The Official Stupid Question Thread: PART 3

[CWGame]

Hey I'm 6'2 186 pounds and currently holding around 13% body fat. My body is currently shaped like a hour glass and I want to know if people reccomend cutting down to 10% body fat then clean bulking or should I try to build up my upper body? I have big legs with a skinny upper body. My waist is 34 inches and I don't have love handles.

I would personally bulk for as long as you can then cut. The vast majority of your gains will be during a bulking phase so you want to be in one as long as possible.

[CWGame]

*sorry in advance for the essay it's my first post on these forums*
15y/o ; 1,85m been doing SL 5x5 consistently for a couple weeks now with rugby training 3 times a week during 'off' days as well. Estimate my bf to be around 15% from those picture tests. In a few months I will be going back to Waterpolo as a sport so my question is: If I continue eating ~2000 calories a day (don't count all the time) will I be able to achieve a defined physique or should I do a different program. Like I said I've been doing 5x5 for a couple weeks and I like how I am progressing but I'm having doubts because looking athletic for Waterpolo was my main goal.

Your diet will largely define how you look, not the routine especially early on in training. So if you want the athletic look I would eat in a caloric deficit and still run the routine. It will be harder though.

[NickLucasFit]

I am 16yo. 5'11, and weight around 165 lbs and go to the gym five days a week. My question is nutrition related: How much should I be eating a day? How many grams of protein do I need to build muscle? Thanks

If you're 165 lbs you need 165g of protein per day, and if you're trying to gain muscle you need to eat a lot... be in a caloric surplus

[BinceVince]

I know that:

Cheat day = Eat what ever you want in that one day.
(I feel like this is pretty bad)

Cheat meal = 1 meal of your cravings.
(This one seems pretty good)

Refeed day = 400-600 calories over maintenance but mainly just stacking up on healthy carbs.

Correct me if I'm wrong with this information btw.

Right now I am currently 5'7, 160lbs 18% body fat. I'm aiming to cut down to 10% body fat.

The main questions that I have:
1) Which one above is the best to get to results during a cut?
2) Is there a range where I can have a cheat day x amount of times a week/month? (ex. 20% body fat and above = 1 cheat meal/cheat day/refeed day per month)
3) During a cheat meal or cheat day, do I have to say within my daily calorie intake for my cut? (ex. eating a burger for a cheat meal and adding it to my 2300cal/day)

Let's say I go out with my family to eat. With the foods that I eat there, do I add them to myfitnesspal and fill them in my macros? Let's say for example I eat BBQ ribs with fries, do I add it to my macros/calories?

And btw wouldn't you need to have a cheat meal once in a while to keep you sane. By once in a while I mean once every 2 weeks?

Thanks!

[BHFK]

A lot of people say as a beginner you should start off with starting strength, however I find that really boring and I personally like going to the gym six days a week. A while back I posted a question in this thread about if I would gain similar mass. So far on coolcicada's ppl my squat increased 30 lbs in 2 and a half weeks, my bench increased 15 lbs in 3 weeks, along with my shoulder press. My isolations also went up a bit. I'm making good and steady strength gains, so would staying on this program be fine? (BTW, my bench should have been up 20-25 lbs, however I was not eating enough for a week and a half out of those three weeks, so I stalled 3 times)

[CWGame]

I know that:

Cheat day = Eat what ever you want in that one day.
(I feel like this is pretty bad)

Cheat meal = 1 meal of your cravings.
(This one seems pretty good)

Refeed day = 400-600 calories over maintenance but mainly just stacking up on healthy carbs.

Correct me if I'm wrong with this information btw.

Right now I am currently 5'7, 160lbs 18% body fat. I'm aiming to cut down to 10% body fat.

The main questions that I have:
1) Which one above is the best to get to results during a cut?
2) Is there a range where I can have a cheat day x amount of times a week/month? (ex. 20% body fat and above = 1 cheat meal/cheat day/refeed day per month)
3) During a cheat meal or cheat day, do I have to say within my daily calorie intake for my cut? (ex. eating a burger for a cheat meal and adding it to my 2300cal/day)

Let's say I go out with my family to eat. With the foods that I eat there, do I add them to myfitnesspal and fill them in my macros? Let's say for example I eat BBQ ribs with fries, do I add it to my macros/calories?

And btw wouldn't you need to have a cheat meal once in a while to keep you sane. By once in a while I mean once every 2 weeks?

Thanks!

Just make sure you are in a weekly deficit in calories depending on how much weight you want to lose. Cheat meals are fine just make sure it isn't a often habit. If you are over one week due to a cheat meal then you are fine its not really an issue, cant expect to be perfect.

[CWGame]

A lot of people say as a beginner you should start off with starting strength, however I find that really boring and I personally like going to the gym six days a week. A while back I posted a question in this thread about if I would gain similar mass. So far on coolcicada's ppl my squat increased 30 lbs in 2 and a half weeks, my bench increased 15 lbs in 3 weeks, along with my shoulder press. My isolations also went up a bit. I'm making good and steady strength gains, so would staying on this program be fine? (BTW, my bench should have been up 20-25 lbs, however I was not eating enough for a week and a half out of those three weeks, so I stalled 3 times)

Yeah that program is fine.

[BinceVince]

Hey guys I know that vegetables are good for you but I dont seem to enjoy them as much. I'm currently cutting and I was wondering if I get my carb macros from brown rice only, will it be the same as if I were eating vegetables? Or is this bad?

I eat:
Meal 1:
Vector cereal
Milk 1 cup

Meal 2:
Chicken breast
1 cup of brown rice
1 scoop of protein (after workout)

Meal 3:
2 chicken breast
2 scrambled egg
1/2 a cup of brown rice
1 cup of milk
1tbsp of Heinz ketchup

Meal 4:
1 chicken breast
1tbsp of Heinz ketchup

This all equalls approx 2227 calories including olive oil for cooking

[Rasheedsodmg]

Ok so I am desperate for help, I need to help to be encouraged, I am about to be in training for my P.O.W.E.R. Test for Police officer I've got approximately 2 years before I'm on patrol if I make it. That isn't my only reason for wanting to get some weight and muscle I've always been skinny and I'm tire of it. I look like a stick in size small clothes wtf. I currently weight 150lbs, around 6'1-2. I'm currently drinking a milk shake made up of
1 cup of Oat meal
2 cup of ice cream
1 cup of milk
1 cup of almond milk
2 cap full of olive oil
2 cup of protein supplement
2 spoon of peanut butter
I make a big coke bottle of this and can't even drink it all down.
Oh yeah I work out and my arm looks more fit when I flex you know but it's like when I stop I got back to skinny look, so hear me out I think like the space for muscle has been created, but I don't eat enough to grow the muscle to fill that space.
I'm like so discouraged right now is there any easier way, way to help with what I've been doing Right now ?
I'm not really in the luxury of money too so it's just all bad dudes.

Thanks by the way.

[CWGame]

Hey guys I know that vegetables are good for you but I dont seem to enjoy them as much. I'm currently cutting and I was wondering if I get my carb macros from brown rice only, will it be the same as if I were eating vegetables? Or is this bad?

I eat:
Meal 1:
Vector cereal
Milk 1 cup

Meal 2:
Chicken breast
1 cup of brown rice
1 scoop of protein (after workout)

Meal 3:
2 chicken breast
2 scrambled egg
1/2 a cup of brown rice
1 cup of milk
1tbsp of Heinz ketchup

Meal 4:
1 chicken breast
1tbsp of Heinz ketchup

This all equalls approx 2227 calories including olive oil for cooking

From a macro perspective as long as you are hitting your calories and macros then you are fine.

But from a micro perspective they are still a necessary part of a balanced diet.

[CWGame]

Ok so I am desperate for help, I need to help to be encouraged, I am about to be in training for my P.O.W.E.R. Test for Police officer I've got approximately 2 years before I'm on patrol if I make it. That isn't my only reason for wanting to get some weight and muscle I've always been skinny and I'm tire of it. I look like a stick in size small clothes wtf. I currently weight 150lbs, around 6'1-2. I'm currently drinking a milk shake made up of
1 cup of Oat meal
2 cup of ice cream
1 cup of milk
1 cup of almond milk
2 cap full of olive oil
2 cup of protein supplement
2 spoon of peanut butter
I make a big coke bottle of this and can't even drink it all down.
Oh yeah I work out and my arm looks more fit when I flex you know but it's like when I stop I got back to skinny look, so hear me out I think like the space for muscle has been created, but I don't eat enough to grow the muscle to fill that space.
I'm like so discouraged right now is there any easier way, way to help with what I've been doing Right now ?
I'm not really in the luxury of money too so it's just all bad dudes.

