Jodokast31
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Lay off the junk food dude.
building your body for a costume
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brulafu
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100% +1
Utherpend
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I was at a poker game this weekend and a number of the guys there are into the UFC matches that are going on around town. It was funny watching them all sidle up to the chin up bar and try to outdo each other. Most are in their early 20's and figured they would rack up 30 and 40 pull ups. I watched each struggle to get above 5 and most couldn’t do more than 10. Figured it would be funny to see how much I could do since average in the army used to be 25 and I was able to do that when I was in my 20's, 45 now and 195 lbs at 6'. Managed to do 7 and now my mind is set to get myself back up to 25 to show these kids how it should be done.
for my dream costume
i lost 30kg in 8 months and put 5kg pure muscle ( sixpack ) back on
what did i do Sparten from 300 ( the only one in germany )
i did a radical diet ( loads of whey and nearly no carbs )
training was mixed with
p90x fitness gym ( mostly weights ) and hard mountain running
triathlons and urbanthlons
im still doing a hell of a lot of training ( mostly gym and running ) and i have kept my weight down for over a year now
that was my best and hardest costume up to date
i lost 30kg in 8 months and put 5kg pure muscle ( sixpack ) back on
what did i do Sparten from 300 ( the only one in germany )
i did a radical diet ( loads of whey and nearly no carbs )
training was mixed with
p90x fitness gym ( mostly weights ) and hard mountain running
triathlons and urbanthlons
im still doing a hell of a lot of training ( mostly gym and running ) and i have kept my weight down for over a year now
that was my best and hardest costume up to date
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I lost 70lbs and have managed to keep it off. Mostly because of Free Diet Plans at SparkPeople which is a free site that can help you out.
I'm now at the stage where I want to lose my last 10lbs and really rock that Leia costume at DragonCon this year. Going to start Tosca Reno's Stripped diet which is aggressive, in the next couple of weeks.
Being fit isn't just working out. Six pack abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym.
I'm now at the stage where I want to lose my last 10lbs and really rock that Leia costume at DragonCon this year. Going to start Tosca Reno's Stripped diet which is aggressive, in the next couple of weeks.
Being fit isn't just working out. Six pack abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym.
I'm just finished some intense exams and my last year of school. Some back-story is needed. I recently found out hat I have Hypothyroidism. I've had it for about the last 3 and a half years (you can tell by TSH levels and mine were nearly 300 times normal). Hypothyroidism slows down your bodies metabolism... ALL of it, muscle, brain development. I was bed ridden for about 6 months around the time I developed it (it's auto-immune hypothyroidism mean my body "got confused" and attacked my thyroid, so the sickness sparked it and it kept going because my body was attacking itself!)
Since then I've been fine... but short. Now that I've found out about the hypothyroidism and am taking medication I can exercise properly, I can eat more, I just over-all feel better. The best news is I'm growing again
in the last 5 months, I've grown about an inch and a half. Any exercise at all makes me grow.
Now that ^thats^ out of the way, I'm basically doing cardio to just get into shape, a good deal of leg exercise and some toning. I'm dressing as Ezio (ACB) for halloween, so all that will be hidden, but the taller I am for that costume, the better
Since then I've been fine... but short. Now that I've found out about the hypothyroidism and am taking medication I can exercise properly, I can eat more, I just over-all feel better. The best news is I'm growing again
in the last 5 months, I've grown about an inch and a half. Any exercise at all makes me grow.Now that ^thats^ out of the way, I'm basically doing cardio to just get into shape, a good deal of leg exercise and some toning. I'm dressing as Ezio (ACB) for halloween, so all that will be hidden, but the taller I am for that costume, the better
Batpirisss
Member
I second that food food food! The diet and food in this country are killing us. Its hareder to eat right than it is to work out right. The system stacks against you. You need to eat smaller portions and more frequently to burn more fat which seems like the reverse at first. Also studies show that a natural diet that slightly starves the body produces a longer more healthy life. Some of these change when you add the need for recovery.
Buy a juicer. Probably the best life change I ever made. And not the spinning one. A real juicer. Look at Jack L. He was fit, clear, and having sex until the day he died!
LISA
Buy a juicer. Probably the best life change I ever made. And not the spinning one. A real juicer. Look at Jack L. He was fit, clear, and having sex until the day he died!
LISA
hansidooks
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I have started a new and better life after i started my spiderman build
Askren
New Member
I'm not really into working out, and my job keeps me as inactive as one can be. But I've been doing some workouts the last few weeks, mostly core and chest stuff, since they're the only areas I really care about improving in. I don't need bulk, just a little bit of toning. I don't know if I can say it's working or not. It's sort of tough, since genetics seem to keep me underweight.
