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Old Fri, Sep-28-18, 09:51
Sydneyanne Sydneyanne is offline
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Plan: Primal
Stats: 165/112/112 Female 5 feet 3 inches
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Default Any bodybuilders out there?

Hi! I'm thinking of starting a bodybuilding program. Anyone here doing that?
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Old Fri, Oct-19-18, 14:33
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Plan: Intermittent fast/Lowcarb
Stats: 251/199/180 Male 5 ft 10 inch
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Yes! Glad you are considering this! It's a good way to maintain muscle and bone density!

Check the links in my signature - you might find them helpful.

The ExRx website in particular is a great source of knowledge for this. Good luck!
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Old Fri, Oct-19-18, 23:08
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Plan: Keto
Stats: 250/215/180 Male 68
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I was 30 years ago. Could bench and squat 315 at 165 lbs.

Started keto 8 months ago. Went from 250 to 215 and stalled. Started lifting 9/1/18 after a 20 year hiatus.

Muscle memory is great!
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Old Sun, Oct-21-18, 17:03
Sydneyanne Sydneyanne is offline
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Thank you for the information!

I thought I might try Orangetheory. I'm going to look right now and see if anyone has posted about it on this site.
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Old Fri, Nov-06-20, 17:17
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Plan: General Low Carb
Stats: 215/197.2/195 Male 73.5
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Thought I would bubble this to the surface. I would not say that I am a body builder, but I would say that my goals in lifting are to get stronger and look better. This is much more of a challenge at the back half of 56 than it was at 26, but I am making progress. I would be interested in seeing the workout routines from other folks. Here is my routine, which I think I have finally fine tuned this week (repeated twice each week):

Day 1 - 3 rounds of 15 burpees, 8 chin ups, 5 pull ups, 100 meters farmers carry with 55 lbs. tractor weights, 10 shoulder shrugs after the 100 meter walk
- 3 sets of 8 reps dumbbell lat pulls (70)
- 3 sets of 8 reps shoulder dumbbell press, seated (50)
- 75 reps leg raises holding 20# medicine ball overhead
Day 2 - 4 sets bench press (warm up set of 10 at 155, 3 sets of 8 at 185)
- 3 sets of dumbbell chest press, 10 reps, 70 lbs
- 3 sets of 10 dumbbell pullovers with 10 presses at end, 70 lbs.
- 3 sets of 8 dips with 15 lbs added
- 4 sets of dead lift (hex) 8, 6, 4, 2 starting at 195, add 20 each set
Day 3 - 2-4 mile run

I plan to add morning pushups and planks in (I am an afternoon workout person). I need to get more abs into it, and I am experimenting with other body weight exercises (bug).

I have had some nagging injuries in the past, and did get some cortisone shots in my elbows a few years back, but overall I feel pretty good lifting. Losing 20 lbs recently has improved my pullups and dips.

So if there are any guys or gals pushing iron as they low carb, I would love to hear about your routines.
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Plan: Atkins & IF / TRE
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After reading about weight lifting as an exercise in Dr. Benjamin Bikman's 2020 book Why We Get Sick : The Hidden Epidemic at the Rood of Most Chronic Disease and How to Fight It, I want to try it but don't know where to start.

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Old Sat, Nov-07-20, 04:01
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Plan: Muscle Centric
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Originally Posted by s93uv3h
After reading about weight lifting as an exercise in Dr. Benjamin Bikman's 2020 book Why We Get Sick : The Hidden Epidemic at the Rood of Most Chronic Disease and How to Fight It, I want to try it but don't know where to start.

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Try these:

https://stumptuous.com/workout-1

https://stumptuous.com/workout-2
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Old Sat, Nov-07-20, 07:28
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Plan: General Low Carb
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After reading about weight lifting as an exercise in Dr. Benjamin Bikman's 2020 book Why We Get Sick : The Hidden Epidemic at the Rood of Most Chronic Disease and How to Fight It, I want to try it but don't know where to start.

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Where to start really depends on your fitness level and what equipment you have available to you, but generally you should start light, with a combination of body weight exercises and dumbbell exercises (or machine work if available). Having a simple bench provides a good platform.

Another alternative to consider is sand bag workouts. Sandbags are extremely versatile, allow for you to adjust the weight easily, and provide very practical strength. Just buy a high quality workout sand bag if you go that route.

Once you get going and see the 1st visible evidence in your musculature, you may become hooked
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