The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
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@mariner4life dude that is primo! especially cutting that much weight without losing any muscle mass. That is really, really impressive. Given the change in abdomen measurements + fat loss, was a lot of that visceral fat? I presume the dexa can map that?
Dude, no wonder your pull ups have improved out of sight. Nearly 6kg less to move!
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@paekakboyz visceral fat dropped from a 7 to a 3 (anything under 10 is apparently good)
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
10! 10 wide grip pull ups!!
That's great, glad you're strong and fit and getting into this awesome exercise. Go for 12-15. You can do it, a lot of it's in the mind.
Lol. I've been doing 12-15 for years. I've had several injuries and started again on 4-5, had to recover again. Max has been 18 last year or 2?. Last weekend I did 3 sets, 12, 10, 10. but was feeling a bit sore already from another exercise....I now walk up the hills while doing shoulder stretches/pulls with my orange band.
I also use the orange band to do extra sets of pull ups when have time...
Was 95+kg, lost 14 kg, but now on about 83-84kg after eating too much.
Focusing on calf recovery after so many injuries late last year and an achilles strain in January-twice a week doing 7km/hr walks on treadmill for 30+ minutes with calf raises and stretches after....will post an update on my thread in a month or so once have more miles in my legs. -
@mariner4life I need to see when I had my one done, must be close to 6 months, and I have dropped 5kg since then, so be good to see where the weight has gone from!
edit: just found it in my thread, was November, so will get it in May. My visceral fat was 8 or 9 I think?
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@paekakboyz visceral fat dropped from a 7 to a 3 (anything under 10 is apparently good)
I joined Virgin Active last week. Time to get a bit stronger.
They have one of those BodiScan machines, I can't imagine its as accurate as a full scan, but the umbers looked accurate enough for me.
My visceral fat was 10 (eek!), body fat 22.5%
Funny looking at the body picture too, my arms and legs are bright green pictures of health, then there is a massive tumour-esq red fucking blob where my abs are supposed to be 🤣
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@mariner4life I got 9.5 today! Reckon I coulda made the last one if I kicked out my legs!!
did 6 in next set then last 3 sets with a resistance band.
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life I got 9.5 today! Reckon I coulda made the last one if I kicked out my legs!!
did 6 in next set then last 3 sets with a resistance band.
Muscle Ups are next. That’s a sure fire way to escape a zombie apocalypse while others get eaten.
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@mn5 that's not in the rules
but would be a worthy addition!
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mn5 that's not in the rules
but would be a worthy addition!Absolutely, everyone needs functional strength in this day and age.....then again we live in a world where I can order McDonalds without leaving the couch if I want to so go figure.
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life I got 9.5 today! Reckon I coulda made the last one if I kicked out my legs!!
did 6 in next set then last 3 sets with a resistance band.
Nice man!! Ypu weigh more than me too so bringing the power!
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@taniwharugby said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mn5 that's not in the rules
but would be a worthy addition!I feel a bit embarrassed for asking, but what's a Stain Stick???
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@mariner4life I got 10 today!
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so i tried Preworkout fof the first time this morning, before a cardio class
holy fucking shit! i didn't think i felt any different, but i went fucking flat out! set a couple of records, and the wife said it looked like i was on speed. Cracking fun
i think someone has said you sort of get immune to it after a while? what if you only use it a couple of times a week?
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@mariner4life depends what was giving you the zing. If it was the tingles aka beta-alanine then after a while you might want to go to 1.5 or 2 scoops. But in my exp you'd have to be fiending pretty hard for the buzz to lessen.
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
so i tried Preworkout fof the first time this morning, before a cardio class
holy fucking shit! i didn't think i felt any different, but i went fucking flat out! set a couple of records, and the wife said it looked like i was on speed. Cracking fun
i think someone has said you sort of get immune to it after a while? what if you only use it a couple of times a week?
Yeah it’s good shit. Freaked me out a bit to be honest and I’m now only using it for big early sessions. Very easy to get addicted to.
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@paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life depends what was giving you the zing. If it was the tingles aka beta-alanine then after a while you might want to go to 1.5 or 2 scoops. But in my exp you'd have to be fiending pretty hard for the buzz to lessen.
i just figured it was the 175mg of caffiene
think i'll use it for the cardio days. resistance days i get up earlier and eat before i go. but cardio i literally roll out of bed, get dressed, and drive around the corner. and i am not a morning person, so i start slow
fucking not today though!!
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@mariner4life definitely try it with weights. I reckon you get more tangible improvement in your lifts/endurance compared to cardio. Although my cardio + preworkout experience has been a few games of rugby and a bit of cardio alongside weights. It can hit pretty hard on an empty stomach, so that's a bonus lol. Would be interesting to see how much of a difference eating before a weights session made. C'mon man, do it for science! do it for ...
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@paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life definitely try it with weights. I reckon you get more tangible improvement in your lifts/endurance compared to cardio. Although my cardio + preworkout experience has been a few games of rugby and a bit of cardio alongside weights. It can hit pretty hard on an empty stomach, so that's a bonus lol. Would be interesting to see how much of a difference eating before a weights session made. C'mon man, do it for science! do it for ...
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