CyberPaddy66
Well-Known Member
Try doing pulll exercises: Pull ups, rowing, pull overs. Push exercises are bad if you have back problems, but as long as you dont overdo it, those should work fine, and build your back so your pain decreases
Thank's a lot I'll keep that in mind dam this pain seems to never get any easier to bare:cry
Tylerdurden389
Member
This is a great thread. Glad to see you guys have the right idea. I think you guys have it summed up better than more than half of the people on the "bodybuilding.com" message boards lol. Anyway, one thing I gotta say is this. For those who aren't sure, I can say from personal experience that creatine DEFINITELY works. I didn't start taking it till I was 26, and I'm only on my 2nd cycle now, but it works VERY fast (for me). Haven't tried BCAA or Glutamine yet, but I may try them someday down the road. Like others have said, 90% of the stuff at GNC are placebos. I don't see a problem with taking plain old vitamins, but a juicer is a better bet.
kenobibale
Sr Member
@Robert412, thats great man keep it up. any further updates?
what would you guys say to a thread we could use to post progress and workout routines and tips and nutritional info and encourage each other to achieve our goals? i dont know about the rest of yous but there isn't many conventions were i live in ireland, so the only time i really get to go out in costume is parties or halloween, so i have just over 3 months to reach my goal for my superman costume, what are the rest of you working towards? any comic con attendees?
what would you guys say to a thread we could use to post progress and workout routines and tips and nutritional info and encourage each other to achieve our goals? i dont know about the rest of yous but there isn't many conventions were i live in ireland, so the only time i really get to go out in costume is parties or halloween, so i have just over 3 months to reach my goal for my superman costume, what are the rest of you working towards? any comic con attendees?
kenobibale
Sr Member
@Robert412,
the trick is to keep at it, alot of the times people see great results the first few weeks and then the results taper off and this dampens their spirits and then they quit, but this is just the way it goes, the body adapts and gets use to things so its a good idea to change things up once in a while i find.
its great that your at your lowest weight, i find its more important to be healthy than to look like a superhero, thats just a nice bonus.
i personally tried for months last year to get in great shape for halloween and while i did get big and strong and felt better than i have in years, i just couldnt do the strict diet thing, and would find myself getting down in the dumps about not meeting my quota for protein, carbs and fats and not seeing the results i wanted and then i gave up all of it, and then i discovered intermittent fasting and altho its slower its much easier to stick to,combined with my new workout routine i am seeing results but like i said its slow but i still get to stick with my favourite foods
any one else with progress?
the trick is to keep at it, alot of the times people see great results the first few weeks and then the results taper off and this dampens their spirits and then they quit, but this is just the way it goes, the body adapts and gets use to things so its a good idea to change things up once in a while i find.
its great that your at your lowest weight, i find its more important to be healthy than to look like a superhero, thats just a nice bonus.
i personally tried for months last year to get in great shape for halloween and while i did get big and strong and felt better than i have in years, i just couldnt do the strict diet thing, and would find myself getting down in the dumps about not meeting my quota for protein, carbs and fats and not seeing the results i wanted and then i gave up all of it, and then i discovered intermittent fasting and altho its slower its much easier to stick to,combined with my new workout routine i am seeing results but like i said its slow but i still get to stick with my favourite foods
any one else with progress?
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
I'll try to keep this short, but no promises!:confused
I found myself in 2001 30 yrs old and weighing 498 lbs.(225 kg.) at just under 6 ft tall. (177-8 cm.)
I
Was
HUGE!
Yes, I was grotesquely, morbidly obese. About the only positive thing you could say about me at the time; I was insanely active. Not just for a guy of my size, but in general. Some of the things I could still do at that weight are so crazy I won't mention them here for fear of garnering some "b.s." backlash! lol I had always been a big kid, but extremely athletic. How I found myself so fat in 2001 is another, longer story.
In July of that year, after trying so many methods to lose weight, I elected to have the Reoux-En Y gastric bypass surgery. It was the best choice I have made in my recent past. I've been as low as 298 lbs, but now flux between 300-320. An industrial accident and life in general tried to throw a major wrench in my body shaping plan, but I am back on track. Not too much more weight loss, and I can have the skin-reduction surgery necessary after such a loss as this.
I love my lifestyle now. I eat almost no western food. I live in Korea and my wife is Thai, so I eat healthy, spicy Asian food almost exclusively. I am not a big fan of gyms, and they really have never done me any good, so I have begun cross-fit training, and will get back into wrestling and MMA soon. I just found a local fight club that doesn't mind foreign students. I grappled all through high school and entered uni on a full wrestling scholarship, as well as working as a bouncer and bodyguard for over 15 years combined.
I read earlier in this thread someone mentioning the MYTH that white rice is unhealthy, and I can assure you I am living proof that b.s. rumor is completely and unequivocally FALSE. I eat rice morning, noon, and night and the pounds continue to fall off!
