What do you do before the gym to get the most out of your workout?

[OliNufc]

Just curious to know how others get amped for the gym besides pre workout. Listen to music? Drink plenty water? What do you eat? Watch some vids??

Let us know as I highly depend on being in the right frame of mind before my workout.

Go.

[OliNufc]

Ill start off.

Personally ill make sure I've had a litre or two of water before my workout, it's definitely had a good effect on me drinking plenty of water before the gym, have my pre workout meal then just put the dock on blast some music whilst drinking my preworkout, sometimes have an a bit of fruit a long with my pre workout. But yeah mainly music puts me in the mood, always think about what I'm going to do in the gym to get me more pumped

[BRANDERSS]

I eat rice, lay around for like 45 minutes then complain my gym partners late. Once I step in the gym doors I get amped, don't need much to push me.

[OliNufc]

I eat rice, lay around for like 45 minutes then complain my gym partners late. Once I step in the gym doors I get amped, don't need much to push me.

Lol training partner being late is such a pisstake gets me so wound up

[BigStewTheJew]

Eat or drink a protein shake an hour and half to two hours before. Pwo on way there while listening to motivational music through my subs. Stretch out and shoot around for a few on the bball court with music, when I feel the pwo hit I go upstairs and lift

[mjlehr]

1) I drink 2 cups of coffee.
2) Watch the news, get pissed.
3) Read my workout plan for the day.
4) Picture myself with perfect form.
5) Use rage from step 2 to meet/exceed step 3.

Of course a lot of water is consumed over the hour. Roughly a half gallon, give or take.

[itsryanyaII]

1. chug down a PWO if needed
2. foam roll/stretch/mobility work/dynamic streches
3. listen to motivational music/watch vids during streching (srs)
4. tell myself id rather die than not hit my desired reps/sets today
5. PHUCK CHIT UP

[AustinEdwards93]

Lol training partner being late is such a pisstake gets me so wound up

Dude tell me about it. One of the guys I (no longer) lift with at school was the kind of guy that agrees on a time to lift like 5 hours beforehand, then when you text him 30 minutes beforehand to let him know youre on your way and he says "yeah man...I'm not gonna go today..." and then you're screwed over. Then when you get mad he has the audacity to tell you that because you do it first thing after class that youre "too obssesive." Anyway, I digress.

Before my workout I usually stretch and foam roll for 20-30 minutes. I usually take my pre workout during that period so that when I get close to finished I'm ready to go. Ill stretch and jam out to some Magna Carta Holy Grail or some pump up music or something. For me there's something meditative about stretching, even while blarring rap music. I just kind of close my eyes and focus, which I've found is a great way to get the muscle-mind connection right before you lift. You get the chance to kind ofdo a diagnostic on your muscles whle simeultaneously ramping up for that first set.

[Aasemd]

I normally stretch then go in the gym. At first everything is fine an all then it becomes too intense then I gotta take it up a level so I power up then go Super Sayian. If its still too hard I take it to the next level which is ascended sayian. If all else fails I use the forbidden super sayian 3 which speeds up my life expectancy but gives me unmearable strength.

[OliNufc]

Some good **** guys, the phucks foam rolling though?

[AustinEdwards93]

Some good **** guys, the phucks foam rolling though?

Google foam rollers because it wont let me post an image.
When you foam roll, you essentially use one of those as a rolling pin to roll out knots and tension in your muscles. Depending on what muscle or muscle group you foam roll it can be extremely painful until you get to tightness out. NOTHING is more painful then rolling out tight IT bands in your legs. It is miserable but worth it.

[bigdogfarmhand]

First I wake up and take a assessment of how well I slept if I am really tired I go later in the day

Then I take all my sups.

If my motivation sucks. I watch body building motivation videos on YouTube

Sounds stupid but I have my favorite work out Clothes and if there not clean and I forgot to wash them. I don't feel as good at the gym

I also have to get my shoes tied just the right tightness.

[GROSO]

Foam roll my back crew.

My pump up:
Talk to girl that friendzoned me. srs.

[itsryanyaII]

Some good **** guys, the phucks foam rolling though?

its a self-myofascial release technique to reduce myofascial adhesions in the tissue so that you can get optimal force production while training.

it also reduces your risk of injury

google/youtube it brah you're missing out

[AustinEdwards93]

its a self-myofascial release technique to reduce myofascial adhesions in the tissue so that you can get optimal force production while training.

it also reduces your risk of injury

google/youtube it brah you're missing out

You just got scienced on. Also, If you want some motivation and some laughs at the same time, YouTube "brosciencelife" and watch those videos by Dom Mazetti. Pure gold.

