Drama-fitness Megathread 9: The Biggining of Muscles

To add on to what I said before, optimally start with running 3 times a week if you can, on alternating days with a 2 day time-out period. Don't feel obligated to keep this time-out to the same two days of the week, either. I.e. if you feel like you need to take a two-day break sooner, then do so, but try to stick with running 3 alternating days of the week. If you start out small, you need to be diligent about gradually upping your distance every week.

Tbh, I unironically recommend looking at running subreddits. As much as RDrama likes to shit on Reddit, the hobbyist subreddits are an absolute goldmine of valuable information and links.

Please do your own research and only treat this as a starting point.

If you haven't been active? Don't run that much. Start with 2km and increase it by a bit every week or so.

Shin splints, otherwise a 3-6 mile run should be fine. We used to do them for high school wrestling to make weight

I've been running for years on and off and go outside or treadmill running depending on weather, so I'll give you some advice. First, don't burn yourself out by saying you will start at a 5k. Instead of focusing on distance and speed, focus on controlling your heart rate and get to a point where a mile is something you can do pretty easily. Once a mile is easy, you can increase your distance by maintaining your coasting heart rate and the next miles will be fine. Once you get there, you can start focusing on speed. I like a treadmill to keep me at a specific speed because I like to focus on the music but focusing on music tends to make me run slower without realizing it. A treadmill keeps me at a specific pace.

I've injured myself twice and you should listen to your body. I think I ran downhill too fast and the momentum fricked up my form and I wound up hurting something. Don't push through the pain. Instead, take a couple weeks off. When I first started running, my knees hurt like heck so I only ran for 2 days and then had to take 2 weeks off. Your body gets used to it though. If you're jacked like the OP, it will be harder because you weigh more.

TLDR: don't focus on speed or even distance at first. Focus on your heart rate and breathing and keeping your heart rate at a coasting speed. And don't push through pain, take a week or two off if you feel pain.

eta: I shoulda read ahead and it looks like you already run sometimes. oops lol I will leave this up for anyone else who wants to take up running. :D

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I always found this guy to give the best explanations on how to do things. I personally do a setup like a deadlift and then instead of locking out row the bar up.

Though admittedly I’ve been doing dumbbell rows and liking them way more

HGH isn’t gonna make you grow if your past your growth potential. It will make your bones (and organs) thicker though

I’ve never used gear though I’ve thought about hopping on trt with hcg now that I’m 30

I don't know the legal stuff but it may be a good idea to just tell your doctor. It's not that illegal and you probably have doctor patient confidentiality.

It worked well, I tried it with bench and have not worked with a weight under 185 in so long. I was honestly kinda shocked how gassed I was, so I will definitely be rotating in super high volume work in future workouts

he measures with "cups" instead of weight

ngmi

I just shove as much kale as I can into my blender then a bit of ginger, a lemon squeeze and about a cup of random frozen fruit. tastes awful but the shits are worth it.

I have a regular trap-bar deadlift, I’ve always been curious about the open ones I see because it seems like lunges would be way better on them

Deadlifting is fricking sick and I love it as a full body, but I haven’t squatted in a rack since age 25 and have 0 regrets. I used to push 350+ in HS and it fricked up my back bad and my form was decent TBH. I do 10x10 on Leg Press when I want to hate myself in time for ski season

just touch grass more and you can eat whatev

the best tasting food is all SO BAD for weight loss.

Spinach and watercress are great for weight loss, what are you talking about?

Just learn to cook veggies

Eat less, run and lift more

listen to dr rudi

Eat 800 calories a day, all from protein. Take multi-vitamins. Lift and do cardio.

You can't target fat loss unless you are doing localized injections of a compound called Helios which consists of Clenbuterol and Yohimbe. Don't do crunches and what not until you are reasonably lean because if you do, you risk bulking up your abdominal muscles and it will make you look fat.

Shovel dirt and rocks

Coolsculpting followed by emsculpt. Avoid liposuction. Fat dissolving injections are too slow around that area.

Diet. Then cardio.

More muscle is nice to improve basal metabolic rate but afaik theres no real evidence targetting exercises work to remove fat from a specific location

Just measure your strength and waist line rather than a number on a scale, I find weight swings a bit every day so that’s a more consistent measurement