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2003/12/17, 03:23 PM
This might be long..forewarning but I really need help getting to the next level. I have been lifting regularly (see profile) for at least 3 years. I eat well, at least during the week, and I think I know what I am doing at the gym but am starting to get confused w/ how much cardio to do/not to do, how many calories to eat, how much should be protein etc.
Up until last week and for the past three months, I have been doing cardio for 45 - 60 minutes a day m - f and 1.5 hours on Saturday with lifting anywhere from 3 - 5 days depending on what I can get in. I go in the am and do 30 - 45 minutes of cardio depending on the time and then go at lunch to finish the cardio and do my lifting.
During the week I try to stay at 1500 calories w/ no more than 20% fat and I take in about 100 grams of protein. On the weekends, I still workout doing my hour of cardio but my eating turns to crap and I tend to drink alot of wine (3 - 4 glasses a night, fri sat and sun..yes a little embarrassed to say it but am married into an italian wine drinking family). I do eat pasta once a week at night, probably 2 servings worth and my fat content on the weekends goes up. I probably already know the answer but are the weekends totally sabotaging my workouts?
Thanks for any help/advice you can give me.
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2003/12/17, 03:31 PM
The wine doesn't help. If you are the cook, give soy noodles a try. Try substituting ground turkey for ground beef. in most dishes it tastes the same. My wife tricked me into it.
It sounds like a lot of cardio and if you do cardio before lifting, you are sabotaging your lifting. Weight training builds lean muscle. Muscle burns more calories than fat. Lift more, lift heavier , Cardio a little less.
Make sense?
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Living well is the best revenge.
Charlie
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2003/12/17, 03:44 PM
I do cardio ONLY in the am and in the pm lift first and then do cardio. I am the cook..soy noodles, not even sure where to find those. I do the veggie crumbles mixed w/ taco seasoning and put on a large salad for my lunch. During the week I generally eat two salads a day, one salad w/ the veggie crumbles (fake beef) and the other w/ Tuna. How much cardio would you suggest? I want to lose weight and lose bf.
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2003/12/17, 03:58 PM
I'm not the cardio buff here but the workout I use from the sight says to do 25 minutes post workout. I have been dooing 20 minutes of HIIT on the bike. It can be made very tough as you control the intensity. There are a bunch of threads here arguing the cardio thing. Do a fit buddy search.
We get soy noodles from revivalsoy.com. i think they are in most grocery and health food stores. Loaded with good carbs and protein if the lable is accurate.
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Living well is the best revenge.
Charlie
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2003/12/17, 04:37 PM
Fit buddy search?? Hmmmm...new to site so not sure how to do that.
Also, I do HIIT probably 1 - 2x per week, this week have done it every day. Figure try something new.
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2003/12/17, 04:47 PM
Bottom of the page. Its the FT search engine
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Living well is the best revenge.
Charlie
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2003/12/21, 08:40 PM
u need more protein man......or ur gonna start burning muslce for fuel, u need at least 1 gr per lb of body weight
200lbs 200 grams.....and i think u need more calories, ur way way to active eating only 1500 , i eat abotu 300 in a day adn i stay the same weight and i get stronger and i do no cardio lol wish i should but anyways lol eat more lol, cut out the wine, eat more, eat more lol 5 to 6 small meals a day
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2003/12/24, 09:53 PM
3000 calories sorry guys lol id die at 300
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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