The Bodybuilders Thread!

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mjkelly said:
How do you guys deal with injuries and joint pain, especially with such big weights and gyming so regularly? I have developed 'golfers elbow' or rather medial epicondylitis. Which means I cannot gym my upper body more than twice a week, cannot do any bicep exercises and only limited back. If I do, even small weights, my elbow will get continually worse until I have to sit out for a month or two waiting for recovery.

So all I do now is gym twice a week just to maintain the muscle I have, but it's very demotivating I must admit.
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The secret (which is actually not such a big secret) is to warm up correctly. If you pushed yourself before without warming up and you hurt yourself then you are more than likely to have problems for the rest of your life. One thing I can suggest you do is get a "tool" that you can use to work on the specific area where you get the inflammation. You can use something like a stress ball that you can squeeze in your hand or you get grippers that should also help. Have you ever had a steroid shot from a doctor to help with the inflammation?

Dolby said:
I've seen and read about a few people (even on here) that have gymed for months and months and have no result. I think 4cer hmself said there was little difference in 4 months.

I also remember my uncle gyming with all this fancy home equipment (his nickname was 'bones' ...) and shakes etc - but nothing ever happened after all this work.

Then lastly I see all these guys walking and running on the way to work - and they're all fat :/

Are there some people who simply can't build / lose weight ?
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4 Months is hardly enough time to really see a difference, unless you have professional help, have the right routine and follow the correct diet.

Like xrapidx posted... no use you drink a shake. you need to incorporate it into a good diet. Gymming at home can also take much longer than going to an actual gym.

As for the fat people walking/running... who do you think wants to get fit, only the already fit people?
 
Heya Guys,

Change of subject, but how do you guys prep your chicken, I mean just plain fried chicken strips rice and veg is plain and tasteless. Knorr saches of sauces are fatty, what else.....

Throw some ideas out their on good meals to incoporate in your diet.

Anyhow hope to hear some intresting ideas.
 
Different ways, most common - decent spice on either side - toss in oven on grill for 7min, take out, turn, toss back in oven for 7min.
 
I wouldn't expect to see anything in 4 months - but I'd hope that 3 times a week in the gym for that long, would at least show on the bathroom scale :P
 
Spazmatic said:
Heya Guys,

Change of subject, but how do you guys prep your chicken, I mean just plain fried chicken strips rice and veg is plain and tasteless. Knorr saches of sauces are fatty, what else.....

Throw some ideas out their on good meals to incoporate in your diet.

Anyhow hope to hear some intresting ideas.
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I like to fry my chicken in a little bit of olive oil, spiced both side with chicken spice (no table salt) and then once it is halfway done I pour some white wine in the pan to cover the chicken halfway and then put the lid on and let it cook. For rice I use rice spice. I buy vegetables that taste nice on there own (I think like mcain thai stirfry) and prepare with olive oil.

Dolby said:
I wouldn't expect to see anything in 4 months - but I'd hope that 3 times a week in the gym for that long, would at least show on the bathroom scale :P
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I personally don't look at a scale too often. You may have lost some fat in 4 month but built some muscle under and now you think there is no progress. You measure your body fat and size, not just weight.
 
I have to agree with Chris, I've dropped 2kg's but I look better and after some measurements I have grown just slightly so the scale does'nt always tell the story.

Rather trust the mirror :D
 
Nice, I just had someone tell me that they don't want to bulk anymore (even though they have picked up weight nicely) because he can't see his uber ripped 6pack anymore. When will people start understanding that you can't bulk without adding a little fat on your belly? Some info:

1) You can't bulk decently without adding a little fat
2) Your abs wont show from exercise alone. The less fat you have the better it looks, that is why you can be skinny at 65Kg and your 6-pack will look more defined than the dude that is bulking, on roids and weighs 120Kg.
3) The best time to bulk is when Autumn starts. You will mostly wear long clothes and this will keep the little extra winter fat hidden.
4) The best time to start your ripping diet is about 2 months before summer, around October - yes it is time soon! (Some will want to start now already, depending on how intense and strict the diet is or is not)

I will only start 1st November so will be at my leanest for the new years holiday.
 
Chris_H said:
Like in Tabasco sauce? :D have enough with your meal and you will get a nice engine/exhaust clean the next morning :p
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LMAO, no like tomato sauce, haha, It's easir to consume large quantities of food when it tastes good.
 
How do you guys train so long ... ?

FFS. I've just started messing around and I stop after 15 minutes ;)
 
Massive use of pharmacutical substances :D haha nah you get into it eventually as your body gets stronger.
 
I'm a student at Stellenbosch, and like I try to get to the gym often, but sometimes its not that easy with classes etc. Anyways, looks like I need a good diet first of all. I wanna cut down for the summer holidays, anyone know any good meals I can make? I generally have oats for breakfast, then I grab some kind of sandwhich or sub for lunch, then stir fried chicken breasts with rice and baked beans for supper. Someone please help me? I don't know much, and I can't cook that many different meals so I'm kinda stuck and its getting really boring.
 
I'm not into the whole strength training thing, but I have set a new personal record for squats yesterday... I did 3 reps at 170Kg without a weight belt :) next week I'll try for 180Kg with the belt!

The squat routine looked like this:
2x20 @ 60Kg
1x12 @ 80Kg
1x10 @ 100Kg
1x8 @ 120Kg
1x6 @ 140Kg
1x4 @ 150Kg
1x3 @ 170Kg
2x8 @ 60Kg

All reps was done with correct form and low enough (quads horizontal to floor)
 
Anyone care to recommend a weight program across three days (Monday, Wednesday & Fridays), exercising back, shoulders, arms, chest - I'm not focusing on my legs at the moment as I cycle quite often, and they're pretty strong for my current health status, leg pressing around 3-4x my body weight.

Basically, I want to do 40min of weight training in the mornings, taking into account I'm doing quite a bit of cardio in the evenings.
 
PS - whats the weight training etiquette at Virgin Active? Used to only do weight training at small private gyms, so basically always had the place to myself...
 
Mon - Chest + triceps
Wed - Back + biceps
Fri - Shoulders + forearms

Don't work Chest and Shoulders after each other because your tris and delts need some time to recover and grow. Also Google MAX OT TRAINING. Its excellent. Gets you strong quick. 40 mins isn't really enough time tho. Chest/Back/Shoulders should have about 45 mins each high intensity.

Chris_H that's some good weight to squat. Hope you use knee straps at 180kg. What do you weigh?
 
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