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 I want to get fit but don't want big muscle

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pizzaboy
post Feb 25 2010, 08:07 PM

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QUOTE(kenlimfornication @ Feb 25 2010, 06:52 PM)
Wow, this is excellent I must say. I myself was about 89kg at 178cm. It was all fat and more fats. Beer belly, narrow shoulders, tits pointing out.

I've always wanted to join a gym, and yes you're right, the reasons, or more like excuses of:
-no time la
-after work tired la
-no money to join gym la
-this gym expensive, that gym don't have that

I did give these excuses, not until I started my sessions. I could barely do 10 push ups in a row. 0 pull ups without assistance. Can hardly run for 400m.

I knew i needed more energy. I was recommended to consume Creatine pre-work out. 1 little tub of Creatine was all I had. Pushed myself till I see stars everyday. Set a target, a finishing line everyday, beat that guy's time and try heavier weights (but not too heavy. Please understand your body. Injuries may just stop you from training for a long time)

2 months into training, I've seen some results. Cuts were showing a little. Motivation for clean food intake starts to kick in, I wanted them nice looking abs. I started to take in less carb, no chicken skin, no mamak food, no fast food, no supper and eat cleanest as I can. Of course, once in a while, I'll indulge myself into some of them but very minimally. It isn't easy, especially if you have friends who discourage and just put you down. But hey, you wanna look ugly and wear XXL, by all means.

Abs started to show..I can't remember when.

After 1.5 years, I've increased my weights during workouts, pull ups are routine. Runs 21km whenever there's 1 in a moderate time (2hrs 20minutes) and looking to improve during March's Energizer run.

But then, I started to look a little to thin, a little too lean. Now, I'm looking into some whey protein but have not found any yet.

Any recommendations?
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post Mar 14 2010, 01:55 PM

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QUOTE(shanecross @ Mar 14 2010, 12:08 PM)
I train so that I can make fun of fat people
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post Mar 15 2010, 10:38 AM

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QUOTE(pedro @ Mar 15 2010, 07:36 AM)
Yeah,deadlifts and squats make you look good!

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Have you seen my stomach? It protrudes. I think squats and deadlifts (well at least at this level) makes you grow a gut.
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post Mar 15 2010, 03:00 PM

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QUOTE(kotmj @ Mar 15 2010, 11:28 AM)
I noticed this too. It's mostly flat in the morning, but as the day progresses, it grows convex. Poeple who don't lift have flatter tummies than me.

I wonder what causes it. I do stomach vaccuums whenever I can think of them.
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Stress caused by these movements causes hypertrophy (no matter how you try not to have it) on all regions. All regions that are under tension of these heavy movements. And as you can expect, the torso takes a shit load of stress and there's only that much the back can help. After a point, the abdominal structure has to come to place to help with the load and hey presto! Hypertrophy.

Added, some people also do sit-ups (weighted) and leg raises, I suppose these also cause hypertrophy on the abdominal structure as it's just another muscle.

 

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