Recommend a protein supplement?

Dr Johnson's protein cream is a winner.
Not only is it 100% organic but it comes in a ball end pump action dispenser.
(Also good as an eyewash, gargle, and hemaroid treatment).

Limited supply so first come first served.

I OD'd on Beta Alanine last night by mistake, it had been a gnarly day at work and I was fucked to bits. Dosage for the first week is 1/2 teaspoon twice daily and I went and banged three teaspoons into my shake without even thinking..

My face felt as if it was on fire for about an hour

Seriously not fucking good.

p.s for all of your dietary needs, head on over to www.jamieeason.com.

Not only is she the hardest of hardbodies, but she shows you how to make some treats and shows you her shopping list. For all the feminists out there, she even shows you her new collection of swimwear and various modelling shoots.

My diet is pretty balanced:

Breakfast = 3 egg whites

You seem to have a very meticulous diet gnar man. Its a lot lower on calories than I wouldve expected though. I was wondering if you are avoiding egg yolks though? They have more than half the nutrients. Plus the science has been around for ages that dietary cholesterol does not increase blood cholesterol. And in fact it will help you produce more testosterone & promote recovery.

You probably already know, but as its relevant to the thread heres some more info:

http://stronglifts.com/cholesterol-saturated-fat-how-many-eggs-daily/

I don't like the yolk.. just the white. I can only eat the yolk if the eggs been scrambled or hard boiled, I don't know why, it's just weird.

I made a video of the stages I use in my tabata the other day. I'm nearing the end of camp and feeling good! Youtube took the music off so play this:

YouTube - Scandal - "The Warrior"

and then this:

YouTube - harbody style

Can anyone recommend any decent value protein supplement brands?

Cowper's Fluid FTW...

I made a video of the stages I use in my tabata the other day. I'm nearing the end of camp and feeling good! Youtube took the music off so play this:

YouTube - Scandal - "The Warrior"

and then this:

YouTube - harbody style

Once again, good video. What is your goal? Are you hoping to compete in some way?

My goal is to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

Its just training to be honest, general fitness, aiming to break myself each and every time I hit the mat, never an easy session and if it is, then beats myself when I get hoime. To stay focussed I hit a 10 week camp, take 2 weeks off, then do it all again and then repeat, repeat, repeat.

January Tough Guy fast approaching, who's up the -6C hurt???

All it'll take is someone to poke you hard in the eye. DOWN & OUT!

...or nice firm, accurate whack to the adams apple'll work

All it'll take is someone to poke you hard in the eye. DOWN & OUT!

Hope I don't fight you G, you'd most likely try and poke me hard in the arse

Balls deep

My goal is to be the Ultimate Fighting Champion.

Its just training to be honest, general fitness, aiming to break myself each and every time I hit the mat, never an easy session and if it is, then beats myself when I get hoime. To stay focussed I hit a 10 week camp, take 2 weeks off, then do it all again and then repeat, repeat, repeat.

January Tough Guy fast approaching, who's up the -6C hurt???

have you seen any of brock lesnars training? - Epic.

Hes both naturally a beast and trains with some mad intensity.

Yeah man he's pretty explosive for such a big guy, and to keep all that muscle mass going too..

If you check out the Strikeforce website, Gina Carano has a video up there of her training for tomorrow nights fight against Kris Cyborg; she does some interesting stuff with plyometrics and with olympic rings/harnesses (my new favourite toy!)

Milk FTW

I drank AT LEAST half a gallon (2x 4 pint bottles) of skimmed/semi every day, and gained half a stone in about 6 weeks doing some light weights, chin ups and press ups every other day. Basically replaced water with milk.

