Official Meatheads Thread

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by mrchariybrown

okay, sounds about right.

most of the time you can tell someone is doing deadlifts wrong if their shins are fine afterwards. and most of the time you can tell someone is doing deadlifts right if their shins look like someone took a cheese grater to them.

EXACTLY!!! my shins look messed up

buy chuck taylors or wear NO SHOES
BUTT DOWN
drive with HEELS
drive head into traps
take a huge breath and FILL your gut up (with a belt) and then drive!

[HatchSurfer3]

Originally Posted by igo4bmx

tips
squeeze shoulder blades together.
TUCK ELBOWS IN IF YOU HAVE SHOULDER ISSUES!!!
when benching imagine pulling apart the bar while pressing to increase lat usage in it (more muscles working the more you lift!)

Thanks bud, been utilizing the first two, but definitely need to try that last one. Lats are pretty strong so hopefully that will help

[mrchariybrown]

Originally Posted by igo4bmx

EXACTLY!!! my shins look messed up

buy chuck taylors or wear NO SHOES
BUTT DOWN
drive with HEELS
drive head into traps
take a huge breath and FILL your gut up (with a belt) and then drive!

this is exactly how I do mine.

where do you take your breath in? do you get your grip ready and then inhale? I prefer just getting my feet positioned and then inhaling because I get way more air in my gut when I'm standing, and then I attack

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by mrchariybrown

this is exactly how I do mine.

where do you take your breath in? do you get your grip ready and then inhale? I prefer just getting my feet positioned and then inhaling because I get way more air in my gut when I'm standing, and then I attack

i roll the bar into my shins then pull
so when i roll toward my shins i fill in my gut as much as possible.

[den9]

just bought some muscle milk mint choc chip, taste pretty decent. this is my 3rd tub of this brand. i bought weight gainer a long time ago, i think its just a scam honestly, 5 pounds of powder makes about 6 servings, around 1800 calories, thats alot of effing powder. the only thing thats good about it is that its low fat. they even have a 2200 calorie tub of this stuff, except its like 4 servings per 5 pounds, obviously they just made the scooper bigger.

if anyone ever down 3 scoops of this stuff in one sitting ur nuts. they say 16 ounces of water or milk per 3 scoops, i tried it once and it was like drinking/eating wet sand.

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by den9

just bought some muscle milk mint choc chip, taste pretty decent. this is my 3rd tub of this brand. i bought weight gainer a long time ago, i think its just a scam honestly, 5 pounds of powder makes about 6 servings, around 1800 calories, thats alot of effing powder. the only thing thats good about it is that its low fat. they even have a 2200 calorie tub of this stuff, except its like 4 servings per 5 pounds, obviously they just made the scooper bigger.

if anyone ever down 3 scoops of this stuff in one sitting ur nuts. they say 16 ounces of water or milk per 3 scoops, i tried it once and it was like drinking/eating wet sand.

most weight gainers sell it as low fat then u ignore the fact u're consuming enough sugar to make you diabetic

[den9]

very good to know

[Scapegoat]

i dun did it... got my membership over at LA Fitness that is right down the road from me... i'm hitting that **** tomorrow morning

Charly, say i don't feel like waking up at 5:30am to make eggs or something... say i want to wake up at 6-6:30 and down a pre-workout shake then come home after the workout and have another shake....

a) can those shakes be the same?
b) if a = false, what should i take pre and port workout?
c) how long after post workout shake should i wait to have food?

i'm thinking pre/post shake in the morning, 5-6 hardboiled eggs an hour or so later, a can of tuna before lunch, chicken and veggie or fruit for lunch, salad or other greens between lunch and dinner, then turkey or steak for dinner w/ sweet potato, some kinda shake or maybe a can of tuna before bed

[mrchariybrown]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

i dun did it... got my membership over at LA Fitness that is right down the road from me... i'm hitting that **** tomorrow morning

Charly, say i don't feel like waking up at 5:30am to make eggs or something... say i want to wake up at 6-6:30 and down a pre-workout shake then come home after the workout and have another shake....

a) can those shakes be the same?
b) if a = false, what should i take pre and port workout?
c) how long after post workout shake should i wait to have food?

i'm thinking pre/post shake in the morning, 5-6 hardboiled eggs an hour or so later, a can of tuna before lunch, chicken and veggie or fruit for lunch, salad or other greens between lunch and dinner, then turkey or steak for dinner w/ sweet potato, some kinda shake or maybe a can of tuna before bed

"a" can be true if it is whey protein.

