Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 18, 2020

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• Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 18, 2020
• Relative Strength and Body Weight
• Olympic Lifting Platform Build
• Physique Phriday
• Has anyone tried not counting macros/calories and yet gained a decent and visible amount of muscle?
• Advice
• need help Balancing strenght routine and handball training
• How do you get into the mindset of losing weight?
• Calorie surplus for full body workout vs upper/lower split?
• Is it fine to cut my Maintenance calories by 40-45%?

Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 18, 2020 Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it. Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to search are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. Be aware that the more relevant information you add, the more relevant the answers you receive will be. And if you are posting about your routine, please make sure you follow the guidelines. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk or chit-chat. Also, the community decided long ago that we keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Daily Q&A threads. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.) submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Relative Strength and Body Weight Posted: 17 Sep 2020 08:15 PM PDT So I've been googling this for a while, and still haven't found an answer. Whenever I see strength 'standards', it's always limited to ones body weight on how strong they should potentially be. Can someone explain that to me? If two people are relatively the same height, but widely different weights, why is it simplified to just total body weight? Aren't there other important factors to consider like height and body composition? For example, if you have two dudes that are both say 6'1, one of them is 220 pounds of muscle, and the other is 300 pounds of pure jello, shouldn't the more physically muscular person be able to lift more? Or even odd heights, both 220lbs but one is 6'1, the other is 5'6? Is there an actual science behind the weight=strength standards out there? Or are people just oversimplifying it for mass consumption? submitted by /u/bertzie [link] [comments]

Olympic Lifting Platform Build Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:15 AM PDT I built an olympic weightlifting platform in my garage with zero construction skills; I think my experience may be useful for others who are hoping to do the same, but are worried about having no experience. Process Research online to find every DIY video, tutorial, website, or vlog where someone talks about building platforms. Find out what is different in each case and try to understand if you can mix and match and what will suit your needs best. I used this and this as a guide when deciding what to buy. Make a plan and list everything out very carefully, or you'll end up in home depot sitting on a shelf while you watch a youtube video and pausing several times, taking screen shots to verify you have the right screws (hypothetically, of course). Enlist help if you need it, or you'll have an innocent bystander volunteer to help you put the 4'x8' boards on the cart when they see you awkwardly doing strongman bracing and grunting from that one time you went to a strongman class. Make sure your budget includes buying any tools you don't have, because most of the budgets listed online don't count the cost of tools. I also had to rent a van because my small car cannot handle the 4'x8' boards. Build Overview Here are my materials: Four 19/32 inch plywood boards 4'x8' from Home Depot One 3/4 inch maple board 4'x8' from Home Depot Two horse stall mats 6'x4' from Tractor supply one inch construction screws (1 box) 1.75 inch construction screws (1 box) Washers for screwing the mat down, since the mat can rip if the screw goes in with no washer. Tools: Exacto knife (for cutting the rubber mats) Drill (I went with a DeWalt from Amazon) Blue painter's tape Construction pencil for marking on the wood (also to use the exacto knife to sharpen and feel badass while your wife looks on disapprovingly and sigs, "ugh, men!") Pictures My process and pictures are in this album, including my mock-up (which I am quite proud of, since I have no artistic sensibilites) and the final product if you don't want to look through the album. Lessons Learned Since this is my first time, there are many ways I could have improved my process: I didn't end up measuring exactly all of the screws I drilled in; I just put them at regular intervals and vaguely tried to be symmetrical, since I was going for "good enough". The boards would shift around so it was hard to line the bottom planks up exactly, and they ended up being slightly irregular. Maybe clamps or something? not sure. Again, it was just good enough. Although I ended up lifting all the boards myself during each step, it would have been much safer and easier with another person to help. I ended up with splinters and a few cuts, as well as a bit of a stiff neck, but nothing major. Conclusion Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with the platform and have very much enjoyed using it. There's a real sense of accomplishment that comes with building things, and I never really understood that feeling until I finished the platform. I think it was a great exercise and very humbling to think that dudes doing construction have think about so much stuff for every different job and kind of wood. I think I grew up hearing those jobs belittled as "blue collar" or not as challenging as an engineering or other college degree type job, and so I am thankful for the experience. I hit a PR clean from the ground today & am looking forward to many more sessions with the platform. Feel free to ask any questions, I'm happy to help anyone who's hoping to do something similar! submitted by /u/jakemmman [link] [comments]

