b6 in a combo with zinc, mag, fish oil, peanut butter it gets even more silly, and turns your wee a funny colour wish i could tape them, it's all getting tarantino at the moment
Matt it would be good for battling the inflamation that running tends to encourage [no not c0ck inflamation] Inflamation is the cause of lots of nasty things, and battling it is a big thing in the sports nutrition world Dr Berardi explains..again. fackin manky pictures warning
Prof - that's a really good link (apart from the minging pics) - cheers for that. Injury free so far - Trail running is a lot more varied than road pounding (and seems to favour the less whippety runner with a bit of strength) and is great for core strength as well as stamina. Still doing 2/3 times weekly weights. Never going to get into road bashing - My knees would probably crumble and it would bore me to tears. Bit of a shock getting my result last Sunday (5th out of 700, 44m07s for a 10k super hilly trail run - my 2nd ever) but keeping it "real" to avoid injuries. Just had a stonking run - about 7km of major trail stuff with the cool autumn air acting like some sort of human turbocharger!
I disagree. I have heavy nights and lighter nights (light every 3rd session of that bodypart) to let joints recover and to vary the number of reps/weight to hit both fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibres. When I went to heavy and to failure EVERY time, I didn't get the gains I get now.
I'm with Dangly on this one Matt 82 is seen posing here on the right with his 24"ers, when he used to be black
Prof I've ditched carbs full stop and following a paleo way of eating. High fat, moderate protein low carbs. Seem to be achieving the miracle of losing fat whilst putting muscle on. Probably due to the leucine around workouts. I rely on paleo food, like full fat cuts of meat etc. oily fish. but I've also added double cream and cheese. Carbs are from fruit and veg - circa 100g a day net carbs (carbs - fibre) Following a basic Rippetoe Strength programme too. Who needs all these isolation exercises. All I do is squat, deadlift, bench, row and military press.
Different systems work for different people. I've seen some competitors with monster biceps through doing just rows and lat pulldowns, but others really have to work them hard separately.
Agreed - I got cack results not going to failure. I then completely changed my routine, my max lifts shot up as did my weight. A case of "job done" so now just do try and maintain the tricky balance of retaining as much as possible while keeping as fit as I can for running trail races/surfing/etc. Unless you're competing, there's a point where any more bulk is pointless.
totally agree, there is no "best workout" however i do see loads of kids in the gym with programs from muscle and fiction, doing 100 reps of curls etc, then 10,000 reps bench, without doing 1 squat. which is a shame when there is so much good info available.
Prof - I have always worked "biggest muscle group to smallest" - The biggest being legs. Working the legs gets works your heart and really gets the blood pumping for all the smaller muscle group exercises. Missing out legs is daft but often done.
For sports performance maybe, but lots of people enjoy being bigger than normal, probably have some psyche issues really, but i wouldn't criticise them for it
I'm guilty of this, but then my knees have been fecked for years. I'm resigned to bits of cycling and cross-trainer sessions for legs these days,...................I look a bit top-heavy LOL!!! Oddly, it was too much road running and squatting too young that knackered them in the first place.
