Gallowmere1984 Member

Jesus dude. 5 lbs per week would result in a shitload of fat gain even for someone pushing the needle nitrous.

Totally failing at bulking. Damned water retention from beating myself up in the Strongman comp threw my projections off. Good thing I stayed the course and didn't decrease calories in the face of the two week weight spike. 3050 on lifting days and 2700 on non has led to this:

Pretty much this. When I cut, all cardio goes away, total volume goes down and intensity (weight on the bar) goes up. I tend to be extreme with it (I go to a 9.5 RPE for at least one single every session), but my method gives me a fantastic way to gauge any strength loss (what little actually happens) that may occur during…

I have a feeling that as with most things, optimal will end up being very individual. There are so many factors such as stress, how one manages said stress, sleep, nutrition, recovery practices, genetic variability in hypertrophic potential based in hormone profiles, etc.

Competed in my first Strongman comp on Saturday. Got my *kitten* handed to me, but I expected that, given that I am 163 lbs. in a weight class that didn't cap until 200. I learned that my static strength is fine (did well in axe hold and car deadlift for reps), but my conditioning and explosive power suck (did really bad…

Given my newfound obsession with Strongman competitions, I'm going to be giving Chad Wesley Smith's Juggernaut Training Method 2.0 a run for about a year. It basically employs a slightly convoluted hypertrophy-intensification-realization style of periodization. The progression system reminiscent of 5/3/1. However, instead…

Mark does use gear, but quite a lot of the more prolific guys who have come through SuperTraining over the years and agree with most of what he says, do not. Spend some time listening to all of the back episodes of his Powercast, and you'll pretty quickly ditch this silly *kitten* "dude uses steroids so his advice is void"…

The added RMR from increased LBM has been chronically inflated for some time. The real number has been found to be something closer to 6-7 kcals per pound, which is a stark contrast to the old 60-65 that used to get thrown around. Does it make a difference? Sure. Is it a large amount for anyone who isn't a Mr. Olympia…

I regularly eat a breakfast that contains 100g dry weight oats (also curry, pepper, several eggs, mushrooms and onions). Makes for a fantastic post-lift meal.

Weight has finally stabilized at 163.4 from my reverse dieting efforts, post RFL cut. Looks like I'll be starting with a 2700 kcal baseline this time. It won't be a season for me. I'm aiming for a year long slow bulk to start pushing myself into the 181 class for PL, and getting into a better weight range for strongman…

There are some exceptions to this (Vitamin D, vitamin E, Zinc, Magnesium and Selenium come to mind), but that's more to do with the fact that people don't often consume large quantities of food rich in them, pretty much ever. The exception to that being Vit D, as that's barely in anything. Even foods fortified with it have…

Food+sleep+lift progressively heavier things+patience=gains.

Is this what millennials are telling themselves to cope with their generation's horribly low trends in strength and hormone levels? Hint: it's the sitting around on smart phones and working behind desks, instead of moving heavy *kitten* that's doing it.

My conditioning training actually goes up when I'm bulking. Just means that I have to eat more, and really, the amount burned is so trivial as to be a non-issue. I burn far more from the fact that I can't sit still throughout the day when in a surplus. 3x/week recumbent cycling for recovery. 3x/week weight vest walks…

There definitely is, and unfortunately it comes from both sides of the fence. It's gradually become accepted that a carbohydrate restricted (or even ketogenic) diet tends to be quite beneficial to those in poor metabolic health. Fortunately, for most these problems self-correct as bodyfat levels drop, and the body is…

It's actually easier to do with chicken, assuming that one utilizes breast tenderloin cuts, which is just breast meat with no rib meat attached, all visible fat removed, and rendered PUFAs poured away. It's usually a bit more pricey than just standard breasts, but it's amazing when one is working with poverty macros. I use…

Am I the only one finding amusement in the fact that the OP and others are essentially whining about having a biological survival advantage? Oh, how the modern food environment has destroyed perspective.

I'm not averse to them, IF you can handle it. The whole "fall off the wagon" stuff from the OP led me to believe this may not be the case here. That phrase alone is usually indicative of a person who has some issues with food.

I used a loading protocol (CKD) for a couple of months. No, the flu doesn't come back. Just make sure you go extremely low-fat on the carb up days, lest you find yourself in a rather nasty caloric surplus that can set you back several days (or weeks if running a very small deficit). I accomplished this by using rice,…

Pretty much anyone not selling BCAAs would agree at this point.

If you just want better grip, get some lifting chalk.

I've been trying forever to find Gambit deadlift socks, to no avail. All kinds of Superman/Batman crap out there, but blah.

Pro bodybuilders often have health markers right in line with what one would expect from an obese individual. Now, whether this is caused by the weight, or the large doses of gear is another matter. The fact is, there are very few of those guys who live into their 60s, unless they let the weight fall, which also follows…

Every day. 4x lifting, 2x recovery cycling and minor event training, 1x full sport specific (strongman) session. ETA: I misread the title. This is what I do. I hate sitting still. My advice would be to do the most that you can properly recover from. I don't mean "not sore", I mean you're not making yourself legitimately…

That is correct. You'd most likely die well before reaching maintenance cals from alcohol, but yeah, that's how it works. As for your question, it was well explained in the article that I linked. The general idea is that storage order for excess macros is fat, then carbohydrate, then protein. This is mostly due to the…

We all do. It becomes a neverending process, at least it definitely has for me. It started with "look like a person and not the human version of a pile of laundry covered in mayonnaise". Now, it's "bigger, stronger, faster". It's getting even more intense now that my interest has drifted away from powerlifting and toward…

I would say it's the getting to 9-10% that seems so difficult for most people. Once you have done what it takes to get there, holding it is much easier. Now, trying to stay in the 6-8% range is where things become a severe pain in the *kitten*, because you're treading a pretty fine line between eating enough to avoid…

You would think, but given the absurd levels of soda and juice consumption, it actually doesn't shock me, IF accurate. However, given that most people just seem to think along the "meat=protein, oil=fat, everything else=carbs" mentality that I see among most of the population that I have spoken with, it's likely waaaay off.

Cancer as a whole is such a scourge upon our populace, that it's easy to get swept up by anything that shows even the slightest promise in undoing it's damage. Nearly everyone has been devastated by it in some form, so most of us really want to believe that there's an obvious fix that we just aren't seeing.

"Required amounts" doesn't really work either, because that varies significantly between individuals, especially dependant upon activities undertaken. Obvious examples: Sedentary individual - low to no exogenous requirements. Person such as myself (training 2 times per day 4x/week and 1 per day the other three days, and an…