*.* NEW- 2014 General Fitness Thread *.*

[penguinz]

I guess we filled up the old one... http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=280149

Welcome to 2014! Now get your ass in top physical condition!

No one else started it so here it is!

**From the 2013 Thread**

If you want to get back into lifting, or need a new lifting routine, START HERE:

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wi...inner_Programs

If you have questions about the SS programs, look here:

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ

Keep in mind that you're a novice lifter for a longer period of time than you think you are. Novice lifting can last anywhere from a few months to a year or two, depending on how hard you hit the weights and where you started.

Once you've reached the point where you don't make regular progress on the SS program, you are ready to move on to the intermediate stage, which can last you for a good number of years. Find it HERE:

http://madcow.hostzi.com/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm

If you're a very advanced lifter (many, many years of CONSISTENT weight training), then there are lot of programs out there, and which one you pick is simply a matter of preference. If you're really that advanced, you should know what works for you and what doesn't by this point.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by lewdog

There's absolutely no reason to be Vegan. Not one benefit.

I had done it for awhile, but man the info is so hard to find for who is right. I think I would just follow history for the healthiest longest living people and I don't believe those people were vegan.

[In58men]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I had done it for awhile, but man the info is so hard to find for who is right. I think I would just follow history for the healthiest longest living people and I don't believe those people were vegan.

Live like the Chinese brah. Seafood and green tea.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Live like the Chinese brah. Seafood and green tea.

And that's a totally realistic solution as opposed to something like being a Vegan.

Fish and shrimp both being lean. Simple carb sources or rice/noodles. Lots of veggies. Add in some chicken and it's almost the perfect diet, really.

I just like my red meat too much.

[Dunit35]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

I weighed 179.5 today. I stalled for a couple weeks and didn't gain or lose any weight. I lost 1.5 lbs in the last week. 55 lbs total since January.

I'm at a comfortable weight but I'm scared to gain it back. I don't want to lose anymore either.

Should I add more carbs to my intake? I usually keep it around 50-75 a day. I added a bun to my dinner tonight (20g carbs). Which is really about all the carbs I've had today. I try to workout four days a week. Should I skip hardcore running and focus only on weights for muscle building? I run two of those days and do a lot of jump roping on another one of those days.

Edit: I wouldn't mind adding 5-10 lbs of muscle.

Guess I haven't updated in a while.

On Friday I weighed in at 177. Not really putting on any muscle like I hoped. I usually run twice a week at 10 minutes per run and hit the weights four days. I'd like to be at 185-190 with added muscle but no luck yet. I've added more carbs to my food this weekend and worked harder on the weights.

I feel way better now than when I was overweight at 235.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by lewdog

And that's a totally realistic solution as opposed to something like being a Vegan.

Fish and shrimp both being lean. Simple carb sources or rice/noodles. Lots of veggies. Add in some chicken and it's almost the perfect diet, really.

I just like my red meat too much.

Yeah I'm trying to be like the old Okinawans. I eat a lot of fruit and only some vegetables, which is hard bc green veggies can be hard to eat consistently. Kinda wondering if the fructose intake is bad even with fruit?

[Silock]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Yeah I'm trying to be like the old Okinawans. I eat a lot of fruit and only some vegetables, which is hard bc green veggies can be hard to eat consistently. Kinda wondering if the fructose intake is bad even with fruit?

Fructose isn't bad, especially in fruit.

[In58men]

Any word on aspartame yet? Still waiting.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Silock

Fructose isn't bad, especially in fruit.

That's what I think and have researched. It's crazy that some people have diets where think they that all fructose is horrible for them and equate a whole fruits (not juice) to a snickers bar.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Any word on aspartame yet? Still waiting.

Science says it's safe.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Dunit35

Guess I haven't updated in a while.

On Friday I weighed in at 177. Not really putting on any muscle like I hoped. I usually run twice a week at 10 minutes per run and hit the weights four days. I'd like to be at 185-190 with added muscle but no luck yet. I've added more carbs to my food this weekend and worked harder on the weights.

I feel way better now than when I was overweight at 235.

I'm not the nutritionist here but shouldn't you up the protein not carbs? Not throwing stones, you're doing a lot better than me, but why carbs?

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by RunKC

That's what I think and have researched. It's crazy that some people have diets where think they that all fructose is horrible for them and equate a whole fruits (not juice) to a snickers bar.

Apple=snickers? God that would be amazing if true.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by lewdog

And that's a totally realistic solution as opposed to something like being a Vegan.

Fish and shrimp both being lean. Simple carb sources or rice/noodles. Lots of veggies. Add in some chicken and it's almost the perfect diet, really.

I just like my red meat too much.

What's wrong with red meat?

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Apple=snickers? God that would be amazing if true.

you'd be surprised how much fructose is in some fruit. A date has as much as a bowl of fruit loops but the fiber makes the sugar digest significantly slower in our system and doesn't affect our blood spike.

I'll never understand people that juice all the time and think it's healthy....it's not.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Scooter Libby

What's wrong with red meat?

Lean red meat, not a ton.

It's those ****ing fatty Ribeye's I love, that I could eat every night, that can get you.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Inmem58

Any word on aspartame yet? Still waiting.

Will Aspartame Kill You? No, Dumbass. Here’s Why.