10-09-2020, 12:22 PM
Alright squad, I've been working out regularly for a little while but since car stuff for me is secondary (tertiary?) to personal finance and fitness, it makes sense to talk more about this since I actually do this daily. I'm moving into a bulking phase starting in November and my goals for the next 4 months look like this:
Supplementation is nothing fancy, daily multivitamin, creatine, fish oil, niacin, caffeine (just from coffee and sometimes preworkout) and BCAA's. By technical definition this is a "natty" supplementation set up and all of this stuff is normally found in other foods.
The hardest part is really nutrition because Sundays are meal prep days and if I'm working 6 to 7 days a week, its hard to find the time to do it. I'm not particularly a picky eater though which benefits me when I'm on my 4th day of egg whites, spinach, avocado toast, chicken breast, broccoli and rice. I'll be doing more lean ground beef though this go around.
Where do I work out? I put my Planet Fitness membership on hold due to the JMU covid outbreak (which I really just use for the cable machines now) but have a bench, rack, dumbbells and two olympic bars in my garage. I can do all the big compound movements in my garage without any issue and really its been the best investment I've made for myself in the last 3 or so years. What I really need to get is either a treadmill or a bike so I can maintain my cardio level during the winter. I get colds fairly easily when I run in cold weather and if I show up to work with a sniffle, they'll send me home until I come back with a negative covid test. I'd also like to invest in a good quality cable pulley system but the one I want is about a grand and picking that up violates my first priority right now.
One benefit of having my own home gym too is I can freely meditate at the beginning of my workouts which I consider to be part of my routine. Lifting's primary benefit for me is my mental health as it demands discipline in order to hit the goals that I want. All the other stuff (looking good, feeling good) is nice but doesn't benefit me on a day to day as much as being clear headed in making decisions and dealing with stress.
What do you guys do for fitness? I know a bunch of you guys lift fairly regularly.
- Bench press 1.25x my body weight for 5 reps.
- Squat 1.75x my body weight for 5 reps.
- 12% body fat
- 3 mile run 2x a week.
Supplementation is nothing fancy, daily multivitamin, creatine, fish oil, niacin, caffeine (just from coffee and sometimes preworkout) and BCAA's. By technical definition this is a "natty" supplementation set up and all of this stuff is normally found in other foods.
The hardest part is really nutrition because Sundays are meal prep days and if I'm working 6 to 7 days a week, its hard to find the time to do it. I'm not particularly a picky eater though which benefits me when I'm on my 4th day of egg whites, spinach, avocado toast, chicken breast, broccoli and rice. I'll be doing more lean ground beef though this go around.
Where do I work out? I put my Planet Fitness membership on hold due to the JMU covid outbreak (which I really just use for the cable machines now) but have a bench, rack, dumbbells and two olympic bars in my garage. I can do all the big compound movements in my garage without any issue and really its been the best investment I've made for myself in the last 3 or so years. What I really need to get is either a treadmill or a bike so I can maintain my cardio level during the winter. I get colds fairly easily when I run in cold weather and if I show up to work with a sniffle, they'll send me home until I come back with a negative covid test. I'd also like to invest in a good quality cable pulley system but the one I want is about a grand and picking that up violates my first priority right now.
One benefit of having my own home gym too is I can freely meditate at the beginning of my workouts which I consider to be part of my routine. Lifting's primary benefit for me is my mental health as it demands discipline in order to hit the goals that I want. All the other stuff (looking good, feeling good) is nice but doesn't benefit me on a day to day as much as being clear headed in making decisions and dealing with stress.
What do you guys do for fitness? I know a bunch of you guys lift fairly regularly.
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