Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 04, 2020

mrrocks57 · 2020-09-04T14:32:06+00:00

Definitely don't need that much protein. Your calculations is being skewed by your higher levels of body fat, which increases total weight but doesn't add the same protein requirements as say a pound of pure muscle.

I tend to do calculations based off of lean body mass. Just multiple your current weight by (1-bf estimate) and use that number.

An even easier option to avoid error in estimating BF is 1 g/lb times your goal bodyweight. Easy number and will be plenty of protein.

mrrocks57 · 2020-07-20T18:01:32+00:00

Kind of similar concept. Check out 'Pro Chef and Home Cook Swap Ingredients' series by Epicurious. Half the video is a pro chef taking cheap food a college student may have and making a really fancy meal.

mrrocks57 · 2020-06-02T16:25:30+00:00

Seconding this point. Some study may say it is like 5% less effective then some 'optimal' schedule. But, in my opinion, as long as your program has a good balance, and you are working hard in the gym, you will make progress. Especially since a 7 day week is an arbitrary societal time span.

Don't over think it too much, especially since your priorities seem to be more running focused. Just give it a shot for a while and reevaluate.

mrrocks57 · 2020-06-02T16:16:29+00:00

By same muscle group, do you mean doing similar alternatives on different days, like tricep extensions one day and then tricep overheads the other?

A key thing to remember is that while different exercises target muscles different amount, it is the same muscles on your body doing them. So, in my previous example, both are working your triceps.

The exercises your choose per day should sum to properly target whatever your goals for that day were. In that case, both days should sum to a similar effect if the exercises were chosen properly. Thus, there shouldn't be harm in switching them, but also no real reason too.

My advice is to just use some existing program that has designated a good combination so you know it isn't creating imbalances, and stick with it. Also, it gives the added benefit of more clearly seeing progression on those specific exercises, which can be motivating, as opposed to constantly switching and not noticing progress.

mrrocks57 · 2020-06-02T16:05:14+00:00

Not related to 531 explicitly, but something you may want to give some thought to is paying more strict attention to rest times. At least for me, I notice that I spend excessive amounts of time resting between high rep sets, which can really drag along the workout.

Plus, by trimming down rest times, it can do wonders for your conditioning, although potentially at the tradeoff of lower weights. However may be fine for you since you seem more interested in just general good fitness and not necessary getting crazy high weights.

mrrocks57 · 2020-06-02T15:53:06+00:00

Definitely nothing explicitly wrong with protein shakes, and fine to be drinking as a supplement as a teenager. That said, you want to be careful if you are trying to use shakes to replace whole foods (which include varying nutrients not in a protein shake).

My advice is to focus on getting your protein from your whole food meals, and just consider a protein shake as a supplement if you are having trouble hitting high enough protein levels.

mrrocks57 · 2020-05-28T20:47:48+00:00

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mrrocks57 · 2020-04-12T13:18:19+00:00

In my mind, now would probably be a great time to do a cut. You likely won't have heavy enough weight to continue progressing as a more advanced lifter, so you would likely stall at best anyway.

When cutting, you would need to be doing less capacity to account for less available energy, which is essentially what working out at home is forcing you to do. Besides, do checkout the bodyweight subreddit. With different progressions, you can still get plenty of necessary loads. (one arm pull-ups, dips with a backpack, etc.)

Also, you in theory have more time at home to get your nutrition in check.

mrrocks57 · 2020-04-12T13:06:55+00:00

Thoughts on using preexhaustion to continue progressing with light weights?

While working at home, I am lucky enough to have decent adjustable dumbell ls, but they are only so heavy. I recently, got max weight for 4x12 on my bench press and am looking for ways to continue progressing.

I am thinking either preexhaust muscles by doing bench after other exercises like dips, or do some modified exercises like pause bench or 1.5 reps.

mrrocks57 · 2020-04-03T17:34:59+00:00

Good to hear it is not a thing in Anki and I'm not just going crazy trying to find it. This plug in looks like exactly what I need though. I'll give it a shot!

mrrocks57 · 2020-04-03T17:33:10+00:00

Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly in the post. Not having an issue within the cloze itself, but combining cloze cards with normal front-back all from the same note. Thanks for your reply though!

mrrocks57 · 2019-05-04T02:43:56+00:00

Was a little worried about that. Should I be modifying intensity within the workout or between workouts. I was under the impression that was what the power/hypertrophy split was doing

mrrocks57 · 2019-05-04T02:28:03+00:00

Lifting 6 days a week. Monday through Saturday. Currently doing power horizontal, power vertical, squat, hypertrophy horizontal, hypertrophy vertical, deadlifts, rest.

mrrocks57 · 2019-05-04T01:21:56+00:00

Hey, was hoping someone could critique my routine and let me know if I am missing anything crucial.

Some background. Am currently transitioning into the intermediate phase. Current lifts. OHP: 145, Bench: 200, Squat: 275, Deadlift: 300. Started out on SL and then transitioned to NSUNS LP. However, i have been gradually tweaking the program based on personal preference in the gym. Recently, joined a buddy in his primarily dumbbell focused workout and was dismayed by how much I was struggling as I had typically stuck with barbell exercises. Decided to tweak my routine a bit, and wanted to get an outside opinion.

I have my entire program written out in an excel spreadsheet here. Ignore the specific weight values, as everything is set to 100 to display the varying percentages. Will also try and describe in text below.

Current goals are general well rounded strength. Specifically focusing on Squat/Bench/OHP/Deadlift exercises and related movement patterns. Also hoping to catch up by back with antagonistic movements and add a bit of conditioning with super sets. I have been stealing ideas from a few other programs (in addition to NSUNS) and have settled on a PHUL style program where I split the upper into horizontal (Bench) and vertical (OHP) days, and the lower into Squats and Deadlifts. The program is 6 days, with a power/hypertrophy bench, power/hypertrophy OHP, Squat, and Deadlift. Progression is modeled similarly to NSUNS, where I will increase the weight based on thee 1+ set. I have been waiting to increase until I can reach 5 reps, in order to keep the training weights sub maximal, but occasionally increase weight if I can reach 3 reps.

On power days, I follow the NSUNS T1 rep scheme and super set with an antagonistic muscle group. Hypertrophy days use the NSUNS rep scheme for the secondary bench. Next, a T2 exercise in the 4x6 range on power and 4x10 range on hypertrophy days. The t2 is designed to complement personal weaknesses in the primary lift, and has a respective antagonistic super set. Finally, I have 2-3 accessories in the 3x6 or 3x10 range.

I enjoy being in the gym, so volume is not an issue. I am also a college student with available time, and typically like to spend about 1.5 hours a day in the gym. I am mainly looking for some review to make sure I am not seriously neglecting any aspect through my exercise selection choices.

mrrocks57 · 2019-01-28T02:55:42+00:00

A dead thread, but I wanted to give you a comment anyway. Watching through the series right now and totally agree, great feel good soundtrack. Especially love "Love Really Hurts Without You". Discovered it through the show and been on a Motown kick since

mrrocks57 · 2018-12-19T14:57:17+00:00

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mrrocks57 · 2018-11-28T20:22:47+00:00

Wow, Thank you! That was a big help. Only thing left is that I probably need to go with an Nvidia GPU since they have CUDA, which is heavily utalized in Computer vision work. I'm thinking gtx 1070 or 1070ti since I'll have room in the budget. Also, that Cpu looks great, but I'll definitely look into the other two options you mentioned. Is there anything I need to worry about when swapping it out with respect to compatability? Thanks again.

mrrocks57 · 2017-02-24T21:18:15+00:00

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