Body training and working out

[Ethan]

i have like 1.5gb of bodybuilding/strengthening books on my pc, also great recipe books for high protein meals etc. anybody want anything just ask

[L_I_S]

Woah, why so much? What recipes do you have that don't contain tuna and cottage cheese?
I have this really good one that uses lentils and beef..I'll upload it when I'm on the pc.

[Ethan]

Woah, why so much? What recipes do you have that don't contain tuna and cottage cheese?
I have this really good one that uses lentils and beef..I'll upload it when I'm on the pc.

a friend gave me a memory stick with all of them lol.
i have about 5 recipe books  (just did a search in the folder for 'recipe') so anyways here's the first one.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/1hqgq2

[L_I_S]

Woah, why so much? What recipes do you have that don't contain tuna and cottage cheese?
I have this really good one that uses lentils and beef..I'll upload it when I'm on the pc.

a friend gave me a memory stick with all of them lol.
i have about 5 recipe books  (just did a search in the folder for 'recipe') so anyways here's the first one.. http://www.sendspace.com/file/1hqgq2

Oh cool. Thank champ!

[JonKonik]

How frequently and how long do you guys work out for?

[stefanfreestylez]

How frequently and how long do you guys work out for?

everyday  kinda annoying to save some energy for fs though :P

[L_I_S]

How frequently and how long do you guys work out for?

Every second day.
As long as it takes. 3 warm up sets, 3 work sets per exercise usually. 3 warm up sets take about 10 minutes tops and the work sets take about 15 tops. 25 X3 exercises + loading times + any other excess = 1 hour and a half.

[Adi]

I work full time, so I can't work out as often as I'd like.  I try to play soccer and basketball as well, so I'm often too tired to lift weights as well.

One thing that annoys me is doing legs.  I want bigger legs but I have to stay in the gym for 3 hours if I want to do legs and upper properly.  With only time for 2-3 sessions a week, it's tough to do both.

I think I'll get on P90X so I can get a whole body workout.  Anyone on that?

[L_I_S]

I want bigger legs but I have to stay in the gym for 3 hours if I want to do legs and upper properly.  With only time for 2-3 sessions a week, it's tough to do both.

I think I'll get on P90X so I can get a whole body workout.  Anyone on that?

I've never heard anyone that is aesthetic/built/strong say anything good about P90X..they do say it's shit though.

If you want big legs all you have to do is squats. 3X5 is enough. Add 5 pounds to every work out.
I can get you some pics of people that do exactly that if you want to see the results.

[Adi]

I think P90X gives you something different - endurance, fitness, and helps you drop pounds.

I hear squats are terrible for your knees.  I had two ACL surgeries so really don't wanna do anything that may harm my already bad knees.  I did hear the sit-down ones are better for you while giving you a similar work out.

[L_I_S]

I pretty sure that's just broscience. The only way you can stuff your knees up is if you use a machine and lock your body in an unnatural position and do the squats, that'll cause a problem everytime. Also if your form is complete shit. The thing that makes squats better than the all other exercises is that you use a lot more muscle during a squat and much less during any other exercise. Squats are also a great core exercise.
I think the next best thing for legs in incline leg press. You can stack HUGE amounts of weight on that. I remember when I first touched the machine how easy it was to move 200lbs.

[Adi]

Gotcha.  Yeah, I'm going to mix in squatting and incline leg press then.

Just pulled my groin playing indoor last night.  Gonna have to sit out a few days.  I swear man, I keep pulling all kinds of leg muscles.  I guess I'm just getting old and I'm not doing enough running/sprinting to get ready for the match situations.