The Bodybuilders Thread!

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Ecco said:
Question regarding creatine use.

On the package it recommends you drink a lot of water.

Is the water that i drink with my shake considered part of this daily amount of water? Reason is, after 3 shakes a day, a cup of tea or two, and the cups of water i drink with my meals, and at night, i struggle to put down more water than this. Feel too bloated.
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No you need additional water because thats how the creatine works - by holding water.You should be drinking atleast 3 -4 liters of water a day incl meal replacements and beverages.
 
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercise...clean-deadlift
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Once you get stronger you'll surprise yourself at how much a human can lift.

Just be careful, use light weight and good form, form is key, you can really hurt your back if you do it incorrectly.

Best to get a partner to look at your form whilst you starting out.

If you struggle with grip buy yourself some lifting straps, they helped me add 30kg to my deadlifts.
 
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Slootvreter said:
These guys will never lift really heavy with that grip.
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Yeh, I was only using that grip till about 160...then I couldn't hold it any-more.

Miss putting plates on deadlifts, started again, at 160kg now, adding about 20kg a month, will probably make 220 by the end of the year, if I don't bugger up my back again. Its not actually heavy, just feels uncomfortable, like I forgot how.
 
xrapidx said:
You'll need to be more specific...

eggs?
nuts?
biltong?
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Something I can mix in to my breakfast or whatever. I don't want somethings premixed containing things. I've searched a bit yesterday and see you can get other sources such as hemp and not only whey as an option.


Batista said:
I bought 20kg of pure whey protein directly from Clover SA @R1250.Its got nothing added to it and protein content is 80g protein per 100g powder.It lasted me for 8 months.You will need to contact Clover as this was 4 years ago and i have no contact details.Protein manufacturers use this exact same protein and then cut it with flavors and other crap.It tasted like ****e but we not in this game to satisfy our tastebuds.
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Thanks.

TheGrove said:
Regarding supplements, anyone go through the site http://examine.com/

Some good reading.
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Wil do :)
 
Well, I had a fairly good day on Tuesday

Deadlifting as follows:

2 x 20 reps of 60kg
2 x 15 reps of 100kg
1 x 10 reps 10 140kg
1 x 10 reps of 180kg
1 x 10 reps of 220kg
1 x 4 reps of 260kg (could probably have done 5, but then I would not have been able to do the next set :o)
1 x 1 rep 280kg
then a last 7 reps of 220kg

After that, home. :D
 
Slootvreter said:
Well, I had a fairly good day on Tuesday

Deadlifting as follows:

2 x 20 reps of 60kg
2 x 15 reps of 100kg
1 x 10 reps 10 140kg
1 x 10 reps of 180kg
1 x 10 reps of 220kg
1 x 4 reps of 260kg (could probably have done 5, but then I would not have been able to do the next set :o)
1 x 1 rep 280kg
then a last 7 reps of 220kg

After that, home. :D
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So deadlift day :D
Well done though!
 
@Slootvreter and other serious deadlifters, do you guys bother with sumo deadlifts or is that unnecessary / or do you guys just prefer conventional deadlifts?
 
StrontiumDog said:
@Slootvreter and other serious deadlifters, do you guys bother with sumo deadlifts or is that unnecessary / or do you guys just prefer conventional deadlifts?
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Tried it once, and found it uncomfortable. Not to mention the smooth part of the bar is where I would grip for sumo lifts.
 
As a novice, should I just focus on conventional until I can pull a decent amount? Say double my body weight?

If sumo could help improve your conventional deadlift, then would u guys consider it?
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/deadlifts_which_type_is_best_for_you
I know a lot of super strong guys that pull conventional in meets but pull sumo in the off-season, claiming it brings up their weak points.

In fact, I just had this discussion a few weeks back with Jeremy Hartmann, a 220-pound lifter who has pulled 788 in competition. He pulls conventional in meets but does a lot of sumo pulling in the gym.
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I was re-united with the roll of shame last night on my chest workout, luckily was only pushing 70kg on incline but it's crappy feeling when your arms just collapse, then called it a night.

My kid woke up 5 times during the night and was up at 5am this morning so I'm stuffed today.

In the last month I find myself having a hectic workout on day 1, come day 2 I'm still stuffed so on a 1 day ON 1day OFF routine.
If I try something after Day 1 ON, I just don't have the energy to complete a decent routine and I eat plenty.
 
Hemps said:
I was re-united with the roll of shame last night on my chest workout, luckily was only pushing 70kg on incline but it's crappy feeling when your arms just collapse, then called it a night.

My kid woke up 5 times during the night and was up at 5am this morning so I'm stuffed today.

In the last month I find myself having a hectic workout on day 1, come day 2 I'm still stuffed so on a 1 day ON 1day OFF routine.
If I try something after Day 1 ON, I just don't have the energy to complete a decent routine and I eat plenty.
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Rest dude, sheesh, even without the kid effect sufficient rest is vital. Take a few days off, eat well, sleep well, you'll come back stronger.
 
Rest dude, sheesh, even without the kid effect sufficient rest is vital. Take a few days off, eat well, sleep well, you'll come back stronger.
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Yip thats good advice, I'll take some more rest days, not like I'm going anywhere or competing.

What I would do to have someone prepare my meals for me, I was going through the diet's for "the Rock" and also "Hugh Jackman" for their respective movie roles they currently or where filming, those guys chow a lot and all prepared for them by chefs, some of the pics they tweeted off the food prepared looked tasty, all low carb Nazi stuff.

My cooking skills however hard I try suck , tired of eating chicken - braaied, baked whatever I cook tastes bland.
And I know from when I started last year August when I finally changed my diet just how important dieting is.
I recently came off the very little carb's diet, cutting carbs from your diet is tough, your energy levels wane and the cravings for junk food kick in.
Also something I noticed with low carbs besides the energy drop was you felt during and after a hard session, headaches!

Back on a diet of meat, lots of veg , carbs I only partake in now are sweet potato and basmati rice.
 
I tried to 1RM 100 kg's.

Not by choice, was at gym with a few friends that have been lifting longer than me. Two of them did 100kg 1 rep easily, the other didn't even bother (cause I know he can bench like 130).

I didn't want to try 100kg's. I just wanted to get there gradually. I am benching 90 atm for 3-4 reps and 85 for 5-6. So I kinda thought I may be able to 1RM 100 kg's, but I wanted it to be my personal milestone, not rushed.

I tried it anyways and I failed. Made it about 70% there and could not lock out. Just asked for a spot the rest of the way.

That being said, I am happy with my results so far since I've only been gymming for a year now +-. I could be more on point with my nutrition though, I've stopped counting calories which means I am undereating.

100kg x 3 will be mine before December though!
 
This journey was all fun and games until I realised the extent of my under-eating. If I am to reach my target weight I am supposed to eat roughly 12900 kJ, thats roughly 3000 KiloCalories (TBH, I have no idea what the difference between KCal and Cal is; seems to be interchangeable sometimes). At the moment I'm probably eating about a third of what I am supposed to.

... I need to work out a way to fit eating more regularly into my lifestyle. But, jeez, its not easy.
 
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