[BigManTJ]

I look at myself in the mirror, naked. I grab onto my sack with both hands and loudly chant, "Strength, Vitality, Resolve, Confidence, Purpose". I do this like an Alpha Male with zero chits given until I get my point across... Then I eat my egg white & spinach breakfast with coffee mixed with protein and BCAA Powder.

I proceed to quest to the gym. Music if I walk, Tunes if I drive. No music once I'm in the gym. When I get to the gym I do as Bella Falconi does.
I come, I F--k Chit up, I leave.











simple as that.
(srs)

[OliNufc]

Ahh I get you, seen a few brahs doing it in the gym.

First I wake up and take a assessment of how well I slept if I am really tired I go later in the day

Then I take all my sups.

If my motivation sucks. I watch body building motivation videos on YouTube

Sounds stupid but I have my favorite work out Clothes and if there not clean and I forgot to wash them. I don't feel as good at the gym

I also have to get my shoes tied just the right tightness.

I agree with you so much with the clothing bit, i have to look good and clean in the gym, if I look messy and my clothes don't look aesthetic then I literally don't have as a good workout, gey as phuck but oh we'll, personal preference

[AustinEdwards93]

Ahh I get you, seen a few brahs doing it in the gym.



I agree with you so much with the clothing bit, i have to look good and clean in the gym, if I look messy and my clothes don't look aesthetic then I literally don't have as a good workout, gey as phuck but oh we'll, personal preference

On no I totally agree. I gotta have one some type of Nike Pro Combat stuff or something. And I always have one some sick socks (I'm a sock guy so hate if you want too) to go with my shirt. The way I look in the gym is one of the things that keeps me slamming the weight once I'm doing my lifts.

[luntyboi]

I pose and flex in the mirror, I look at how big I am and imagine how big I want to be, and use that as my motivation. Then drive to the gym with some music going while contemplating the gym. I think right gonna do this first, that after then that etc.
when I'm in the gym all I think about while I am lifting is my form,breathing and the feeling of my muscles. I don't think about the weight or what music is playing (couldn't tell you what songs were playing on any day!!)

[Jericoe]

I also have to get my shoes tied just the right tightness.

Know dat feel

[CimaBrah]

I usually gym at night.

Chuck on some peaking trance tracks, stare in the mirror and visual my goal physique, down coffee.
Driving to gym i continue to peak to trance anthems which usually get me pumped enough to smash out workouts.

[WMLifting]

1. wake up
2. let dog out
3. make coffee
4. take shyt
5. drink coffee
6. misc
7. go to gym

pretty simple and easy to follow

[Sebaschannn]

Wake up from my nap, take a shower, go to the kitchen, grab my oatmeal and PB sandwich. Gets 1 cup of oatmeal, and 2 sandwiches. I wait few minutes then take my pre workout, make sure I grab everything before heading to the gym. ( hate forgetting my gloves ) then go to the garage, get in the car, put ons Jay Z's new album Magna Carta, heads to the gym, go in the locker room, flex for a bit then stretch then boom, lift. Cool story I know

[AustinEdwards93]

put ons Jay Z's new album Magna Carta, heads at the gym

Magna Carta Holy Grail is fire. It is SO good.

[Sebaschannn]

Magna Carta Holy Grail is fire. It is SO good.

Yessir. Cant help it but to sing along. Lol

[sgttom]

Nothing.

[AustinEdwards93]

Yessir. Cant help it but to sing along. Lol

The beat on Tom Ford gets me in the zone like no other. And sorry for the off-topic everyone lol

[LiftingTank]

I do cardio before I go to the gym (HIIT) and then I drink 64oz. of water.

[wedo3]

1) Eat and drink lots of water till i end up having to pee like twice xD
2) I listen to some music and think about my routine and what to do and how long i will have to wait till the ****en squat and bench press are free so i can start
3) think about how much i hate seated curls and about my arm pain (part between rest and elbow)
4) Do some push ups and get pumped
5) Imagine myself in perfect form and wish abs and looking impressive in the beach and doing some badass MMA ****

[DamonX]

So for everybody ITT that's using pre-workouts.. Which pre-workouts do u use and how often do you use em / cycle off?

And ppl that drink coffee.. Do you cycle off coffee? That just sounds weird to me

Here's my everyday routine:

1)wake up at 5 am
2) leave house by 5:30 am
3) warm up car for 2-3 minutes and prepare my pre-workout.
4) drink pre-workout after driving for a minute on the way to gym.
5) get to gym and take my pre-workout dumps
6) warm up and begin to lift
7) step outta the gym feelin like a boss.. Cold summer breeze with warm sunlight hitting your body. Feels good man.
8) drive my happy *** to class