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extremely hungry after working out... |
Nov 26 2008
22:42 (UTC) |
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Many people recommend eating a small protein snack right after weight training, like others have said above. I always do this, but I've been having the same issue lately too. I've been lifting weights at night for the last five months, and lately have started to feel insanely ravenous the following day.
I'm going to experiment with alternating eating a smaller breakfast, a smaller lunch, a smaller snack, a larger dinner, and drinking a recovery drink on the day of my workout, with eating a large breakfast and lunch and a small snack/dinner the day following my workout. I'm hoping this will work, because I'm going nuts!
So, I don't know if its normal but you aren't alone. : p |
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Throwing Fuel on the Fire: Valerie Waters Red Carpet Ready, and Chad Waterbury's Sexy Female Training |
Nov 20 2008
19:10 (UTC) |
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It seems that all the Figure Athlete and T-Nation articles are written that way (snarky and tongue-in-cheek with a lifter bias), so I just ignored it.
I liked the Gentilcore article, especially the Yoga information, which has given me food for thought. |
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Squats Help! |
Nov 20 2008
18:32 (UTC) |
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If you have the form and flexibility to squat low enough that the top of your thighs are parallel to the ground, it is supposed to be better, and active your glutes more. Shallower squats are supposed to activate your quads more.
If you don't mind reading, there is a famous book called "Starting Strength" by Mark Rippetoe - parts of it are clinical, but it goes into great detail about proper form and has been helping me personally. (I have horrible posture and bad flexibility that is hampering my squat form, but slowly it is getting better).
I started seeing progress with my own glutes when I started alternating squat and lunge days, with deadlift and step-up days into my regular workout, but ymmv. |
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Throwing Fuel on the Fire: Valerie Waters Red Carpet Ready, and Chad Waterbury's Sexy Female Training |
Nov 20 2008
01:56 (UTC) |
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Melkor, thank you so much for responding. You mentioned body dysmorphic disorder above. I think so much of this is caused by the different extremes of different ideal body archetypes that we see in our everyday media. I think that we relate to these extremes even though it is unlikely we will reach these ideals. What might be ideal to one person is different than what is ideal to another.
For example, serious powerlifters usually have both a lot of muscle with bodyfat. Famous body builders have freakishly defined muscles and freakishly low bodyfat. Famous marathoners usually have low muscles and bodyfat, and are kind of stringy looking to me. Being a famous actresses/model is different than being a trained athlete, but it is safe to say many of them are very thin with little muscle or bodyfat.
Women are told not to fear "bulking", because it is hard to build muscle and because we lack testosterone. However one might also come to the conclusion that if a women trains and eats for long enough like a powerlifter or a body builder then yes, eventually she will look like one, i.e. be "bulky". If you train and eat like a marathoner for long enough then perhaps she will eventually look like one. The model/actress is trickier because there isn't really a specific training program - my very uneducated guess is that models are thin due to strict diet/cardio and beautiful due to genetics. But I think it is safe to say that someone would think that if they trained like a particular model or actress then it is possible to eventually look like one.
Because of this, it is easy to see why women might shy away from weight training, because the extreme of the actress's physique is more appealing than the extreme of powerlifter physique. It doesn't matter that it is very unlikely that the average women will ever look a professional powerlifter/powerlifter if they weight trained. Personally, if I did get bulky, it STILL would be an improvement over how I was before. (I personally was 32% fat to start, am 25% fat now, and I'd like to get to 22% I think)
Wow, I just left two really long posts, I guess I just have to get stuff off my chest. : p |
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Throwing Fuel on the Fire: Valerie Waters Red Carpet Ready, and Chad Waterbury's Sexy Female Training |
Nov 20 2008
01:55 (UTC) |
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Blargh, it is confusing to me too. There is so much contradicting information out there, and its hard to tell the good information from the bad.
Some swear by hours cardio, others by weight lifting, others by eating a particular diet, etc. Whatever the method, everyone swears their way is the best whether you are seeking advise on a message board like this one, or researching what diet/exercise book to buy.
Even the useful information is confusing. For example, someone new to exercise and weight loss might be encouraged to lose fat by lifting heavy weights in order to gain muscle and to eat with a daily calorie deficit. At the same time we get told that an individual can't build muscle without eating a caloric surplus. It doesn't make sense, until you eventually find out that newbie lifters can build muscle/lose fat at the same time for an initial period, and that it is possible to maintain your existing muscle while in a deficit, and that body builders alternate surplus/deficit cycles to attain particular goals.
Compound weight lifting exercises like a squat or deadlift are more efficient than an isolated exercise like a hamstring curl. However if you do these with bad form, then you risk injuring yourself. You could snicker on this forum about the woman you saw in the gym lifting barbie weights, but on a different forum someone might be simultaneously mocking you because you did a 3/4 squat instead of the perfectly parallel one you think you did. I'm not saying that a woman shouldn't try to squat because of this, but I can see why someone would be intimidated.
And um, all this being said, has anyone tried Red Carpet Ready? |
