The Fysical Phitness Thread

[Stathakis]

Hey guys, I need some advice for today (or soon) since I have a track meet today, I'm doing the 100/long/triple. However, something that's seriously worried me for the last few days is that when I've been sprinting, in my right quadricep it feels like one of the muscles higher up on my leg (closer to the hip than the knee, about in the middle, where you can feel the largest part of the muscle) is strained or something. I'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but it feels like when I stretch it strenuously (example the flamingo stretch or when I'm sprinting or lunging), the muscle seems tight or strained, and can be incredibly painful. I thought it could have been because for the last week I had sprinted somewhat intensely on it, except Thursday I took a day off and it still felt like something was wrong yesterday, though I guess it was slightly less noticeable than on Wednesday.


I'm going to compete in today's meet, but if it gets really painful and something feels wrong I might have to take a week off. I looked up online for some potential injuries, but most sources mention the muscle right above the knee or right below the hip, which this is not. Also, I don't feel it actively (unless I've just sprinted on it) and it doesn't hurt to walk (because it isn't extremely stretched). Do you guys have any advice?

take a few days off and just jog on it--on grass if you can. make sure to jog, as I find it to be better for recovery than not doing anything at all. do some not too strenuous stuff. play soccer, frisbee, anything, just get blood flowing through it in an easy, non-stressful way. maybe throw in some RELAXED (key word) strides if you're feeling good, but don't strain for the speed. racing the 100 is probably not a good idea.


you can take my advice in any way you'd like. I'm not a 100 meter specialist, and I certainly don't know shit about how jumpers train, since none of them are on my team, but as a 400/800/1500 guy with 23.0x 200 speed, I certainly do hang with the sprinters a lot. my best buddy, a 11.1x sprinter, takes lots of jogging rest when he doesn't feel good, and when he comes back he's always ready to drop 50.0 in the open 4 or 48-49 in the relays.

 

[CBshuckle]

Ok, thanks I'll try light jogging the next few days. Today I felt it after I sprinted, but while I was sprinting it wasn't noticeable. Also the feeling of muscle strain wasn't as sharp.

As for the actual meet, I ran a 12.2 100 and tripled 35'9'', which got me pretty high up in the standings. I'm not too satisfied with my 100 since I'm looking to get sub-12. Either way, I hope that my quad gets better soon.

 

[Bam]

Triple jumping is hard! And messes with your knees too! I only tried it at three or four meets my senior year because I was a vaulter and ran the 400 and wanted to try something new (aka not get stuck running the 4x800 or some other stupid stuff like that). The best I ever did was nearly 38ft which gave me second place (at a small meet against a sucky school), but we had a guy who went 43-something. He now does track at Brown and is an excellent decathlon runner, placing at every meet he goes to.

 

[Stathakis]

Just wanna give a shoutout to my boy Geoffrey Mutai, who just ran the fastest marathon ever run by a man today, beating Haile G's 2:03:59 with 2:03:02.

Of course, he did it in Boston, which is downhill overall, and with a 20 mph tailwind, so it won't ever count as a world record, but hey that's still fucking fast

 

[CBshuckle]

update... my thigh has recovered, it must have just been early season strain or something. The second track meet had absolutely terrible conditions, so everybody did poorly. The 3rd meet I ran the 100, long jump, and 200 for the first time this year. My 100 was disappointing, but my long was 18'5 1/2'' and my 200 was 24.7, surprising since last year it was 25.9 and I haven't run it at all this year. I didn't do well enough to place but broke two PR's at least. I don't have another meet for awhile so now I have a lot of time to lift.

 

[Stylish Interval]

solid stuff shuckle :) gotta love the feeling of breaking PRs haha

as for me, my lifting is going wonderfully. i started SL again 4 weeks ago? so this is my fifth week and i'm doing fine. i do it on top of team workouts so it sucks when we have to squat at school and then i come home and squat, but i'm not at a high enough weight yet that it's a big bother (doing 135 today on squats), i tried to plan it so that i could squeeze through the end of the school year and then have a solid 10-12 weeks on my own for summer.

gotta say, all this work is really helping me shape up. i'm lovin the way i look and feel right now. i'm fuckin invincible atm (even though i'm still a lightweight xD also this excludes with girls since the girl i took to prom seems to be uninterested in me now ffs).

now for a question: breakfast. i'm kind of off and on about it. i just don't know what to eat. what do you guys eat for breakfast? i'm usually either eating a bowl of cereal, a waffle/ 2 waffles, or a pop-tart haha.

edit: also going to try barefoot lifting today, sounds like fun to me.

