He works out like 6/7 days a week. He alternates upper body and lower body and then does cardio after each workout. Me and him have been arguing about who will gain the most muscle the quickest. I say its me because i workout on a 3 day split: chest/tri, back/bi, legs, shoulders. He overwhelming thinks its him because he thinks i don't do enough. I did my reasearch though online and it looks as though he is wrong and I am right. help.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Is my friend an idiot?
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
I only work out 2 or 3 days a week. I have gone from 165 at the beginning of summer to about 180 now. I haven't taken my body fat percentage, but just judging from looks, I'd say it's about the same. I don't know if tha'ts good or bad but I guess you could say I've been putting on about 5lbs of muscle a month. Not looking to be a body builder or anything, just want to be in good shape and have good form. People have been noticing and I can feel my tshirts getting more snug.
Oh and I'm using one of the workouts suggestion in the sticky in this forum although I usually add one more set to each excercise than they recommend. Working out 7 days a week is ridiculous. People like that don't realize that getting bulk comes from the the repair, not from the workout itself. Once you've broken the muscle down to a certain point, it's not necessary to push it any further. Now it's time to get some protein and relax it for a few days and let it repair. Your friend seems to be way overdoing it.
Oh and I'm using one of the workouts suggestion in the sticky in this forum although I usually add one more set to each excercise than they recommend. Working out 7 days a week is ridiculous. People like that don't realize that getting bulk comes from the the repair, not from the workout itself. Once you've broken the muscle down to a certain point, it's not necessary to push it any further. Now it's time to get some protein and relax it for a few days and let it repair. Your friend seems to be way overdoing it.
I know, and I all i want to was help him but he wanted no part in what i was trying to tell him.speakeasy said:I only work out 2 or 3 days a week. I have gone from 165 at the beginning of summer to about 180 now. I haven't taken my body fat percentage, but just judging from looks, I'd say it's about the same. I don't know if tha'ts good or bad but I guess you could say I've been putting on about 5lbs of muscle a month. Not looking to be a body builder or anything, just want to be in good shape and have good form. People have been noticing and I can feel my tshirts getting more snug.
Oh and I'm using one of the workouts suggestion in the sticky in this forum although I usually add one more set to each excercise than they recommend. Working out 7 days a week is ridiculous. People like that don't realize that getting bulk comes from the the repair, not from the workout itself. Once you've broken the muscle down to a certain point, it's not necessary to push it any further. Now it's time to get some protein and relax it for a few days and let it repair. Your friend seems to be way overdoing it.
Another thing. I do get a lot of cardio, but the cardio I get just comes from my lifestyle. My hobby is mtn biking and I also use my bike to run daily errands if it's within a couple miles distance just because I enjoy cycling. I also do martial arts 2 or 3 days a week which is very cardio intensive. I try to take the stairs in my apartment rather than the elevator. So rather than do gym cardio like a stair stepper or something, I'd rather just have it be part of my daily routine.
"You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink" really applies to these kinds of situations. People who are sure they are doing things right are very hard to convince with words to change. Imagine if someone said to you that training 7 times a week is better and you felt this was wrong because you have read on the internet that the right way to train is 3-4 times a week.
Maybe he feels the same, all the people who have given him tips have told him to workout 7 times a week. Then you come into this and tells him that he's wrong. Just let him be. Workout good and get big. Then when he realizes he isn't getting any bigger he might come to you for help.
Give him a few good links about training and maybe he can decide himself that he want to change his workout based on this.
Maybe he feels the same, all the people who have given him tips have told him to workout 7 times a week. Then you come into this and tells him that he's wrong. Just let him be. Workout good and get big. Then when he realizes he isn't getting any bigger he might come to you for help.
Give him a few good links about training and maybe he can decide himself that he want to change his workout based on this.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.