Whats your Body Type?

[firebane]

Fuck body types. Mine just piles on the fat at the stomach and no matter what I eat or do at the gym it doesn't go away... Doesn't help I'm almost 40 too.

[scboss]

Originally posted by firebane
Fuck body types. Mine just piles on the fat at the stomach and no matter what I eat or do at the gym it doesn't go away... Doesn't help I'm almost 40 too.

If your serious about losing the gut you should hire a nutritionist that works purely off macros. Works wonders and you will have tons of flexibility.

I'm Def ectomorph and anyone complaining how they cant put on size and eat so much please stop lol. It is so much easier to put on weight then it is to lose weight.

Ive gone from 160- 215 just by eating 4-5 meals a day including snacks over the last 6-7 years or so. That's also while keeping my BF around 12%. Never touched mass gainers and never really trained over 4x a week unless I was doing a lot of isolations.

Best thing for an ectomorph is compound movements and never skip breakfast lol

[firebane]

Originally posted by warcaster


If your serious about losing the gut you should hire a nutritionist that works purely off macros. Works wonders and you will have tons of flexibility.

I'm Def ectomorph and anyone complaining how they cant put on size and eat so much please stop lol. It is so much easier to put on weight then it is to lose weight.

Ive gone from 160- 215 just by eating 4-5 meals a day including snacks over the last 6-7 years or so. That's also while keeping my BF around 12%. Never touched mass gainers and never really trained over 4x a week unless I was doing a lot of isolations.

Best thing for an ectomorph is compound movements and never skip breakfast lol

My comment was more tongue in cheek than anything.

I eat breakfast everyday and mostly only do compound movements at the gym.

My biggest issue is I think I have a digestive problem which I'm going to be looking into. It doesn't matter what I eat or how much I eat I am always bloated. When I get bloated I have no appetite and it decreases the amount of food I want to eat.

[JRSC00LUDE]

^ Based on that, I think a nutritionist would be an excellent suggestion! Good luck!

[heavyfuel]

Originally posted by firebane
Fuck body types. Mine just piles on the fat at the stomach and no matter what I eat or do at the gym it doesn't go away... Doesn't help I'm almost 40 too.

Please... I'm 39 and I went from 255 to 228 with a bona-fide six pack, since Aug. 1, headed for 220, gaining strength the whole time. I respect that different body types/people will incur different challenges and that metabolisms typically slow down with age but this "I'm old" shit is no excuse.

Discipline. dude, discipline. You're right it doesn't matter what you do at the gym, it's what you do in the kitchen.

Cut the carbs out
Burn healthy fats as fuel instead
Get 1-1.5 g protein per lb of bodyweight
Eat small weighed portions every 2 hours
Do at least 30 minutes of cardio with each workout.

You're gonna feel hungry, just the way it is at first. Like everything in else in life you gotta figure out what you want and make choices. I see truckers at the dump all day long that can barely get in and out of their trucks, that plus my size 38 carhartts were getting tight, that was motivation enough for me. Find something to fuel you. Get motivated, get disciplined, get results.

When it comes to this some people just can't have it all. I'm one of those people and I made my choice.

[firebane]

Originally posted by heavyfuel


Please... I'm 39 and I went from 255 to 228 with a bona-fide six pack, since Aug. 1, headed for 220, gaining strength the whole time. I respect that different body types/people will incur different challenges and that metabolisms typically slow down with age but this "I'm old" shit is no excuse.

Discipline. dude, discipline. You're right it doesn't matter what you do at the gym, it's what you do in the kitchen.

Cut the carbs out
Burn healthy fats as fuel instead
Get 1-1.5 g protein per lb of bodyweight
Eat small weighed portions every 2 hours
Do at least 30 minutes of cardio with each workout.

You're gonna feel hungry, just the way it is at first. Like everything in else in life you gotta figure out what you want and make choices. I see truckers at the dump all day long that can barely get in and out of their trucks, that plus my size 38 carhartts were getting tight, that was motivation enough for me. Find something to fuel you. Get motivated, get disciplined, get results.

When it comes to this some people just can't have it all. I'm one of those people and I made my choice.