 

[Lee]

Porridge is the breakfast of champions! Chuck some sliced bananas or something equally nutritious on there too. Can make it with either whole milk or water to suit your calorie intake too.

Started working out again, knee still limits me from doing anything upright so i'm just cracking on with bench press and chin ups for now.

 

[Nosferalto]

^ yea porridge is the breakfast of scou... champions. i make it with low fat milk and i put peanut butter, almonds and bananas.

i don't post here too much anymore, but I've been bulking and I'm 182 pounds right now (179 cm), gained about 18 pounds of muscle and a bit of fat (i can see less defition on my stomach). I'm thinking about continuing on bulking until next summer and continue bulking this summer so I can gain as much muscle as possibe. for some reason im extremely motivated, maybe because ive been getting results

 

[popemobile]

Currently on a cut. Lifts have pretty much stalled at:

195 4x5 Bench Press
115 4x5 Overhead Press
225 4x5 Squat
85 4x5 Dumbbell Row

I'm hoping I can make even a little strength gain during this cut, but I know that's not likely so I'm aiming to not lose any weight on my lifts while I cut down.

I might try a different program after this for these lifts like Wendler 5/3/1 or whatever because I feel like I've been making not all that much progress on my lifts lately (upper body ones mostly). Probably will keep doing 3x5 for squat because I could milk out another 40-50 pounds on that before I'd have to switch.

anyways, that's what I've been doing. Currently around 170 lbs and looking to cut for another ~6-7 weeks

 

[Cooper]

First time posting here, though I've been working out on and off for a few years since getting to college. I'm in about my third month straight of being on and am finally starting to see results I've never had before, feeling pretty good about that :)

My question for you all is what artists do you listen to when you're working out? I prefer pop rock myself, with the likes of Green Day and Bad Religion (their contemporary stuff). I still find them motivational and I can get a good pump with them, but I'm starting to find them a little tired. Any suggestions?

In response to the breakfast question, I like to eat 4 eggs and a few slices of toast. Also a banana if I have one, but we tend to run out fast in my apartment. Though we haven't been to CostCo in a while, so now I just eat a protein bar and go from there.

 

[Nosferalto]

do you have 4 WHOLE eggs? the yolk is filled with cholesterol, and too much would damage your liver, or something like that (w.e its just unhealthy and shit). maybe have 2 whole eggs and the rest can be egg whites. keep this in mind.

nothing like eye of the tiger for motivation :3

 

[Cooper]

Egg whites are impossible to find in most stores, I'd rather not have to run across town to get them. I can try filtering the yolk out and just eat the whites I guess. I didn't know about the cholesterol tbh, thought the only bad thing about yolks was the saturated fat.

I should probably just make a playlist with all the motivational music from blockbusters. Eye of the Tiger, the Karate Kid theme, the Rocky theme, shit like that :p

 

[Stylish Interval]

My current playlist contains some wiz khalifa / drake / ace hood / kanye / lil wayne. just the kind of stuff i like to listen to during workouts atm. the only one that's always been on all my playlists is ace hood, literally all of his shit is motivating for me.

and i also thought saturated fat was the only bad thing about yolks? plus doesn't the yolk contain like a fuckton of the nutrients too? idk. i am going to try porridge though; if i can be fucked to go to the grocery this weekend i'll start sunday / monday with that for breakfast, mix it up with various fruits. i'm thinkin strawberries / blueberries / bananas / apples, with various combos throughout the week eh? might try nuts / pb too, sounds p. good. and of course always whole milk. is there even another kind?

 

[popemobile]

do you have 4 WHOLE eggs? the yolk is filled with cholesterol, and too much would damage your liver, or something like that (w.e its just unhealthy and shit). maybe have 2 whole eggs and the rest can be egg whites. keep this in mind.

nothing like eye of the tiger for motivation :3

I ate 5 whole eggs a day last summer and I'm fine. Most research shows that eating eggs everyday doesn't increase your cholesterol and is actually healthy for you (whoa, eggs are healthy for you????)

First time posting here, though I've been working out on and off for a few years since getting to college. I'm in about my third month straight of being on and am finally starting to see results I've never had before, feeling pretty good about that :)

My question for you all is what artists do you listen to when you're working out? I prefer pop rock myself, with the likes of Green Day and Bad Religion (their contemporary stuff). I still find them motivational and I can get a good pump with them, but I'm starting to find them a little tired. Any suggestions?

I don't listen to music while working out anymore, but when I did it was mostly metal. Death metal owns for lifting.