Physique Phriday Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to the Physique Phriday thread What's the point of having people guess your body fat? Nevermind that it's the most inaccurate method available, (read: most likely way wrong - see here) you're still just putting an arbitrary number to the body you have. Despite people's claim that they are shooting for a number, they're really shooting for look - like a six pack. So let's stopping mucking around with trivialities and get to the heart of the matter. This thread shall serve two purposes: Physique critiques. Post some pics and ask about muscles or body parts you need to work on. Or specifically ask about a lagging body part and what exercises worked for others. An outlet for people that want to show off their efforts that would otherwise be removed due to Rule 4, and Let's keep things civil, don't be a creep, and adhere to Rule 1. This isn't a thread to announce what you find attractive in a mate. Please use the report function for any comments that are out of line. So phittit, what's your physique pheel like this phriday? submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Has anyone tried not counting macros/calories and yet gained a decent and visible amount of muscle? Posted: 18 Sep 2020 02:17 AM PDT For the first 4 months of my fitness journey, i was able to build muscle mass but not that much. This can be accounted to the fact that i tracked my calories all day everyday and hit my protein requirement everyday. But now that med school has started, i feel like i dont have any more time to track and plan the food for the week. The question is, is it possible to gain muscle without strict counting? If yes, what's your strategy in doing that. submitted by /u/dreic41 [link] [comments]

Advice Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:14 AM PDT Ok so recently i've been using this fitness app. So my workout routine before using this app was around 5km runs everyday from 5pm-6pm. After discovering said app, I added the second medium level in my current routine. As i'm writing this, i'm on the third exercise and exhausted. Can anyone suggest a specific routine or some kind of schedule wherein they dedicate a single day to the app specifically and another for the treadmill? My friend said i'm killing myself and should dedicate a few rest days in my weekly schedule. I'm really confused and would appreciate any advice ty. (15M) submitted by /u/MemeClimax [link] [comments]

need help Balancing strenght routine and handball training Posted: 18 Sep 2020 02:03 AM PDT So ive been going to the gym 4 times a week doing Brandon Campbells PHUL routine. Additionally I have handball training 2 times a week and in a few weeks im gonna have games on the weekends aswell. Ive noticed that training legs 2 times a week plus handball training is not sustainable for me in the long term. I dont think I can recover well enough for it to be usefull. Ive looked into 3x a week programms and found that full body workout are recommended, but this would have me do even more leg work so I think thats not really an option for me. Im planning to do the Metallicdpas PPL routine but as a 3x per week programm and not 6x per week as it is usually recommended. My main goal is being healthy/strong for my sport, but i also want to get bigger/look good. Im 196cm/6,4feet tall and weight 96kg/211lbs. Im sleeping 7-8 hours a night and im eating app. 3200cal. per day. So i guess my question is would you guys recommend doing the PPL routine 3x a week or are there different programms that are better suited for my goals/situation? submitted by /u/MeTroXlol [link] [comments]

How do you get into the mindset of losing weight? Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:32 AM PDT Quarantine has really affected my weight, and well I want to get back in shape, but I have always struggled to put myself in the mentality of losing weight, even though I really do enjoy exercise and do sports on a regular basis. I feel like I have such a weak willpower when it comes to this submitted by /u/yhlqmdlg26 [link] [comments]

Calorie surplus for full body workout vs upper/lower split? Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:09 PM PDT I am currently on a lean bulk of 250 calorie surplus. I have been doing full body workouts 2 to 3 times a week until now, but recently i switched my workouts to a upper/lower body split, to make room for more cardio. I now do 3 to 4 workouts per week. My question is, since I'm only working half my body per workout now, do I half my surplus to 125? Or keep it at 250? Thanks. submitted by /u/bvrght [link] [comments]

Is it fine to cut my Maintenance calories by 40-45%? Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:34 PM PDT If I'm trying to lose weight as quick as possible is it fine to cut my maintenance calories by 40 to 45% than the normal recommended 15 to 20%? submitted by /u/ICDCFlex [link] [comments]

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