Recent content by Snowbat

So a few weeks ago, I got an injury during martial arts training. A small one at my finger. I was stupid and didn't immediately disinfect it. Result: infected wound. Agressive infection that required agressive antibiotics. These antibiotics wiped out my gut flora and caused some annoying...

Ok this is gonna sound like a somewhat bizarre question, but here goes anyway: I often have a bloated tummy because of excessive gas production (yeah I know, it's kinda embarassing to talk about it but ehh). it's genetic: my mom has it, my grandfather has it, etc. Can't do much about it...

I'm currently bulking by doing mainly compound excercices (dips, pull ups, squads) and some isolation for the stubborn areas (plate pinches, hammer curls and calf raises) twice a week, full body. And it works pretty well. I gained approx 13 lbs in about 6 months which is a lot for me considering...

I've been following a program for about 8 months now and as a hyperkinetic ectomorph, I've finally gained some weight (about 12 lbs... considering I've been having the same weight for years before this and I always struggled to gain weight, it's satisfying) I'm still bulking now, full body...

I got 2 questions that I hope you can answer: Overall, I seem to gain size pretty decently (slowly but surely) however my forearms struggle. I think it might have to do with the fact that these are probably used to getting constantly hammered back when I did martial arts. I do pull ups which are...

yeah but since I started my workout, I went from 176lbs to 180lbs in about 8 weeks time without ever going below 176 again. Though the gains are not really impressive, they're gains and my weight was consistently over 176 for weeks. And now, in a few days time, a drop of 13lbs...

This weekend, I weighed about 82kg (180lbs) in the morning just after getting up, with just my shorts on. This morning, 5 days later, I weigh myself again, just after getting up, only shorts and I weight... 74kg (162lbs)... Please reassure me: my weight scale is probably broken (or the batteries...

Hey guys, I did a complete change in my workout routine. I felt it was better to create a new thread instead of posting on my old one. Anyways, here is what one workout looks like: - 3 sets of pull ups. At this moment I manage to do 6,6,5. I'll start adding weight once I can do 10,10,10 easily...

This is gonna be a weird question but here goes: I used to do a full body, compound work out once a week for months and ate about the normal amount of calories I need (about 2500) But two weeks ago, I decided to start doing 3 full body workouts per week: so basically, this is the third week I'm...

Hmmm... that's about 3200 cals for me. That's huge. I don't think I nearly reach that. Perhaps I should post up my "diet" (note the quotes because it's obviously not a good diet) In chronological order: - 1 Banana - Breakfast: 5 slices of brown bread with butter and chocolate (I can't stand...

Hey guys, I got a couple of questions concerning the diet. A used a couple of calculators that I found on the internet and all seem to say that for a 28 years old 6'2" guy who weighs 176 lbs, a daily calorie intake of +/- 2800 is good. I suppose I'm gonna need more than that if I wanna gain some...

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't the dips and pull-ups actually work your entire upper body if done properly (with properly I mean added weight if they're too easy, no swinging, no cheating, etc) Because to be honest, I personally think you'll be giving your upper body a good workout with these...

I work out at home because the nearest gym is hard to reach. I'm gonna experiment with this and if I really see too little result, i'll have to rethink my schedule at work to try and fit in a visit to the gym anyways, but that's not gonna be an easy task... My routine in a nutshell: - 3 Sets of...

Hey guys, So thanks to you guys' suggestions and tips, I made a full body workout using mostly compound excercices (dips, pull ups, squats,...) and some isolation excercices (calf raises, wrist rollers) at home. I got a question though: I hear a good frequence is 3 times per week which means I...

Thanks for your replies all. I haven't been working out this week because I got myself an angina (or whatever the name in English is... basically: throat infection with fever) But I'm gonna start doing things more seriously this weekend. I'm planning to do Saturday-Tueday-Thursday. I'll post my...