any of you do any weightlifting/powerlifting/bodybuilding?

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I've been doing some powerlifting the past couple years got all my weight up pretty good. i'm 5'6'' 145lbs got my bench up to 275 deadlift up to 450 and squat up to 315 (my weak point) so i'm pretty happy with it. anyone else do anything?

All about the compound lifts and heavy weight.

Hell yeah. This is definitely one of the neverending arguements heard in the gym...

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YEA SON

it's not supposed to be about how you look so much as how you help slide up morbidly obese people haha

:chuckle

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I went from 168LBS to my current weight of 138LBS in under 2 months. my goal is to get some hot guns- and tight abs- I still have a ways to go and my overall weight goal is b/t 115-120. [i'm a chick- just so you know and only 5'3 1/2].

~Audrey:D

That's awesome, good for you:up::)

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I've been doing 'standard' weight training for a bit.. and just ordered a kettlebell. I have wanted to progress more towards dynamic full body movements - the 'crossfit' approach..but have also been intrigued by the simplicity of a chunk of iron/steel... I have high hopes for the KB..and I'm sure it will be a beast at first... anyone had some hands on experience with them?

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Pavel Tsatsouline

Master of Sports, is a former Soviet Special Forces instructor, currently a Subject Matter Expert to elite units of the US military and law enforcement. Pavel makes his 'low tech/high concept' strength programs available to civilians through his books and videos.

Yes, I have many years experience with Russian kettlebells as I own several poods myself. I swear by them. This is where I have purchased them at: http://www.dragondoor.com/

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Just started nursing school and am honestly blown away at how many of these LARGE nurses there are. How do you run around on a hospital floor all day if you smoke and your obese??

:up: Excellent point...

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I have found that splitting up my workout routine works best for me

2 days of lifting and 2 days of cardio and a rest day seems to be the best routine for me.

my day 1 is lower body

my day 2 is upper body

Day 1 of cardio is endurance

Day 2 is for speed.

I put on a lot of weight when I was in graduate school. My diet was the culprit.

So was the stress hormones. Any type of exercise has to supplemented with a good diet.

To cut up, body builders cut out carbs before a competition.

A student in school cant do that though, but still be lean and compassionate RN student with a proper diet

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As for me, I play basketball 3x a week and rest every other day. I also do some lifting when I'm off the court.

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i have become more and more into health and sports nutrition over the years 27 now, i used to be a competitive swimmer after that i have gotten into weights and yoga and other various forms of working out,

I;ve done power lifting and body building, currently doing p90x

i don't care about size though i do like a little mass but nothing straining on the body, you know still be able to fit in normal clothes,

i believe that everyone is built a certain way and if you add too much mass you put too much strain on the heart joints and ligaments.

i absolutely love yoga and eating healthy is a must,

i'm 6'1 197 lbs tall and thin with very broad shoulders, so bench is hard for me =(

my only real goals are to bench 225 20 times, be able to do the splits, a true one arm pull up, and a hand stand push up by raising my legs up slowly to hand stand and then push up with no assistance, and of course eat healthy and keep up my cardio health.

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As for me, i pretty much just do cardio and a lil bit of weight lifting.

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I competed in the Supernatural Bodybuilding and Fitness (SNBF) drugfree bodybuilding league for a couple years. My proudest competition was placing 3rd of 8 men at only 17yrs old.

Now.. can't compete because of college.. too much goes into competitive bodybuilding. Since then, I work as a personal trainer :) I do still train myself though, just not to the same extent as before.

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Specializes in ICU, Home Health Care, End of Life, LTC.

I have been into the gym on and off for ten years. Never seemed to get much in the way of bulk. This time around I had gotten FAT. I worked at catering for the university I go to nursing school at. Never work in catering, the amount of food thrown out makes it impossible not to gorge. I have had a problem with gorging seems like forever, just love to eat until it hurts, then have dessert. Add the cortisol of nsg school stress and that BMI reached the dreaded 30. So I got back to the gym. Started walking, moved to treadmill, knees sent me to eliptical. Got to the point I was doing about 2 hours solid 6 days a week. Still not losing much weight. Finally worked on the diet (still a struggle) and starting losing modestly. Those of you talking about the simple math of I/O I was consuming 2200 and working out 6XWK and losing very little. Then they had a program at the gym with free personal training. Cut my cardio to 3XWK and started lifting 2XWK first at sets of 10 by 3 then moved up weights to 3 rep max until up to 8 reps at that weight then up again. Lost 15 pounds in 2.5 mos vs 7 lbs in 5 mos and for the first time I am getting big. I am all about the heavy weight now.

I have one problem though my knees kill me after squats sometimes for several days any ideas?

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yeah I lift and I get all my exercises from men's health and fitness magazine as well as dancing. it helps. I control what i eat well although it consists of fatty food and sweets. I am happy.

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