Weightlifting for Kiwis - Discussion and support regarding the art of swole

[Mr. 0]

I'm at a point where I eat nothing but vegetables and chicken broth so that I could be in a constant state of fat burning. Couple that with 2 hour gym sessions 6 days a week for 3 years now, I look like as if my muscle fibers are poking through my skin.

Now I can score that modeling gig I will never try out for.

your going to die of vegetarianism

get some damn physical meat and stuff in your system, and I don't mean that in a gay way

 

[KatanaSenshi]

I'm at a point where I eat nothing but vegetables and chicken broth so that I could be in a constant state of fat burning STARVATION.

FTFY

Count calories, ignore protein requirement, then end up losing lean mass (and oftentimes regain all the weight later) is a quite common practice for fat people who decided to lose "weight" without proper knowledge.

You really don't wanna do a low protein starvation, you'll damage your bone too, not just muscle, because bone is basically mineralized protein.

Start taking enough protein ideally from animal source asap (animal source because their amino acid profile is superior) or you'll regret your decision sooner or later unless you're suicidal.

Spoiler

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

I look like as if my muscle fibers are poking through my skin

That's known as striations, they're only visible when a bodybuilder is at unsustainably, extremely low levels of body fat. You cannot keep living like this

 

[Danone]

Count calories, ignore protein requirement, then end up losing lean mass (and oftentimes regain all the weight later) is a quite common practice for fat people who decided to lose "weight" without proper knowledge.

You really don't wanna do a low protein starvation, you'll damage your bone too, not just muscle, because bone is basically mineralized protein.

Start taking enough protein ideally from animal source asap (animal source because their amino acid profile is superior) or you'll regret your decision sooner or later unless you're suicidal.

That's known as striations, they're only visible when a bodybuilder is at unsustainably, extremely low levels of body fat. You cannot keep living like this

Thank you guys, but I was half joking here.

I used to have that life style back in high school but had to stop that because when my dietitian saw me she said verbatim "either you start eating right or I'm diagnosing you with an eating disorder". It didn't help that I was skinny so by the third month I began to look like a skeleton. Believe it or not it was because of this guy that I took that "fitness program", which I should have known better since one his tips for getting a six pack is to literally "drink two gallons of water per day and drink more water when you're hungry so that you could trick it into thinking it's food"

"Fitness" YouTube is retarded.

 

[Jasper2K]

Set a new PR fort the standing barbell military/shoulder press 225ibs. Feeling pretty good about that.

 

[William Tyndale]

Set a new PR fort the standing barbell military/shoulder press 225ibs. Feeling pretty good about that.

Damn bro that’s quite the accomplishment. Nice work. I love OHP and I’m a little behind you but I’d like to be a 2pl8er one day soon. 185 x 2 is my max right now.

 

[realitysurf]

Set a new PR fort the standing barbell military/shoulder press 225ibs. Feeling pretty good about that.

Bro your yoke has to be fucking insane. Sick lifts though.
Do you train seated OHP too? I've primarily trained my OHP seated instead of standing and I wonder what others think about that.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

Bro your yoke has to be fucking insane. Sick lifts though.
Do you train seated OHP too? I've primarily trained my OHP seated instead of standing and I wonder what others think about that.

Both are good lifts.

I find that I can lift more seated (especially if I use an incline bench at like 85 deg) than standing. Probably stability

Speaking of PR's, mine is 50kg x 4rep standing

 

[realitysurf]

Both are good lifts.

I find that I can lift more seated (especially if I use an incline bench at like 85 deg) than standing. Probably stability

Speaking of PR's, mine is 50kg x 4rep standing

That's pretty good. Do you have any PR resolutions this year? I made some pretty optimistic ones for my compounds and I was wondering if anyone else had some.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

That's pretty good. Do you have any PR resolutions this year? I made some pretty optimistic ones for my compounds and I was wondering if anyone else had some.

So far they're like
100kg x5 larsen press (I tend not to use much leg drive in my bench anyway)
140kg x5 squat
180kg x5 deadlift
bw+10kg x5 pullup
But I'm probably more focused on cutting at the moment, having done a 10+ year dirty bulk even before beginning to lift.
Of all of those I feel like I'm furthest from doing the deadlfit.

