The Bodybuilders Thread!

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I must say, as a regular lurker to this thread, you guys are quite inspiring in your commitment to your goals.

I will feed off of this to try and get into my fitness program this year. Not aiming as high as you guys (in terms of strength levels, size, etc.) but I definitely want a fitter and healthier lifestyle.

So kudos to you all for the inspiration!
 
Based on that article, he spent almost the entire day in the gym.
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I glanced through his workout on Men's Health, lots of kettlebell and body exercises but the guy is huge.
 
CrazYmonkeY159 said:
I prefer strength training. I consider high rep range to be around 8-12.

The hodgetwins normally train high volume sets (6-7 sets of 8-12) And they look good. Obviously not for beginners or intermediate lifters. When I started out I used to do full body workouts (SL SS style) but I had really idiotic broscience gymbros who fed me with rubbish. Took me 2 months to correct my ways. Now brodin shines his light upon my traps daily.
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What rep range should beginners and intermediates do, in your opinion?
 
Guys, Quick Question.

I'm currently alternating between Fat Free yoghurt with some fruit & Boiled eggs for breakfast.

What would you recommend for a relatively low carb Breakfast, with high Nutrition ?
 
Tman* said:
Guys, Quick Question.

I'm currently alternating between Fat Free yoghurt with some fruit & Boiled eggs for breakfast.

What would you recommend for a relatively low carb Breakfast, with high Nutrition ?
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i hit scrambled eggs with wholewheat bread and banana, will start having some smoothies etc.
 
Originally Posted by ryan411
What rep range should beginners and intermediates do, in your opinion?
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Beginner I would aim for 8 -12 seems to be the go to number, you can change when your strength goes up.

A nice site to keep bookmarked http://www.strstd.com/
 
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ryan411 said:
What rep range should beginners and intermediates do, in your opinion?
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I agree with xrapidx. but heres just my opinion formulated by past experience and just the general mindset. Remember strength training and hypertrophy training are not mutually exclusive, you do get bigger even if you do do strength training as a beginner. I think that if you are just starting off, SS is great to get your numbers up, the 1st year is so misleading, you make the most strength gains then things start to slow down. after a year you should stop doing silly full body workouts and do proper full body workout splits (eg Day A is Leg day, Day B is Chest and Cepts day, Day C Back and Shoulders day)

As far as directly answering your question is concerned? I dont know, general consensus is 5-6 for strength 8-12 for hypertrophy. Both regimes should employ drop sets and sets to failure to make progress. If you dont push your body you will only maintain your numbers.
 
Workouts are so individual specific. Depends whether you are ecto, endo, meso etc. I'm an ecto but have found the best workout for me has been the MAX-OT. Plus my bread and butter supplements;

Creatine MH
Glutamine
Whey
Carbs (Dextrose and where possible vitargo)
 
What the hell. I weigh less after the festive season even though I scoffed my self silly :wtf:
 
What the hell. I weigh less after the festive season even though I scoffed my self silly
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Do you have a 2yr old boy to keep you fit and active like me also lost over 2kg's.
 
kvs379 said:
Workouts are so individual specific. Depends whether you are ecto, endo, meso etc. I'm an ecto but have found the best workout for me has been the MAX-OT. Plus my bread and butter supplements;

Creatine MH
Glutamine
Whey
Carbs (Dextrose and where possible vitargo)
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So true which is why there's so much debate and disagreement in the field of broscience. It is not that routine A is better than routine B, its more like Routine A works better for person X than routine B works for person X. But there are general heuristics which we can all agree on like hitting your macros, do your compound lifts (DL, Squat, Bench) and try to live generally healthy. If you want to be as big as possible do not do cardio, if you must do cardio make sure your cardio training days and weight training days are disjoint. As far as workouts and routines go, well. just dont be an idiot, do some research.
 
Man alive I'm sore today, first Deadlift and T-Bar session of the year, didn't max out though but I'm hurting today and somewhere in the night I picked up the flu so every time I cough It hurts, even my jaw hurts.....so I have a good line up of healthy treats and protein to help me repair.

The deadlift really does hit every muscle in your body.
 
Hemps said:
Man alive I'm sore today, first Deadlift and T-Bar session of the year, didn't max out though but I'm hurting today and somewhere in the night I picked up the flu so every time I cough It hurts, even my jaw hurts.....so I have a good line up of healthy treats and protein to help me repair.

The deadlift really does hit every muscle in your body.
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That was me on Tuesday and Wednesday after doing squats and dead-lifts on Monday, although in my case, it was mostly legs killing me.
 
Me too :( Did squats today, so not looking forward to Sunday. Deadlifts on Tuesday had me walking funny this weak... back and legs were damn sore.
 
What I hate about doing legs after not training them for a while......sitting on the TOILET!
 
What I hate about doing legs after not training them for a while......sitting on the TOILET!
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Or dropping something on the floor that you need to now pick up, like I did today when every paper on my desk blew off from gust of wind.
 
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