I found myself in 2001 30 yrs old and weighing 498 lbs.(225 kg.) at just under 6 ft tall. (177-8 cm.)
I
Was
HUGE!
Yes, I was grotesquely, morbidly obese. About the only positive thing you could say about me at the time; I was insanely active. Not just for a guy of my size, but in general. Some of the things I could still do at that weight are so crazy I won't mention them here for fear of garnering some "b.s." backlash! lol I had always been a big kid, but extremely athletic. How I found myself so fat in 2001 is another, longer story.
In July of that year, after trying so many methods to lose weight, I elected to have the Reoux-En Y gastric bypass surgery. It was the best choice I have made in my recent past. I've been as low as 298 lbs, but now flux between 300-320. An industrial accident and life in general tried to throw a major wrench in my body shaping plan, but I am back on track. Not too much more weight loss, and I can have the skin-reduction surgery necessary after such a loss as this.
I love my lifestyle now. I eat almost no western food. I live in Korea and my wife is Thai, so I eat healthy, spicy Asian food almost exclusively. I am not a big fan of gyms, and they really have never done me any good, so I have begun cross-fit training, and will get back into wrestling and MMA soon. I just found a local fight club that doesn't mind foreign students. I grappled all through high school and entered uni on a full wrestling scholarship, as well as working as a bouncer and bodyguard for over 15 years combined.
I read earlier in this thread someone mentioning the MYTH that white rice is unhealthy, and I can assure you I am living proof that b.s. rumor is completely and unequivocally FALSE. I eat rice morning, noon, and night and the pounds continue to fall off!
DesertKnight
New Member
@ SOTI: That is an awesome story man. I have an idea of the will power that it takes to make changes like that and stick to them, that is commendable (Also, I LOVE Thai Food, Pad See Ew with Sambal Oelek).
I've gone through a somewhat transformative period myself. I am 5'7" and from the time that I was roughly 20 to now (I'm 26 currently) I weighed between 190-202 lbs. Consequently, after hating myself for the longest time and after my baby girl was born, I decided to do something about it, it has taken me the better part of two years of seriously struggling with my diet and finding a workout regimen that works for me, and I am finally now 152 lbs. and in better shape than I have ever been.
Unfortunately, the only downside I've found is that I'm now much too small to pull off my favorite costuming character, Batman. I've never been tall enough to be Bats, but I at least had the bulk to appear big enough. I've been doing the Insanity program as my main source of exercise for the last 2 cycles, and while it has put me into ridiculously good shape, I've done more leaning out than building up. I do take a protein supplement before and after every workout, but I know unless I do some heavy lifting I'm not going to get the bulk I need. I also find it really difficult to eat 2000 calories a day now that I spent two years training myself not to eat that much (I know its fine if your active and eating the right things, I still can't manage to eat more than 1600/1800 per day).
I'm OK with that though, I've decided I'll just be a more lithe Batman, or go for the armored look. Mainly because I'm more fit than I've ever been, and I didn't set out to lose that weight and get in shape to look good; I actually did it to be stronger and healthier for my family.
I've gone through a somewhat transformative period myself. I am 5'7" and from the time that I was roughly 20 to now (I'm 26 currently) I weighed between 190-202 lbs. Consequently, after hating myself for the longest time and after my baby girl was born, I decided to do something about it, it has taken me the better part of two years of seriously struggling with my diet and finding a workout regimen that works for me, and I am finally now 152 lbs. and in better shape than I have ever been.
Unfortunately, the only downside I've found is that I'm now much too small to pull off my favorite costuming character, Batman. I've never been tall enough to be Bats, but I at least had the bulk to appear big enough. I've been doing the Insanity program as my main source of exercise for the last 2 cycles, and while it has put me into ridiculously good shape, I've done more leaning out than building up. I do take a protein supplement before and after every workout, but I know unless I do some heavy lifting I'm not going to get the bulk I need. I also find it really difficult to eat 2000 calories a day now that I spent two years training myself not to eat that much (I know its fine if your active and eating the right things, I still can't manage to eat more than 1600/1800 per day).
I'm OK with that though, I've decided I'll just be a more lithe Batman, or go for the armored look. Mainly because I'm more fit than I've ever been, and I didn't set out to lose that weight and get in shape to look good; I actually did it to be stronger and healthier for my family.
Pandemic
Well-Known Member
just chiming in if your looking for a way to lose weight you should look into a juice fast, for those who are not familiar with that check out jointhereboot.com or watch a documentry called fat sick and nearly dead( available for streaming on Netflix!) ive been juicing for just 10 days and lost 10 pounds. the thing is once your done with the juice faast you cant just go back to eating the normal crap otherwise the weight will come right back. that with a good work out program of cardio and strength training and youll be good to go.
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