Workout/Lifting Thread and Health Thread

• rrfan

  

  Automatik;1778439 wrote:Usually a variation of this depending on what I have or what I'm in the mood for.
  
  Green base - kale, swiss chard, or spinach. 80% time it's kale
  Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries - depending on what I have
  Carrot
  Quickoats
  Apple
  Almonds
  Chia seeds
  water, occasionally almond milk
  
  I can't eat bananas, which sucks because they mask the bitterness of the kale.

  Nice...and you are right banana and you taste no Kale. I need to get some chia seeds.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Kale, peanuts (or PB DGAF), Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries, Almond/Cashew milk flax seed. Usually some combo of this.
• BR1986FB

  rrfan;1778433 wrote:What do you put in it ? Just want to hear what others are doing and see if it makes sense to switch up things for me.

  Pretty basic....protein powder, coconut or almond milk and sometimes frozen fruit. Once in awhile, when using vanilla protein powder, I'll throw in a few whole coffee beans to jack up the caffeine.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Speaking of nutribullet's i did not put my top on tight enough and it went all over the kitchen....fantastic.
• Wolves of Babylon

  I've been doing Hammer and Chisel workout from Beachbody. Working well so far and I feel good.
  
  Also doing Shakeology. I use blackberries, raspberries, pineapple,banana, strawberry with almond milk or water. Need to get better with adding veggies. I have Ninja blender and it works great.
  
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• Automatik

  

  Glad things are going well but....
  
  Shakeology LOL.
  
  Congrats on being a sucker.
• rrfan

  

  Wolves of Babylon;1778512 wrote:I've been doing Hammer and Chisel workout from Beachbody. Working well so far and I feel good.
  
  Also doing Shakeology. I use blackberries, raspberries, pineapple,banana, strawberry with almond milk or water. Need to get better with adding veggies. I have Ninja blender and it works great.
  
  Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk

  Add the vegies in those smoothies...you can't even taste it.
• Automatik

  

  My one friend is insane with the Bullet.
  
  He throws in avocado and all kinds of random shit. Even sweet potatoes.
• rrfan

  

  Automatik;1778528 wrote:My one friend is insane with the Bullet.
  
  He throws in avocado and all kinds of random shit. Even sweet potatoes.

  Sure why not. If you get eat things that are awesome for you and make it taste good do it.
• sleeper

  

  Anyone own a vitamix? They are only like $500 so a little more pricey than a normal blender but not too bad. Thinking of buying one.
• Automatik

  

  My aunt has one, the blender, not one with attached cup.
  
  She swears by it. I don't get the appeal though. It does the same thing as a bullet, costs a lot more, and more cleanup.
• sleeper

  

  Automatik;1778609 wrote:My aunt has one, the blender, not one with attached cup.
  
  She swears by it. I don't get the appeal though. It does the same thing as a bullet, costs a lot more, and more cleanup.

  The bullet can liquidize frozen food?
• Automatik

  

  I've blended frozen fruit and ice with no issues. I have the Nutribullet Pro. The RX version has an even stronger motor.
  
  The S30 is the Vitamix version with detachable cup.
• rrfan

  

  sleeper;1778613 wrote:The bullet can liquidize frozen food?

  I have the bullet too and you can put ice and frozen fruit and it liquidizes them no problem.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I have a nutribullet and it's OK. It does the job it needs to do, but I think the motor is going to go out. It often smells funny after I use it. I only use it 1x per week max, though.
• Sonofanump

  I've been trying to figure out the correct distance for running. I need the endurance for football, I understand the "just walk theory" out there, don't disagree with it, but need to run. All I see out there is that you should never run for than 20 miles a week broken up 3-4 times a week. I just want to run once a week, no more than 6 miles, usually between 3-6 miles a clip. I read not to run more than 7 mph (8:30 mile), which seems low to me even at my age. Subjective thoughts, objective facts, Science?
• BR1986FB

  Sonofanump;1778748 wrote:I've been trying to figure out the correct distance for running. I need the endurance for football, I understand the "just walk theory" out there, don't disagree with it, but need to run. All I see out there is that you should never run for than 20 miles a week broken up 3-4 times a week. I just want to run once a week, no more than 6 miles, usually between 3-6 miles a clip. I read not to run more than 7 mph (8:30 mile), which seems low to me even at my age. Subjective thoughts, objective facts, Science?

