tomcornhole Member

3x5 while in a cut should be just right. And minimize the accessory work. I just do 3x5 of the main lift then 3x8x50% of the main lift and add pull ups, push ups and rows of some sort. That's it. If I'm in maint or a bulk, the main lifts are still 3x5 but the accessory work goes way up. 5x10x60% and lots of complementary…

What's your goal?

No matter how much bodybuilding I do, I will never be handsome, so I lift to be strong, not pretty. Just as my powerlifting program is not ideal for bodybuilding, neither is a bodybuilding routine ideal for strength. Pick a goal and train accordingly. Or you could just exercise.

^^^This. Best investment I made was a quality treadmill and a power rack. Use them every day.

Buy a rack. $200 off CraigsList. Or just break your body. I'm sure that's cheaper than $200.

How fast are those 10 mile rides? If you're going 12 mph, then you aren't really doing more than walking and you can lift as much as you want and it won't affect you. If you are riding at 25 mph or 300+ watts, then that 10 miles is like a real workout. Still don't think lifting would have a big negative impact. Only way to…

So far the only impact on my power lifting I have seen is speed day. That day kills my legs and seems to use the same muscle fibers as my squats. So I am going to do speed day after squats on the same day. As long as I eat enough the running and lifting seem to work ok for now together.

I deserved that.

In case anyone is still following this defective thread I pulled 5x390 yesterday which is 2x body weight. I ran a 26:50 5k this morning.

26:50 today so I'm a week ahead of schedule.

The bar looks very low on your back for the squats.

It's tough because I'm in a cut. My normal maintenance is around 3,000 cal / day.

This should be fun. You are starting about where I did but you work much harder. Hopefully small adjustments will yield big results. And the strength / free weight work will pay huge dividends in keeping as much muscle as you can as you lose weight. You will be a hulking adonis in no time.

That's certainly a lot of work and burns a lot of calories. So, I would start by logging all the food you eat and your weight and see where it's going. Don't change anything yet, just log your food for 2 weeks and weigh yourself every day. Then we can make adjustments from there. Tom

First 10 lbs took 2 months. Second 10 pounds took 6 months.

I just started running 2 weeks ago, so that might explain the last 2 weeks. I'm going on 2 years of no LBM gains.

WTF? Don't read the post. You have a mental illness?

In order to get that TDEE, you had to enter 7-21 hours / week of strenuous exercise/work. Did you mean to do that? That is professional athlete level of exercise every day.

For me.

I didn't get the impression from the OP that she was asking about heavy, progressively loaded squats. If your just doing body weight or small dumbbell squats then you could go all day every day. That isn't strength training, that's endurance training. Two completely different types of training.

Here's a link to the graph I use daily: http://www.tomhole.com/images/weightcaloriesworkout20140925.png lots more info in there. I have other graphs of BF%, LBM, weight lifted, miles ran, and other details that are TMI. I love data. Tom

Save the BJ for when you want new furniture. Most of the furniture in my house gets me aroused when I see it.

Go find out for yourself. Sounds glib, but it's the best answer to 90% of the questions asked on MFP. Try it out, track the data and draw conclusions about you. Works every time. I know macro timing does not work for me because I have tried it during bulks and cuts. I can draw this conclusion because I have a spreadsheet…

You could ask the same question about yoga pants. Those are great for checking depth on squats.

I wear this: Really accentuates my excessive chest hair.

I will stop by the local running shop and see what they have. Really like the shoes I have for the treadmill. Seemed to be fine for outdoors, too. I'll keep running outside to see what happens just because it is so much more interesting. I did find it interesting that after 30 miles on the treadmill, all the nagging aches…

I travel every week and I can get to a gym for $10 a night or sometimes they do a 4 day deal for $35. When I was on vacation, I got 10 days for $45. Well worth it for me to stay on track fitness wise.

Forgot to answer your question. Don't buy either of those. They suck for powerlifting. Made for some other sport that I am not aware of. The velcro one will pop off when you get to really heavy weights (ask me how I know). I like my BestBelt 10mm. http://www.bestbelts.net/Powerlifting-Belts/Athlete.aspx Any of the other 4"…

I use a belt because I can lift more with it. Don't know why. And it is allowed in RAW powerlifting. Tom

Set the elliptical to the highest resistance and incline and pedal as fast as the mechanical limits of the elliptical will allow.