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    Do you count calories/macronutrients etc?

    I went from 117kg to 90kg by weighing / counting calories, it wasn't a pain in the ass for me but more so for my wife (she hated weighing everything). I never worried about ratios as long as I had a minimum of 1.5g of protien per pound and .5g of fat per pound. I think I needed to be so...
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    Warmup and cooldown?

    Shit!!! I spend probably spend at least 30 minutes of warming up before hand and cooling down afterwards. Start with Foam Rolling Stationary bike Dynamic Stretching Warm up sets Work sets After I've completed all my work set for the day I do some static stretching. I'm pretty conscious of...
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    Quitting Smoking

    Dude Congrats on giving the cancer sticks away! I've been off the smokes for 75 days now and I still get the cravings, but every time I do I jst think about how painful the first 2 weeks of quiting were. I figure I've already saved $1100 and money was one of the biggest motivators for me to...
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    Back excercies

    Quick question On my back day I have started doing the following excercises: Bent ove BB row T-Bar row Shoulder width Lat pull down Shrugs Hypers Are these enough for my back? I do deadlifts on my leg days. Also im in the process of purchasing a power rack (with chinup bar) so I can...
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    Bloody Sore

    Hey Thats plenty, I pretty much have the same as you. You could do; Bentover rows Dumbell rows Deadlifts etc... Theres plenty of excercises you could do with your gear.:)
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    Bloody Sore

    Im doing all the cardio to increase my fitness to loose weight, have seriously considered doing 3 x 30min sessions of interval training on the bike though.
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    Rookie question

    Thanks, I do have a stupid question. Last night i worked on my chest, for example bench press: 1st Set = warm up of 15 x 40kg 2nd 8x 60kg 3rd 7 x 60kg 4th 5 x 60kg Thats all the weights I currently have and doesn't include the bar. So my question is: next week should I aim to increase the...
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    Bloody Sore

    Yeah 40km's twice a week mate, nothing overly hard just a nice tame ride on the stationary bike. Why do you hope not?
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    Rookie question

    Hey Has anyone heard of POWER - REP RANGE - SHOCK training? If so, is it advisable for me to give it a go even though i've only been back lifting weights for 5-6 months? What are your thoughts? Cheers
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    Bloody Sore

    yeah I do about 40k on Tuesdays and thursdays
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    Bloody Sore

    Will def do, makes alot of sense Cheers
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    Heavy 1 week light the next

    My goal is to loose weight and get muscular which I amachieving at this stage. I don't want to get super huge as I've always been pretty solid, even before I put on a heap of weight. Hadn't trained for about 5 years, been back training for 5-6 months and have dropped from 113kg to 98kg. As I...
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    Heavy 1 week light the next

    So what about switching routines with both heavey to keep the body guessing week 1 A Week 2 b Week 3 A Week 4 b and so on or Would I be better off just doing one routine for 6 weeks and then changing it?
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    Bloody Sore

    Monday Chest + Biceps Tuesday Rest Wednesday Back Thursday Rest Friday Shoulders + Triceps Saturday Rest Sunday Legs
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    Bloody Sore

    Hey I have been working 4 days a week for about 5 months now. Have had some really good results, bodyshape has changed having dropped about 14kg and really look forward to working out (wish I could skip recovery days for a workout). Anyway am finding that I get sore 2 days after a workout...
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    Heavy 1 week light the next

    Was wondering is there any benifit to doing a heavy weight lifting program one week and then the next week doing light weights with lots of reps? Also Is there any benifit to alternating between 2 different programs week to week. eg. week 1 A week 2 B week 3 A week 4 B...
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    Help Wanted

    Diet is pretty good, tend to eat alot of meat and vegies and drink lots of water. For my chest I like to do flyes first, so when I do bench press my pecs are that little bit tireder and have work a bit harder. For the other body parts will def start doing the compounds first. Cheers
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    Help Wanted

    Hey Guys New to the whole forum thing! Started working out in my home gym about 4 months ago in order to loose weight for my impending marriage. Have gone from about 112kg to 100kg in that time. Would like someone to critique my new workout and give any tips as all I know is from reading...
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