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  • Sonofanump
    I was unaware that running steps was harmful, I thought that it was to improve calves.
  • Ironman92
    My track and XC kids seemed to be getting knee pains during our stair laps.....we don't do them too often anymore
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    jmog;1715198 wrote:I have been at a actual weight plateau for about a month even though I had been eating the same number of calories per day and same workout regimen throughout the week (workout every day, alternate days between cardio and weights)

    I had lost about 13 lbs since November. Then I had sat at the same weight (187) for a month straight.

    I have not changed my workouts, I have not changed the total calories. All that I changed was the carb to protein ratio I was eating (before calories were like 60% carbs, 20% protein, 20% fat...now its about 40% protein, 40% carbs, 20% fat).

    I have dropped 4 lbs in two weeks just with a higher protein diet.
    As Arnold would say, "you need to shock the muscles." You need to change your workout every couple weeks in some sense. If you're doing the same routine, play around more with weight, set, and rep ranges.
  • jmog
    Raw Dawgin' it;1715723 wrote:As Arnold would say, "you need to shock the muscles." You need to change your workout every couple weeks in some sense. If you're doing the same routine, play around more with weight, set, and rep ranges.
    I keep the same routine each week, but every day is different if that makes sense.

    I go 3 days of cardio (walking/sprinting) and 3 days of lifting each week. The lifting varies each time to either chest/arms, legs/back, etc. I do also up the weight as I can handle it and as I get stronger.

    I definitely change the lifting days up all the time. I guess what I meant was my routine hadn't changed as in how much I am working out and how many calories I was eating.

    I have majorly changed my ab workouts recently, more concentrating on lower abs and obliques now (many different planks, leg lifts, etc) where before was basically straight crunches and weighted crunches.
  • jmog
    Can someone cut/paste this? Or at least the list? My work server won't allow that site for some reason.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    jmog;1715744 wrote:Can someone cut/paste this? Or at least the list? My work server won't allow that site for some reason.
    PM'd article text
  • ernest_t_bass
    Did T25 lower body workout on saturday, and spent about 3 hours cleaning up dog shit yesterday... can barely walk today.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    ernest_t_bass;1715750 wrote:Did T25 lower body workout on saturday, and spent about 3 hours cleaning up dog shit yesterday... can barely walk today.
    New dog?
  • jmog
    Raw Dawgin' it;1715749 wrote:PM'd article text
    Thank you. It was an interesting read. Glad I don't do any of those 3 exercises!
  • ernest_t_bass
    Raw Dawgin' it;1715751 wrote:New dog?
    I don't clean dog shit during the winter. So every spring a day is dedicated to filling up a wheelbarrow full of a winter's worth of dog shit from two dogs.
  • Automatik
    That's fucking awful.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    ernest_t_bass;1715753 wrote:I don't clean dog shit during the winter. So every spring a day is dedicated to filling up a wheelbarrow full of a winter's worth of dog shit from two dogs.
    Are your dogs worth it?
  • Sonofanump
    ernest_t_bass;1715753 wrote:I don't clean dog shit during the winter. So every spring a day is dedicated to filling up a wheelbarrow full of a winter's worth of dog shit from two dogs.
    I thought you bought a horse.
  • ernest_t_bass
    Raw Dawgin' it;1715769 wrote:Are your dogs worth it?
    I don't care for them.
    Sonofanump;1715772 wrote:I thought you bought a horse.
    Did.
  • BR1986FB
    Squat alternative....

    https://www.t-nation.com/training/best-squat-youre-not-doing
  • BR1986FB
    Good read for adding size....

    https://www.t-nation.com/training/getting-big-through-tut
  • thavoice
    Any ya'll ever go through spurts where ya just feel like you arent getting anywhere and then all of a sudden you feel like you make pretty good gains all at once?
  • birddog23
    thavoice;1716766 wrote:Any ya'll ever go through spurts where ya just feel like you arent getting anywhere and then all of a sudden you feel like you make pretty good gains all at once?
    Yeah. It is the path to to growth. Short growth spurt, slight dip, long plateau, short growth spurt, slight dip, long plateau, etc....
  • thavoice
    birddog23;1716769 wrote:Yeah. It is the path to to growth. Short growth spurt, slight dip, long plateau, short growth spurt, slight dip, long plateau, etc....
    Ok good. I know that is how it seems to have been with running over the years. This was the first time in a very long time I really started to lift and was getting a little frustrated until my last session where I seemed to really notice the increases.
  • thavoice
    Injuries.
    Fucking.
    Suck.

    Just as I was making great strides I come down with a back issue sunday. Sat/Sun are my big run days where I get 3 runs in. Took about 5 steps yesterday and bam.....back spasms. Thought I got it worked out and tried it later in the day but nope.

    Very tight today, but will try to give it a go tonite
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    thavoice;1717307 wrote:Injuries.
    Fucking.
    Suck.

    Just as I was making great strides I come down with a back issue sunday. Sat/Sun are my big run days where I get 3 runs in. Took about 5 steps yesterday and bam.....back spasms. Thought I got it worked out and tried it later in the day but nope.

    Very tight today, but will try to give it a go tonite
    or walk and stretch and take a day off?
  • thavoice
    Raw Dawgin' it;1717317 wrote:or walk and stretch and take a day off?
    Walk is def on the agenda. Today just seems very tight but without the pain. Have had this periodically and the first day is the worst with the pain, after that it just gets tight.
    It is almost like one of those things that the more I baby it, the longer it lingers.
  • GOONx19
    I haven't done anything different really, but I'm making a big jump right now. I've increased weight by about 10% on just about everything in the past week. Feels great.
  • BR1986FB
    https://www.t-nation.com/training/no-more-strong-fat-guys
  • jmog
    I am about 10.5 months in (started working out last May) and I am down 31 pounds. I am basically right at where I want to be weight wise (could be a couple lbs lighter and wouldn't be terrible).

    I have went from doing bench sets of 175 to 275 in that 10.5 months (other exercises have gone up too, but not as drastic). I am switching to more strength training and less cardio now that I am real close to the goal weight (had been doing about 3 days each a week, now will probably do 4 strength and 2 cardio).