 

[Hot Dog]

I'm on my final week of tapering for my first meet. Here what I hit in practice last month:

Bench: 330lbs
Squat: 425lbs
Deadlift: 545lbs

Bodyweight: 225lbs

I think I could probably add around 5 more lbs to the bench, like 20-25 more on squat, and maybe 5-10 more on deadlift. Need to remember to listen for the commands. Wish me luck!

 

[realitysurf]

I'm on my final week of tapering for my first meet. Here what I hit in practice last month:

Bench: 330lbs
Squat: 425lbs
Deadlift: 545lbs

Bodyweight: 225lbs

I think I could probably add around 5 more lbs to the bench, like 20-25 more on squat, and maybe 5-10 more on deadlift. Need to remember to listen for the commands. Wish me luck!

I hope your meet goes well! I'll be looking forward to seeing your success.

So far they're like
100kg x5 larsen press (I tend not to use much leg drive in my bench anyway)
140kg x5 squat
180kg x5 deadlift
bw+10kg x5 pullup
But I'm probably more focused on cutting at the moment, having done a 10+ year dirty bulk even before beginning to lift.
Of all of those I feel like I'm furthest from doing the deadlfit.

Speaking of weighted pullups I have to do more of those. Such a good movement.

 

[A Sunset]

What up kings/queens, pleased to see this thread exists. Don’t know about you all but I’m getting after it in the gym this year after gaining some LBs. 4x/week Upper/Lower split, running sprints on my off days.

This is now the year of the Swole Kiwis.

 

[MS Paint Gigachad]

I'm on my final week of tapering for my first meet. Here what I hit in practice last month:

Bench: 330lbs
Squat: 425lbs
Deadlift: 545lbs

Bodyweight: 225lbs

I think I could probably add around 5 more lbs to the bench, like 20-25 more on squat, and maybe 5-10 more on deadlift. Need to remember to listen for the commands. Wish me luck!

Good luck my dude, those are impressive numbers, or at least by my noob standards. How long have you been training? I've done about 2 years so far

 

[realitysurf]

Question for all y'all- What's your favorite movement to train forearms?
I was thinking about focusing on forearm training a lot more rather than only dedicating a few sets to it.

 

[AncientPhosphur]

Forearms? Close out the day with Farmer carry

 

[Hot Dog]

Good luck my dude, those are impressive numbers, or at least by my noob standards. How long have you been training? I've done about 2 years so far

I didn't start training seriously until around 6 months ago but I've been lifting for around 3 years myself. It is more about consistency than anything else and I had a job with long hours that would often tire me out to the point where I would get too beat up doing both it and lifting so I had a bad cycle going where I would get sick from exhaustion over and over if I tried to keep a good training schedule. The job changed so now things are smooth sailing.

 

[A Sunset]

Question for all y'all- What's your favorite movement to train forearms?
I was thinking about focusing on forearm training a lot more rather than only dedicating a few sets to it.

I second that Farmer Carries is a great addition to an upper body workout, I like to do 3-4 heavy sets at the end of a hard workout. If I’ve been going hard, at that point the grip and forearms get a great pump And it’s a fun way to finish up.

 

[realitysurf]

I second that Farmer Carries is a great addition to an upper body workout, I like to do 3-4 heavy sets at the end of a hard workout. If I’ve been going hard, at that point the grip and forearms get a great pump And it’s a fun way to finish up.

Probably a good idea. I've mostly trained forearms through wrist flexion.

 

[A Sunset]

Got a question for you guys, Why did you start lifting?

For me it was because I had to pass a physical fitness test (I was really unfit at the time) by the army and while I was ultimately rejected on medical grounds, there was a sense of pride and accomplishment at seeing the weights and reps go up

Helps with depression, stress management and general energy, and I think with career ambitions you need to be in great shape or you’re at a huge disadvantage. People judge you based on how you take care of your body since it’s an easy way to gauge discipline in some regard - and if you’ve got a brand, you’re infinitely more marketable in shape so oyou can wear some nice suits, have photo shoots, etc.

Also, if you get in really great shape and you’re not a total sperg, you get laid all the time. Not tryna TMI here, but awhile back I hit abs-level body fat, pretty much best shape of my life. Chicks love great bodies just as much as guys, they’re just more low-key about it. I was drowning in , LMFAO.

As I get older too, I can see the massive difference it makes in your longeivity and happiness. Especially with little things like posture, core strength, back problems, etc.