The Health/Fitness thread!

[digrar]

Lately I hover between 125-127, but since I've been hitting the weights pretty hard, taking creotine/whey protein/weight gainer, and eating more/better foods, I've shot up right off the bat to around 130-135 (which is where I normally was up until about May).

You're a kid, there is every chance that 10 pounds was a natural growth spurt, you're still growing, keep up with the good diet and working out and let your body grow to where it is supposed to be.

[Laconian]

Hawk, here is the workout:
Train 3 times per week: M/W/F or T/TH/SAT,

Alternate the following programs:

Program A
1. Military Press 5 sets x 5 reps
2. Squat 5 x 5
3. Bench Press 5 x 5
4. Pull-ups 5 x 5 (if you can’t do complete pull-ups use the Gravitron or do Jumping Pull-ups
5. Crunches w/wt on chest 3 x 12-25

Program B
1. Trap bar or regular Dead Lift 5 x 5
2. Dumbbell Bench Press or Dumbbell Incline Press 5 x 5
3. Barbell Bent Over Row or 1-arm DB Row 5 x 5
4. Close grip Bench Press 5 x 5
5. Hanging Knees-to-Chest 3 x 12-20

For 5 x 5, do a warm-up set of 5 reps – add weight
Do a second warm-up set of 5 reps – add weight
Do 3 working sets of 5 reps per set.

So if you were going M/W/F it would go A/B/A but the next week would go B/A/B

Eat right, train hard, add weight whenever possible, get rest. Personally I would get off of creatine, not because its dangerous or any of that stuff (I don't believe it is and have used it in the past), just because if you are not training for a competitve edge you really don't need it. I would take a good multi-vitamin, eat lots of lean protein, complex (good carbs and maintain a good intake of good fats. The harder you train the more your body needs healthy fats. Just my $.02.

[Hawkeye4077]

Thanks a lot Laconian, I'll start it tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

[Eddie_uv777]

I'm a bit big and would like to get some weight off me. I was wondering if anyone had any helpful tips for me. I would like to lose at least 15-20 pounds

[T3ngu]

Stop eating as much, eat healthy and exercise.

[therifleman]

Running 3-4 miles a day wouldn't be a bad start.

[boone]

Remove 500 calories from your diet and add 500 calories worth of exercise per day.
This is EXTREMELY easy to do and results in 1000 calories of net reduction.
Also: Stop being American.

[California Joe]

M O O N spells fat. Laws Yes.

[LaoSexMachine]

Burn more calories then you consume.

[farmgirl]

lay off the beer and eat a salad...

[simple jumper]

Drink sh1t loads of water. A friend of mine cut out all juice, milk, pop etc and only drank water, lost something like 220lbs over 3 years.

[T3ngu]

I once lost 10kg by simply eating nothing with more than 10% fat in it. I could still drink booze, having said that, i was playing football three days a week and was exercising (read working) at the farm on weekends.

[nullterm]

Reduce your intake of soft drinks or other sweetened drinks. Go with water or juice that doesn't have sugar added.

8oz Pepsi has 100 calories. If you eliminate 2.5 16oz Pepsis from your day then you just saved boone's calorie count.

Find a sport YOU like that gets you sweating and do it. If you don't like to run and try to use running to lose weight, you won't get very far.

[T3ngu]

I hear if you drink enough alcohol, boone becomes attractive.

[tomonator]

Put down the keyboard and pick up the running shoes.