It won't be worth it once you herniate a disc and have to take painkillers the rest of your life. Also, you can eat a small calorie diet to stay lean, no weightlifting needed. Foods like tuna, chicken, whole wheat bread, oatmeal, potatoes, whole wheat spaghetti, and whey protein! EDIT: OP If you want to lose weight, just eat the food I listed in small portions. I recommend downloading MyFitnessPal app to help track your calories!
If you want to be a stick, meaning just skinny then just don't eat. That's probably not his goal and wasn't mine. Also You're making it sound like weightlifting is a dangerous activity. As long as you don't push your limits you won't hurt yourself and will still have results. I can trip and break my leg walking down the sidewalk, should I ride my electric wheelchair everywhere so this doesn't happen?
You say it's not healthy bro, but only to people who don't do it right. I'm talking about the musclehead full of testosterone, who thinks he can do more that what he actually can. Weight lifting even heavy weights can be healthy as long as you ease your way into it. For example, most people think when they start, "oh if I can do 10 reps of 50 pounds I'm good" but that's what kills you especially if you're just starting. A lot of people can't even do 3 sets of 10 reps with 20 pounds and get a dead arm after 2 sets. Then again I'm not bulking, I'm trying to cut so more reps = better for me
If weightlifting is your choice then stay in the 15-20 rep range, 3-5 is BAD for your tendons and ligaments. You can still build muscle this way as long as you increase the weight and reps.
@troll, sorry, dont believe you. 1.7 bw to push ratio makes you an advanced level power lifter. @majora, totally false! Resistance training is likely the healthiest thing you can do for connective tissue and musculoskeletal integrity. Monostructural endurance is what cause degredation.
What exercise was it? Also, doing to too fast won't activate the right muscle fibers it has to be slow and controlled.
If you want bulk you do high weight low rep...mask all I see you talking about is building lean endurance muscle. Not everyone wants that.
You don't believe me? I have a video of myself decline benching 355. I'll make it into a gif and post it later. Also like I said I don't weigh 170 anymore, I'm around 190. That first picture was from 3 months of cutting from 205. Naturally I was weaker then from cutting.
Regarding the bodyweight exercises. Type of exercise has little to do with stimulus. Your unique endocrine system and the intensity of those exercises will determine outcome. You can do purely bodyweight work and build significant lean body mass, you just need to keep the difficulty high. Case in point is the strength training of male gymnasts. Friggen jacked and you do not find a better strength to weight ration anywhere else in sport (except maybe rock climbing, but they are tiny)
This is because it's the healthiest route. Anything else is unhealthy and will cost you more in medical bills. Powerlifting will get you injured eventually and your body will not be the same again.
at your size and age you could easily do 100 push ups a day. Add 100 crunches and 30 pull ups to that equation and eat what ever the hell you want.
Don't get advice from a video game. We're all fat and nerdy. Most of us are Virgins too. Fat nerdy virgins
You just said your best was 315 x 10 on a flat bench. 1RM is asking to kill yourself the weight will crash onto your chest. Post the video so I can see if you are doing it properly.
And it's ok troll to say that Crimson is wrong. I saw your post before you deleted it. Even if we're family... He is totally wrong and you're right. Abs are made in the kitchen. Not by doing crunches.
I'm lucky. Im 27 and my metabolism is is almost over active. I eat like a fatty in trapped in a bakery and struggle to maintain 140