Thanks by the way.

Eat more. If you aren't gaining weight you aren't eating enough. As for cost chicken breast, eggs, and rice are all pretty cheap. If you want results you are going to have to put forth the effort.

[tyronerse]

So at the moment I can't remember the exact name of this type of cardio, but I have heard from many that this type of cardio works wonders for fat loss. I am talking about the cardio in which one wakes up and first thing before eating (while on an empty stomach) does cardio for a certain period of time keeping their heartrate just high enough to burn fat but not to high so they won't burn muscle. My questions are, does this help for fat loss if done right (I am a teen btw), and if so, can this be done at any time upon waking. Like for example in the summer I would love to stay up late on skype with my friends or watching a movie with my girl but I wouldn't want to wake up super early to do this, as long as I am doing this cardio first thing when I wake up on an empty stomach, does it matter what time I am waking up?

[JohnnyGunn]

I have a question about workout order. I follow Westside for Skinny Bastards (meathead template). I'm wondering what the best order to do the four workouts is. I can work out Mon-Fri. This is what I was thinking.

Mon : Upper Body 1
Tues : Vanity
Wed :
Thurs : Lower Body
Fri : Upper Body 2
Sat :
Sun :


Upper Body 1
3x5 Incline bench
2x15 Chin-ups
3x12 T-bar Row + Face pulls (Superset)
4x12 Shrugs
4x12 Curls

Vanity
4x12 Flyes
4x10 Hanging Leg Raise
4x20 Cable Crunch
4x12 Wrist Curl
4x10 Calf Raise
4x20 Calf Raise

Lower Body
3x5 Box Jumps
3x5 Squat
3x12 Leg Press
3x12 Glute Ham Raise
3x Ab Circuit

Upper Body 2
4x12 Bench
3x12 Chin-ups + Face pulls (Superset)
4x12 Overhead Press
3x10 Shrugs + Curls (Superset)
4x12 Wrist curl

[CWGame]

So at the moment I can't remember the exact name of this type of cardio, but I have heard from many that this type of cardio works wonders for fat loss. I am talking about the cardio in which one wakes up and first thing before eating (while on an empty stomach) does cardio for a certain period of time keeping their heartrate just high enough to burn fat but not to high so they won't burn muscle. My questions are, does this help for fat loss if done right (I am a teen btw), and if so, can this be done at any time upon waking. Like for example in the summer I would love to stay up late on skype with my friends or watching a movie with my girl but I wouldn't want to wake up super early to do this, as long as I am doing this cardio first thing when I wake up on an empty stomach, does it matter what time I am waking up?

Im assuming you are talking about fasted cardio. As long as you are fasted it shouldn't make too much of a difference. Honestly I don't follow any special requirements if you count calories and track macros with a solid program you will get to where you want.

[CWGame]

I have a question about workout order. I follow Westside for Skinny Bastards (meathead template). I'm wondering what the best order to do the four workouts is. I can work out Mon-Fri. This is what I was thinking.

Mon : Upper Body 1
Tues : Vanity
Wed :
Thurs : Lower Body
Fri : Upper Body 2
Sat :
Sun :


Upper Body 1
3x5 Incline bench
2x15 Chin-ups
3x12 T-bar Row + Face pulls (Superset)
4x12 Shrugs
4x12 Curls

Vanity
4x12 Flyes
4x10 Hanging Leg Raise
4x20 Cable Crunch
4x12 Wrist Curl
4x10 Calf Raise
4x20 Calf Raise

Lower Body
3x5 Box Jumps
3x5 Squat
3x12 Leg Press
3x12 Glute Ham Raise
3x Ab Circuit

Upper Body 2
4x12 Bench
3x12 Chin-ups + Face pulls (Superset)
4x12 Overhead Press
3x10 Shrugs + Curls (Superset)
4x12 Wrist curl

Does it not say the format you are supposed to do it in?

