jay_mcfc
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Intermittant fasting is the answer to your prayers.
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Bluemoon Fitness Thread
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Intermittant fasting is the answer to your prayers.
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worsleyweb
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Intermittant fasting is the answer to your prayers.
I have been trying this. Just eat between 6 and 9 at night. Go 21 hours a day for 5 days not eating. Find it on and works for me.
Uncle Wally One Ball
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Get a road bike and get out there, the weight will drop off you. I took it up about 3 years ago, lost almost 2 stone in no time and havent lost any strength at all in the gym. Wish I had started it years ago. Been out and done 30 miles this morning. Gym for weights at 4pmI'm a fat fucker that loves cake. I want to be a thinner fucker that loves cake.
Is joining a gym the best option or doing stuff at home?
My issues are willpower, and cake.
Cheers.5X5 bud.
Good thread from years back on 5x5 here (Frankie New York and JohnyFive's routine's on there)
https://www.muscletalk.co.uk/Frankie-NY39s-Mass-Building-Program-m8817.aspx
Not sure I will do 5 sets fro reads. They take too much out of me and if I'm going to do 5 sets I am going to have to drop the weight quite a lot.
On the post it talks about adding weight each week - would you add weight to every exercise each week or rotate which the weight is added to?
quiet_riot
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Cheers.
Not sure I will do 5 sets fro reads. They take too much out of me and if I'm going to do 5 sets I am going to have to drop the weight quite a lot.
On the post it talks about adding weight each week - would you add weight to every exercise each week or rotate which the weight is added to?
The version I've been doing, as long as you hit all 5 reps on all 5 sets, you add weight to that exercise the next time you do it (1.25kg each side). If you fail, you lift the same weight again the next time. If you fail twice, you take the weight down and start to work your way back up.
Dirty Harry
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Cheers.
Not sure I will do 5 sets fro reads. They take too much out of me and if I'm going to do 5 sets I am going to have to drop the weight quite a lot.
On the post it talks about adding weight each week - would you add weight to every exercise each week or rotate which the weight is added to?
Personally I know what you mean about deads, 5x5 all out is extremely tough at the start of a workout, and used to have an effect on the rest of my training, which is why I used to save them until last, then go all out with what I had left, just my personal preference.
Adding weight, here's what many people miss on 5x5, it's expected your reps will go something like set 1 - 5 reps, set 2 - 5 reps, set 3 - 5 reps, set 4 - 4/5 reps, set 5 3/4 reps, it's when you actually do 5 sets of 5, THEN you can up the weight, it's not expected that your strength will improve on say your shoulders as it does your back/chest/legs, just aim for 5 x 5 then when you hit that, make the increments smaller for the smaller muscle groups .
Thanks - and well done for deciphering my bad typing.Personally I know what you mean about deads, 5x5 all out is extremely tough at the start of a workout, and used to have an effect on the rest of my training, which is why I used to save them until last, then go all out with what I had left, just my personal preference.
Adding weight, here's what many people miss on 5x5, it's expected your reps will go something like set 1 - 5 reps, set 2 - 5 reps, set 3 - 5 reps, set 4 - 4/5 reps, set 5 3/4 reps, it's when you actually do 5 sets of 5, THEN you can up the weight, it's not expected that your strength will improve on say your shoulders as it does your back/chest/legs, just aim for 5 x 5 then when you hit that, make the increments smaller for the smaller muscle groups .
I have done different ways in the past - adding onto every exercise, every week, adding on to just 1 each week or as you said, aim for 5x5 then build on the previous week.
At the moment I think I need to concentrate on getting back to a routine. I've got lazy and not been going in - partly because I've focussed on numbers and lost interest when they stopped going up.
Dirty Harry
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Thanks - and well done for deciphering my bad typing.
I have done different ways in the past - adding onto every exercise, every week, adding on to just 1 each week or as you said, aim for 5x5 then build on the previous week.
At the moment I think I need to concentrate on getting back to a routine. I've got lazy and not been going in - partly because I've focussed on numbers and lost interest when they stopped going up.
Not sure what you mean by that mate, but in any case just keep it simple, if you hit 5x5 up it a couple of lb's and continue, you'll be heading in the right direction, if you stall for a couple of weeks in a row, add a small meal somewhere (or up the portions you eat) and you should move on then :-).
I meant adding on weigh to all 3 exercises every single week. I would often find that I could add weight to the 'main' lift each week (squat/dead/bench) bit would struggle to add on to the others.Not sure what you mean by that mate, but in any case just keep it simple, if you hit 5x5 up it a couple of lb's and continue, you'll be heading in the right direction, if you stall for a couple of weeks in a row, add a small meal somewhere (or up the portions you eat) and you should move on then :-).
You mention the additional meal - this is something that I have overlooked in the last so stalled and then get given up because of a lack of progress.