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Buildingup24
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Post da foodz & if you add conditioning 2x a week, you wont be gasping for air during high reps.
time to get hard and strong 5x5 style
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jdl508
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for food I think part of my problem is I wake up at 5-530 and go straight to the gym (my basement) LOL
This morning I followed your lead bu24 and had a banana pre wo. From now on if it makes sense Ill do a banana and apple pre wo. Can I get right into the wo after eating those snacks or should I wait .5 hr?
Im thinking after my 8 hr fast (sleeping) I dont have all the energy to push it- for a while I did night workouts and I hit all PR on the big 3 lifts but I just can't be consistant after work so 5-530 AM is it. Plus I go to night school this fall.
todays food looked like this
0530 - banana
0700 - prot shake / 2 tbsp natty PB
1000 banana / mojo bar
1300 - 5.2 oz light tuna in water 1 mayo packet, 2 mustard packets
1500 - mixed nuts (almonds, peanuts, pistachios)
1800 - dinner ??? sumthin good
2100 - snack , maybe protein shake or protein shot
as of 1:51 EST I am at a 38 C- 34 P - 28 F breakdown @ 1155 calories -> by the end of the day I should be at 2100 calories
Zed - as for the sawhorses I moved the safety pins to the back of my rack on my set. They are angled the wrong way but as long as Im careful its all good - prob still look into the saw horses just in case LOL
This morning I followed your lead bu24 and had a banana pre wo. From now on if it makes sense Ill do a banana and apple pre wo. Can I get right into the wo after eating those snacks or should I wait .5 hr?
Im thinking after my 8 hr fast (sleeping) I dont have all the energy to push it- for a while I did night workouts and I hit all PR on the big 3 lifts but I just can't be consistant after work so 5-530 AM is it. Plus I go to night school this fall.
todays food looked like this
0530 - banana
0700 - prot shake / 2 tbsp natty PB
1000 banana / mojo bar
1300 - 5.2 oz light tuna in water 1 mayo packet, 2 mustard packets
1500 - mixed nuts (almonds, peanuts, pistachios)
1800 - dinner ??? sumthin good
2100 - snack , maybe protein shake or protein shot
as of 1:51 EST I am at a 38 C- 34 P - 28 F breakdown @ 1155 calories -> by the end of the day I should be at 2100 calories
Zed - as for the sawhorses I moved the safety pins to the back of my rack on my set. They are angled the wrong way but as long as Im careful its all good - prob still look into the saw horses just in case LOL
I'd recommend that banana about 30 mins before training bro. Give it sometime to digest and get some of that nutrients to your muscles.
Here's a li'l trick I figured out. take 2 caps N2Slin an hour before you workout. Have a carb rich prevworkout meal half an hour later (30 mins before you train) I find this really works well as a pre WO as I don't like stims.
Here's a li'l trick I figured out. take 2 caps N2Slin an hour before you workout. Have a carb rich prevworkout meal half an hour later (30 mins before you train) I find this really works well as a pre WO as I don't like stims.
Buildingup24
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Yeah give it like 20-30 minutes to get going down the system, since its a carb it'll begin breaking down enzymatically in your mouth so you don't have to wait as long as if say you had a protein shake and a banana.
Try a cup of coffee in the morning if you don't use pre-workout boosters. I get up 5:30am and lift around 6:15 so i do use a pre-workout.
Try a cup of coffee in the morning if you don't use pre-workout boosters. I get up 5:30am and lift around 6:15 so i do use a pre-workout.
jdl508
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Im gonna check out those saw horses over the weekend. I've gotta make sure they are low enough too. I'll measure where the bar is at when I go ATG on squats.
You guys have motivated me for cardio so this morning I bumped my jog up to a slow and painful 3 miles
all in all with the cool down it was 40 - 45 minutes of sweat and disgust LOL
You guys have motivated me for cardio so this morning I bumped my jog up to a slow and painful 3 miles
all in all with the cool down it was 40 - 45 minutes of sweat and disgust LOL
Ah running my old nemesis I bloody hate it but it really is necessary for my sport 
Buildingup24
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Be careful running on pavement. My Ex was big in 5ks n charity runs so I'd do them with her, this past December, got a stress fracture right below my patella, it was so damn painful. Took 6 weeks to recover to the point that I felt comfortable doing body weight squats n 2.5 months before I started front squatting.
I forgot that she was 110lbs n I'm not. Not trying to scare you, just don't push it too much.
I forgot that she was 110lbs n I'm not. Not trying to scare you, just don't push it too much.
jdl508
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bu24 - thats good to know as thats all I run on, Ive also been doing 10 minutes jump rope prior to workouts. I noticed with the jump rope warm up I sweat through the entire workout.
todays workout was
Squats 3x15 @105
Bench Press 4x12 @ 95
Bent Over Rows 4x12 @ 80
French Press 5x12 @ 25
If nothing else moving to this higher rep scheme is a lesson in humility
15 reps of squats is NO joke
and zed this is just for you -> you were right they are perfect AND adjustable LOL
todays workout was
Squats 3x15 @105
Bench Press 4x12 @ 95
Bent Over Rows 4x12 @ 80
French Press 5x12 @ 25
If nothing else moving to this higher rep scheme is a lesson in humility
15 reps of squats is NO joke
and zed this is just for you
-> you were right they are perfect AND adjustable LOL
