Strength / Weight Training

When you go ona summer holiday and eat bad food and you lose body mass due to illness. #firstworldproblems

I read in the comments it tastes gross - so I'm planning on having it with a protein shake or BCAA drink. I'll see how bad it is first!

Ok, I'll let you guinea pig that one. People said unflavoured whey was gross and I really don't mind it so the green stuff can't be that bad.

I just mix it in with my chocolate Whey shake .
There's some conflicting research regarding consuming greens in your post-workout shake . One study concluded by reducing the number of free radicals after exercise, the vitamins short-circuit vital physiological processes. In this scenario, free radicals are not harmful molecules but essential messengers that inform cells to start pumping out proteins and other substances needed to improve strength and fitness. Without enough free radicals, you get less overall response to exercise. I've read elsewhere decreased insulin sensitivity can result from ingesting greens PWO . And somewhere else suggested to take greens as the anti-immflamatory effect was desirable after training . I think the jury is still out but to be safe I wouldn't have a greens powder within a few hours after training if you want to keep the mad gainz .

When you get out of work, knackered, at 9pm, after 12 hours in the office, and having been up all night prepping stuff for work. Fuck the gym. #firstworldproblems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrine
got me through many days like that
does leave you feeling pretty wired/sketchy afterwards though

Not the first mention of an ECA stack on here.

i like the musty taste of the green shit

I'd probably just take it in the morning with breakfast. My post-climb tends to be just whey or some beers.

i just had 2 donuts :-(

I feel disgusted with myself.

Had a similar late one last night but wasn't so tired so just went along, even though it was 10pm. Had a lighter sesh with high rep but lower weight squats (just 70kg), weighted chin ups, bench, dips. Was only a quick hour but felt good. Glad I went.

Happy days!
Keep going and all that.

What's the best thing for working biceps? Never do anything specifically for them at the gym, just occasionally curls and I tend to do that after everything else. Is it a heavier weight, lower rep thing?

( a ) Train your back hard
( b ) Generally biceps don't respond well to low reps because of the tendency to cheat and swing heavy weights making the front delts and the lower back the prime movers . It depends what your goals are if you are looking for more development try Giant sets or supersets if it's strength barbell curls , incline DB curls and hammer curls should be your staple movements .

Cool, thanks. Just looking for increased strength.

That's half the battle.

Lurked on this thread through boredom at work and came across the bulk powders website. Thanks to you guys I now have a source of dairy free nutella type stuff!

Ta very much

Its fucking gross

I think it's given me heartburn and the taste is repeating on me, it's like I've drunk some Paxo :<

Can people point me in the direction of some decent online type resource for a weights programme for beginners and/or females?

Basically want to build more muscle to be actually stronger in the legs, especially thighs but don't want to neglect top half either innit. I have especially feeble shoulders I would like to be way less feeble.

Starting Strength? http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224

I'm halfway trough the Juggernaut programme that Kyle Grey recommended to me earlier in this thread and I really rate it. With Juggernaut it's not really a question whether you're a beginner or/and female, you'll just enter your personal numbers in the spreadsheet and work from there.
I'll let someone else explain it in more detail though.

EDIT:
I am attaching my own spreadsheet as an example. I've entered numbers for just one dumbbell (I do all of these lifts with a pair of such dumbbells), and I have greyed out the overhead press section to allow for just three weekly sessions.

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• Juggernaut Method Base Template - Example for PootsManuva.xls

@TRA
Not sure if it's the "best thing" but barbell preacher curls is pretty good for eliminating any rocking/cheating and you get the full range of motion, that paired with seated incline dumbell curls..

Ride a bike?

Dumbell bicep curls - I do a combined thing (Dragan Challenge, I think someone called it?) where you first do a bicep curl then extend your arm vertically above your head.

I do 3-4 sets of 10 with a 15kg dumbbell in each hand.

I intersperse these with 5 pull-ups and bicep curls with 20kg dumbbells (6-10 reps depending on at what point my left arm fails on me).

This is based on an almost total lack of any idea of what I am doing.

@pootsmanuva I'm doing powerlifting as a female, so anything you think is female specific fire away :)