  Why not just run sprints? As a referee, I'm assuming you have moments where you'd run faster than normal? Not that it's "science" but I believe it was like_that who ran a distance race and didn't train for it, only running sprints.
  
  You'll get the best of both worlds (less time exercising/more fat burnt) running sprints over distance, unless of course you like to run distance.
  
  http://www.vpxsports.com/article-detail/training/sprinting-for-endurance
  
  http://www.drmirkin.com/public/ezine112909.html
  
  Again, just suggestions as I'm all about "bang for the buck" when it comes to exercising/fat loss. If it helps your endurance, that's a bonus in my book.
• Sonofanump

  I also run sprints, 12x50 yards after my mile swim.
  
  Question on was best running distance and speed.
• like_that

  

  Does anyone here cycle their carbs?
• BR1986FB

  like_that;1779118 wrote:Does anyone here cycle their carbs?

  Very low carb (50g or less) on non-training days with heavier carb (most during the post-workout window) on weight training days.
• like_that

  

  BR1986FB;1779119 wrote:Very low carb (50g or less) on non-training days with heavier carb (most during the post-workout window) on weight training days.

  I was originally just using the same macros every day (training and rest), but this week I decided to start cycling the carbs. I still do IF, so my question is will it help/hurt? My eating window is 1 to 9 pm, and I work out fasted right before I break the fast at 1. Are eating all those carbs after the work out beneficial?
• BR1986FB

  like_that;1779123 wrote:I was originally just using the same macros every day (training and rest), but this week I decided to start cycling the carbs. I still do IF, so my question is will it help/hurt? My eating window is 1 to 9 pm, and I work out fasted right before I break the fast at 1. Are eating all those carbs after the work out beneficial?

  There are a ton of different schools of thought on this. Some say post-workout, others say pre/intra workout are best. I generally "feed" myself BCAA's during the workout and eat within a couple of hours after. I don't necessarily adhere to that "one hour window."
  
  Different things work for different people. I know you're doing IF but T-Nation has some exceptional articles on carbs/workout although you might not like their stance on IF.
• like_that

  

  BR1986FB;1779129 wrote:There are a ton of different schools of thought on this. Some say post-workout, others say pre/intra workout are best. I generally "feed" myself BCAA's during the workout and eat within a couple of hours after. I don't necessarily adhere to that "one hour window."
  
  Different things work for different people. I know you're doing IF but T-Nation has some exceptional articles on carbs/workout although you might not like their stance on IF.

  I've read their stance on IF. I mainly do IF, because it's easy and works best with my schedule. I also enjoy working out fasted. I take BCAAs pre and during the workout. What I am asking though are the carbs after a workout beneficial? It seems like if you work out fasted it should be reversed. High carbs on the rest day (the day before your training day), and then low carb on training day if you work out fasted. It's probably clear that I don't have a firm understanding on how carbs actually work.
• BR1986FB

  like_that;1779132 wrote:I've read their stance on IF. I mainly do IF, because it's easy and works best with my schedule. I also enjoy working out fasted. I take BCAAs pre and during the workout. What I am asking though are the carbs after a workout beneficial? It seems like if you work out fasted it should be reversed. High carbs on the rest day (the day before your training day), and then low carb on training day if you work out fasted. It's probably clear that I don't have a firm understanding on how carbs actually work.

  If you want to build muscle, you pretty much need carbs. So eating carbs on a day you train is a good idea.
  
  The reason I do it like I do it is because I don't "do" carbs well. Some people have the metabolism where they can eat 400g's of carbs a day and are ripped. When my "off" days are less intense (i.e. treadmill walking) my body doesn't need as many carbs so I try to stay close to keto. On the days I train heavy, the muscles are starved for carbs so those are my bigger carb intake days. Usually it's white rice, sweet potatoes/white potatoes and a shitload of vegetables.
• like_that

  

  BR1986FB;1779140 wrote:If you want to build muscle, you pretty much need carbs. So eating carbs on a day you train is a good idea.
  
  The reason I do it like I do it is because I don't "do" carbs well. Some people have the metabolism where they can eat 400g's of carbs a day and are ripped. When my "off" days are less intense (i.e. treadmill walking) my body doesn't need as many carbs so I try to stay close to keto. On the days I train heavy, the muscles are starved for carbs so those are my bigger carb intake days. Usually it's white rice, sweet potatoes/white potatoes and a shitload of vegetables.

  Do you count the carbs in the green veggies?