Gym training and diet

Originally Posted by DanAbnormal

Your diet is the most important factor of how you look. The term "you are what you eat" is the truest there is. Then it's training, sleep, genetics etc.

I eat the occasional treat (like a burger at the bike meet) but all in all I eat very strict. Every 3 hours (waking hours) I'm having at least 30g good quality protein from a variety of sources (fish, lean meat, seeds/pulses etc). I limit carb intake in the evening but during the day I only eat wholegrain carbs and small portions. Very little sugar in my diet but some in the morning to help recover from my run. I do a 3 mile run 5 days a week first thing before brekkie (about 6:30am). It's hard but the results make you feel awesome (plus the wife doesn't complain either).

Yes I am a bit OTT but there is always a happy medium and a way of eating better. Good luck in the endless quest my friend.

As DanAbnormal Says, you can go as strict as you want in the quest for your fitness, I feel an .org type Gladiators event coming on. *said in really bad scottish accent* "GLADIATORS, READY!*

Originally Posted by Bluethunder

Have you had physco to strenghen your injury?

Its on monday mate

Originally Posted by Bluethunder

Right I have decided that I need to get back in the gym and really improve my fitness.

To that end i'm thinking other folk here must work out, so i need to figure a good work out program, which protein supplients to use also diet tips, i'm running out of ideas, one what to eat, whats is also good to eat when the cost of food is taken into account.

At the moment I'm around 10 stone or 68KG or 140lbs, don't want to lose any more weight really, may drop half stone when I do competive sports to knock some weight off.

I'm looking to drop the rest of the body fat ideally between 8-12%, improve cardio, build up muscle and also core stability espcially around lower back and hips(which I have problems with, they just hurt a lot sometimes)

So what are people doing to keep fit?

back extensions work wonders for a weak and sore lower back I have first hand experience in this ! very simple and effective/affective ( never sure which word !) if done correctly happy to pm me if you need more tips !

endellion said

Try not to eat TOO much carbs because it turns to fat if not burned


so too can protein I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by chris8886

just keep swimming plowsie, that shouldn't do your ankle any harm as you're almost weightless in water (if you see what i mean). and if it still hurts it a bit when kicking then get one of the bouys you can put between your legs and just use ur arms. tis a killer i tell you!!

Just done this for the past hour mate, ent that bad you pussy

From what I've learnt from my past training experience, i would say pick one more precise goal first, then go solely for that. I did a bit of everything for quite a while, then when i decided i mainly just wanted to put on more muscle mass and went for that, it worked. Eating lots, only doing heavy weights etc is when it worked.

That and push yourself as hard as you can physically go. You can normally do more than you think.

I agree on focusing on one main goal however getting bigger isn't about heavy weights, it's really about time under tension and a well performed-full range motion. Muscle fibres respond to how long they're being worked properly rather than how heavy the weight is.