"b" is semi-true. I'd try for whole food sources if possible but shakes are acceptable. and I would definitely get some carbs in an hour before you workout.

"c" - an hour after your pwo shake, you'll want a meal consisting of proteins and carbs. hard-boiled egg (whites) are fine, but you'll want at least 8 of them, since they only contain about 3-3.5g of protein each. if I eat egg whites, I always eat 12-14 in one sitting. on top of that you'll want complex carbs in that meal.

[Scapegoat]

what would be an acceptable source of carbs for this time period? whole wheat bread, oatmeal?

i want to maximize my gains, especially if i'm getting up at 6am... i can deal with making food before a workout... if i have to, just easier to take in a shake.

but i don't want to eat eggs before and after a workout for meals, my farts will stiiiink.

so perhaps...

eggs and wheat bread pre-workout, post workout whey shake, chicken breast and brown rice an hour after?

my time frame for food seems off, but only b/c i'm getting up early to workout.

I plan on being in the gym by 7am, having my shake when i get home, eating a chicken sammich around 8-8:15... then tuna around 10-10:30, lunch around noon, salad/greens around 2-2:30. probably get a bag of walnuts to munch on around 5 on my drive home, dinner around 7-8...

nom nom nom

[D Money]

chicken sammich at 8am? LOL you are dedicated!

[Scapegoat]

nah. if i'm eating eggs at 6am i'm not going to want more at 8am

maybe i'll make it a sliced turkey sandwich of roast beef...

well, i'm off to GNC to spend to much on whey powder... we do their website, yet we get no discounts... wtf is that?

[mrchariybrown]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

eggs and wheat bread pre-workout, post workout whey shake, chicken breast and brown rice an hour after?

this sounds good

[D Money]

shoulda told me, I get 50% off at gnc. haha

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

nah. if i'm eating eggs at 6am i'm not going to want more at 8am

maybe i'll make it a sliced turkey sandwich of roast beef...

well, i'm off to GNC to spend to much on whey powder... we do their website, yet we get no discounts... wtf is that?

solution: don't buy from GNC
www.dpsnutrition.com
www.massnutrition.com
www.netrition.com
www.bulknutrition.com

[grimm]

hey so i have a question. I'm not really out there to get beefed up, but i do need to do some physical therapy type excercises for my back and neck (to help prevent scoliosis). specifically the right side. (it's a long story) anyway. I'm not to sure what exercises i should try especially to work out my neck more. Can anyone give any advice?

[igo4bmx]

Originally Posted by grimm

hey so i have a question. I'm not really out there to get beefed up, but i do need to do some physical therapy type excercises for my back and neck (to help prevent scoliosis). specifically the right side. (it's a long story) anyway. I'm not to sure what exercises i should try especially to work out my neck more. Can anyone give any advice?

its kinda hard for us to diagnose and prevent scoliosis- why don't you just get physical therapy?

and yay to me i did 455lbs x 3 on deadlifts after taking 3 months for buldging lower discs!

[grimm]

well i just was looking for some good back and neck excercises, not really any diagnosis.

[Jjaeger240]

PT for the neck is rather simple as there is not much you can do.
-Tuck your chin
-Tilt your head back
-Turn your head to the left/right
-Ear to Shoulder

All four of those are pretty self-explanatory. You want to do 4x15 seconds and only tilt/tuck/turn/etc. your head/neck until you feel it stretching, then hold the position for 15 seconds, relax, and repeat. Then move on to the next stretch.

You can do interior and scalene muscle stretches for your neck too but I personally don't prefer them as they're a little repetitive of the main ones above and have a tendency of making you lose your sense of 'center' which the other stretches help you gain.

[poisonivory]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

nah. if i'm eating eggs at 6am i'm not going to want more at 8am

maybe i'll make it a sliced turkey sandwich of roast beef...

well, i'm off to GNC to spend to much on whey powder... we do their website, yet we get no discounts... wtf is that?

get the gold card if you don't have it...you get 20% off the first week of every month.