How many days a week do you exercise and for how long? What are your fitness goals?

[braalian]

But...I get so tired of eating. That's the worst part

I wish I had that problem.

I find cutting extremely difficult

 

[Natural Citizen]

I wish I had that problem.

I find cutting extremely difficult

Well you're a big boy. Probably naturally, aside from gym time, from the looks of your frame.

 

[braalian]

Well you're a big boy. Probably naturally, aside from gym time, from the looks of your frame.

Yes, big frame.

But if I’m honest, the difficulty dieting and sticking to cardio is more just I don’t like it.

Are you a hard-gainer, or just get sick of the eating?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Yes, big frame.

But if I’m honest, the difficulty dieting and sticking to cardio is more just I don’t like it.

Are you a hard-gainer, or just get sick of the eating?

Just tired of eating. I'm eating 5 to 6 times a day. I prep my meals ahead so it's either chicken breast or filet and then i mix up the carbs but still it's basically just sweet potatoes, brown rice and broccoli. For the most part. All measured, just small meals, but enough to be a meal none the less. Some fruit here and there. Might have some yogurt before bed. No cheating yet.

 

[braalian]

Just tired of eating. I'm eating 5 to 6 times a day. I prep my meals ahead so it's either chicken breast or filet and then i mix up the carbs but still it's basically just sweet potatoes, brown rice and broccoli. For the most part. Might have some yogurt before bed. No cheating yet.

Good for you

I have zero strategy toward diet aside from trying to eat a lot of protein and limit processed foods and sugars

Never been able to commit to the multiple small meals throughout day

Probably due to a mix of bachelorhood, shift work and laziness I simply eat when I’m hungry and it’s often a single large meal daily with protein shakes immediately after lifting

My lack of discipline in diet is largely what’s kept me more on the powerlifting side of lifting as opposed to the bodybuilding side

 

[Natural Citizen]

But if I’m honest, the difficulty dieting and sticking to cardio is more just I don’t like it.

Cardio don't bother me. I'm only doing about a half hour in the morning.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The older one gets the more important it is to push the heart to max out levels. Country club folk are awful.

Your heart has a built-in beat number limit. The more you exercise, the more beats you use. Therefore, you die younger.

 

[braalian]

Your heart has a built-in beat number limit. The more you exercise, the more beats you use. Therefore, you die younger.

Yes, but the more you exercise, the lower your resting heart rate is.

Which is, like, 99.9% of your total heart beats.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Good for you

I have zero strategy toward diet aside from trying to eat a lot of protein and limit processed foods and sugars

Never been able to commit to the multiple small meals throughout day

Probably due to a mix of bachelorhood, shift work and laziness I simply eat when I’m hungry and it’s often a single large meal daily with protein shakes immediately after lifting

My lack of discipline in diet is largely what’s kept me more on the powerlifting side of lifting as opposed to the bodybuilding side

Yeah, me and powerlifting don't mix. lol. I'm not trying to get as big as you. But it makes sense what you said. When I hit 225 I'll ease off.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Yes, but the more you exercise, the lower your resting heart rate is.

Which is, like, 99.9% of your total heart beats.

I saved up a bunch about 18 months ago when I spent 3 months in the hospital. My alarms were going off constantly because my heart rate was so slow, my breathing rate so slow, and my blood pressure so low, the nurse would come in and ask if I was dead.

 

[Mashmont]

I will start. 4-5 days a week, usually weekdays. 3 weight training sessions, 2 boxing classes and a lot of stationary bike riding, boxing bag work and skipping as well as walking.
For weights I would have chest/triceps session, back/biceps and legs/calves/glutes/hamstrings. Weight sessions usually last 45 minutes to 1 hour, bike riding around 20 minutes same with walking and boxing classes 30-45 min.

My goal is to lose weight and get under 15 percent body fat and then gain some muscle and strength

I lift four or five days a week, and take a 2.2-mile hilly walk on most days. On Sundays, I take a four-mile walk. On one of the days I don't lift, I do HIIT. HIIT is only once weekly because too much of it burns muscle.

If I don't work out like this, I'll die. I have to do it to survive.

A lot of things I can't do because both shoulders are injured. No bench press. unless reverse decline. No dips. Pull ups using two bars with hands facing each other. No barbell power cleans. Only with dumbbells using a neutral grip. I will work out until I die. When I get injuries, I will work around them. I want to be like Jack Lalanne. Worked out two hours the day before he died at age 96.

 

[braalian]

Yeah, me and powerlifting don't mix. lol. I'm not trying to get as big as you. But it makes sense what you said. When I hit 225 I'll ease off.

That’s a good weight

I’ve been between 290 and 310 for at least 15 years

 

[braalian]

I saved up a bunch about 18 months ago when I spent 3 months in the hospital. My alarms were going off constantly because my heart rate was so slow, my breathing rate so slow, and my blood pressure so low, the nurse would come in and ask if I was dead.

Well, glad you’re back home

 

[SweetSue92]

I almost always get 10K steps plus between my job and a daily walk. I am bad at lifting bc I'm just not built that way, but I do have light weights I lift about 4 times a week.