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02-27-2013, 10:15 PM
I have read a lot of threads on here about going to the gym, what to eat and what supplements to take. Taking x to help x body issue.
If there was one magical place to go for any kind of information on personal health it would be bodybuilding.com forums. There are olympic trainers/nutritionists on there and every high reputation poster is all on the same level and agreement about everything. People who have been in the health/fitness business for decades are always posting free advice. If there was a definitive place that cuts through all the BS and has perfect answers on everything related to health it is bb.com. I see people quoting random articles on here and most of the time its complete bs and contradicts a hundred different other things. When it comes to your health I wouldn't mess around.
A random list of very important things I learned from BB.com forums:
-almost all multi vitamins you see at stores are bad for you
-how having appropriate amounts of fat in your diet is important for the look of your skin, hair, nails and an assortment of other physical things
-tanning beds increase chance of skin cancer, even if you do it once
-avoiding stretch marks
-correcting every major posture issue you could think of
-the absolute best place to go for any physical/gain muscle/losing weight advice (I am 205 lbs, deadlift 425 and owe everything to this site)
-how to get the "sex V" lines above your junk
-how much protein/carbs/fat/calories i need per day and why
I am not a promoter of the site, I have under 1000 posts there but the site has literally changed my life in so many positive ways and I see people asking questions on here and most posters have good intentions on RSV but really don't know what they are talking about. Quick search over the past 2 pages on here and I see threads on saw palmetto, zinc, muscle mass, apple cider vinegar, protein, creatine, total gym/sledgehammers etc etc and its just like throwing shit at a wall and seeing if it sticks. There are actual detailed and definitive answers for all of these things and there is no guess work or trial and error involved if your looking in the right place.
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02-27-2013, 10:42 PM
too much work!!!
jk, i love bb
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02-27-2013, 11:02 PM
I've been meaning to check that forum out, I'm sure there's a wealth of knowledge contained therein I would appreciate it.
Could you please create a "Hall of Fame" concerning threads at the BB forums? Threads that were most helpful to you?
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02-27-2013, 11:30 PM
Those guys can be some serious blue pill player haters but I'm sure their lifting advice is OK.
I second MSW on that hall of fame threads idea. Especially those "V" lines above the junk thing, Pink has them and I don't.
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02-28-2013, 12:19 AM
I might be brainfogging, but what is RSV? Google didn't know, either. I read RVF the first time.
“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”
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If you want some PDF's on bodyweight exercise with little to no equipment, send me a PM and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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02-28-2013, 12:51 AM
To answer the OP
I can agree with your sentiments. I'm no Huge Jackedman, but I don't much care for some of the gimmicky fitness equipment and fad workout ideas that get posted up every once in a while.
I get probably 80% of my fitness information from books, out of which I trust about a third of them (the books that produced recordable gains in more than a handful of people). From that third and what I've found in the past that works for me, I base my training around.
If I were to make a fitness thread here, it would be how to build consistent strength gains with a reputable program using equipment you could fit in a medium sized duffel bag. I'm currently testing such a program (and no, it's not convict conditioning. I did that on and off for eight months and I basically had to rewrite the book to get anywhere). Yeah, you could always get a gym membership, but they're a pain in the ass to find. The last one I went to in a foreign country cost about 60 euros a month and they didn't even have a power rack or a deadlifting platform.
“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”
― Donald J. Trump
If you want some PDF's on bodyweight exercise with little to no equipment, send me a PM and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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02-28-2013, 01:29 AM
Thanks for the website.
The thread idea I wrote about is just an idea I've been mulling over the last couple months, mostly because I plan on traveling in the future and some countries just do not have the weightlifting culture America does. We've got shitty gyms like Planet Fitness, sure, but there's still plenty to choose from.
In my spare time, when I'm bored, I'll scour through the internet a bit to find ideas for my travel sized gym. Ross Enamait's bodyweight only material is pretty damn good, but I don't think that's enough.
“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”
― Donald J. Trump
If you want some PDF's on bodyweight exercise with little to no equipment, send me a PM and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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02-28-2013, 01:36 AM
Travel size gym can get you ripped but you will not gain muscle mass so its all about what you want from your workout. You have to have an increase in lifting weight to gain muscle. I break resistance bands like candy.
Search for calisthenics. These dudes get ripped by doing bodyweight lifts at playgrounds. They all look the same, and none of them have big muscles though unless they are going to the gym+calisthenics. Like I said, it all depends on how you want your physique to look. I don't want to be that 140 lbs kid who you can't tell has a 6pack unless his shirt is off. There is nothing more alpha than being big and powerful.
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02-28-2013, 05:40 AM
notsureifsrs.
There are just as many 'broscientists' on that site than anywhere else. There's not just 1 place for fitness and nutrition advice.
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02-28-2013, 01:33 PM
been reading that board for a few years now and its helped take me from 260 lbs to 180 lbs
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02-28-2013, 02:45 PM
Jaylow -
I got where you are coming from.
However, I think there is some value to hearing what people on this site say about health and fitness from an International Playboy perspective.
Serious question:
How many people on Body building.com smoke multiple packs of cigarettes per day, drink 10-15 cocktails 3-5 nights a week and work out 1-3 times per day?
The health info for that kind of guy is what I am interested in.
I don't know a resource site for that which is why I sometimes "throw shit at a wall and see if it sticks".