So - you think you're serious about training???

[spatts]

Sorry - 5 grams is standard is it not???

Isn't it about one pound of meat per gram?

"Standard" according to who? I don't find out what I need from an article, I do what works.

 

[Japanese machine]

Answer the following:


Do you ALWAYS hit up a post w/o protein/carb drink and then follow with another larger meal 1.5 to 2 hours later?

Do you ALWAYS know how many calories per day day you are eating?

What about carbs?

Protein?

Fat?

Do you take a multi vit/min?

Creatine and Glutamine everyday?

Supplement with flax oil as needed?

What about ala??



..........to me these are the BASICS....everyone "should" be able to say yes to at LEAST 2/3 of them....if not and your training is lagging....take note....if your training is NOT lagging and you missed a lot of them...think about how much better it COULD be...

ALL of that and then some.

Do you follow a consistent biorhythm?; afterall we grow during sleep.

Do you monitor gym progress and be certain that each time you go you provide a new stimulus to the targeted muscle.?

Do you take down a protein shake when you wake up to piss at night?

Do you wake up every morning and hit numerous poses in the mirror and think to yourself "damn i look good"?

 

[The Shadow]

All the supplement intake depends on your goals.

A powerlifter doesnt care about his calorie count or gram counts of anything
FLAx, ala and that stuff is good too...much more impoant for bodybuilders than powerlifers

Again...ask Bfold the results of adding extra protein and especially flax b-4 his last contest....blew everyone out of the water...he is bigger AND leaner....the ala will be MOST beneficial to a powerlifter as it increases muscle glycogen storage by 40%.......yes 40%....

 

[The Shadow]

5 grams is recommended in terms of Cr.h20 dosgae in 90% of ALL studies...are you saying that you do not take it at all

 

[CytoMel]

Again...ask Bfold the results of adding extra protein and especially flax b-4 his last contest....blew everyone out of the water...he is bigger AND leaner....the ala will be MOST beneficial to a powerlifter as it increases muscle glycogen storage by 40%.......yes 40%....

I wrote about "powerlifters" before. Then you give me the B Fold example.

B fold is a strongman. There is a big difference.

Strongmen might do an event like the Atlas stones and it could take a minute or more to complete. There are many strongmen events that take at least 30 sec to complete. Powerlifting lifts are under 10 seconds generally. BIG DIFERENCE between strongman and powerlifting.

Flax is a very good supplement which I actually take regularly when I have the money to. I like flax as I mentioned before but I dont think its essential to a powerlifter by any means.

Ok...ALA increases muscle glycogen storage by 40%..sounds good but does this translate into powerlifting? It could help build bigger muscles or is it more of a bodybuilding pump/cutting/vascularity thing..probably.

If you want to post about supplements on the powerlifting forum I think its a good idea. There are some threads like that already. Its ineresting, generally powerlifters seem to detest most supplements outside of multi's, whey and creatine....but you could be onto something Corn with the flax, ALA for powerlifters.

You will find powerlifters generall sprend their $ on juice and food.

 

[Hannibal]

You will find powerlifters generall sprend their $ on juice and food.

He's right, you know....I prefer Apple Juice

 

[CytoMel]

He's right, you know....I prefer Apple Juice

LOL Hannabal!

I like clam juice myself !

 

[spatts]

No juice, no creatine.

Looking in to R-ala, just for shits and grins.

 

[benchmonster]

I cannot answer yes to any of your questions.

I cannot remember the last time I drank a protein drink.

Creatine gives me cramps. I tried it, despite reading that the Westside crew had tried it and hated it. Tried it, hated it, will never do it again.

Calories, don't give a shit. If I am going to be in the 242's as I am for my next meet. I eat more, and I eat stuff heavier in calories to get my weight up. If I am lifting in the 220's as I will in the contest one month after this one, then I will drop my carb intake down, eat more protein and salads, and keep an eye on the scale. Unless you are entering the olympia real soon, nutrition is highly over rated.

Flax, ALA, all that other shit, most of it I have never heard of. And unless the legal supplement market has changed dramatically in the last 5 years since I gave up on it, and I doubt that it has, then 99 percent of the crap they sell at GNC is a total waste of money. Buy ground beef and test instead.

I used to be eat up with keeping track of all that stuff, and I knew to the gram how much protein and fat and carbs I was taking in, I also took all the trendy new supps on the market, spending way more on that worthless crap than I ever have on juice, and I was way smaller, way weaker, and way dumber than I am now.

I am not shitting on your thread at all. But your idea of being serious won't cut it around strength athletes. Nobody in my crew could answer those questions yes, not even 1/3 of the questions. And you will not find a more serious group of guys about there training.

I have increased my bench and squat by over 150 lbs each in the last year. I had a house built with a room in it specifically designed for a home gym cause I was scaring the people at the YMCA with the amount of weight I was putting on the bar.

Think I am not serious about my training? Come stay with me for a week. Keep up with my 4 one hour training sessions, and my 6 to 8 General Physical Preparedness sessions per week, and do every rep, at the same weight I do them, then tell me who is serious about training.

B.