I lost all this weight when I had to move to london with no money, found a job which needs me 55hrs a week, etc, but I'm doing it again now, aiming in 3 months to gain at least a stone in muscle

Before I moved I would take 2 cartons to work, and then when I was finished ask the waiters to 'just bring us a glass of milk would you? cheers mate' it all adds up nicely. In my new job they keep the milk RIGHT NEAR ME, which I am very pleased about

NB if you are not working out regularly, you will get fat, even on semi, there's a lot of sugar

If you have a drink of milk before bed, it apparently stops your muscles going catabolic

I sound like a right milk bummer

I am

no wait, that's a full gallon

yeah, 8 - 10 pints of milk a day will sort you out

theres a rough guide here for strength standards, I was well below on most of it to begin with.

http://www.exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards.html

I tested myself on these today and am pretty chuffed with the results. Managed to get Advanced in them all and close to Elite on the Deadlift.

There's my bragging done for today :)

no wait, that's a full gallon

yeah, 8 - 10 pints of milk a day will sort you out

And will give you breath of a thousand yoghurts

Milk FTW

I drank AT LEAST half a gallon (2x 4 pint bottles)

Yes, a gallon is AT LEAST half a gallon...

Hooked a rope up in my tree on the weekend and got busy going up and down, mixing things up with arms only, legs and arms, locking out MArine style, adding weight.. hands were red raw!

For some reason the tail end of the rope looks photoshopped, weird. Also made a sled out of my sledgehammer tyre, serious gasser!

Nice thread, plenty of good advice.

I've been doing some strength training over the summer, only on my upper body/core. I've never worked it in my life, always had strong legs (well, since i started cycling) but soft above the waist, so I am trying to change that. I like the results so far, and I can really see how addictive gyms can be. I also try and swim once or twice per week.

I haven't seen this mentioned much on this thread so can I stress the importance of PROPORTION. I see so many people at the gym (esp. the free weights section) with massive arms, chest and back, but much less core muscles, glutes, legs weak, calves non existent - you can see they've been working them less. I don't understand this at all. It's the same with most cyclists, but just in reverse. I mean, surely if you want to make your biceps, say, an inch bigger, you MUST make every other muscle in your body an inch bigger too? Well, relatively. Anyway, that's my philosophy. I don't want to look like this guy:

cycling on it's own won't give you particularly disproportionate legs, because of all the aerobic work.

Nice thread, plenty of good advice.

I've been doing some strength training over the summer, only on my upper body/core. I've never worked it in my life, always had strong legs (well, since i started cycling) but soft above the waist, so I am trying to change that. I like the results so far, and I can really see how addictive gyms can be. I also try and swim once or twice per week.

Cycling does not give you strong legs. It prevents them from wasting away but doesnt really add any considerable strength over someone with similar genetics who doesnt exercise their legs that often. I know that from comparing myself to my two brother both of whom are total couch potatoes. And also when I started weightlifting at the beginning of this year I could only squat 40kg and at a piss poor depth too.

Cycling (especially a well fitted road bike) uses legs over a very small plane of motion and only on one axis. There is no heavy loading or stability challenge. Someone who rides mtb would have a lot stronger legs from intense stand up pedalling up bumpy hills.

I am now upto 77.5kg deep squat 5x5 (BW at 68kg) shooting for 105kg by end of year.

Can also climb a rope but not with arms only like mr chug it.

Cycling does not give you strong legs. It prevents them from wasting away but doesnt really add any considerable strength over someone with similar genetics who doesnt exercise their legs that often. I know that from comparing myself to my two brother both of whom are total couch potatoes. And also when I started weightlifting at the beginning of this year I could only squat 40kg and at a piss poor depth too.

Cycling (especially a well fitted road bike) uses legs over a very small plane of motion and only on one axis. There is no heavy loading or stability challenge. Someone who rides mtb would have a lot stronger legs from intense stand up pedalling up bumpy hills.

I am now upto 77.5kg deep squat 5x5 (BW at 68kg) shooting for 105kg by end of year.

Can also climb a rope but not with arms only like mr chug it.

On your squat or for your bodyweight?

I take it by that rep range you are doing a 5 x 5 regime, or westside barbell, something along the lines of that?

You maybe want to look at a higher rep range before you start moving up in weight, those regimes are designed to help seasoned lifters break through plateaus not people just starting out, they won't work the muscle enough, at least not on their own anyway.