Weight training and exercises

[THRUSH]

Speaking of weightlifting, check out WWE world champion Brock lesnar. This guy's a beast! He attended UofMN the same time as I and wrestled for our school. He was popular with many NFL scouts and they tried to get him to play football for the school also, but he was more interested in wrestling.
He really is much stronger than he looks, which is scary, I'd love to see him play for the Vikings (they need help). He is a pretty cool guy too, which is rare for athletes and celebrities.

[Martoch]

Did you know that most professional body builders do not work on their abs?
It's true...read all about it below:

Most professional body builders do not work on their abs!

See?

[Agent_Embryo]

If you can, swim. It works your whole body.

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Personally I just ride motocross. Some might say that's not a real workout. They haven't tried it, or if they have, they haven't been riding hard enough.

[LinuxNewbie]

Originally posted by THRUSH
Be careful with supplements, nothing wrong with staying natural atleast you know it's safe. The furthest I go myself with supplements is protein powder, but really it's just cheap food so I don't see it as anything special.

whoa back it up chief, just because something is natural doesn't mean it's safe. those suppliments are not cheap at all, my bro has some of those and for 1kg (2.2lbs i think) it costs $30, it's not a lot of money but you're supposed to have 4 scoops of this stuff per day, you run out in like a week. week after week it gets really costly.

remember to alternate your workout days, if your muscles are still sore and tired from the last time you worked out, don't work on them. usualy people work on specific muscles every second day.

[THRUSH]

whoa back it up chief

Chief? I'm honored, but undeserving.

Yeah, that's not what I meant at all, I agree natural does not mean safe. That's why it drives me nuts when companies just come up with herbal alternatives to drugs which are outlawed or which require prescriptions. I meant natural in the sense that you would not take supplements or steroids, including megadosing on select vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. Although natural in the bodybuilding realm usually refers to those who are not on roids, but for some reason they will still swallow anything legal to get big.

There really are some inexpensive protein powders available (or they were, I still have to find out if that company carries the stuff I bought). You have to wade through a lot of garbage to find it though. Most products have ridiculous claims, added ingredients, low quality, etc plus they cost some astronomical amount.
The stuff I bought was cheap, I forget how much it was now since I bought a huge bag of it over half a year ago. I'll have to look but I think it was maybe 30-40 dollars for 15 pounds or something like that. Anyway, it was some large amount that would last me forever and cheaper than buying jugs or milk or dry milk or dry eggs, plus a higher quality protein. It didn't have any claims or requirements, just a big bunch of protein to do what you will.
So, it is out there if you look, but like you and I have said it's certainly not required just that it MAY be cheaper and of higher quality than you might get through meat, eggs, etc.

Just as you and I have emphasized, the most important part of the lifting process (aside from proper stimulation) is resting your muscles properly. Starting out I'd say a good routine may be upper monday, lower wednesday, upper friday, lower sunday, etc just for an example. Once you get into it a little more you can decide to rest less or more. Arms don't normally require as much rest as chest, legs, back, etc but they are also worked often indirectly so it all works out. Some say to allow 2-3 days for arms, 3-4 maybe 5 for chest back, maybe 3-4 for shoulders and 5-6 for legs, but others view it differently. Just have to listen to your body and make sure you get enough rest.

[THRUSH]

Maybe some pro bodybuilders don't work their abs, but many do. It seems they don't work them using as many sets and some just don't do them too often. That's one of the main things they are judged on during competition, so you gotta do some. Abs/back are pretty sensitive and respond very well to stimulation, I'm sure once you're that big too it just wouldn't take a lot to maintain their ab size, most of it would be making sure they are plenty visible.
AE had a good idea with swimming, that's a great workout. It's low impact and easy on your joints, except with some strokes the shoulders can get worked over pretty bad.
motocross would be a fun workout, I'll have to ask if they can get that started at the Y
Does that strain your upper body and abs quite a bit? I would think that would be hit hard, but I've never done it myself.

[LinuxNewbie]

the powder that my bro buys is a mixture of protein and carbohydrates. protein to make muscles and carbohydrates to feed the muscles (if you don't eat enough, your body thinks your dying so you start losing muscle mass)

i bet if you gave one of those 20lb tubs of protein/carbohydrate powder to a non athletic guy, he could live off it for ilke months and months

[THRUSH]

I've actually seen that experiment, when a friend of mine had his jaw wired shut. It seemed to have healed, then became infected and broke again. He drank all sorts of junk like that for months and months and he's not athletic at all.

[LinuxNewbie]

jeez that must hurt like hell to have a broken jaw......having all liquid food

[THRUSH]

Hey, I don't know if anyone was actually interested in inexpensive protein powders, but I found the stuff I bought previously (had lost track of the site a while back). I bought an 11lb bag of it so it works out to be about 23g protein at 23 cents per serving which I think is pretty good compared to meat, dairy, eggs.

http://www.supplementdirect.com/?con...oduct_id=10805