Have at it...

Do you lift for fun occassionally?

Do you lift regularly to maintain fitness?

Or, do you lift religiously to be "buff"?

once upon a time I lifted.





I lifted lots.









and when you lift tons and tons of 1.5 oz shots, it adds up to be a lot.

i can do 285... which isnt much to brag about... in school i couldnt do 200 the only difference is that im fatter now.... of course ive never worked out regularly or tried to... go figure.

my routine is:

chest, shoulders, triceps (a ton of work) day 1

rest

back and biceps day 3

legs and bench press day 4

rest

repeat

I read that you are supposed to do chest and biceps together, and back and triceps together, since those muscles aren't complementary.

I do the workouts from the "Body for Life" guy.

Pretty simple, pretty effective. Plus, they are about all I have time for.

chest and triceps together works best in my opinion...

inclined benches does both wonders.

We just got a bowflex style machine(cheaper but works very well so far).

I have been using it EVERYDAY, using it for triceps, biceps, chest, and thats about it..i dont feel like i need to work out my legs, and i dont care about having ripped ab's i just like to be strong.

Here's my routine:

Day 1: arms (biceps and triceps)

Day 2: chest & back

I don't do legs since I bike 100 miles a week.

The rest of the gym time is spent on elipticals (sp?) and tread mills.

I have a 6 inch lift on my jeep

day 1 chest and bi's

day 2 tri's and shoulders and back

day 3 legs

day 4 abs and cardio

rest on friday and the weekend (my gym is closed on weekends)

I do abs and cardio every other day, and the rest of the body every other day, with one day a week off, starting off on a beginner program, later I'll alternate different muscle groups etc. I'm also on a strict diet of 40% complex/fibrous carbs, 40% protein, 20% good fats, 5 meals a day. Kind of a bodybuilding thing, looking to build some bulk at the moment.

I'm debating getting that new bowflex. Anybody here have one?

I'm debating getting that new bowflex. Anybody here have one?

I have a cheap Crossbow, a Bowflex-like machine, but I never use it. A set of free weights and a bench would be a better investment, they work the stabilizer muscles, will give a lot better results than any machine.

Monday- Back and Bis
Tues- Abs
Wed- Chest and Tris
Thurs- Abs
Fri- Legs
Sat- Abs
Sun- Shoulders

Muscle Milk protein after each workout. I cycle creatine (NO-Explode) and Nitrix.

You sound like quite the bad ass.

Pretty much, I drive a hearse-monster truck and eat babies.

Monday- Back and Bis
Tues- Abs
Wed- Chest and Tris
Thurs- Abs
Fri- Legs
Sat- Abs
Sun- Shoulders

Muscle Milk protein after each workout. I cycle creatine (NO-Explode) and Nitrix.

How has the creatine worked for you? I just started using creatine and glutamine a few days ago.

I think if the rest of your routine and diet is in check, then you will see benifits from creatine. I think you will notice it less though if everything else isn't where it's supposed to be.

day 1 - chest(decline, incline, and flat bench)triceps, biceps, shoulders, abs, obleeks (sp). 3x6 of all
day 2 - Back (upper, mid, and lower) pull ups, squats, dead lifts, shoulder shrugs. 3x6 of all
then repeat, doing different workouts for the mentioned muscle groups.

if i havent been to the gym in a while, i do circuit training, where i do 2x6 of everything i mentioned in 30-45 minutes

i just take protein shakes. about 30 grams of protein in a 2-3 cup serving

this is me a while back when i was starting. i am now a bit more cut and bulky.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/Palumb0/Me/me_01.jpg

2 Hours a day
Day 1 - Cardio w/ Full Body Weight (always weight first)
Day 2 - Upper Body Weight
Day 3 - Cardio w/ Full Body Weight (always weight first)
Day 4 - Lower Body Weight
Day 5 - Cardio w/ Full Body Weight (always weight first)
Day 6 - Cardio w/ Whatever i feel needs some extra work
Day 7 - Rest

Eat as many times as i can a day. Never really big portions. Meat + Salad + Vegetables and Fruit. Try to avoid fried food but when i do have it its fried in olive oil. Im not big by any means but ive only been doing this 1 3/4 months and i already see a lot of results. By that i mean no fat and increasing muscle mass slowly. Its very hard to stay cut but build muscle.

Rob

how do you people find time for the gym anyway?

work 9-5? or still a student/living with the parents?

Full time student living on "my own".

Plenty of people, even with 40+ hours a week of work find time for the gym. Just depends how bad you want it.

Plenty of people, even with 40+ hours a week of work find time for the gym. Just depends how bad you want it.
try working 12 - 13 hours a day for 7 weeks straight and see "how bad" you want to go to the gym when you get home.

Im a student w/o job but never the less really busy. If you go and workout for an hour you will find after a week or so you have more energy instead of less as you would expect.
Rob

before I fucked up my shoulder I could bench about 320 on just max lifting 5 times, I could bench 290 all day long. But since I messed up my shoulder I can oly bench 200 max and 160 all day now. But that is with most weight on my right arm cause the left one still hurts a lil when I put any kind of wieght one it.
My legs are a different story. Except for th pipe being jammed through one there still good and the last time I tried I could push 600 easily but that was on a machine and at is highest setting I am pretty sure that 600 is max of free wieghts.

secret is if you want strong legs join a marching band, and do what I call toe push ups, where you stand on a stepwith just ball of your foot touching and lift your body wirght up and down. For the arms be a diesel mechanic, or work in a mine or metal works, after about 3 months noone will want to fuck with you.

ok for all these fake workouts got you right here for some ppl that workout 5 days a week no matter what....

day 1 chest and abs (run about 6 miles for morning pt)
day 2 back and tris (cardio in the morning)
day 3 legs and glutusmaximus (run sprints)
day 4 shoulders and abs (cardio)
day 5 abs and some light cardio

that has helped me in the few weeks i have been on this list of exercise...lost 12lbs in 8 days and then right now i have 6% body fat taking ripped fuel extreme cut and drink hell of water......dont take creatine just makes you keep water weight and then if ur on ripped fuel your going for definition.....but if anyone wants to go for the 30 days i will be home hit me up always need a workout partner.....

ratnasty

well it is only depending on what type of excercise you do to

squat, deadlift, clean and press, bench, row.
80% of 1rm 5reps one set 5 days a week.

Looks simple but you really feel it at the end of the week.