your question=answered see reply few posts up
So…I’m 5’11" (maybe 5’10" but my MRI chart last week read 11") and 195lbs. I’m trying to get back to 175 or so. I’m not fat. Nor am I small. I don’t need any more mass. Just looking to get cardiovascularly in shape and burn some of the lbs.
Any recommendations? Just straight elliptical work? I did it for two days in LA. Seemed easy enough. Keep in mind I have a bad back (get my MRI results tomorrow), so tread mill is out of the question. It hurts my back after a while, not to mention my feet.
whoa, didn’t mean to strike a nerve with ben white…was just pointing out that the one place where the only reason people go there to lift is albany strength. I gotta head to golds now though, fresh coffee comes out at 5:30am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm
dude your using a MAC ?
sorry OT uh yea ben white, yea cool guy, too bad hes a dick
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hilarious.
Subscribed for broscience!
Ben White goes to ABC in Latham now, or he at least was when I was lifting there.
ha ^
For those trying to lose/gain weight…
“Remember,no one has ever EVER has NOT lost weight under controlled conditions in research when a caloric deficit has been imposed. Conversely, not ever in the history of research has someone achieved continual weight loss under hypercaloric conditions.”
For the low-carb freaks…
"Low carb diets promote weight loss by a few different mechanisms. First, cutting carbs out reduces calories. 2nd, carb reduction leads to a reduction in intramuscular water associated with glycogen storage. 3rd, a proportional increase in protein help control hunger, and thus less calories are consumed.
HOWEVER.
What ketards tend to do is cite research comparing low-protein diets with adequate protein diets. Duh, of course adequate protein is going to be the better choice. Also, it’s not a matter of black-and-white; varying carb levels suit varying training volumes. Desk job folks who exercise 3 hours per week & sit the rest of the time are going to require less carbs than guys who train 5 days a week for 90 minutes a shot. Lotta contingencies here that have to be considered. One thing is certain though, there’s is no “metabolic advantage” to carb reduction. There IS, however, a host of advantages to a diet that contains sufficient protein compared to a diet that doesn’t – regardless of carb intake.
Here’s an example of controlled research comparing keto & nonketo dieting (both groups with adequately matched protein intakes, with food provided by the lab instead of self-reported):
Ok. I really don’t want to know that much about diets.
Point me to something that gives me menu options for each meal, and a routine I can do at any gym, without a spotter.
Start jogging/cycling no gym membership required.
travis, stop quoting other people work and put in ur own 2 cents.
the best diet i have come across is a KETO. this is about 60-65% fat, 30% pro and 5% carbs (from green leafy veggies). this diet forces you to burn up the glycogen stores and use fat as a main energy source. this diet can be taxing though because of the high concentration of saturated fats and what i noticed, as soon as u stop it u are incredibly gassy and i had major digestion issues for about 1.5 weeks. i can only assume this was because of the amount of fat i was eating and the lack of fiber that when re-intoduced into my system, it went crazy and i was blowing up like a baloon.
a carb cycle is great too. 3 days low carbs, 1 day high carbs.
what people dont understand is that cardio done fasted is the best. as soon as u wake up, hit 45 mins cardio with nothing in your belly. this is also when u are in a low glycogen storage state but…u are also catobolic so i choose not to.
one other misconception is how hard u do cardio. mainly u want to keep your heart rate at around 65% your max rate. anything higher and its a cardiovascular exercise and your body going into a reserve state where its going to save fat stores.
HIIT is also another good way to lose some fat lbs but only do it for 2 weeks or so. have read articles that it will tax your muscles in a bad way. so do some reasearch on it if u choose to try it because i see many people doing it wrong.
I’d rather quote someone that is correct rather then just guess:hug
Sure, you saw a fast initial ‘weight loss’ with keto, but it’s only a temporary solution to a long term problem.
Again, under controlled testing conditions over a long term period, keto offers no weight loss advantages over a normal diet.
a normal diet is what? tell me what your personal term of a normal diet is.
i have seen many manyyyyyyyyyyyyy test subjest use keto and lose a lot of fat lbs. i myself lost about 10 lbs on it over a 1 month period. i had my gf at the time on it and she lost 20lbs over 3 months. not only that but she got stronger and her measurements actually went up, somthing that wont happen with a normal low caloric intake diet.well unless on sauce but this wasnt the case.
any diet where your calorie intake is less that what u are burning, u will lose weight. hands down. i know people who eat shit daily and still maintain there low bf, but they dont eat a lot of quanity at all.
for all keto questions, refer to Dave Plumbo.
this is more of a sccience than people know. u want to raise your metabolism of eating smaller more frequent meals is necessary to.
Normal diet=non keto. Take a look at the link that I posted a few posts back sir.
As far as real world results, I’ve gained ~20lbs in the last 14 months with keeping the same waist measurement, and no kind of ‘keto’ diet, and no cardio either. This includes a weekly junk meal (eating whatever I want for one meal, and a lot of it), and drinking an excessive amount of alcohol 1x a week.
So what would be the best diet for me in your guys opinion. Im 5’11’’, and 215lbs. Im going to be laid up for the next 6-8weeks b/c of surgery and dont want to gain any weight, and possibly drop some while at it. Thanks for the help!
Eat less calories then maintenance (what your body burns daily) and you will lose weight. Eat maintenance and you won’t gain or lose any. Eat over maintenance and you’ll gain.
Sure, you can to a keto diet and you’ll see some fast initial weight loss (water/glycogen storage loss), but do you want to eat no carbohydrates (bread, rice, etc?), feel like shit (because of no carbs) and have it all come back when you start to eat like a normal person again?
How do you know how many calories you burn a day?? Im a total newb when it comes to dieting lol
I like using a site like www.thedailyplate.com you can type in your weight and height and then enter different activities and it gives you an idea on how many calories youve burnt. Also you can look up almost any food to check the nutritional values of said food. It’s helped me to lose over 90lbs in the past year.
There are plenty of calculators on the net that help you with that, you enter your height/weight, etc and you will get an estimate.
Calorie Calculator - Daily Caloric Needs But there are a lot of them, mess around with a few to get a starting point