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post Nov 3 2015, 08:53 AM

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Hey guys,

I been lifiting consistently every Monday, Wednesday, Friday for a full body workout mostly focusing on the upper torso.

Been using machines like chest press, lat pulldown, tricep pulldown, bicep curls, shoulder press, ab crunches.

I am not losing weight much lately. Why is that?
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post Nov 4 2015, 10:06 PM

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QUOTE(kshen @ Nov 4 2015, 04:32 PM)
Check your food intake.
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I avoid oily and fried food. Cut on my carbs for dinner as in lesser rice. I eat clean on the days I go for gym. Like steam chicken breast for dinner with no carbs. I take whey protein 2 scoops a day. I weigh about 77kg
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post Nov 5 2015, 01:31 PM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 5 2015, 01:15 PM)
muscle growth makes you heavier.
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I want lean muscle. Should I be doing more cardio or HIIT? Pre or post workout?
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post Nov 5 2015, 02:25 PM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 5 2015, 02:09 PM)
No such thing as lean mucle, what you want is lean body. Lean bpdy is achieve by having low body fat.

So your program should be focus on losing fat. While reserving muscle as much as possible.

Cardio and hiit will be your main menu, but your appetizer should be moderate heavy lifting. By lifting heavy first your body will use the stored glycogen as energy source, after you get somewhat tired and weaker(depleted glycogen) then you proceed to your cardio so that your body will start using body fat as fuel.

But exercise is only the tip of the iceberg
The major "work" on losing weight should be checking your diet, count your calories and consume less than you need, not want.

You mentioned you are not losing weight LATELY, I assume you had lose some weight before and now stuck at your weight. Its normal as you will experience fat lose getting harder and harder as you losing more weight. Because now your body has adapt to the diet and exercises you did, so you will haveto rempt it up by exercising harder and consume even lesser. Until you have reach your desired weight.
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thanks bang, appreciate the advice. I believe it is called hitting a plateau? LOL... you mean if I do weights for about 1 hour then another 30 mins of HIIT after that?
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post Nov 6 2015, 08:48 AM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 5 2015, 08:34 PM)
1 hour is a lot, 30 mins is suffice exclude your warm up. Then 30 to 45 mins of cardio.
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1 hour of different exercises where I do about 8 reps per set. 30 to 45 mins of cardio? rclxub.gif i hate cardio. LOL
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post Nov 6 2015, 09:40 AM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 6 2015, 09:38 AM)
Cardio doesn't have to be boring, you can do some rowing, swimming, kick boxing, basketball, football or any sports you like.
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do you normally separate your cardio and weight training? Like one day weight and the next day cardio?
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post Nov 6 2015, 10:12 AM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 6 2015, 09:46 AM)
It all depends on your goal

If you want to focus on fat loss then its better to do cardio straight after weight session.

If your goal is to improve performance then do them seperate.
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after weights it shall. hahaha. Should I eat my dinner after my workout + cardio? Cause of the intense training, sometimes i dont feel like eating...macam bloated... But i do take my whey protein with milk......

Reason being is that I go to gym straight from work without dinner....

Assuming my goal is weight loss and build muscle mass
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post Nov 6 2015, 01:11 PM

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QUOTE(ah_suknat @ Nov 6 2015, 10:37 AM)
What's your height?
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about 168cm
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post Nov 11 2015, 09:02 AM

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QUOTE(kshen @ Nov 11 2015, 12:02 AM)
That won't make a difference . Check your food intake (CALORIES) . People focus TOO MUCH on the content but neglect the AMOUNT. Do you know what your TDEE is ?

You can go on a low carb diet or eating "clean" , but if your caloric intake isn't achieved, you won't see results. Period.
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is it necessary to eat clean on alternate days? or must it be daily? I downloaded the myfitnesspal app to count calories. its not that accurate but will continue to try.
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post Nov 12 2015, 08:17 PM

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QUOTE(darklight79 @ Nov 12 2015, 06:12 PM)
I wash my plates and utensils before i eat waffles, ice cream, pizzas, etc. I eat very clean. Btw not trolling, dead serious.
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you have cheat meals every weekends?
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post Nov 14 2015, 10:18 AM

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QUOTE(kshen @ Nov 14 2015, 01:01 AM)
everyday's cheat meal for DL  flex.gif  . Btw , let's not forget adding detergent into your steam chicken (eating "clean") and brown rice.

Jokes aside, eating 'clean' is not necessary if u wish to lose weight (it's completely BS) . Eat whatever you want (in balance) and track your intake. All the best .
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I am trying to change my diet from white rice to brown rice. Eating less fatty meats and less oil less junk foods less fried stuff no soft drinks less sugar drinks.

I want to lower down my visceral fat. I took a measurement from the omron machine last week at the gym. It was 11.x . It's in the high section. Kinda worries me
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post Nov 14 2015, 11:11 AM

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QUOTE(Miracles @ Nov 14 2015, 11:06 AM)
you still don't get it...

Google IIFYM
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I get it bro. Can eat suit if it don't go over your calories you need daily .

I am just saying visceral fat is high as it is more prone for me to get heart diseases and etc.

Just wanna lower it down
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post Nov 14 2015, 03:43 PM

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QUOTE(Everdying @ Nov 14 2015, 11:45 AM)
11? and what does that machine say ur bf % is? close to 30%?

i think white rice vs brown rice will make very little difference to u.
just concentrate on working out more.
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I used the omron machine. Not sure how effective it is. They have two measurements for bf%. Total body fat percentage is 23%

Then total subcutaneous fat whole body is 16%. Total skeletal muscle whole body is 32%.


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post Nov 20 2015, 04:00 PM

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QUOTE(darklight79 @ Nov 20 2015, 03:58 PM)
This had no plate.
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This had no plate either
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From the pics, i think i will just binge-eat pizza and white rice haha flex.gif
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post Nov 21 2015, 10:23 PM

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QUOTE(kshen @ Nov 21 2015, 08:40 PM)
Furious Pete of  Malaysia lol
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dam right brah

 

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