I think it's good to cycle your training and nutrition. You can't continue to grow/improve indefinitely. You have to change things up. If course, the constant goal is to get bigger and improve but I would reccomend changing it up here and there. At 18 you don't need Animal Stak. Put your money towards food, a good multi like Animal Pak, a good EFA supp like Animal Omega and some protein powder...you'll go a lot further with those.

I think that incorporating free weight compound movements is key to growing. But in doing those movements, I would make heavy weight the main objective. When you go on to other more isolated movements, do them more strictly and emphasise the contraction more. It's like the difference between a barbell curl and a cable curl. Go heavy with the barbell. Don't try to make a power movement out of the cable curl...keep it as an isolation movement.

If you've got a fridge then I'd get aquainted with cottage cheese! A tub of cottage cheese is like 3 bucks and it has around 50g of protein. Have some fruit with it and snack on some nuts etc between meals. That or you can get some cans of tuna, a can opener, and some balsamic vinegar. You can just pop the top and pour the vinegar on it in the can and eat it from the can. HAve that with some veggies and you're good to go.

I've done cardio first thing in the morning, empty stomach before but feel it kinda slows my metabolism down. To be honest, I like cardio an hour or two after my first meal. I alwasy sweat more and am hotter. But the main thing is to just challenge yourself. So long as you approach cardio with intensity and push yourself harder and harder, it's going to work. I'd say to begin on the treadmill on an incline for a half an hour 3 times a week. From there, I'd increase the incline periodically and from there, increase the frequency of the sessions.

I think fiber is one of the most important things you can add to your diet. Aside from improving regularity, it helps increase good bacteria in your colon and that has a lot to do with your immune system and your digestive health. Also, keeping everything moving efficiently will help keep your appetite up and will also help ensure than the nutrients you consume, get absorbed more readily. Your digestive tract is really important!

I think that plain heavy barbell squats have a lot to do with the progress I've seen in my legs. Intensity is also a key factor. Oscar helped me understand more of what it means to train to failure and I've tried to apply that and I believe it has helped.

To be honest, I don't feel the need to use a lot of crazy supps. I see some of the newer products out there and they have like 50 ingredients which I can't pronounce and it looks more like a chemical cocktail than a nutritional supplement! I'm not into that bullshit. I worked at GNC when I was in high school and the beggining of college and tried a lot of different products and always ended up finding that good nutrition and basic supplementation was the most effective in helping me look and feel my best.

Basically, I use a multi (Animal Pak), EFAs (Animal Omega), Aminos, (Animal Nitro) and some PWO carbs and aminos (EAA Nitro). For me, I don't really feel the need for anything beyond those supps. They're each pretty basic so having something more "high tech" etc etc isn't necessary.

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DanielDørge skrev:Har du planer om SL konkurrence på et tidspunkt?

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Det har jeg! Ved ikke hvad endnu og hvornår men det SKAL jeg!

DanielDørge skrev:

020994 skrev:

DanielDørge skrev:Har du planer om SL konkurrence på et tidspunkt?

Netop svaret på det i din log ;)
Det har jeg! Ved ikke hvad endnu og hvornår men det SKAL jeg!

Kanon! Ligger der en SL klub omkring hvor du bor?
Der er DM i raw styrkeløft i april næste år. Der stiller jeg op, sammen med 15-20 andre fra obbc.

020994 skrev:

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020994 skrev:

DanielDørge skrev:Har du planer om SL konkurrence på et tidspunkt?

Netop svaret på det i din log ;)
Det har jeg! Ved ikke hvad endnu og hvornår men det SKAL jeg!

Kanon! Ligger der en SL klub omkring hvor du bor?
Der er DM i raw styrkeløft i april næste år. Der stiller jeg op, sammen med 15-20 andre fra obbc.

Der er Rødby som er lige i nærheden.
Kunne være fristende, ville super gerne prøve det!
Har du stillet op tidligere?

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