I'm not using it as an excuse. I have fought for my entire life with the gut and I am a very active person.

As I have gotten older I have discovered things about my body that I didn't know existed such as finding out I have asthma a few years ago.

Compared to how most people eat my diet is not great but it isn't that bad either. And like I said earlier I can't eat a lot.. I could eat a single apple and end up not being hungry for a long time. I have a extremely slow metabolism and no amount of working out speeds that up hence why I think I have a digestive problem which I'll be checking out.

[heavyfuel]

Originally posted by firebane


I'm not using it as an excuse. I have fought for my entire life with the gut and I am a very active person.

As I have gotten older I have discovered things about my body that I didn't know existed such as finding out I have asthma a few years ago.

Compared to how most people eat my diet is not great but it isn't that bad either. And like I said earlier I can't eat a lot.. I could eat a single apple and end up not being hungry for a long time. I have a extremely slow metabolism and no amount of working out speeds that up hence why I think I have a digestive problem which I'll be checking out.

Wasn't automatically saying you were using it as an excuse, just sharing what works for me and throwing some motivation out there that's all. Didn't mean to come off that way.

My body's pretty f'd up too lol like the way I'm paying for it, is I can't sleep for more than 4 hrs at a time, awaiting results from my physical.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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Neat, was browsing and saw this thread again. Update bump!

I've now gone to a Crossfit*/Strength Training gym here for a year or so for the first time in my life. Average three times a week. I'm a fair bit leaner than before and walk around at a consistent 230. If I go drinking for a week I'll be 235 or so but still look leaner than I used to. I still eat out every day and drink too much liquor. Working out, neato.

Just to bump an old thread that came up in random browsing a fun update is that I remain exactly this a decade later so at this age I assume that is not going to change.

Well no different other than I now have many knee injuries from the wear/tear of a lifetime of reckless physical activity in one form or another. But I dgaf, still do them all and will continue to until such time as medical science has better solutions.

What are the rest of you doing for fitness? At your advancing ages it should be even more of a priority now haha

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Just to bump an old thread that came up in random browsing a fun update is that I remain exactly this a decade later so at this age I assume that is not going to change.

Well no different other than I now have many knee injuries from the wear/tear of a lifetime of reckless physical activity in one form or another. But I dgaf, still do them all and will continue to until such time as medical science has better solutions.

What are the rest of you doing for fitness? At your advancing ages it should be even more of a priority now haha

I've tried everything to rehab my bum knees. Now I'm working on strengthening it. Doing 1.5h of ice time daily, just pure cardio. Started back in July, was only able to do 20 mins before knees gave up and needed 2 days rest. Seems to be working as legs and knees have def gotten stronger, and able to easily do 90 mins a day now before knees give up.

I did play drunk beach volleyball on those bum knees in August, and could barely walk for 2 days LOL. So the underlying injury is still there but strengthening everything around it seems to make a difference. Just not enough for drunk beach volleyball haha.

[JRSC00LUDE]

I took 6 months off this summer of gym time to let things heal in a variety of areas and start doing yoga for mobility. I do think I needed to focus on the knees over toes kind of thing going forward to mitigate risk on future damage but mobility work is a lifesaver now. I need significantly more of it. Good luck with the knees, they're a bitch!

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I took 6 months off this summer of gym time to let things heal in a variety of areas and start doing yoga for mobility. I do think I needed to focus on the knees over toes kind of thing going forward to mitigate risk on future damage but mobility work is a lifesaver now. I need significantly more of it. Good luck with the knees, they're a bitch!

Thanks. I did nothing for a year to hopefully heal things, and there was zero progress. Couldn't kneel down for lower cupboards at all. Lost my ability to Chinese squat. Stairs became a pain after a while. So in my case, strengthening was literally the only thing that seems to make a difference. Just have to learn to quit when at the right point, at first I was trying to push thru the pain but that made shit worse.

On the bright side, I think I've finally been able to get my skating to where I was at in my teens. Finally feeling the speed in turns like it's the 80's at rollerland on rollerskates.

[JRSC00LUDE]

That's awesome!