to the bench, sorted for between sets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Cant say I do abs personally but I really must start does seem stupid that I havent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Cant say I do abs personally but I really must start does seem stupid that I havent! It's your core, it's core to everything about you Just to make sure I practise what I preach, I just did 50 abs between every set of a 4 exercise, 5 set workout. 1000 abs, mmmmmmmmm. I definitely regret it though, damn you TF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 1000?! f**kkk i do around a 100 sit ups with a 6kg weight held above my head if that counts towards anything?! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 1000?! f**kkk i do around a 100 sit ups with a 6kg weight held above my head if that counts towards anything?! haha I don't wanna go on about this too much because I'm clearly clogging up the thread, but for me it's all about the variety of core work. Each of those sets of 50 was a different an exercise, and goes some way towards building the strong core which allows you to maintain good form in other moves. My personal habit of them all stems from my running days. Obviously it's only putting one foot in front of the other, but a properly dialled core really helped with both speed and endurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 You say abs as a generalisation when It should be core, working just abs will f**k posture, give you a bad back etc etc. I don't know why you said it'll avoid a beer gut either as working your stomach wont reduce fat there, fat is reduced equaly from around the body and not just in one spot because you worked a muscle there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 I don't get how anyone does any session without abs. I know I'm not massive, but any people I've trained have always had abs in between every set. Active rest style, just means you can get 400+ ab reps into every session and avoid that beer gut. The only thing I could pride myself on body wise is my core, and I reckon thats why - that and the monthly session of a thousand abs. 20 sets of 50 for the win! Saying this is just as ignorant as saying you should do arm curls in between every set, every time you go to the gym. You will get nowhere doing it. Every muscle group needs to be hit, then rested, there's no way round this. Also simply doing abs workouts won't do anything to a beer gut. You can't reduce fat at a specific location, every time I hear someone say this it pains me ever so much. Keep at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Pretty certain I said core, also pretty certain I said variety. Hush girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Saying this is just as ignorant as saying you should do arm curls in between every set, every time you go to the gym. You will get nowhere doing it. Every muscle group needs to be hit, then rested, there's no way round this. Also simply doing abs workouts won't do anything to a beer gut. You can't reduce fat at a specific location, every time I hear someone say this it pains me ever so much. Keep at it Thing is with the abs, just as with the calves and to some extent, your forearms, it's a muscle group that is always in use, and for most people can be trained more intensely than other major muscle groups because the abs and calves recover quite quickly. One example of this is when you see a split routine with several ab sessions in it; because they can be hit hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 I've noticed that for a while, on my legs day I would do a set of calve raises to failure, but after a rest then another set I could so just as many to failure, and it would go on and on like that. I was using enough weight because I always failed at around 10, but normally when going to failure on any other muscle group I'd go 10, 6, 4 or similar, whereas calves would go 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8. If that makes sense? Do they just recover particularly fast or are my calves Chuck Norris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz96 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Was wandering does anyone know where to get a cheap squat rack? Will keep checking ebay and gumtree ect but no ones willing to post so if I can get a new one online cheap enough that'd be great. Also we bit of topic with weight lifting but looking to spice up the cardio a bit, doing some cycling and interval runnings but wanting to add some other things that can be done in the house and aren't your regular cardio workouts. Things in mind are stuff like M100s and aerobic exercises that uses weights but still burns the calories, are kettle bells good here? DOes stuff like this work, its stuff like this I'd like to do, aerobic, without losing muscle and can be done in the house.Any suggestions welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Man i wish beer wasnt so tasty, also had to abandon my gym yesterday as well. have we got a diet thread on tf? just interested to see what everyones eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) k Edited April 5, 2012 by Simpson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz96 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I know how good squats are for you but I don't have access to a squat rack, so I will only be able to squat what I can shoulder press since I'm going to have to lift it over my head... Will squatting with loads of reps and less weight still have the same effect on your core? Also do jumping squats still work your core? There's no weight to hold steady ect so seems logical that it only works legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 If you don't have a rack you can still do hack squats. http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/BBHackSquat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 If you don't have a rack you can still do hack squats. http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/BBHackSquat.html This or dumbells if you've got a set that go heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Whoops sorry about that, back on the fitness train today, trying to cut down on the smoking (again) Edited April 27, 2012 by Davetrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) So it's about 6 weeks on from the time we were all posting 'before' pics of ourselves, I figured I'd bring it back to life. I haven't looked at the before shot, and won't till I press send, but when I was training a moment ago I felt like I'd made progress... Before: Now: EDIT: So, they've come out sideways, which is odd. What's also odd is it actually looks like I was better off before. D'oh! How's everyone else doing? Edited May 2, 2012 by JD™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I've completely sacked it off, would rather use my spare time riding than gym at the moment and I'm also extremely poor so spending money going is off the cards. I move jobs to a bigger signalbox next week though so I'll hopefully have more urge in me to do stuff at work, just need a good kick up the arse. Might try and grab a pic in the next few days if I hit the gym up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Anyone got any good excercises to enhance v lines, apollos belt.... whatever you wanna call them? Im rather skinny before people say lower body fat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 goooo google.... any suggestions for a decent weight loss scheme i'm doing 500 calories of cardio a day according to the ,achines, a 5k run and a 5 minute high intensity run to warm me up at the start of a work out, my diet is pretty protein rich but i'm a big fan of sweets =( and i'm working on cutting down on them, will uber cardio affect my strength Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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