Gym/food advice!

[Auran]

Cat Woman - The usual advice is as follows;

1. Don't for at least an hour before going to the gym and then eat within 30 mins of finishing. I tend to have snack about 4pm having had lunch at noon.

2. Eating later in the evening then its ok as long as your up for at least 3hrs after you eat. In addition, you need to avoid complex carbs as these take longer to digest. Thus, vegetables / protein / fruit and salad are good at this point

3. In order to maintain energy levels eat a little and often. Eating your complex carbs earlier in the day (breakfast and lunch).

4. As 5cupa says - avoid caffeine drinks and stay hydrated whilst training

Any other questions just ask, though I'd need to know specific aims. As various members will attest eating & training are a bit more than a hobby for me

[Auran]

I'd avoid trying to be genuinely hard Rave, as I've seen people who are genuinely hard, and really, its got less to do with their body tone, and more to do with the fact that they are nutters.

I'd stick to buff to impress the missus.

I always found that women prefer you to be hard

[Knoxville]

Eat loads of egg and tuna, then do sit-ups and pull-ups until it hurts. As mentioned, don't do loads of light weights, you want short, intense heavy reps.

No you don't, more lighter reps will do you far more good as it keeps the heart rate up for longer, e.g, I do 85 reps per arm with a 20lb weight in one position and then change position and do the same again, I've used heavier weights in the past and you don't see as much improvement in mucsle tone at all.

[Stewart]

Knox, I'm pretty sure its established that to build muscle you do short, heavy, intense reps.

So be quiet or I'll give you a slap. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

And I'm not a nutter, so you'll be thrown off guard when I attack without screaming 'the dog told me to do it'.

[Knoxville]

Oh behave

[Zak33]

Any other questions just ask, though I'd need to know specific aims. As various members will attest eating & training are a bit more than a hobby for me

/various member, called Zak, walks in

He's right....

brick outhouse...etc

[tiggerai]

/various member, called Zak, walks in

He's right....

brick outhouse...etc

You're not various... just dubious.

[Auran]

Knox, I'm pretty sure its established that to build muscle you do short, heavy, intense reps.

So be quiet or I'll give you a slap. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

And I'm not a nutter, so you'll be thrown off guard when I attack without screaming 'the dog told me to do it'.

Er no actually - you can build muscle by doing all types of reps, they just build different types of muscle and to different extents. The key for building muscles is doing things to failure and with the correct form, i.e. not cheating or doing them fast - slow and low thats the tempo

And no arguing - or I'll drop a brick outhouse on you