[JohnnyGunn]

Does it not say the format you are supposed to do it in?

It says to do

Mon: Upper Body 1
Wed: Lower Body
Thurs: Upper Body 2
Sat: Vanity

But I only have access to my gym Monday-Friday.

[CWGame]

It says to do

Mon: Upper Body 1
Wed: Lower Body
Thurs: Upper Body 2
Sat: Vanity

But I only have access to my gym Monday-Friday.

Then just do that monday-friday.

[JohnnyGunn]

Then just do that monday-friday.

On what days though? What I was thinking was

Mon : Upper Body 1
Tues : Vanity
Thurs : Lower Body
Fri : Upper Body 2

To give time to recover b/w muscle groups.

[CWGame]

On what days though? What I was thinking was

Mon : Upper Body 1
Tues : Vanity
Thurs : Lower Body
Fri : Upper Body 2

To give time to recover b/w muscle groups.

You can do it that way but I would run it how the program is set. So just run it in order of how it says to run it like you posted above.

[PetyrBaelish]

Edit: Oops accidentally posted here o.O

[HiD3nZ]

I'm currently 84kg/185lbs, 17 years old. I would like to get leaner, currently eating 3250 calories (90f/365c/240p), but I am a little bit scared of wasting my potential for growth these summer months. Even at this high calories I am losing weight quite fast (I know it's water weight first weeks, but still, dropped from 89 to 84 in a week and that scared me a little).
Is it possible to not lose muscle mass while trying to get leaner, if I am a guy who has lifted for like 9 months now consistently? (noob gains or whatever they're called) Or am I over that period that I could lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?

[CWGame]

I'm currently 84kg/185lbs, 17 years old. I would like to get leaner, currently eating 3250 calories (90f/365c/240p), but I am a little bit scared of wasting my potential for growth these summer months. Even at this high calories I am losing weight quite fast (I know it's water weight first weeks, but still, dropped from 89 to 84 in a week and that scared me a little).
Is it possible to not lose muscle mass while trying to get leaner, if I am a guy who has lifted for like 9 months now consistently? (noob gains or whatever they're called) Or am I over that period that I could lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?

Theres a much larger issue here if you are losing 11lbs in a week. You are probably weighing yourself at inconsistent times, loss of water weight, etc.

You can lose weight and keep most of the muscle by staying in a low caloric deficit.

[HiD3nZ]

Theres a much larger issue here if you are losing 11lbs in a week. You are probably weighing yourself at inconsistent times, loss of water weight, etc.

You can lose weight and keep most of the muscle by staying in a low caloric deficit.

I'm not that dumb to weigh myself one day in morning, then one in evening, I do that first thing every morning.

[wughnshpoen]

beginner lifter here doing 5x5, what do i do if i hit my reps, increase by 2.5kg next workout and can't hit the reps?

[Tjgipson]

Is eating a pint of ice cream every night a "bad" way to bulk? I've been doing it for a week or so now and have gotten a pound or two from it. Not sure if it just fattens you actually helps. Has anyone else tried this before?

[CWGame]

beginner lifter here doing 5x5, what do i do if i hit my reps, increase by 2.5kg next workout and can't hit the reps?

Drop the weight by 10% and work your way back up. Make sure everything is on point though from nutrtion, to form to fatigue.

[CWGame]

Is eating a pint of ice cream every night a "bad" way to bulk? I've been doing it for a week or so now and have gotten a pound or two from it. Not sure if it just fattens you actually helps. Has anyone else tried this before?

From a health perspective its not good, but if you are hitting your macros then I guess its fine.

[bassamh1]

So ive been training my muscles for about 7 months now but I also have fat I need to lose so I have no Idea if I should continue training muscles or cut.
I tried a online calculator and I got 17% body fat

[17mahmoods]

So ive been training my muscles for about 7 months now but I also have fat I need to lose so I have no Idea if I should continue training muscles or cut.
I tried a online calculator and I got 17% body fat

At your age you shouldn't be thinking about cutting.

[CWGame]

So ive been training my muscles for about 7 months now but I also have fat I need to lose so I have no Idea if I should continue training muscles or cut.
I tried a online calculator and I got 17% body fat

I wouldn't cut until you think you are too fat. The vast majority of your progress will be made while bulking or maintaining.