 

[shade]

i've been ill for a good few days now (well since wednesday), but i'll probably brighten up in a few too. the problem is i can feel that i've got extremely weak due to doing literally fuck all (other than playing in a game of rugby :D). what i was wondering is what is the best way to get back into it when back in full health, ease in or overload?

 

[alamaster]

ease in bro, ur muscles need time to recuperate

 

[Stylish Interval]

ease in bro, ur muscles need time to recuperate

QFT. plus you don't wanna do too much and then possibly hurt yourself, or even worse, not get a weight you think - maybe know - you should and end up getting super pissed / upset. that just doesn't work out well.

also posting to say that barefoot lifting is the best kind and i am never going back to shoes

 

[popemobile]

I do all my squats in socks

 

[Terminator]

do you have 4 WHOLE eggs? the yolk is filled with cholesterol, and too much would damage your liver, or something like that (w.e its just unhealthy and shit). maybe have 2 whole eggs and the rest can be egg whites. keep this in mind.

dietary cholesterol rarely affects serum cholesterol (and in the people it does, it won't affect it by much)

bad for your liver? why? broscience much? choline protects the liver from the most common liver disease in the USA (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). shit's supported by studies and all that jazz.

don't mean to offend you, just spreading some information.

any brahs here got injuries? my wrists have been flaring up every time i bench / do pull-ups.

 

[Stylish Interval]

any brahs here got injuries? my wrists have been flaring up every time i bench / do pull-ups.

My wrists hurt during bench for a while, then I widened my grip and the problem seemed to go away. Other than that I haven't had any problems, so maybe a wider grip would help? I was doing a close-grip bench just because that's a natural position for my hands (like in a military press position), maybe you're having the same problem I was.

@popemobile: you're looking to cut at 170 lbs? ._. how low are you looking for? (also where's your deadlift weight? it's the most fun lift besides bench!)

 

[popemobile]

My wrists hurt during bench for a while, then I widened my grip and the problem seemed to go away. Other than that I haven't had any problems, so maybe a wider grip would help? I was doing a close-grip bench just because that's a natural position for my hands (like in a military press position), maybe you're having the same problem I was.

@popemobile: you're looking to cut at 170 lbs? ._. how low are you looking for? (also where's your deadlift weight? it's the most fun lift besides bench!)

I'm just cutting some fat that I don't want before summer. I was at ~180 when I started and I don't really have a target weight right now so I'm just going by looks. Also I don't deadlift because I'm a wuss and my lower back sucks. Real reason is I really hurt my lower back doing them last year and haven't gotten back into them since (because I'm a wuss, so I guess that is the real reason >_>). I "substituted" lunges in for deadlift although I know it's not even close to the same lift. Eventually I might get back into deadlifting but goddamn it was a rough week recovering from that injury.

 

[Thund91]

So does anyone know how I can build a bit of muscle without weights? I dont have a gym membership and the only weights I have are too light. Im lean right now and want to keep it that way, but just add a SMIDGE of bulk and ge a bit more defined...so I thought id ask here. All I do is cardio so im not good with this kinda stuff. :(

 

[Cooper]

Depends on where you want muscle. There are multiple forms of push-ups that will work every part of the chest and put muscle on your pecs. Squats and lunges can give you thigh and calf muscles, even without weights (I mean, they won't be deadlifts, but that's not a bad thing). Sit-ups, crunches and the like can give you abs. I can't tell you what to do for arms and back, but everything is completely possible.

 

[popemobile]

do chinups and pullups for your back. Those and pushups will work your arms too. You can't really gain much muscle with bodyweight exercises though, so I'd recommend looking into an actual strength training program (Stronglifts, Rippetoe, etc.) sooner rather than later.

 

[Thund91]

Depends on where you want muscle. There are multiple forms of push-ups that will work every part of the chest and put muscle on your pecs. Squats and lunges can give you thigh and calf muscles, even without weights (I mean, they won't be deadlifts, but that's not a bad thing). Sit-ups, crunches and the like can give you abs. I can't tell you what to do for arms and back, but everything is completely possible.

I already do the standard push ups, sit ups, etc...but I think I hit my plateau. :(

do chinups and pullups for your back. Those and pushups will work your arms too. You can't really gain much muscle with bodyweight exercises though, so I'd recommend looking into an actual strength training program (Stronglifts, Rippetoe, etc.) sooner rather than later.

BLAH. A friend and I were supposed to get gym memberships but we've been too lazy...im not the kind of person that can go to the gym alone...I need to find a gym buddy than. D: